Ayr

 

Location:  Waterloo Region     N 43 17.139   W 80 27.020
In the intersection of Stanley Street and Northumberland Street.
 

A tall granite cross stands proudly over the main intersection in this small village.  The cross, designed by Sir Reginald Bloomfield, was sourced from the McIntosh Granite Company of Toronto.  It was decided at the time that no names would appear on the cross, however a large field boulder was chosen to mount the bronze plaque listing the names of the dead from World War I.  After World War II, a second bronze plaque was added.  No dates or wars are listed on the plaques, simply the names of the dead.  Interesting to note is the plot where the cenotaph is located, was originally made up of 40 loads of earth from the surrounding farms, providing a link between the local families, the earth and the lost heroes of the Great Wars.  To this day, the plot is considered sacred ground.
 


 
Marker text:
Cross:
Front:
TO THE MEMORY
OF THOSE MEN OF
AYR
AND
COUNTRYSIDE
WHO IN THE
GREAT WAR
DIED FOR
KING AND COUNTRY
1914 - 1919















Back:
THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOR
EVERMORE
1939 - 1946
 




 
Roll of Honour Stone:
Front plaque:
IN MEMORIAM

CLARENCE APPLEYARD
WILLIAM APPLEYARD
MARGARET E. BAKER
JOHN BARNES
ROBERT BELL
CECIL BIRLEY
JOHN BRANDON
FRED BRATTON
JOHN CARPENTER
ARTHUR CASSADY
WILLIAM CHALK
ORWELL ENNIS
ALFRED FLETCHER
THOMAS GRINDIN
THOMAS HENDERSON
WILLIAM S. HENDERSON

WILFRID B. HALL
HARRY H. HODGSON
VICTOR H. HARDING
ROBERT FRANK KNELLAR
WILLIAM LAST
ARTHUR LAST
HOWARD MARSHALL
HENRY S.H. PITCHER
WILLIAM I. REID
ROBERT A. RIDDELL
HAROLD RUTHERFORD
JAMES E. RONALD
WILFRID SHORT
ALBERT C. STYLES
HENRY SMITH
ROBERT JAMES WATSON
 

 
Rear plaque:
IN MEMORIAM

BRIAN JONES
ROBERT WOOLNER
GEORGE CRUICKSHANK
BENJAMIN EICHLER
VERNON INGHAM
WILFRED HEDLEY
LESLIE DAVIS
MURRAY WOOD