Kingston - Burma Star

 
Location:  Frontenac County     N 44 13.514   W -76 29.225
Found in Kingston City Park, near the end of Wellington Street and west of West Street.
 
This memorial was erected by the Burma Star Association, in 1995 to honour all those who bravely fought in the Burma Campaign during World War II.   The Burma Star Association is a British-based veteran's group for all ex-servicemen and women who served in that campaign.  They have several branches of the association throughout the world, this being the Eastern Ontario Branch represented here on this monument.  The veterans who are members of the association are listed on the back of the memorial.
 


Marker text:
Front:
(Burma Star Association crest)

"When you go home
tell them of us, and say
for your tomorrow
we gave our today".
(KOHIMA EPITAPH)

THROUGH THIS STONE
WE TOUCH THE SOULS
OF THOSE WHO
DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM


DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO SERVED
IN THE FAR EAST AND
PACIFIC THEATRES OF WAR
1941 - 1945


ERECTED BY
EASTERN ONTARIO BRANCH
THE
BURMA STAR ASSOCIATION
15 AUGUST 1995
 



Back:
MEMBERS OF
THE BURMA STAR ASSOC.
EASTERN ONTARIO BRANCH

F.A. AGNES     A. ARMSTRONG     E. ATKINSON
O. BECKETT     J.R. BERTRAND     L.J. BIRCHALL
ELIZABETH BLAIS     E.A. BLAIS     G. BOWLES
F. BOYDELL     P. BRENNAN     L.C. BROOKS
R.F. BROWN     J. BRYER     D.A. CAMM
P.A. CAMP     E. CHADBAND     T.C. CHAPPELL
N.R. CHRISTIE     D.C. CLAIR     L.B. CRAIG
A.J. DALE     C.J. DARK     R.O. DARK
G.L. DAVIES     R. DAVIS     H.S. DOW
D. DUNCAN     BABS DRENNAN     J.A. DUGUID
K.R. ELLIOTT     J.J. ELLIS     H.E. FACKRELL
F.R. FORSYTH     W.W. FRAZIER     J.A. FRISBY

R.A. GARROD     W.I. GEE     D.H. GILLIS
D. GOODERHAM     R.H. GOODYEAR     J.H. GRAND
D. GURNETT     P.J. HAINES     L.E. HAMPTON
H.A. HARPER     A.S. HOE      H.E. HOLLAND
W.J. HOLLAND     J.S. HORNE     A. HUNTER
F.A. IRWIN     L.D. JAMIESON     J.L. KEENLEYSIDE
J.J. LANG     J.G. LANGTON     E.G. LEE
A. LEVER     S. LEVERSEDGE     D. LEWIS
N. LILLICO     R. LOWE     A.A. MACKENZIE
J. MACINTYRE     G.A. MASK     D.S. MASON

J. MAXWELL     F. MCGRATH     J.C. MCLEOD
C. MCQUAIDE     R. MCQUATTIE     J. MYERS
F.E. NEWBURY     G.R. POWER     JUDITH PIKE
H. QUIBELL     N. RIVINGTON     J.L. ROBERTS
K.N. ROBINSON     T.A. ROBINSON     H.J. RONALDS
H. SADLER     D. SEAGER     K.V. SMITH
L.L. SMITH     H.M. SNELL     C.K. SPENCE
J.C. STEWART     REV. CANON J. THOMPSON
J.G. TOWNSEND     W.B. TUCKER     K.J. UPTON
M.E. VALLEY     E.D. WAINWRIGHT     K. WALDIE
G. WHEELER     W.J. WILMOTT     E.S. WILTSHIRE
L. WORRAL     D.A. WORTON

These veterans who returned
deserve to be remembered.

Morrisburg

Location:  County of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry  
N 44 53.934  W 075 11.140
Found on Fifth Street, in front of the South Dundas Justice Building.

Originally posted in February 2013, updated due to photo storage issues.

This beautiful monument stands nineteen feet tall, with a ten foot high bronze statue of a soldier celebrating the declaration of peace.  This main monument is dedicated solely to the First World War, and flanked by two cannons of the period.  Erected in September of 1923, by The Morrisburg Soldiers' Monument Association, to a crowd of over 5,000 people.
A second stone, across the walkway to the courthouse, is in honour of those who died in World War Two.  This stone was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 48, and the Ladies Auxiliary.

