Simcoe

 

Location:  Norfolk County     N 42.841173    W -80.305266

Corner of  Norfolk Street and Wilson Avenue, beside the High School.

 

"The Simcoe Carillon Tower is dedicated to Norfolk County residents who died in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by the Committee of Prominent Veterans in 1925. Construction started November 4, 1924 and the dedication ceremony took place on June 17th, 1925. The structure is 60 feet in height and 22 feet square. It is constructed of Hagersville limestone and trimmed with carved Indianna stone and is set on a pile of foundation. It comprises 23 bells weighing over 8,000 pounds. In 1946, a plaque was added with the names of those killed in the Second World War."                   **excerpt taken from https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/national-inventory-canadian-memorials/details/5569

The memorial also features plaques dedicated to the 133rd Norfolk Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in WWI, and also honouring those from the local high school who fell in the Great War, and the Afghanistan conflict.

 

Marker text:

Front:

Left Plaque:

THIS CARILLON TOWER

HAS BEEN PLACED HERE WITH THE

HOPE THAT IT MAY LONG STAND IN

EVERGROWING HONOUR AND UNFADING

GRATITUDE TO OUR MEN OF NORFOLK

WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE

GREAT WAR     1914 - 1918

PT.E D.F. ABBOTT     PTE. R.E. ACTON     PTE. CECIL ALWARD

SGT. J.WM. ALWARD     SPR. GEO. A. ANDREWS     PTE. LEVI W. ASHFORD

PTE. FRANK BALL     CORP. WM. BAIRD M.M.     SGT. F.W.G. BARNWELL

PTE. C.W. BEGARDUS     PTE. AUSTIN BENNETT     PTE. JOHN BERRY

PTE. LEONARD BLAKE     PTE. C.R. BLORE     PTE.HARRY BOOTH

SAPPER LEO BOUGHNER     PTE. LORNE J. BOWYER     PTE. FRANK BRINN

PTE. S.H. BROADRIB     CORP. WM. BROUGHTON     PTE. HAROLD BROWN

PTE. J.C.(BILL) BROWN     PTE. H. CARL BROWN     LT. ROBT. RAY BROWN

PTE. JAS.R. BUTLER     FLT. LT. SANDY McD BROWNE     PTE. G.R. BRIER

PTE. HAROLD BUTLER     PTE. F. EARL BURNETT     PTE. WALTER CADE

PTE. WM. H. CAMPBELL     PTE. JOHN T. CARNAHAN     PTE. E.J. CASSELS

PTE. ARTHUR CLARK     PTE. LLOYD COATES     PTE. GEORGE COLTON

PTE. G.W. COOK D.C.M. M.M.     PTE. JOHN COOK     PTE. WALLACE COOK

PTE. GERALD W. COWARD     PTE. JAMES CRAIG     PTE. JOHN S. CRERAR

PTE. F. CRIPPS     LIEUT. MILTON G. CRUISE     FLT. LT. CARLETON CRYSLER

PTE. HARVEY H. DAVIS     PTE. ALFRED DAW     PTE. WALTER DELINE

PTE. WM. DENNY     PTE. ROSCOE DEVITT     PTE. WM. H. DICK

LIEUT. MILTON W. DICK     PTE. WILLIAM DICKEY     PTE. GEO. DICKIE

PTE. DAVID DICKSON     PTE. PATRICK DICKSON     PTE. HAROLD F. DIVER

PTE. E.F. DOLMAN     PTE. FRED DOREY     PTE. JOHN E. DOUDNEY

PTE. FRANK DOUGHERTY     MAJ. R. LOUIS DUGIT     PTE. W.H. EMSLEY

LIEUT. HAROLD S. EDMONDS M.C.     PTE. WM.E. FOULKNER     PTE. ROY FEERE

PTE. LAURENS M. FLEG     PTE. JOHN FOLMSBEE     LIEUT. CECIL FRANKLIN

PTE. WALTER FRENCH     PTE. LEONARD H. GARLAND     PTE. ALLEN GILSON

SGT. J.M. GOULDEN     SGT. VERNE GREEN     PTE. V.E.M. GREENLAND

PTE. WESLEY GURR     PTE. C. BERT HAMMOND     PTE. HERBERT W. HAMMOND

