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