Innerkip

 

Location:  Oxford County     N 43.20495   W -80.69293

In the centre of Innerkip Cemetery, enter off Main Street.

 

This memorial stands tall in the centre of the Innerkip Cemetery, the large granite cross is adorned with a sword and poppies.  It was erected shortly after World War I, the names of those lost are engraved in the stone and filled with grey lead, such was a tradition at the time although it does make the words difficult to read.  A plaque was added after World War II listing the names of the dead from that terrible war.  A stone at the base of the memorial indicates that the flagpole was dedicated in 1994.

This is small tightly knit community based mostly on agriculture, the loss of these brave men would have been a terrible burden for the families and the community.  They did not die in vain and their names will be forever remembered on this memorial.

 

Marker text:

Front:

THEY GAVE THEIR ALL

THESE BOYS OF OURS,

AND WELL THEY SLEEP

MID FLANDERS' FLOWERS.

FRANK CALLAN

FRED SPINKS

GEORGE HEWITT

CHARLES WHITE

WALLACE WHITE

JOSEPH COLWELL

HENRY GRIMWOOD

BLACKWOOD PEDDEN

WARREN HENDERSON

GORDON MONTGOMERY

RICHARD RICHARDSON

"THEY FELL WHERE THE FIGHTING

WAS THE FIERCEST"

1914     1918

 

Right side:

THEY ANSWERED THE CALL

THEY GAVE THEIR ALL

W.V. CARTER

W.R. LIVESEY

B.W. MATHESON

G.L. COWING

D.B. ROWELL

1939   -   1945

 

 

 

 

Base:

TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE

WHO LOST THEIR LIVES

IN THE ONGOING QUEST

FOR WORLD PEACE

FLAGS AND POLE

DEDICATED 1994