LIEUT. H. LLOYD HAMMOND     PTE. LORNE HANSEL     PTE. ED. HARTER

LIEUT. HENRY A. HARDING     PTE. ANDREW HARRISON     PTE. ALF. H. HARRIS 

PTE. ROY HICKMAN     CORP. REGINALD HICKMAN     PTE. FRANK W. HILL

PTE. HAROLD HILLIS     SGT. FRED HOBSON V.C.     PTE. ROY HOWICK

PTE. BEN HOWARTH     PTE. JOHN W. HUKE     PTE. A.W. HUTCHEON

PTE. ARCHIE HUTCHISON     SGT. JAS. HUXLEY     PTE. FOSTER HYDE

PTE. WALTER JARVIS     PTE. A.L. JONES     PTE. NELSON KENLINE

PTE. THOMAS KNELLER     PTE. REGINALD KNIGHT     PTE. A. FRED KNOTT

PTE. ALFRED KING     PTE. PERCY KRELL     PTE. ARTHUR LANE

PTE. ALBERT LARSSON     PTE. BRUCE B. LEASK     PTE. MARSHALL LEFLER

PTE. LLOYD B. LEWIS     PTE. LEWIS A. LOCKMAN     PTE. WALTER LONG

PTE. WM. LOWN     PTE. WALTER LOW     PTE. C.O. MALCOLM

SGT. ARTHUR T. MARCH     PTE. WALLACE MARR     PTE. EDGAR MARTIN

PTE. HARRY MASTERS     PTE. JOHN MAY     PTE. GORDON C. McCALL

PTE. A.E. McCALL     PTE. CYRUS McCLENTIC     PTE. NORMAN McKENZIE

PTE. ALEX McLEOD     PTE. CHARLES McNAB     PTE. ANDREW MESSECAR

PTE. MORLEY E. MOFFAT     PTE. T. MILLER     PTE. GEORGE E. MORRIS

PTE. ARCHIE MORRIS     PTE. DAVID MORRIS     PTE. LORANCE T. MORROW

FLT. LT. J.E. MOTT     CORP. H.J. MURPHY     PTE. FRANCIS L. MURPHY

PTE. CL. E. MURCH     PTE. THOS. MUSGROVE     PTE. ROY MYERS

SIG. GEO. A. NEILL     PTE. HAROLD V. NETHERCOTT     CORP. ROBT. NUNN

PTE. HUGH L. OLMSTEAD     PTE. JOHN PAKE     PTE. GEO. F. PARRELL

CAPT. A. HILTON PAULIN     PTE. EDGAR D. PEARCE     SIG. CLINTON PEGG

SGT. THOS. PEPPER     PTE. CHAS. S. PLACE     LIEUT. WILSON PORTER

PTE. CECIL POWELL     PTE. JOSEPH POWELL     PTE. GEO. A. PRATT

PTE. ROBT. PRENTICE     PTE. ERNEST C. QUANBURY     LT. J. HENRY QUANBURY

PTE. CHAS. REED     PTE. JAMES REYNOLDS     PTE. HARRY REVELL

PTE. GEO. A. RIBBLE     PTE. W.P. RICHMOND     PTE. W.J. RINGLER

PTE. LORNE ROBINS     PTE. THOS. ROBINSON     PPTE. C. CLYDE RUSH

PTE. FREEMAN RYERSE     PTE. LEO SCHLOSS     PTE. LEONARD SCOTT

PTE. JOHN R. SEARLES     PTE. CHARLTON SEBRING     PTE. E.H.C. SELLAR

PTE. GEO. SHERLOCK     PTE. HARRY SHERMAN     PTE. O. SILVERTHORNE

PTE. WILFRED SIMMONS     CAPT. JOHN O. SLAGHT M.C.     PTE. NILE SLOAT

PTE. H.A. SLINGERLAND     PTE. GORDON A. SMALL     PTE. WM. SMITH

PTE. H. WHITNEY SMITH     PTE. PERCY J. SMITH     PTE. WALTER SMITH

PTE. ED. G.S. SMITH     PTE. ERNEST W. SMITH     PTE. JOHN A. SMITH

SGT. BERNARD SOHIER     FLT. LT. J. MITCHELL SOUTER     PTE. GEO. SPAIN

PTE. JOHN W. SPAIN     PTE. W.J.F. SPELLER     PTE. D. EARL STEGMEIR

PTE. GUY STEWARTSON     CORP. CHAS. L. STIPES     PTE. F.N. STROHM

PTE. ROY B. THOMPSON     PTE. ROBT. TOWLAND     NURSE ALICE TRUESDALE

PTE. STAN WAKEFORD     PTE. LEONARD E. WALPOLE     PTE. DAVID WALPOLE

PTE. PERCY E. WALLACE     FLT. LT. R. SHERWIN WATT     PTE. JNO. WATMOUGH

PTE. ARTHUR WEST     PTE. LEWIS E. WEST     PTE. BILL JIM WEST

PTE. JOHN WESTGARTH     CADET G.J. WHITE

PTE. LEWIS C. WHITING     LIEUT. LEROY WHITSIDE

 

 

Right plaque:

PTE. JOHN WILSON     PTE. ROSS E. WINEGARDEN

PTE. ARNOLD WOOD     FLT. LT. HARRY C. WOOD

PTE. ERNEST YOUMANS     PTE. J. YOUNG

 

