Oxford Centre

 

Location:  Oxford County     N 43.10010   W -80.68055

Located in the pioneer cemetery at 505403 Old Stage Road.

 

"The monument in Oxford Centre was unveiled on November 16, 1919 during an impressive service at the Town Hall. The memorial monument was unveiled by Rev. Capt. Apple yard of Woodstock and assisted by Lieut.-Col. Burgess to honour those from East Oxford Township that made the supreme sacrifice.

The monument is of grey granite and stood at the southwest corner of the Town Hall grounds. The following names were inscribed on it:

- Pte. James A. Langdon

- Pte. George E. Yeoman

- Pte. Charles I. Cooper

- Pte. Albert H. Bond

- Sergt. M Douglas Shell D.C.M.

- Lieut. R.D. Millyard

- Pte. Aubrey Holdsworth

- Pte. Harry Sanders

- Pte. Robert Lobban

- Pte. Fred E. Pounds

During the tornado of August 1979, the Town Hall at Oxford Centre was destroyed and subsequently the monument was moved to the Pioneer Cemetery. Whereas the two WWII memorial tablets that had been erected in 1946 at the Town Hall were moved to the new Township of Norwich office, located in Oxford Centre."

  *Taken from the Oxford County website:  https://oxfordcounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Shortlist/index.html?appid=36ee006e917743379c41b836ee6b6797

 

Marker text:

Front:

OUR HEROES

PTE. JAS. A LANGDON   1882 - 1916

NO. 1120810   C.M.R.

PTE. GEO. E. YEOMAN   1896 - 1916

NO. 3133846   CAN. ENGRS.

PTE. CHAS. I . COOPER   1891 - 1917

NO. 624607   7TH BATT.

 

PTE. ALBERT H. BOND   1895 - 1917

NO. 602952   3RD BATT.

 

SERGT. M. DOUGLAS SCHELL  D.C.M.   1896 - 1918

 NO. 487282   P.P.C.L.I.

 

LIEUT. R.D. MILLYARD   1893 - 1918

P.P.C.L.I.

 

PTE. AUBREY HOLDSWORTH   1889 - 1918

NO. 270075   38TH BATT.

 

PTE. HARRY SANDERS   1895 - 1916

NO. 127105   M.G.C. 5TH BGDE.

 

PTE. ROBT. LOBBAN   1891 - 1917

NO. 675850   168TH BATT.

 

PTE. FRED E. POUNDS   1894 - 1918

NO. 2453306   D. CO. 4TH RESERVE

 

 

 

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2ND WORLD WAR

1939 - 1945

L.H. AMOS

F.N. ANDREW

R. FRAIN

F.H. LONGWORTH

J.H. OVERHOLT

M. POTTS

R.E. ROLOSON

 

 

Oakland

 

Location:  Brant County     N 43 03.078   W -80 20.293

In front of the Legion, 72 King Street North.

 

This memorial is unique in that the sculpture is in the form of the shape of Canada.  Situated in front of the Royal Canadian Legion South Brant Branch #463, the memorial pays tribute to those who gave, with a metal plaque featuring the words of the famous poem "The Silence".   No wars or names of those lost are found on this monument, simply a thought of Remembrance.

An interesting fact, the last time Canada fought on its' own soil against a foreign power was in the County of Brant?  It's true...Malcolm Mills, which lies within the village of Oakland, was the site of the last battle between the American and British troops on Canadian soil in the War of 1812.

 I have never seen another memorial in this style, making the small farming village of Oakland a place to remember in so many ways.  Another little treat to be found here is the captured German machine gun on display behind the monument.

 

 

 

Marker text:

Base of monument:

THOSE WHO GAVE

 

Metal plaque:

THE SILENCE

THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE THAT

ARE LEFT GROW OLD,  AGE SHALL NOT

WEARY THEM,  NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN,

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN

THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 463

Osgoode

 

Location:  City of Ottawa     N 45.144306    W -75.603360

3282 Sunstrum Street, in front of the Legion.

Originally part of Osgoode Township, now part of Ottawa since the amalgamation in 2001.  Osgoode used to be called Osgoode Station then has its name shortened to Osgoode in 1962.

