Waverly

 

 
Location:  Simcoe County     N 44 38.599   W 79 49.491
In the village of Waverly, on the west side of Highway 93 at Darby Road.

This memorial is found in a triangular shaped memorial park in the village of Waverly.  The monument was originally erected in 1920 to honour the men lost in the Great War, from the four surrounding townships of Medonte, Tiny, Tay and Flos.  Waverly is at the crossroads of these four townships.   Each side of the base of the monument represents a different township and proudly lists the names of those lost in the war.
After the Second World War, four steles were added to the grounds, once again one for each of the four townships, each with a list of names of those lost in the war.
A marble statue of a WWI soldier stands on top of the original monument.  The entire park is surrounded by a black metal fence with a gate at the front of the grounds.  This is a very attractive memorial, well kept and treasured by the local citizens.  The names of their ancestors forever carved in the stones.



Market text:
Main monument:
Front:
THIS MONUMENT
WAS ERECTED BY THE
LADIES PATRIOTIC LEAGUE
OF WAVERLY AND VOLUNTARY
PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION - AD 1920
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR IN EUROPE
1914 ----- 1918
WHO DIES FOR FREEDOM LIVES

MEDONTE

FRED REYNOLDS
GEORGE REYNOLDS
AMBROSE V. ARCHER
JOHN GRIGG
WESLEY CAMPBELL
HERBERT DUDDY
WILLIAM FARRAGHER
FRED HIGGINS
CLEVELAND MOUNT
DOUGLAS KITCHEN
RUSSELL MIDDLETON
MERVIN NASH
FRED RUMFORD
ROBERT RAAFLAUB
CHARLES ORR
GEORGE NELLES
HILTON WILLIAMSON
HOWARD TUDHOPE
WILLIAM TIGEN
EDWARD INNES
CON. BUCKLEY
W. JOHNSTON LESLIE

AND THEIR NAME SHALL LIVE FOR EVER
 





Right side:
WHO DIES FOR FREEDOM LIVES

TAY

WILLIAM QUINLAN
OSCAR FRENCH
J. CHAS. MONTGOMERY
W. WESLEY NEILLY
ALVIN JONES
HARRY RUMMNEY
MARSHAL NEY
NORMAN VINCENT
ERNEST CLAPP
FRANK KITCHENER
ALFRED CLARK
JAMES JOHNSTON
JOHN N. CARTER
NORMAN SWARTMAN
JAMES CURRIER
JOHN BELL
RONALD WRIGHT
ARCHIBALD McDONALD
JAMES LINTON
NORMAN RUSSELL
WILLIAM KENNEDY
FRANK C. McNABB
ANDREW W. DURNFORD
EARL RALSTON
JAMES LANGLEY
WALLACE H. BURNS

AND THEIR NAME SHALL LIVE FOR EVER

Rear:
WHO DIES FOR FREEDOM LIVES
 





TINY

LORNE BELL
COLONEL BELL
JOS. H. BLACKSTOCK
HOWARD KEMP
GEORGE DUSOME
HARRY ELLERY
WM. H. BRAITHWADE
WILLIAM A. FOSTER
EARNEST N. MOORE
PETER LACROIX
ALBERT STERRITT
ARTHUR BAILEY
PERCY ARNOLD

AND THEIR NAME SHALL LIVE FOR EVER

Left side:
WHO DIES FOR FREEDOM LIVES
 



FLOS

WALTER L. MIDDLETON
OLIVER S. GILBERT
HOWARD BELL
C. VERNER TRAIN
ERNEST DONALDSON
OSCAR KERR
DAVID W. KERR
JAMES DRYSDALE
ALFRED DAVIS
RICHARD McFADDEN
A. ROY SHIPCOTT
WM. C. HUMPHRIES
ALEX POLSON
LEONARD RALPH
GEORGE VANBUREN
MORLEY SNIDER
THOMAS J. FORSYTHE
WILLIAM S. RITCHIE
L.W. ROLFE
WALTER FRENCH
WM. H. CARRUTHERS
PATRICK MITCHEL
GEORGE GORE
JOSEPH SMITH
GEORGE W. VANSICKLE
JAMES PATERSON
M. GRANT LAWSON

AND THEIR NAME SHALL LIVE FOR EVER
 




Front right:
1939 - 1945

IN HONOR
OF THE MEN WHO
DIED FOR THEIR
COUNTRY

MEDONTE

BRECHIN M.L.
BOYD J.
JOHNSTON J.H.R.
JANNETT L.A.
McNUTT G.R.
NICHOLLS H.
PLEDGER K.M.
PLEDGER T.O.
SHERIDEN B.G.
SHORTREED J.L.
TRUAX C.W.

KOREA
1950-1953
 




Right rear:
1939 - 1945

IN HONOR
OF THE MEN WHO
DIED FOR THEIR
COUNTRY

TAY

ARBOUR E.
BAKER E.E.
BARNES A.J.
BIETTE E.R.
BLANCHARD T.C.
BROTHERSTON W.M.
CADEAU C.J.R.
CADEAU W.F.
CURRY H.N.H.
EVANS T.H.I.
HODGINS N.J.
HODGINS M.E.
LANCASTER G.
LAWSON R.
MAYHEW J.D.
NELSON F.R.
PLOUFFE E.J.
REID D.W.
WILLIAMS C.
SHECKLETON R.J.
 




Left rear:
1939 - 1945

IN HONOR
OF THE MEN WHO
DIED FOR THEIR
COUNTRY

TINY

ADAMS J.R.
DOWNER W.W.
LaFRENIERE W.
WOOD R.M.
 




Left front:
1939 - 1945

IN HONOR
OF THE MEN WHO
DIED FOR THEIR
COUNTRY

FLOS

ARCHER C.D.H.
CLUTE W.S.
DEAN C.M.
DUTCHER T.H.C.
FURLONG J.A.
HALL F.W.
HANSON H.
HILTZ E.J.
NAISMITH R.W.
NAISMITH D.A.
O'NEILL E.H.
SMITH O.A.
SPENCE J.A.
WALTON W.D.

KOREA 1950-1953