Bracebridge

 

Location:  Muskoka District     N 45 02.569   W 79 18.829
In Memorial Park, at the corner of Manitoba Street and Kimberley Avenue.
 

Memorial Park was created in 1900 as a memorial to Fred Wasdell and James Findlay who were killed at Paardeberg, South Africa in the Boer War.  At the time a fountain was added to the park, although the water was never connected, and the fountain never flowed.  When the current larger memorial was erected in 1959, the fountain was relocated to a different park.  With the cooperation of the Historical Society and Town Council, the fountain has been relocated to Memorial Park and now flows in glory and honour of its fallen sons.
The granite cenotaph was erected in 1959, to honour those lost in the World Wars and Korea.  The names of the dead are forever engraved in the attractive monument.  Surrounding the well-landscaped memorial are several columns with the names of others who served during the World Wars.
This is a very well maintained and appealing memorial park, a fitting tribute to the heroes of the past.



Marker text:
Front:
LEST
WE
FORGET

IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF BRACEBRIDGE
AND DISTRICT
WHO MADE
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE





Left side:
(Army crest)

WORLD WAR I

JOHN C. ALLEN
TIMOTHY R. ALLEN
JAMES BARRETT
HAROLD B. BATES
ARTHUR H. BURRIDGE
GEORGE CLARK
JOHN E. COLE
STANLEY DICKIE
ROY FOSTER
EDWARD FRADETTE
PERCY FURLONG
WILLIAM GRIMWOOD
DONALD JEFFRY
DOUGLAS JOHNSON
RONALD KERR
ISADORE LABRIE
HARRY LANGMAID
BERT LEAVETT
WILLIAM H. LILLY
SYDNEY E. LOUNT
ALEX W. MATHIESON
ELMER MAYES
ALFRED MILLER
ROBERT MORELAND
BLAIN MacDONALD
SAMUEL MacDONALD
RAE NELSON OLSON
W. CLAUDE PERRY
JAMES POLLOCK
JAMES ROBERTSON
PERCY ROBINSON
ALBERT RUTHERFORD
CHARLES WORMALD
GEORGE LOGAN
 



 
Right side:
(RCAF crest)

WORLD WAR II

T.M. ARMSTRONG
JACK BOYER
GILBERT BOYER
HADDO BRUCE
STANLEY BULL
JOHN BUTLER
WALTER COWAN
LEMUEL DAVIS
ALLEN DOLEY
HAROLD N. DIXON
KENNETH EARNSHAW
IVAN EINARSON
ROY ENNIS
JACK FOSTER
FRANK J. GREEN
MEL HAMMELL
JAMES HILLMAN
KENNETH HAMMOND
ROY HINES
J.K. HOOTON
J.C. IRVINE
JAMES JOSELIN
DOUGLAS KAYE
GERALD KINGSHOTT
WILLIAM G. LAUT
JACK LOUCKS
REX C. MANN
LESLIE McEACHERN
WILFRED McDONALD
GLEN McKAY
JAMES NICHOLS
ALLEN C. OLIMER
JOHN ROBERTS
 




Back:
(RCN crest)

WORLD WAR II

ROY O. RUTTER
RAYMOND SANDER
ESMOND SCOVELL
M.J. STEVENSON
AUBREY SHAPTER
DONALD SHAPTER
JAMES SPECK
L. KEITH TAYLOR
ALBERT TRAVES
FLOYD TIBBETT
DONALD THOMPSON
GORDON WARNICA


KOREAN
WAR

DONALD BRADSHAW
ROY ELLIOTT


BOER WAR

FRED WASDELL
JAMES FINDLAY