This memorial is situated in front of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. 589.  A sidewalk starting from the parking lot leads to it. It is flanked by 2 trees and flagpoles with the Canadian flag on the left and the Ontario flag on the right.  From there you can see a painting of a field of poppies and a board saying WE WILL REMEMBER THEM on the wall of the building.You can see under the words a ship, a tank, and an aircraft.  A few feet from the wall, there is a silhouette of a fence and a soldier kneeling at a grave of a fallen comrade. That silhouette is just made of plywood.

***Thank you once again to Louise Bellec for providing the photos and description.

The stele itself is just a simple one with a cross on it, At the base of it there is a piece of stone with the  words " IN REMEMBRANCE (flanked by a maple leaf  on each side).

                  WWI                WWII

           1914-1918            1939-1945

                   KOREA   1950-1953

CANADIAN PEACE KEEPERS

 The concrete base of the memorial has the words "LEST WE FORGET" engraved and painted in black.

 

 

Orillia - Veterans' Memorial Park

Location:  Simcoe County     N 44 36.622   W -79 24.705

On Lakeview Avenue, across from the Legion.

This memorial sits at the entrance to Veterans' Memorial Park, located across Lakeview Avenue from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 34.  A beautiful place to visit in the summer months, the popular waterfront can be a busy place.  The memorial lists the names of all those from Orillia who died in the World Wars.  On the front is a metal plaque dated 1920, mounted on the white granite stone.  The plaque must have been located elsewhere before this recent memorial was erected in 2015. On the back, engraved in the stone, are the names of those lost in World War II.  A tall, nautical type of flagpole marks the memorial from a distance.

Marker Text:

Front:

VETERANS'

MEMORIAL PARK

IN HONOUR

AND LOVING MEMORY OF

THE BRAVE MEN FROM ORILLIA

WHO DIED

FOR LIBERTY AND HUMANITY

IN THE

GREAT WAR

1914 - 1918

1915.

JOHN D. GLOVER

NORMAN GLOVER

C.E. HERRELL

W.M. McDONALD

FRED ROBERTS

C.E. WILLIAMS

1916.

STANLEY F. AYLES

FRED BAILEY

JOHN BEATON

WM. ARTHUR BRIGGS

HENRY CALVERLEY

ARTHUR D. BROWN

NORMAN DICKER

WALTER B. DUNHAM

FRANK GRAHAM

JACK HARTE

NORMAN HARVIE

SIDNEY HOLGERSON

MELVILLE G. INGRAM

STANLEY MAYNARD

CRAWFORD MILLER

ARTHUR MILNE

NELSON H. MUFFLEY

THOMAS V. McDONALD

LEONARD PARKHURST

R.J. PERRING

JOHN ALLAN RAHAM

DONALD ROSE

WM. HENRY SHELTON

HARRY SMITH

THOMAS SMYTHE

ROY WALKER

W.C. WHITTLESEA

1917.

ARTHUR H. ARDAGH

ABRAHAM BAREHAM

FRED BENTLEY

GEORGE BORMAN

H.C. BURNETT

D.A. CANTELON

THOS. LEROY CHAMBERS

FRANCIS G. COONEY

REUBEN CRAWFORD

JAMES A. FRISSELL

LORNE GILL

SAM GINSBERG

LEONARD HINCHCLIFFE

GEORGE HUDSON

SAMUEL OTTO IRISH

HARRY JONES

THOMAS KENNARD

CHARLES H. KNIGHT

J.G. LAURIE

HARRY LYFFYT

WM. JAMES LYTTLE

FRED MARSHALL

JOHN McARTHUR

RUSSELL McBRIEN

JOHN McGHEE

C.H. McNABB

MERVYN W. NASH

NORMAN E. RAHAM

ORRIN CECIL WILSON

JOHN G. WILSON

OSCAR WISER

1918.