Marker text:
WWI Monument:
Front:
IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN
OF MORRISBURG
AND VICINITY
WHO SERVED
IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914-18

 

Left:
GNR. DONALD BRADFIELD
C.O., G.M.S., C.H. GILLESPIE
SIGNR. GARNET E. LEWIS
SERGT. GERALD MEIKLE
CORP. ORLIN MERKLEY
N. SISTER F. MUNROE
SIGNR. DONALD PRUNER
LANCE CORP. E.R. STEEN
LIEUT. IVAN TINKESS
LIEUT. HUME WINGARD

 

Rear:
THEIR BODIES
ARE BURIED IN PEACE,
BUT THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOREVERMORE

 

 

Right:
PTE. JOHN FROATS
PTE. CHAS. LEWIS
PTE. FREEN RICE
PTE. KARL STATA
PTE. HARRY WELLS
PTE. OLIVER WOODS
PTE. JOHN WYATT
PTE. F. QUICKFALL
PTE. D. ROBERTSON

 

 

WWII Memorial:
THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
AND LADIES AUXILIARY OF
BRANCH 48 MORRISBURG, COMMEMORATES
THE GALLANT MEN OF THIS COMMUNITY
WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN WORLD WAR II

1939 - 1945

DONALD CASSELMAN  W.O. II  AIR FORCE
WILLIS COONS  P.O.  AIR FORCE
REX CUMMINGS  PTE.  ARMY
J. ALEX JOHNSTON   F/SGT.  AIR FORCE
EDMUND JARVIS  P.O.  NAVY
FRED MASON  F.SGT.  AIR FORCE
JOHN McKOY  L/CPL.  ARMY
BEV. McGOUN  P.O.  AIR FORCE
LAWRENCE PRUNNER  PTE. ARMY
JIM NEILD  PTE.  ARMY
JOHN RITCHIE  MERCHANT NAVY
JACK ROBERTSON  P.O.  AIR FORCE
CARMAN REDDICK  PTE.  ARMY
ALEX SHAVER  TPR. ARMY
ARTHUR TINDAL  PTE. ARMY
KEITH UTMAN  F.SGT. AIR FORCE
DWIGHT VANALLEN  PTE.  ARMY

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN
THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

THEY SERVED TILL DEATH WHY NOT WE

Stouffville

Location:  York Region  N 43 58.286  W 079 13.908
Found in the cemetery, west of Reesor Road, opposite the Memorial Chapel.

Originally posted in February 2013, updated due to photo storage issues.

The flags of Canada and Great Britain fly high over the crosses below.  This quaint Legion cemetery honours those who served and died in the fight for freedom.  Each cross bears the name of a local hero, and the central stone marker gives thanks to those who we will remember.

 

Marker text:
(Legion Crest)
LEST WE FORGET

BY THE GRACE OF
ALMIGHTY GOD, MAY
ALL WHO PASS THIS
WAY, HOLD SACRED
IN THEIR HEARTS
THE MEMORIES OF
THOSE WHO FOUGHT
AND DIED, THAT ALL
MIGHT LIVE IN
FREEDOM

 

Trenton - Freedom Fighter

 

Location:  Hastings County   N 44° 07.853 W 077° 35.000
Easily seen from Highway 401, at the southwest corner of the Glen Miller Road/Sidney Street exit.  Behind the Holiday Inn off Sidney Street.

Originally posted in February 2013, updated due to photo storage issues

Dedicated in 1995, by the RCAF Memorial Museum, which is located nearby at CFB Trenton.  The aircraft is a sleek CF-116A/F5 Freedom Fighter.  A beautiful piece of equipment, almost like a sculpture against the blue skies.

 

 

Marker text:
THIS AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED HERE BY THE 
RCAF MEMORIAL MUSEUM
AS A MEMORIAL TO ALL THOSE AIRMEN AND
AIRWOMEN WHO SERVED IN THE AIR FORCES
OF CANADA.  IT IS ESPECIALLY DEDICATED
TO ALL THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
WHILE IN THAT SERVICE.
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

DEDICATED 6 MAY, 1995