Sunday 26 May 2019

Merrickville

 

Location:  Leeds and Grenville United Counties
N 44.913852  W -75.836036
400 St. Lawrence St. (corner of Drummond St. E.)
 
 
Flanked by the Canadian flag and the Union Jack, this 10 to 12 feet tall stone cairn was constructed in 1938 in time for the Remembrance ceremony honouring local servicemen. Later on a plaque for WWII and Korean War were added.  Although that no names appear on the Korean War plaque it nonetheles honours everyone who served and who died in that war.

In 2017 there was a record attendance at the Rembrance ceremony as there was also a special guest, his Excellency Jang Hoi Kim, consul general of South Korea who also laid a wreath at the cenotaph.

Also, in that park, there is a 25 pounder field gun and a Vimy Oak which was planted on May 13, 2017.
 
**Thanks to Louise Bellec for the great write up and photos.
 
 
 
 
 
Marker text:
Front top:
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF THOSE
WHO SERVED AND DIED
1914 - 1918
 
Spirit that made these Heroes dare
To die or leave their children free,
Bid time and Nature gently spare
The Cairn we raise to them and thee.
                                            (EMERSON) 

HONOUR ROLL
KILLED IN ACTION
Lieut.  S.B. TALLMAN
Captain  H. CRANSTOUN
Private  G.R. ANGUS
     "        E. BUSH
     "        G. BIGHAM
     "        J. CLINTON
     "        J. DRENNAN
     "       W. DRISCOLL
     "       Rev. W.G. DAVIS
     "       T. ELLIOTT
     "       W. FITZGERALD
     "       D. FORBES
     "       P.J. FOSTER
     "       L. GERALDI
 
Private T. IRVIN
     "       H. KNOWLES
     "       W. KNOWLES 
     "       A. LEE
     "       M MISKELLY
     "       A. McLEAN
     "       J. McWILLIAMS
     "       J.R. McWILLIAMS
     "       H. ROSE
     "       D. ROACH
     "       R. TELFORD
     "       W.L. WATT
     "       R.N. WATT
     "       R. WATTS

1939 - 1945
KILLED IN ACTION
F/L  A.C. WATT
F/L  N.A. WATT
P/O  J.F. HUMPHREYS
LT.  W.J. ARMSTRONG

Sgt.WAG  B.W. WEAVER
Sgt. AG  J.A. DAVIS
Sgt. AG  S.A. WILSON
       OB  E.V. MARSHALL
 

Front lower:
KOREAN WAR   1950-53

IN LOVING MEMORY FOR
THOSE WHO SERVED AND
THOSE WHO DIED, IN THE
CONFLICT.
 
 
 
 
 
Left side plaque:
SERVED OVERSEAS

Lt. Col. T.C. BEDELL
Major  W. ELLIOTT
Capt.  A.M. BELL
     "     E. J. KYLE
     "     H.R. Merrick
     "     R. BENN
Lieut.  W. J. CARNWITH, M. M.
    "        C. JAKES
Sergt.  H. E. BOYD, M. M.
    "        S. E. BURCHILL
    "        A. M. WATCHORN
    "        L. W. MISKELLY
Corpl.  R. BOLTON
    "         B. WILSON
    "         S. A. MILLS
L. Corpl.  C.L. WATT
Private     A. ARNOTT
     "           H. H. BOYD
     "           Wm. BOYD
     "           A. BURCHILL
     "           J. S. BURCHILL
     "           N. BROUSE
     "           W. CARLEY
     "           E. CARLEY
     "           J. CARNWITH
     "           M. CUMMINGS
     "           J. CRAIG
     "           G. CRANSTOUN
     "           F. CARR M. M.
     "           J. CUMMINGS
     "           G. L. DAVIS
     "           R. A. DERRICK
     "           W. DEVITT
     "           Wm. DEVITT
     "           W. EASTON
     "           L. EAGLEY
     "           A. EAGLEY
     "           L. EVOY
     "           F. EASTON
 
 
 
 
 
 
Right side plaque:
SERVED OVERSEAS

Private  J.H. ERRETT
      "       E. ERRETT
      "       S. R. FITZGERALD
      "       B. GARDINER
      "       R. C. HARRISON
      "       C. HOGAN
      "       A. HUNT
      "       J. HUTTON
      "       A. JOHNSTON
      "       J. JOHNSTON
      "       D. KANARD
      "       D. J. LEE
      "       J. MAXWELL
      "       J. McGUIRE
      "       D. McINTYRE
      "       F. A. NEWMAN
      "       F.S. NEWMAN
      "       P. PAUL
      "       R. N. PAUL
      "       H. PHILLIPS
      "       W.E. PHILLIPS
      "       H. PLUMMER
      "       H. ROACH
      "       G. GREAD
      "       P. ROSE
      "       C. SUNDERLAND
      "       J. SCOTT
      "       A. SMITH
      "       M. SMITH
      "       A. SPLANE
      "       A. STEWART
      "       M. VANSTOCHEN
      "       H. WALSH
      "       W. WARD
      "       J. WATSON
      "       S. A. WATT
      "       B. WEBSTER
      "       J. WILLIAMS
      "       W. A. WILSON
      "       R. N. OWENS
 
 
 

Vimy Oak plaque:

Merrickville's Vimy Oak
(Queen's robur)

This oak tree, planted on
May 13, 2017,
descends from acorns gathered
after the Battle of Vimy Ridge,
April - 12, 1917

It honours the memory of those
who served including three soldiers
from Merrickville who died during
that battle:
Private Thomas John Irvine and
brothers Lance Corporal
William Graham Knowles and
Private Hugh Lloyd Knowles.

This plaque was unveiled on
July 1, 2017
on the 150th anniversary of Canada.

Repeated in French.
 




















 
 

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