Princeton

 

Location:  Oxford County     N 43 10.188   W 8031.619
In front of the library, corner of Main Street S. and Elgin Street W.
 
 
This memorial was erected in 1998 by the community of Princeton under the direction of the Princeton and District Historical Society.  It sits proudly on the grounds of the former Soldiers Memorial Library, which served the community from 1921 until 1997, when it was replaced with a new modern library.  Along with the new library, this memorial was created, with a new plaque on the front of the stone wall.  The wall is made of fieldstones from the original library, and features the original dedicated Soldiers Memorial Library stone on the back of the new memorial.  The plaque listed the names of those from this community who died and of those who survived the two World Wars.   Hats off the the community and to the historical society for creating a lasting tribute to the original library and to those who paid the price in war.
Stone gates also greet the visitor with sentiments of remembrance of the past with granite plaques built into the stone.
 



Marker text:
Front:
1914 - 1919
IN PROUD AND HONOURED MEMORY
OF

LLOYD H. HUGHES
ERIC HUGHES
GERRIT BROUER
CHAS TOWNSEND
GEO, H. CRACKNELL
REG HOME
WILFRED KIBBLE

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
AND
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF

BROMPTON J.
BAYLESS H.
CROSS H.
COURTNEY A.
DICKSON D.
DUNN C.
DUCE R.
EDMINSTON R.
FORCE E.
FORCE L.
GAGE R.
HUGHES T.
HUGHES A.
HORNE G.
HUFF H.
KIPP H.
KIPP F.
KEMPERT W.
MOORE C.
McARTHUR W.
MULLIN M.
MISENER W.
McNALLY J.
McDONALD D.
McDONALD M.
McDONALD C.
PELLOW A.
POAD H.
PORTER J.
PRICE G.
RACKNOR E.
REID S.
SUTHERLAND D.M.
SIBBICK G.
TUCKER H.
WILLIAMSON W.
WILSON W.
YARRINGTON A.

WHO GAVE THEIR WILLING SERVICE
IN THE GREAT WAR
TELL THEM OF US AND SAY:
FOR YOUR TO-MORROW THESE GAVE THEIR TO-DAY.
 


1939 - 1945
IN GRATEFUL  & HONOURED MEMORY
OF

REG. BASKETT
GEORGE PARKHILL
GEORGE CRERAR
MORRIS TAYLOR
ROGER VEIT

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
AND
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF

 AUSTIN D.
BASKETT L.
BASKETT N.
BAYLESS A.
BEATON J.
BRITTAIN R.
CARL E.
CARSON C.
COLLIE E.
COWAN R.
DICKINSON D.
DURHAM J.
EVANS A.E.
FORREST D.
HART C.
HEASLIP G.
JACKSON W.
LAIRD A.
LILLEY A.
LILLEY C.
MALCOLM J.
MEACHAM A.
MERCHANT T.
MORGAN J.
NYE F.
PARKHILL H.W.
PROUT A.
RACKNOR L.
READING E.
READING F.
RUPERT E.
SLAGHT O.
SULSTON R.W.
SWARTS S.O.
TAYLOR E.A.
TAYLOR R.B.
TAYLOR W.H.
TELFER D.
THOMPSON D.
TOTTLE J.
WATTS K.
WATTS R.
WILLSIE E.
WILSON J.B.
YEANDLE E.

WHO SERVED OVERSEAS IN
THE GREAT WAR
THEY SERVED, THAT RIGHT, WHICH IS MORE
PRECIOUS, MIGHT PREVAIL.
 




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