Durham

Location:   Grey County    N 44 10.626   W 80 49.078
On the north side of Mill Street, at the corner of Albert Street North.

 

This is a beautiful memorial to the men of this village, who died overseas fighting for freedom and glory.  The statue that stands tall on top of this cenotaph is the same one we have seen on many other memorials, however this proud soldier is gilded in a gold colour, stunning to the eye.  The memorial, like most others in Ontario, was first erected to honour those lost in the Great War, with their names engraved in the red granite.  At a later date, more names were added after the Second World War and Korea.
A small garden beside the cenotaph was dedicated in 1970, to mark the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Holland.  Also found in the memorial park is wheeled German trench mortar, in fine condition given its age and the exposure to the elements.  The property is maintained by Branch 308 of the Royal Canadian Legion.
The majority of the cenotaphs and memorials in this part of Ontario are very well done, reminders of the sacrifices made by the men and the families of these small farming communities.

 

Marker text:
Front:
OUR HEROIC DEAD
IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF DURHAM AND VICINITY
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR HUMANITY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

LIEUT. THOMAS A. ALLAN
WILLIAM ROBERT ARMSTRONG
PERCY ROY BYRON
ROBERT WILLIAM BURGESS
ROY GRAHAM CALDER
CAMPBELL CLARK
JAMES GORDON COUTTS
WILLIAM GADD
GEORGE HALLADAY
WILLIAM JOHN HOPKINS
JESSE HUGHES
REGINALD A. KELLY
MAJOR E.L. KNIGHT
WILLIAM ALLISTER LAUDER
JOHN M. LEDINGHAM
SERGT. CALDWELL MARSHALL
WILLIAM T. McALLISTER
PERCY McKECHNIE
ROBERT W. McMEEKIN
ROBERT PUTHERBOUGH
JAMES FOSTER SAUNDERS
EARLE VOLLETT
HARRY VOLLETT
JAMES W. WALLACE
JAMES WARMINGTON
GEORGE WEBBER
JOHN WEIR
ALEXANDER WELLS
WILLIAM GEORGE P. WILLIS
HARRY STANLEY WILLIS
ESDON M. WOLFE
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

 

 

Left side:
1914 - 1918
HARRY ERWIN
ARTHUR GADD
THOMAS W. MacDONALD
NEIL J. McGILLIVRAY
STANLEY M. McNALLY

KOREA
1950-1953

SANCTUARY WOOD
AMIENS, YPRES

 

 

Rear:
VIMY RIDGE, MONS,
THE SOMME,

 

 

Right side:
SECOND GREAT WAR
1939 - 1945

W. ARTHUR ALLAN
GERALD T. BELLEAU
DENNIS M. COLLINS
WILLIAM H. DAVEY
GORDON O. FALKINGHAM
VICTOR H. GOODCHILD
ALWYN G. GOLDSMITH
ROBERT W. HUNTER
FREDERICK S. JAMIESON
ROSS W. KELLER
FREDERICK J. MOSES
W. HARRY McCASLIN
KENNETH H. MacDONALD
D. GORDON McGILLIVRAY
W. NORMAN STEEDS
JAMES P. TILT
HOWARD C. WATSON
WILLIAM S. WEBB
ROBERT J. WEBSTER
JAMES R. WILSON
G. CARSON WHITMORE

GIVENCHEY, ARRAS
PASSCHENDAELE

 

 

Havelock

Location:  Peterborough County   N 44 26.068   W 77 52.867
On the north side of George Street East, at the corner of Mill Street. 

 

A very nice memorial representing the Township of Havelock-Belmont-Metheun, found near the Community Centre.  The memorial is sponsored by the local Royal Canadian Legion Branch #389, which is located nearby.  The names listed of those lost in the World Wars are shown under their respective townships before they amalgamated in 1998.  Once again, the list names of those who paid the ultimate price is longer for the First World War than the Second, showing the brutality and devastation wrought by the Great War upon so many small communities.