"TO YOU, FROM FAILING HANDS, WE THROW

THE TORCH - BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH."     McCREA

WORLD WAR     1939 - 1945

GNR. GEORGE F. ADAMS     GNR. ROBERT AITKEN     CHIEF ENGINEER HUGH ALLAN

P.O. JOHN N. ALMOND     TPR. ALLAN J. ANDERSON     PTE. ROY ANDERSON

PTE. LLOYD M. ANDERSON     LIEUT. GEORGE ATKINSON     PTE. OLIVER BARBER

CORP. WESLEY BARBER     RFMN. GEORGE A. BELL     SPR. GEORGE A. BENNER

GNR. WILLIAM M. BENNETT     L.S.C.R. BLACKHURST     SGT. C. REX BOWYER

L. BDR. CLENDON D. BRAZIER     GNR. LAWRENCE BRIDGES

FLT. SGT. STANLEY BROCKINGTON     SGT. LORNE E. BROWN

FLT. SGT. HEBERT BRYDEN     PTE. WILLIAM BUCK     MIC CLAUDE L. BUCKLEY

SGT. MARVIN BURTIS     P.O. LEONARD CAMPBELL-ROGERS

PFC. THOMAS H. CLARY     O.D. BEVERLEY COLE     SPR. LEROY COPE

PTE. ALBERT CROCKETT     SEAMAN KENNETH T. CRONK     SGT. BRUCE CULLEN

STO. DOYLE I. CULLIFORD     WO2 DONALD G. CULVER     PTE. GEORGE J. DARBORN

PTE. WALTER DOAN     PTE. WALTER R. DRAPER     PTE. LOUIS M. EGERTON

PTE. WILLIAM FEERE     SGT. ROBERT FERGUSON     TPR. W. FESCHUK

PTE. THOMAS C. FLEW     TPR. BRYCE FOSTER     GNR. E.P. GLIDDEN

SGT. WILLIAM H. GRAHAM     P.O. GRANT L. HALL     SGT. HARRY P. HAMILTON

LIEUT. JAMES D. HAMILTON     F.O. DOUGLAS HAMMOND     GNR. P.R. HANEY

WIND CMDR. GRAEME E. HARRISON     PTE. KENNETH HAYCOCK

LIEUT. GEORGE A. HEATH     SGMN. BEN HEMSLEY     WO1 MARVIN HERRON

F.O. RAYMOND HERRON     GNR. MORLEY HICKS     RFMN. FRANK HOLMES

GNR. EARL HOOVER     FLT. SGT. ARTHUR G. INNES     SGT. THOMAS A. IVEY

F.O. ALLAN H. JACKSON     PTE. EDMUND JEWISS     FLT. SGT. DOUGLAS JOHNSON

L.CPL. HAROLD JONES     PTE. LOUIS KAY     BMDR. ANTHONY KELLNER

PTE. RALPH KELLNER     GNR. MICHAEL KUDRICH     STO. FREDERICK LAMBERT

FLT. SGT. HARRY LEATHERDALE     SGT. JOHN R. LECKIE     PTE. JOHN LEE

P.O. HERBERT LEECE     PTE. MARCEL LeSAGE     O.D. JEFFREY A. LONG

SGT. J.D. LUXTON     PTE. LLOYD W. MARR     F.O. JOHN G. MARTIN

F.O. NEIL J. MERINUK     L. BDR. LEO E. MILLARD     P.O. ALLAN MILLER

SGT. JAMES E. MILLER     PTE. BERKLEY MITCHELL     PTE. ROBERT I. MULLIGAN

FLT. SGT. IAN MURRAY     PVT. CARSON McDANIEL     S.P.O. JOSPEH G. McDERMOTT

P.O. ROBERT McGHIE     FLT. SGT. DONALD McLEOD     PTE. ARTHUR G. NEIL

CAPT. C. RAY NEIL     PTE. WILLIAM H. NEWKIRK     PTE. ALEX NOVINKA

SGT. LEONARD OSBORNE     CPL. WILLIAM J. PALMERSTON

E.R.A. BEVAN PAMPLIN     SGT. ROBERT PEGG     L.CPL. FREDERICK J. PETTIT

LIEUT CHARLES E. PHILLIPS     CAPT. FRANK PICKERSGILL     SGT. BEN PIERCE

F.O. JOHN M. POLOMARK     PTE. CHARLES R. RAWCLIFFE     PTE. GEORGE REID

SGT. WILLIAM C. REID     CPL. HAROLD RENTON     PTE. FRED ROBINS

FLT. LIEUT. A.J. RUTTLEDGE     F.O. DONALD A. RYERSE     F.O.C. RICHARD RYERSE

F.O. BRUCE A. ST. LOUIS     TPR. LLOYD SCHRAM     P.O. ERNEST A. SHAW

P.O. GEORGE SHAW     GNR. BASIL W. SMITH     F.T SGT. MILTON R. SMOKE

FTE. WILLIAM A. STACKHOUSE     PTE. HUGH STEWART     LIEUT. JAS. A.C. STEWART

RFMN. JAMES ARTHUR STEWART     SGT. ALEX STRACHAN

FLT. LIEUT. CARMAN STROUT     F.O. ROBERT C. STUART     P.O. JOHN W. SUMMERHAYES

PTE. FRANK TEDLEY     PTE. GLENDON THEAKSTON     P.O. JACK H. THORNTON

