Streetsville

 

Location:  City of Mississauga     N 43 34.888   W 79 42.733
On Main Street, just east of Queen Street.
 

This memorial was erected in 1926, to honour the men of this village who died in the Great War.  A brass plaque lists the names of those lost men.  An additional plaque was added in 1947 to list the names of the men lost in the Second World War.  The monument was restored in 1993 as it had began to deteriorate around the foundation.  At the time, Streetsville was a small and close-knit village, now part of the larger city of Mississauga it struggles to retain its own identity.  The area surrounding the cenotaph is extremely busy, with outdoor cafes and shops.  A small sign and fence has been erected around the memorial to protect it from patrons who use it a bench while enjoying their beverages or whiling away the time on their cellphones, totally oblivious to the sacrifices made by local men so many years ago.  Sad that a sign must be added to ask people to show respect of this otherwise very attractive memorial.
 
 

Marker text:
Main plaque:
TO THE GREAT WAR
THEY WENT FROM
US - AND FOR US
BUT THEY DID NOT
RETURN - TO US

ERECTED - A.D.M.G
AND IN THEIR
ABIDING MEMORY
BY THE STREETSVILLE
OVERSEAS VETERANS
CLUB.  THROUGH THE
GENEROUS SUPPORT
OF PRESENT AND
FORMER RESIDENTS
OF THIS VILLAGE
AND OTHERS

JULY - MCMXXVI
 


WWI plaque:
1914 - 1918
THEIR NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE

ALEX CARRINGTON
WM. H. CLIPPERTON
G. DAVIS
JAMES DUNN
RALPH EDWARDS
JAMES EGGLESTON
ARTHUR GOULD
FLOYD GRAYDON
GORDON B. KIPP
JOHN MALONE
R. MORTON
W. NOSEWORTHY
HUBERT McCAUGERTY
HARRY SMITH
HAROLD STATIA
WILLIAM STILL
 


WWII plaque:
1939 - 1945
IN MEMORIAM

HOWARD ARTHURS
JOHN FELLOWS
DONALD HAWN
CHARLES HERSOM
ALFRED IVES
KENNETH PARKER
STANLEY PRIMROSE
DAVIS THOMPSON

THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOR EVER
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS
OF STREETSVILLE AND VICINITY
NOVEMBER 11, 1947