Beeton

Location:  Simcoe County   N 44 04.818  W 079 47.221
At the corner of Prospect Street and 2nd Street, across the road from the fairgrounds.

The Beeton cenotaph was commissioned in September of 2002, spearheaded by local council and Branch 421 of the Legion.  This memorial sits across the road from the old gates of the fairgrounds, which was the original memorial in Beeton.
The new cenotaph is a brick wall, featuring black stone plaques, inscribed with the names of those who gave their lives the two World Wars, and to honour those who served in Korea and in Peacekeeping missions.  A sign dedicated to those who donated and were responsible for the cenotaph, appears beside the memorial.

 

Marker text:
Centre:
Dedicated To Their Memory, Legion Branch #421

To Honour Those Who Sacrificed
Their Lives And Served In
The First World War.
1914 - 1918

Edgar Douglas
Fred Fenn
Oscar Haines
Oscar Hammel
Norman Henry

Neil McCullough
George M. Reynolds
Albert Smart
Arthur Smith
John A. Wright



To Honour Those Who Sacrificed
Their Lives And Served In
World War II
1939 - 1945

Aubrey C. Coburn
Ross Robinson
Gershaw Bateman
A.A. Snedden

Henry Chiccony
Theodore Schrump
Spencer Schrump

 

Left:
To Honour Those Across Canada
Who Served In The Korean War
Korea
1950 – 1953

 

Right:
In Memory And To Honour
Our Canadian Peacekeepers
Throughout Canada