 

Marker text:
Centre:
LEST WE FORGET

DEDICATED TO THE
HONOUR AND SACRIFICE
OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY

HAVELOCK
BELMONT  METHEUN

KOREA   1950 – 1953

 

Left:
HAVELOCK

1914-1918
W.C. AFFLECK
C. ABOUD AZROCK
A.E.B. BLACHFORD
F.S. CHILDS
P.J. DEWEY
J.E. JONES
R.C. KELLY
M.J. KIERNAN
W.A. McMULLEN
C. MILLIGAN
E. MILLIGAN
R. PHILLIPS
L. READ
W. STARKY

1914-1918
H. TAYLOR
B. WILLIAMS
E. WILLIAMS
A.H. WOODHEAD

1939-1945
W.F. DREW
CHAS. HAGGERTY
D.A. KETCHEN
J.B. KETCHEN
O.F. NEWTON
R.H. PARCELS
H.K. POLLOCK
S.G.E. YEO
H.R. DAVIES

 

Right:
BELMONT - METHEUN

1914-1918
S. AULTHOUSE
E. AVERY
S.J. DELINE
G. EASTON
W.B. McQUAID
W. PARCELS
J. STEENBURGH
T. WEESE
M.M. WOODBECK
R. YOUNG

1939-1945
W.R. DAFOE
J.T. FITZPATRICK
E. JOHNSON
F. KEENE
B.A. MENZIES
T. POST
C.H. WILSON

Napanee

Location:  Lennox and Addington County   

N 44 15.102   W 76 56.973
On Thomas Street East, in front of the museum, at Adelphi Street.

 

A bright white marble memorial stands in front of the old Napanee Town Hall, now the Leeds and Addington County Museum.  This is a grand sight, both the historic building and the beautiful memorial dedicated to those from this county who died in the Great War.  The names of the dead are engraved on all four sides of this impressive monument.  Those who died in the Second World War are remembered on a stone placed in front of the cenotaph, much like that found in the cenotaph in Lindsay.  On each side is also found a stone bearing the Union Jack flag and the battles fought in the Great War.  On the top of the memorial is a bowl containing the eternal flame of remembrance, which was not lit when I visited,...no comment.  A smaller stone at the rear of the memorial recognizes the Korean War.
All in all, I was very impressed with this memorial and the great contribution of the men of this area.

 

Marker text:
Front Main Memorial:
THROUGH
SACRIFICE
TO
VICTORY
& PEACE
1914
1918

ERECTED TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF
THOSE FROM THE COUNTY OF LENNOX AND
ADDINGTON WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

A. ROY FENWICK
DANIEL B. FERGUSON
JOSEPH FORTIER
D.R. FOSTER
EARL B. GALBRAITH
FRED R. GARRISON
WILLIAM C. GIDDY
GEORGE GIRVIN
MORRIS GLASS
ROY E. GOULD
CHARLES A. GREGG
WILLIAM J. GRIFFIN
JAMES A.H. HAINES
WILLIAM S. HAMILTON
FRED HAMILTON
J. VINCENT HARRISON
CHARLES E. HARTMAN

CHARLES HARTIN
ALLEN J. HAWLEY
DAVID R. HEARNS
WILLIAM A. HENDERSON
KELVIN J. HERRINGTON
RAYMOND HICKS
C.H. HICKS
SAMUEL HICKS
FREDERICK C. HILL
CLAYTON HINEMAN
CHARLES HOBBS
JAMES L. HUDSON
FREDERICK HUGHES
AULTON A. HUMPHREY
J. HUTCHINSON
FRANK E. IRISH
JOHN B. KELLAR
T. LEO KENNEDY

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER MORE

 

Front lower stone:
1939    1945
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF LENNOX AND ADDINGTON
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

W.H AIRHART
W.G. ALLEN
H. ARMSTRONG
G. BEDORE
W. BUCHANAN
G. BURRELL
D. CALDWELL
W. CLYDE
R. CONGER
R. DAFOE
V. DAVIS
G. BERNELL

R. EVANS
R.N. FRETTS
A. FRINK
H.C. GILBERT
C. JACKSON
J. KEARNEY
W. KEARNEY
M.F. KIMMERLY
W. KIMMERLY
T.L. KIRK
H. LAIRD

H. LEWIS
M. LOYST
J. McGILL
J.R. METCALFE
J. MILLER
G. MURPHY
R.A. PARKS
F. PUNCHARD
G.E. PURCELL
D. REID
R. RICHMOND
R.J. SAUNDERCOOK

H. ROGERS
W.G. RONEY
V. ROY
V. SAUNDERS
R. SCOUTEN
W.A. SEXSMITH
A.G. SINCLAIR
W. STEENSON
R.K. TEMPLETON
W. TEMPLETON
D. TERRY

H.C. JACK THOMPSON
W. THURLOW
A.V. WAGAR
W.W. WAGNER
M. WAITSON
W.S. WEBB
F. WEMP
W.R. WILKES
E. WOOD
L.H. YORK
G. YOUNG

 

Front flag stone:
YPRES – MONS

 

 

