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.