Barrie - Military Heritage Park

 
Location:  Simcoe County     N 44 22.450   W 79 40.811
On Lakeshore Drive, beside the Southshore Community Centre.
 

The Military Heritage Park sits along a walking trail on the south shore of Kempenfelt Bay.  The land was dedicated as a Military Heritage Park in June of 2009, the 65th anniversary of D-Day, in recognition of the significant relationship between the City of Barrie and Canadian Forces Base Borden.  With generous contribution from the Rotary Club and Town Council, the park pays tribute to the history and involvement of the military in the community.  Home of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters Regiment, the park was visited by their Honorary Colonel-in-Chief, Princess Anne in October of 2013.  Princess Anne dedicated a three-sided memorial honoring and naming all the Canadians who have been awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross. 
The Park is an ongoing development, currentlt featuring the VC Memorial, several information placards, artistic renderings, benches and a stone erected in 1967 to mark the Centennial Year.  A walkway circles around the park leading the visitor on a short journey through history and providing an excellent story of the military contribution from this area.

Marker Text:
VC Memorial:
West side:
CRIMEA
CRIMEE

ALEXANDER DUNN


INDIAN REBELLION OF 1857
REBILLION INDIENNE DE 1857

WILLIAM HALL
HERBERT READE


BRAVERY AT SEA
BRAVOURE EN MAR

CAMPBELL DOUGLAS


BOER WAR
GUERRE DES BOERS

RAYMOND DE MONTMORENCY
HAMPDEN COCKBURN
EDWARD HOLLAND
RICHARD TURNER


SECOND BOER WAR
DEUXIEME GUERRE DES BOERS

WILLIAM NICKERSON
ARTHUR RICHARDSON


FIRST WORLD WAR
PREMIERE GUERRE MONDIALE

WALLACE ALGIE
WILLIAM BARKER
COLIN BARRON
EDWARD BELLEW
PHILIP BENT
WILLIAM BISHOP
ROWLAND BOURKE
ALEXANDER BRERETON
JEAN BRILLANT
HARRY BROWN
HUGH CAIRNS

CANADIAN VICTORIA CROSS
RECIPIENTS
BENEFICIARES DE LA CROIX
VICTORIA CANADIENNE
 




East side:
FIRST WORLD WAR
PREMIERE GUERRE MONDIALE

FREDERICK CAMPBELL
LEO CLARKE
WILLIAM CLARK-KENNEDY
ROBERT COMBE
FREDERICK COPPINS
JOHN CROAK
ROBERT CRUICKSHANK
EDMUND DeWIND
THOMAS DINESON
FREDERICK FISHER
GORDON FLOWERDEW
HERMAN GOOD
MILTON GREGG
FREDERICK HALL
ROBERT HANNA
FREDERICK HARVEY
FREDERICK HOBSON
THOMAS HOLMES
SAMUEL HONEY
BELLENDEN HUTCHESON
JOSEPH KAEBLE
GEORGE KERR
JOHN KERR
CECIL KINROSS
ARTHUR KNIGHT
FILIP KONOWAL
OKILL LEARMONTH
GRAHAM LYALL
THAIN MacDOWELL
JOHN MacGREGOR
GEORGE McKEAN
HUGH McKENZIE
ALAN McLEOD
WILLIAM MERRIFIELD
WILLIAM METCALFE
WILLIAM MILNE
HARRY MINER
COULSON MITCHELL
GEORGE MULLIN
CLAUDE NUNNEY
CHRISTOPHER O'KELLY

CANADIAN VICTORIA CROSS
RECIPIENTS
BENEFICIARES DE LA CROIX
VICTORIA CANADIENNE
 




North side:
FIRST WORLD WAR
PREMIERE GUERRE MONDIALE

MICHAEL O'LEARY
MICHAEL O'ROURKE
JOHN PATTISON
GEORGE PEARKES
CYRUS PECK
WALTER RAYFIELD
JAMES RICHARDSON
THOMAS RICKETTS
JAMES ROBERTSON
CHARLES RUTHERFORD
FRANCIS SCRIMGER
ROBERT SHANKLAND
ELLIS SIFTON
JOHN SINTON
ERNEST SMITH
ROBERT SPALL
HARCUS STRACHAN
JAMES TAIT
THOMAS WILKINSON
JOHN YOUNG
RAPHAEL ZENGEL

SECOND WORLD WAR
DEUXIEME GUERRE MONDIALE

IAN BAZALGETTE
AUBREY COUSINS
DAVID CURRIE
JOHN FOOTE
ROBERT GRAY
CHARLES HOEY
DAVID HORNELL
JOHN MAHONEY
CHARLES MERRITT
ANDREW MYNARSKI
JOHN OSBORN
FREDERICK PETERS
ERNEST SMITH
FREDERICK TILSTON
FREDERICK TOPHAM
PAUL TRIQUET

CANADIAN VICTORIA CROSS
RECIPIENTS
BENEFICIARES DE LA CROIX
VICTORIA CANADIENNE
 

Arden

 
Location:  Frontenac County     N 44 43.238   W 76 55.421
On the east side of Arden Road, beside Kennebec Hall.
 
 
This memorial is located in Kennebec Memorial Park, in the village of Arden.  Kennebec Township no longer exists, being amalgamated in 1998 to become Central Frontenac.  The memorial here is very nicely done with three granite stone shafts, each engraved with the names of those who served and died in the World Wars and Korea.  There is also a tribute to the 101st Airborne regiment for its role in rescuing POW's in WWII.  The cenotaph is flanked by a pair of Vickers machine guns, made and donated in 2016 by Mr. and Mrs. GJ Landon-Browne. 
The memorial was erected in 1990 by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 334, which is located a short distance south and is the only place in Arden to find a drink.  Very friendly atmosphere and the nerve centre of the village.
 