Right side:
THROUGH
SACRIFICE
TO
VICTORY
& PEACE
1914
1918

GORDON KIMMETT
F. ARTHUR LAUGHLIN
WILLIAM LAWLOR
ALBERT N. LEARY
ERNEST W. LEGGETT
FRED J. LOCKWOOD
BURK B. LOTT
THOMAS LOWRY
ALEXANDER MacNICHOLL
G.A. MacNICHOLL
RICHARD M. MARLIN
GEORGE A. MARSHALL
GERALD M. MEAGER
 EVERETT E. MILLER
REGINALD A. MINCHINTON
GORDON E. MINCHINTON
HAROLD MOUCK
ERNEST MOUCK
HAROLD MacAFEE
CLARENCE McCABE
RAYMOND R. McCONACHIE
GEORGE R. McCONACHIE

WILLIAM McCUMBER
THOMAS E. McFERN
WILLIAM G.R. McGREER
THOMAS W.F MacKINIGHT
JOHN J. McLAUGHLIN
FRED McTAGGART
JAMES A. McTAGGART
CHARLES A. NORRIS
LORNE G. OLIVER
GEORGE B. PEARSON
T.L. PERRY
JAMES E. POLLARD
WILLIAM E. POWELL
W. ROSS PRINGLE
WILLIAM PRUE
JAMES R. RANKIN
ROBERT A. REDFERN
HERBERT REID
JOSEPH W.G. ROBINSON
CLANCY L. ROGERS
ARTHUR S. ROSE

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER MORE

Right flag stone:
ARRAS – CAMBRAI

 

 

Rear:
THROUGH
SACRIFICE
TO
VICTORY
& PEACE
1914
1918

RUSSELL G. SAMS
FRANK A. SAVAGE
FINNIE J. SCOTT
CHARLES SCOTT
JOHN J. SEXSMITH
ROY SHORTS
ROSS C. SIMPKINS
JOHN E. SNIDER
DONALD B. SMITH
JAMES STODDART
JOSEPH W. SWITZER
HARRY W. UNWIN
WILLIAM D. UNWIN
WILBUR C. VANDERVOORT
CLAUDE VANLUVEN
GEORGE H. ADAIR
WILLIAM B. BRANDON
JAMES T. GREENWAY
JOSEPH PRINGLE

FREDERICK D. WALKER
DONALD H. WALKER
ALVIN E. WARTMAN
JAMES F. WEBSDALE
WILLIAM B. WELLS
OSWALD WEMP
JOHN WILKINSON
H. EDGAR WICKS
J. DELBERT WISKIN
H. CLEWORTH  WOODS
ERNEST WOODS
HERBERT R. WOOD
AMOS B. WOODCOCK
THOMAS M. WOODCOCK
WILLIAM WRIGHT
STANLEY H. YORK
JOHN P. MILLER
WILLIAM FLEMING
SAMUEL T. GREENWAY

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER MORE

Rear flag stone:
SOMME – VIMY

 

 

 

Left side:
THROUGH
SACRIFICE
TO
VICTORY
& PEACE
1914
1918

THOMAS M. ADAIR
IBRI B. ALKENBRACK
CLARENCE ALLEN
HAROLD D. ARNOTT
PERCY ASHLEY
SHURLEY ASSELSTINE
HENRY A. BAKER
EDWARD H. BAKER
HERBERT S. BAKER
ROBERT BALLENTYNE
JOHN L. BALL
ERNEST H. BARKER
THOMAS BECK
JAMES H. BELL
GEORGE BENSON
HERBERT L. BLANCHFLOWER
ARTHUR BLAND
WILLIAM J. BOOMHOWER
DAVID BROWN
J. GORDON BROOKS
CHARLES BURGESS
WALTER C. BUSH

W. KENNETH CAMBRIDGE
ARTHUR CARROLL
GUY M. CHAPMAN
AUSTEN D. CLARK
EDWARD F. CORKILL
WILLIAM A. DAFOE
AMOS R. DAFOE
WILLIAM R. DAFOE
FRANK E. DAVERN
F. DAVY
WILLIAM R. DAVEY
LORNE DAWSON
ERNEST DENEE
MEACHAM DENYES
WALTER P. DETLOR
GEORGE F. DRACUP
JAMES H. DUNN
WILFRED DWYER
ERIC EAGLE
BRUCE W. FAIRBAIRN
HAROLD A. FAIRBAIRN
HAROLD P. FAIRBAIRN

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER MORE

Left flag stone:
HILL 70
PASSCHENDAELE – AMIENS