ERIC M. ANDERSON

A.E. BARRY

JOSEPH BORROW

FRANK D. BREEN

THOMAS BRIDGEWATER

EARNEST BURNET

W.D. CHRISTIE

JACK CLEGG

BENJAMIN T. COLE

ORREN JOHN CONGDON

F.H. CROYDON

ARNOLD CURRAN

HAROLD DEANS

HENRY F. FOUNTAIN

BERT FOX

WILLIAM J. GOODWIN

ROGER GRANT

FRED HUCKER

JAMES HURRY

D. JOHNSTON

GEORGE H. JONES

WILLIAM R. LAMBLE

GILBERT McARTHUR

RUSSELL McCUAIG

D. McDONELL

DAN McLEAN

HAROLD McLEAN

FRED PALMER

ARNOLD PENMAN

VERNON ROSS PHILLIPS

W.W. RIDLEY

FRED H. RUMFORD

PERCY H. SCOTT

PAUL SHEPPARD

HARRY L. SMITH

WILLIAM J. WILLIAMS

ALBERT WOOD

HAROLD WOODS

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE MAY LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."

ERECTED BY DUNCAN C. ANDERSON, MAYOR 1920

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WORLD WAR II

IN MEMORY OF ORILLIA AREA FALLEN VETERANS

ROSS M. AGNEW

LLOYD D. ANNIS

AINSLIE P. ARDAGH

JAMIE R. BOYD

ROY S. BOYD

MANLEY L. BRECHIN

JACK M. BRENNAN

ANTHONY F.B. BRODRIBB

WALTER L. BROWN

ROY W. CAIRNS

GEORGE CANDLER

ALBERT M. CARTER

VICTOR H. CHATTEN

LORNE S. CHRISTMAN

ARTHUR J. CLARK

WILLIAM H. CLARK

ARTHUR K. CLARKE

EDWARD A. CLARKE

EDGAR H. COOPER

WILLIAM E. COPP

STANLEY E. CROSS

BRUCE M. DEANS

MANSELL R. DEVERELL

EVAN C. DEVINE

ELTON L. DIXON

AMBROSE P. DOHERTY

WILLIAM E. DUNN

WILLIAM H. DU TRIZAC

WILFRED EASTMAN

JOHN B. EATON

GORDON J. FERGUSON

RAYMOND J. GAGNON

CAMPBELL C. GILCHRIST

ROBERT P. GOLDSTEIN

IVAN F. GREENE

WARREN HALSTEAD

JACK A. HAMMOND

JOHN D. HEAN

IRWIN HENRY

ROBERT G. HENRY

KENNETH E. HEPINSTALL

JOSEPH G. HINDS

HARVEY C. HOLMES

DONALD P. HOPKINS

HARMAN H. HUFFMAN

THOMAS A. JEFFRIES

NORMAN S. JERMEY

ALLEN E. JOHNSON

ROSS J.H. JOHNSTONE

KENNETH R. JOSLIN

WALTER M. KANIECKI

ORVAL P. LAWSON

WILFRED C. LAWSON

MILLARD M. LIEBECK

MERVYN L.G. LOVERING

PATRICK I. McLAUGHLIN

FREDERICK E. McTAGGART

KENNETH M. MILLER

RONALD O. MILLER

BRUCE R. MILLIGAN

JAMES E. MUGAN

DONALD A. MUIR

DOUGLAS A. NAISMITH

ROSS W. NAISMITH

CHARLES R. NEIDRAUER

GEORGE J.S. OVEREND

WALTER PENLEY

CHARLES PETTIT

PETER PICH

JAMES A. RAMSAY

JAMES M. RICE

ELMER O. RICHARDS

DAVID W. ROSENBERGER

RAYMOND J. SANDER

WILBERT G. SEARS

ROBERT J.A. SHAW

MILTON E. SOULES

BILLY SPEIRAN

JOHN T. STEELE

WILLIAM S. TAYLOR

GEORGE THOMAS

JOHN R. THORBURN

DONALD TURNER

WILLIAM G. WALKER

ROBERT H. WILSON

ERNEST M. WOOD

GORDON F. WOOD

KENNETH W. YOUNG

ORILLIA AREA FALLEN VETERANS COMPILED BY JIM WATT 2015