Saturday 22 August 2020

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

 

 

 

Back:

2ND WORLD WAR

1939 - 1945

L.H. AMOS

F.N. ANDREW

R. FRAIN

F.H. LONGWORTH

J.H. OVERHOLT

M. POTTS

R.E. ROLOSON

 







 



Sunday 16 August 2020

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










Sunday 9 August 2020

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.








 


 

Sunday 2 August 2020

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