Mattawa

 

 

Location:  Nipissing District     N 46.31870   W -78.70629

In Veterans Memorial Park on the east side of the Mattawa River, 193 Water Street.

 

This monument was erected by the local Women's Institute shortly after the First World War.  The names of the dead from that horrific war are permanently engraved on the back of the granite stone.  After the Second World War and Korea, more names were sadly added to the side of the monument.  Several major battles of the Great War are listed on the base, and a statue of a soldier stands proudly at ease over the names of his fallen brothers.  The memorial is found in Veterans Memorial Park, near the junction of the historic Mattawa River and the mighty Ottawa River.  This area is rich in the early history of the fur trade and the importance of these two powerful rivers.

Marker text:

Front:

1914 - 1918

TO PERPETUATE

THE NAMES OF OUR HONOURED DEAD

AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON IN

THE GREAT WAR

FROM THE TOWN OF

MATTAWA AND DISTRICT

ERECTED BY THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

SOMME     COURCELETTE     VIMY RIDGE

 

Right side:

1939 - 1945

G. MEILLEUR

A. LATOUR

H. JOCKO

W. GREEN

R. LACELLE

T. McISAAC

R. DECLAIRE

E. BLAKE

H. NICHOLS

E. MORIN

L. TOIVONEN

E. LAMIRANTE

 

PASSCHENDAELE     MONS

 

 

 

 

Back:

OUR HONOURED DEAD

DAVID ANTOINE            ARTHUR SEGUIN

HENRI NADON                WILLIAM FORBES

FRANCIS SIKORSKI        ARTHUR DUQUETTE

ROBERT J. MOORE          ALBERT G. GATES

WILLIAM A. MORRIS      ALEXANDER TENNISCO

JOSEPH CARON                MAXIM DONNIE

HARRY DESORMEAU     FELIX LACOMBE

GEORGE LECLAIRE        BARNABA DEROCHIE

IRVINE RIELLY                HENRY SOUCIE

JAMES CLEMENT            ALBERT NADON

JAMES PAUL                     EARL WALLS

EUGENE ST. DENIS          CLIFFORD BEAUDIEN

LAWRENCE EDMONDS   JOSEPH DESORMEAU

ALBERT LARONDE

SAMUEL DECAIRE           LESLIE McCONNELL

ERIC McCONNELL            SAMUEL H. RICHARDSON

JAMES THERRIEN             PATRICK O'HARA

HILLIARD McLEOD

YPRES     ARRAS     VALENCIENNES

 

Left side:

1939 - 1945

J. RIBOUT

J. CHARRON

M. O'CONNOR

G. LECLAIRE

H. MILLEN

H. DEAN

E. FREVE M.M.

P. JONES

J. CHAPMAN

O. O'GRADY

R. LALONDE

B. ADAMS

J. POMMERELLE

AMIENS     CAMBRAI

 

 

Rockport

 

Location:  Leeds and Grenville County     N 44.37863   W -75.93340

At the foot of Front Street, right beside the boat launch.

Rockport is a busy tourist area known as the Heart of the 1000 Islands.  From here you can take a boat tour of the famous islands along the St. Lawrence River or indulge in some fine dining in the nearby restaurants.  This is definitely a very pretty and popular place to visit, surely worth spending some time here. If you look carefully among the tourist distractions, you can find this small memorial dedicated to the four local men who gave their lives in World War II.  This is a very historic area, first settled over 200 years ago and it has enjoyed a rich boat building in keeping with its key location along the river.

Marker text:

1939 - 1945

SERGEANT

M.H. LAMBERT

GUNNER

C.A. MASSEY JR.

FLIGHT SERGEANT

I.I. DONOVAN

PARATROOPER

J.D. BUELL

LEST WE FORGET

Brownsville

 

Location:  Oxford County     N 42.85929   W -80.83875

In front of the Brownsville Community Centre, 292238 Culloden Line.

 

This memorial consists of a stone arch and gates that were erected in 1926.  The thick stone wall stretched along the entire front of the Brownsville Memorial School yard, which is now the site of the Community Centre and Library.  The impressive stonework was designed and built by Alfred E. Moore of Otterville.  The memorial has only minimal wording with no names or details.

Marker text:

Front:

1914 . 18

TRUTH . DUTY . VALOR

 

 

 

 

Back:

1926

 

 

Bothwell

 

Location:  Chatham-Kent     N 42.63111   W -81.87106

Next to the Town Hall, 320 Main Street. 

Bothwell owes its origins to the vision and leadership of George Brown, one of the Fathers of Confederation, who purchased 4,000 acres of land in the vicinity, started several industries, and soon the small community grew and then prospered when in 1861when oil was discovered in the area.  The oil wells dried up in a mere fifteen years and the prosperous town began to falter, only now has it once again reached its 1860's population of 3,500 people.

The memorial is located beside the Town Hall.  It was originally erected to honour the brave souls who served and died in the Great War.  Their names are forever engraved in the granite stone.  A small plaque with the names of those lost in World War II was added at the base of the memorial, but was not present when I visited the memorial.

 

 

Marker text:

Front;

IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE

POPPIES BLOW

BETWEEN THE CROSSES

ROW ON ROW

 

1914     1918

 

THEIR NAME ENDURETH

FOR EVERMORE

 

OUR HONOURED DEAD

BERT LAWRENCE

WM. LITTLE

HUGH McCALL

CLIFF MILLER

KERNETH PARKER

FRED NEWMAN

ERNEST TUNKS

FRED HAWES

EARNEST WRANCHER

BERT McINTYRE

FRED MYRES

FRED JONES

ROBERT BATMAN

HARRY STONEHAM

WALTER TOBIAS

STEPHEN LOGAN

 

 

 

 

 

Rear:

THEY ALSO SERVED

FRED CLARKE

RUBEN BRADLEY

THOS LYNN

CHAS McROBERTS

JOHN McROBERTS

WESLEY ELLWOOD

EARL CROMPTON

GEO KRIBBS

JAS JOHNSTON

NORMAN JOHNSTON

WM. HEYWOOD

FRANK ROSEBRUGH

PETER HICKS

JOHN CALDERWOOD

ERNIE BUCKENHAM

HENRY HAWES

CHAS BURROWS