Caledon East

 

Location:  Peel Region     N 43 52.528   W 79 51.511
6311 Old Church Road, beside the Caledon Town Hall.

The inscription on the back of this memorial tells almost all we need to know about the history behind it.  Two bronze plaques on the front list the names of the local heroes who died in the World Wars.  The area of the cenotaph is very well kept and landscaped, but this is the Town Hall, so I would expect nothing less.  A spot light in the garden indicates that the memorial is visible night and day.

 
Marker text:
Front:
Top Plaque:
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO PAID
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

MORLEY ATTWOOD
JOHN BASS
SIDNEY CORNFORTH
JOHN GROGAN
HARRY HICKEY
WILLIAM JONES
ELMER MOSS
GEORGE MUNRO
WILLIAM MUNRO
LAWRENCE MATTHEWS
WILBERT McCAFFREY
EARL McMINN
HILLIARD PERDUE
CUTHBERT PITCHFORD
JERE RIDDELL
WILLIAM WELLWOOD
ALBERT WALKER

THEY HAVE LEFT
THEIR NAMES BEHIND THEM.
 




Bottom plaque:
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO PAID
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

JOHN COOPER
MICHAEL CRONIN
EDWARD GROGAN
ROBERT MOORE

THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE
BUT THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
 




Engraved on stone:
DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
IN KOREA
1950 - 1953

LEST WE FORGET
 



 
Back:
THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED
ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 1981
ON THE SITE OF THE FORMER
CALEDON EAST COMMUNITY HALL
WHICH WAS BUILT BY
PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION IN 1923
TO HONOUR THOSE WHO
SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE 1ST AND 2ND WORLD WARS.

THE ATTACHED BRONZE PLAQUES CAME
FROM THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
BRANCH 292 CALEDON EAST
AND COMMEMORATE THE YOUNG MEN
FROM THIS COMMUNITY WHO LAID
DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR
COUNTRY IN BOTH WORLD WARS.

REDEDICATED JUNE 5, 2004
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 60TH
ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944