Parkhill

 
Location:  Middlesex County     N 43.162425    W -81.686498
In Coronation Park, corner of King Street and Ann Street.
 
This memorial, erected in 1928, stands as a large granite cross embedded with a bronze sword.  Originally erected to honour the losses from World War I, later additions added the names of those lost in World War II and Korea.  The eight-sided base of the cenotaph features the names of key battles from the Great War.  The engravings are lead-filled, which was common practice at the time, but proves difficult to read as the years pass due to the lead and the granite being almost the same colour with weathering.  An artillery piece dated 1918 is also found nearby.  The piece is in very rough condition.
The area is well-maintained, being in a busy town park.  In my photos there appears to be some disarray, this was due to a nasty hailstorm that passed moments before I visited.
 


 
Marker text:
Side 1:
THEIR
NAME
LIVETH
FOR
EVERMORE

YPRES
 


Side 2:
PTE. FRED C. McPHERSON
PTE. BERT PENHALE
PTE. WILLIAM POTTER
PTE. ROGER ROBERTS
PTE. ERNEST SCHRAM
PTE. WILLIAM SEMPLE
PTE. ELLIOTT SHEPLEY
CAPT. STANLEY STEWART
PTE. JAMES SWAN

SOMME
 


Side 3:
KOREA
1950 - 1953

VIMY   LENS
 


Side 4:
PASSCHENDAELE
 


Side 5:
ERECTED BY THE PUPILS
OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
AND THE
CITIZENS OF PARKHILL
IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE
OF OUR
GLORIOUS DEAD
WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

AMIENS
 


Side 6:
ARRAS
 


Side 7:
1939 - 1945
JOHN A. ELLIOT
CHARLES ELLIOT
SCOTT THOMSON
GORDON LUTHER

CAMBRAI
 


Side 8:
PTE. J. MAXWELL BURR
PTE. WALTER ELDRIDGE
MAJOR THOMAS ELLIOT
PTE. RONALD GRAHAM
SGT. JOHN R. HAWKEY
PTE.GEORGE KELLY
PTE.SAMSON LOOMIS
PTE. THOMAS MASON
PTE. BRUCE J. McCOLL
L. CPL JOHN D. McCOLL

MONS