Clarksburg

Location:  Grey County   N 44 33.083   W 080 27.825
At the convergence of Duncan Street, Russell Street and Bruce Street, in a small triangular-shaped park.

Erected in 1975, by Royal Canadian Legion Beaver Vally Branch 281, this memorial rests in Jack Acres Memorial Park.  Officially part of The Blue Mountains municipality, the village of Clarksburg once thrived at this location along the Beaver River, a short distance south of Thornbury.  Clarksburg boasts a quaint and colourful village centre with lots of history and unique shops.  The memorial is dedicated to those from this area who died in the two World Wars.  The same names appear on the memorial in Thornbury, see my entry for October 15, 2012.

 

Marker text:
LEST WE FORGET

THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING
MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THORNBURY
WHO FOUGHT AND DIED IN THE GREAT WARS

1914-1918
A. LYNE
F. WHATELY
E. WHATELY
G. WOOD
R. PETHER
A. SLADDEN
B. PARKINSON

1939-1945
ROBT. A. MARTIN
MASON HARGRAEVES
ALFRED ABBOTTS
WILLIAM L. GILLESPIE
IRWIN J. HARMER
DOUGLAS LOUGHEED

DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO SERVED
IN THEIR MAJESTIES FORCES
BY BEAVER VALLEY BRANCH 281
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
1975