Markdale

 
Location:  Grey County     N 44 19.049   W 80 33.972
At the corner of Main Street West and Argyle Street, on the grounds of the Markdale Hospital.

This memorial was first erected in 1923, in the Markdale Public Cemetery.  The three large stone plaques listed the names of the 142 brave locals citizens who fought in the Great War, and the 33 brave souls who paid the supreme sacrifice. 
In 1971, the memorial was relocated within the cemetery to place of lesser prominence and the local members of the Royal Canadian Legion felt this was disrespectful.  The three stones plaques where removed and stored at the legion hall.  A smaller brass plaque was created and erected in the town library, but with the creation of a new library, the brass plaque was removed and stored in the basement. 
The Legion and veterans fought to have their memorial restored to a place of honour, and in 1979, property was granted on the grounds of the Markdale Hospital.  A new memorial was created at this site to honour the heroes of the World Wars, and in 1983, the three original stone plaques where added to the new memorial, to honour the names of those who served and died in both World Wars.  The names of those lost in World War II added shortly after this time.  The Markdale Horticultural Society maintains the flower beds around the memorial.
A very nice memorial plagued by political decisions of the past, now pays honour to those soldiers from the past, and thanks also to the diligence of the Legion to carry on and do what's right.


 
Marker text:
Front stone:
1914     1918

1939     1945

(Legion crest)
BY THE GRACE OF GOD MAY ALL
THAT PAUSE AT THIS CENOTAPH
HOLD SACRED THE MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO SERVED AND THOSE
WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
THAT OUR COUNTRY MIGHT REMAIN FREE

1950 KOREA 1953

LEST WE FORGET
 



 
Original Stone:
Centre panel:
THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR OF
1914 -- 1918

H.M. ARMSTRONG
FRED. BASSETT
W.R. BOWEN
MAT. BRADLEY
WALLACE BRETT
TOM. CAVANAUGH
ALEX. CLARK
ALBERT COMBER
RUSSELL DENNISON
WALKER GIBSON
JOS. HALBERT

FRED. S. HALBERT
ED. HOWEY
ERNEST HOYLES
EDGAR HUTCHINSON
LLOYD KIRKTOWN
ELMER KINNEAR
GABRIEL LEE
WALLACE MATHEWSON
TAYLOR MARTIN
S.H. MARTIN
JOHN MORRISON

FRANK McFADDEN
LEONARD McFADDEN
W.J. McKISSOCK
JOHN McLEOD
CLIFFORD PROUD
H.A. SEABROOK
A.L. SEWELL
CECIL SPARROW
C. SUTHERLAND
OSBORNE TWEEDY
BRUCE WALKER


1939  --  1945
J. BENNETT
A. BROWN
W. DIXON
E. EDMUNDS
R. FITCH
M. FUGERE
K. GEMMELL
A. CAMERON
H. WHITNEY

D. GRAHAM
J. LEITCH
A. MACAULAY
R. McFADDEN
J. STEWART
L. WILSON
W. WYVILL
 



Left stone:
THESE FROM MARKDALE AND VICINITY SERVED IN THE WAR
1914  --  1918

MISS LAURA ADAMS
JOHN W. ADAMS
W.H. ARMSTRONG
HARRY BECKERLEY
FRED BEIGHTON
EMERSON BELLAMY
L.D. BINNS
LESLIE BOYD
STANLEY BOYD
A.V. BOWEN
HENRY BRADLEY
Wm. BRANIFF
S.R. BREADNER
PRESTON BEATTIE
NORMAN BRIDGE
S.H. BUCHANAN
LLOYD BURNSIDE
Wm. BUTTERFIELD
RONALD COMBER
R.A.M. COOK M.D.
JOHN CRAVEN
JAMES CROWTHER
GORDON DAVIDSON
W.M. DAVIS
THOS. DAVIS
MISS MAY DEVITT
G.S. DUNDAS
A.S. EAGLES
GORDON FOSTER
HARRY FOSTER
Wm. FOSTER
GEORGE FOY
GORDON FRASER
T.R. FREEMAN
OSCAR GILLESPIE

ALBERT GIVENS
TEO GIVENS
Wm. GREGORY
T. GALLIMORE
J.A. GAWLEY
J.H. GIBSON
T.E. GIBSON
RAYMOND GREGORY
JAMES GOULD
K.R. HASKETT
G.W. HASKETT
JACK HATTON
ADDIE HOLLEY
BENJAMIN HOLLEY
JAMES HOLLEY
PORTER HOLLEY
HERBERT HOLLEY
HAROLD HOLLEY
BERT. HOLLEY
S.F. HUNTER
H.B. HUTCHINSON
RHESA JACKSON
RALPH JOHNSTON
KENNETH JOHNSTON
P.J. KELLY
M.E. KELLY
BERT. KINNEAR
WILLIS KINNEAR
RUSSELL KIRK
FRED. KIRKTON
ED. KLEIST
R.F. KNOWLDEN
Wm. LAIRD
ADAM LAWRENCE
E.A. LEE
 




Right stone:
THESE FROM MARKDALE AND VICINITY SERVED IN THE WAR
1914  --  1918

JOSEPH H. LEE
J.B. LEGETTE
J.H. LESLIE
A. LEVI
NORMAN LEVI
J.A. LEVI
WALTER LOUCKS
G.F. LUCAS
KEN. LUCAS
J.B. LUCAS Jr.
GEORGE MACPHERSON
LYALL MATHEWSON
FRED. MATHEWSON
H.H. MERCER
G.F. MERCER
W.D. MERCER
W.S. MERRIAM
A. MERRIFIELD
J.H. MIDDLETON
JOHN MAC DONALD
A.J. MAC DONALD
JOS. McCLUNG
H.F. McEACHNIE
MELVILE McKAY
J.G. McGEE
J.N. McINNIS
ELGIN McLEAN
THOS. McLEAN
C.E. McWHINNEY
A.H. NOBLE
H.E. PERKINS
RONALD PHALEN
W.J. PLEWES
JOHN PRICE
Wm. RADCLIFF
ERNEST RITCHIE

JOHN RITCHIE
ALEX. SHUTE
JOS. STAFFORD
ALEX. STEWART
ROBT. STEWART
MELVIN STEER
WES. STODDART
ALEX. TELFORD
ROBERT TELFORD
Wm. TELFORD
J.S. THIBAUDEAU
J.S. THOMPSON
W.H. THOMPSON
GEORGE THOMPSON
ANGUS M. TORRIE
C.E. WALDEN
W.H. WALL
G.H.B. WALKER
WILL. WALKER
JAMES WALKER
J.W. WARD
HAROLD WATSON
ROBT. WATTERSON
Wm. WELLS
HAROLD WELSH
LUCAS WELSH
W.H. WHITEOAK
RICHARD WHITNEY
ELMER WILEY
MORLEY WILLIAMS
ROY WOODS
STANLEY YORK
STANLEY YOUNG
A.E. WYVILLE
ISAAC R. ELDER