CPL. THOMAS W. THRALL     F.O. EARL UNDERHILL     SGMN. EDMOND VAN ACKER

L.CPL. FIDELIS VAN ACKER     PTE. JOHN R. VANCE     STEWARD DIRK VAN OOYEN

FLT. SGT. ROGER VEIT     SGMN. HECTOR VERTENTE     PTE. RAYMOND J. VINCE

CPL. HARRY WAGNER     PTE. HOWARD WAGNER     PTE. IVAN WAGNER

TPR. J. VINCENT WAGNER     FLT. SGT. LEO WARDELL     PTE. ALVIN WATSON

PTE. LLOYD W. WHITEHEAD     PTE. GEORGE E. WILSON     L.A.C. GEORGE WINFIELD

PTE. ROY WOODEY     P.O. BEVERLEY WYCOFF     PFC. FRED J. ZYWICKI

FLT. SGT. GEORGE T. HODGSON

WHILE THE RIVERS RUN TO THE OCEAN.

AND THE SHADOWS MOVE IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS

AND THE SKY FEEDS THE STARS.

ALWAYS WILL YOUR HONOR AND YOUR NAME

AND YOUR GLORY, REMAIN     

                                                     VIRGIL.

THEY WENT WITH SONGS TO THE BATTLE, THEY WERE YOUNG,

STRAIGHT OF LIMB, TRUE OF EYE, STEADY AND AGLOW,

THEY WERE STAUNCH TO THE END AGAINST ODDS UNCOUNTED,

THEY FELL WITH THEIR FACES TO THE FOE.

 

THEY SHALL GROW NOT 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.

                                                     L. BINYON

 

THESE BRONZE PLAQUES ERECTED IN 1948.

 

 

 

 

Left side:

Left plaque:

AFGHANISTAN

2001 - 2014

 

PO2 DOUGLAS CRAIG BLAKE, CD

3 MAY 2010

 

 

Right plaque:

(133rd BATT. CREST)

The 133rd Norfolk's Own Overseas Battalion

of the Canadian Expeditionary Force under the command of Lt.-

Col. A. C. Pratt was enlisted largely from the 39th Norfolk

Rifles of the Canadian Militia in November 1915.

 

They trained at Camp Borden in the spring of 1916 and sailed

from Halifax on the S.S. Lapland October 30th 1916 with a

strength of 680 officers and men.

 

Early in 1917 in England the Battalion was disbanded and the

members assigned to other Canadian units, most of which served

in France and Belgium.  A combined total of over 100 lives

were lost from the Battalion in the following battles.

YPRES - VIMY RIDGE - HILL 70

PASSCHENDAELE - AMIENS - ARAS - CANAL DU NORD

CAMBRAI and MONS

 

Their devotion and service has secured an honoured place for

them in the history of Norfolk County.

This historical plaque was erected in 1973

 

Back:

THE BORAD OF EDUCATION OF THE TOWN OF SIMCOE

DEDICATED THE PLOT UPON WHICH THIS TOWER IS

BUILDED.  PUPILS AND EX-PUPILS HAVE INSCRIBED

THIS TABLET TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE

SOMETIME STUDENTS OF THE SIMCOE HIGH SCHOOL

WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

LIEUT. JOHN W. BOTTOMLEY

PTE. G. WALLACE COOK

FLT. LIEUT. CARLETON CRYSLER

LIEUT. HAROLD EDMONDS M.C.

PTE. FRANCIS L. MURPHY

CAPT. A HILTON PAULIN

PTE. ERNECT C. QUANBURY

LIEUT. J. HENRY QUANBURY

SERGT. VINCENT SPARLING

FLT. LIEUT. SHERWIN WATT

LIEUT. J. LEROY WHITSIDE

CAPT. A. HAMILTON YOUNG

THESE LAID THE WORLD AWAY, POURED OUT THE RED SWEET

WINE OF YOUTH; GAVE UP THE YEARS TO BE OF WORK AND

JOY, AND THAT UNHOPED SERENE THAT MEN CALL AGE; AND

THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN, THEIR SONS, THEY GAVE

THEIR IMMORTALITY.

                                        RUPERT BROOKE