Lakefield

 
 
Location:  Peterborough County     N 44 25.333   W 78 16.371
Beside the library, in a park bordered by Bridge St., Water St., and Queen St.
 

Construction of this memorial began in 1929, being finished in February 1930, and unveiled on June 1, 1930 to great fanfare in front of throngs of onlookers, family members and supporters.  The names of those who paid the supreme sacrifice in the Great War are forever engraved in the monument made of gray granite from Stanstead, Quebec.  Topped with a Cross of Sacrifice, the memorial was made taller after World War II when an additional layer of granite was added bearing the names of those lost in that conflict.  Once again, another layer was added to honour those lost in Korea and added to this are the names of soldiers lost in peacekeeping duties. 
An excellent account of the dedication ceremony can be found at the Veterans Affairs website:
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/national-inventory-canadian-memorials/details/5389



Marker text:
Front:
TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO MADE
THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE
1914   -   1918

1939 - 1945

1950 - 1953
 




 
Left side:
ARTHUR ALFRED
FRANK ARMSTRONG
JOHN ARMSTRONG
DALLING BARLEE
EDWARD BLOOMFIELD
GORDON CALBERRY
HERBERT CALBERRY
ROLAND CARTER
GORDON CRAWFORD
KEITH CUMBERLAND
BRUCE EDWARDS

ARTHUR FRANKISH
JOHN GORDON
JOHN HALIFAX
ISAAC HAMPTON
GEOFFREY HILLIARD
WILFRED HULL
JOSEPH JAMIESON
THEODORE JOHNSTON
MAXWELL JOHNSTON
STANLEY KIDD
PERCY LEMAY


N. HULL
J. MORRISON
H. STUART

J. CROWE
S. HILL
D. WHITE
E. SMITH

C. HURL
C. BROOKS
L. CHARLTON


NATO
JAMES WOOD
EUGENE PAYNE
RANDY PAYNE
 



 
Right side:
SHERMAN MAHOOD
NOBLE MILBURN
OSBORNE MONTGOMERY
JOHN MORRIS
HERBERT NICHOLLS
LORNE NORTHEY
PHILIP PATRICK
ALEX. PRESTON
GEORGE ROWE
HOWARD ROWE

WILLIAM ROWE
JOSEPH SABATINO
ALLAN SANDERSON
IRA SNELGROVE
GEO. STRICKLAND
R.D. STRICKLAND
HERBERT STUART
J.R. WHITE
ROYDEN WILSON
LEONARD WINGETT


J. COUGHLIN
W. MAROIS
D. LYTLE

B. McFADDEN
A. HOGARTH
A. IRONS

G. TAYLOR
M. BULLOCK
B. BURROWS


P.C. SPENCLEY   KOREA   1950-1953
RONALD EMERY
 



 
Rear:
TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO MADE
THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE
1914   -   1918

1939 - 1945

1950 - 1953