Saturday 11 January 2020

Apple Hill

 
Location:  United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
N 45.218903   W -74.769060
3749 Orchard Street (County Rd. 20)
 


Situated in a small community in Eastern Ontario and like many small communities, that I drive through in a blink of an eye, many times I was surprised that such a small place would have a cenotaph.  Although not so far from Alexandria, Maxville, Lancaster and Cornwall, no need for the locals to travel for Remembrance Day Services as Apple Hill has its own cenotaph dedicated to the memory of those from Martintown, Apple Hill, Monkland and district who gave their lives.

In memory of the locals who served in WWI, WWII and Korea, Apple Hill's cenotaph is located just in front of a clinic. Halfway from the curb to the cenotaph are two flagpoles with the provincial and national flags. Beautiful flowers adorn the memorial and on the side is an old weathered wreath, most probably from the previous year's Remembrance Service that I had to put back on its stand out of respect and for photographic purposes.

**Thanks once again to Louise Bellec for the photos and description. 
 
 
 
Marker text:
Front:

GLENGARRY     BRANCH 312

1914 - 1918

HARTLEY BLACKWOOD
FRED CHADWICK
GEORGE CROKER
DONALD A. CHISOLM
DANIEL CHRISTIE
HUGH CHRISTIE
THOMAS ELLIS
LESTER FOULDS
WILLIAM GUNN
ALFRED JACQUES
STEWART KENNEDY
JAMES LAFAVE
GEORGE LUNN
GARRY McDONALD
ARCHIBALD MacGREGOR
PETER McLAREN
ALLAN McLELLAN
WALLACE MacMARTIN
DONALD McNAUGHTON
DANIEL H. MUNRO
HECTOR MURRAY
D.H. POIRIER
CLARENCE ROSS
SAM SMITH
ARPAD URQUHART

1939 - 1945

LESTER COLBOURNE
LOUIS JAMES JACQUES
CALVIN KINNEAR
MACK KIPPEN
ALFRED McGREGOR
ORVAL McPHADDEN
DOUGLAS C. McDONALD
LEO McDONALD
DOUGLAS McDONALD
NEIL McDONALD
BERT McLENNAN
LYNDEN McINTYRE
HUGHIE MUNRO
CHARLES PARENT
ALWYN ROSS

"THEY SERVED TILL DEATH! WHY NOT WE'.
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE BOYS FROM MARTINTOWN
APPLE HILL, MONCKLOND AND DISTRICTS.


KOREA
1950 - 1953
 












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