Marker text:
Centre:
WORLD WAR II     1939 - 1945

KILLED IN ACTION
B. ARNEY
S. LOYST
D. JOHNSTON

DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF OUR COMMUNITY
WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY

R. AKEY
K. ARNEY
L. ARNEY
M. ARNEY
C. BARKER
L. BARKER
W. BARKER
E. BISHOP
J. BISHOP
L. BLAKE
S. BLAKNEY
D. CLARKE
R. CLARKE
S. CUKROVAN
A. DELINE
A. FRASER
G. FRASER
A. GAREY
H. GAREY
B. GAYLORD
C. GAYLORD
G. GAYLORD
M. GAYLORD
P. GAYLORD
J. GENDRON
R. GODWIN
J. GOODCHILD
A. HARPER
B. HARRIS
J. HARRIS
F. HARTWICK
R. HORNBECK
O. HAMILL
F. McDOUGALL

G. HUGHES
R .HUGHES
S. HUGHES
T. HUGHES
C. HAWKES
E. JACKSON
H. JACKSON
D. KAY
F. KAY
O. KELLAR
D. LOYST
E. LOYST
G. LOYST
GRANT LOYST
H. LOYST
O. LOYST
H. MERCER
R. McCRIMMON
J. MITCHELL
W. MONDS
M. MOSLEY
M. NEWTON
C. PADDICK
C. PARKER
R. PETERSON
W. PETERSON
V. PRASKEY
D. PRINGLE
G. PRINGLE
A. ROSS
J. POWELL
A. PRINGLE

R. RICHARDSON
A. SCOTT
E. SCOTT
EZRA SCOTT
J. SCOTT
L. SCOTT
C. SEE
R. SHAW
V. SHORTS
C. STEELE
G. THIBEAULT
B. THOMPSON
C. THOMPSON
E. THOMPSON
J. THOMPSON
K. THOMPSON
R. THOMPSON
W. THOMPSON
F. TOMKINS
S. TURCOTTE
N. VANNESS
G. WARREN
H. WARREN
R. WARREN
C. WILLETT
E. WOODCOCK
F. WOODCOCK
G. WOODCOCK
R. WOODCOCK
A. WORMWORTH
J. WORMWORTH
R. WORMWORTH
M. STOLL
N. STOLL

LEST WE FORGET
 



 
Left side front:
WORLD WAR 1     1914 - 1918

KILLED IN ACTION
A. HAYES
R. LOYST
J. MONDS
R. MONDS

E. MOUCK
M. PALMATEER
M. WOOD
M. WOODCOCK

SERVED
H. ALEXANDER
E. BARKER
W. BOOMHOWER
A. DETLOR
D. FRASER
C. GAYLORD
S. GAYLORD
W.J. GAYLORD
O. HAYES
W. HOGAN
F. HUGH
A. HUGHES
J. HUGHES
N. HUGHES
J. KELLAR
W.C. MORGAN
R. NEWTON

A. PARKER
C. PARKS
B. SCOTT
E. SCOTT
S. SCOTT
C. SELMAN
F. SHORTS
D. STEELE
M. THOMPSON
W. THOMPSON
E. WILKES
F. WOOD
O. WOOD
E. WOODCOCK
L. WOODCOCK
M. WOODCOCK
F. WORMWORTH
 




 
 
Left side back:
WORLD WAR I     1914 - 1918
SERVED
H. STANLEY LOYST
EDMOND WALLACE McCAUSLAND
 



 
Right side:
KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953

SERVED
R. HARTWICK
W. KAUFMAN
F. TOMPKINS

K. STEELE
W. WARD
D. THOMPSON

A TRIBUTE TO THE 101st AIRBORNE
FOR RESCUING
CANADIAN PRISONERS OF WAR
DURING WORLD WAR II
 

Springfield

 
 
Location:  Elgin County     N 42 49.751   W 80 56.212
In a small park at the SW corner of Ron McNeil Line and McIntosh Street.
 

This memorial is found in a small park that pays tribute to the history of Springfield and to the remembrance of its fallen heroes.  The memorial consists of a cobblestone cairn with a granite plaque and two separate stones representing the World Wars with the names of the dead engraved and painted black.  A small stone along the walkway recognizes the Korean War.
There is also a separate walkway lined with the names of residents of the past and an Ontario Historical Plaque explaining the founding of Springfield and its railway heritage.
This is a very nice and quiet park full of memories and history.  A local resident approached me during my visit and talked about the history of the area and of several of the people named in the remembrance walkway.   A very touching and special moment to have someone share their local knowledge with a complete stranger.
 



Marker text:
Central cairn:
IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF
SPRINGFIELD AND
SOUTH DORCHESTER
WHO FELL -
AND IN HONOUR OF
THOSE WHO SERVED IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

1939 - 1945
 




Left stone:
1914 - 1918
KILLED IN ACTION
LCPL IAN MCLEOD LAWRANCE   SEPT. 20, 1916
CPL GORDON EARL MOORE   MAY 4, 1917
PVT EDWARD JAMES FRIGHT   OCT. 26, 1917
PVT CHARLES WILLIAM ROLOSON   JULY 23, 1917





Right stone:
1939 - 1945
KILLED IN ACTION
PVT CLARKE LEONARD STAFFORD   SEPT. 19, 1944
SGT JAMES ETTLES "HAMISH" BAIN   DEC. 27, 1944
PVT ARCHIBALD THOMAS FISHER   FEB. 11, 1945