Saturday 28 May 2022

Newington

 

Location:  United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry

N 45.112975    W -75.010924

In Hillcrest Cemetery, 3610 County Road 12.

 

This memorial, found in Hillcrest Cemetery, just south of town, was erected shortly after the Great War.  The names of those lost in World War I are listed with great detail.   

In 1990, a plaque was added by the Royal Canadian Legion Heather Branch 357 in nearby Finch, to honour those who served and died in World War II.  A smaller plaque recognizes the Korean War.

Photos and details by Louise Bellec.

 


Marker text:

IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN
HEROES

PTE. DAVID A. MACMILLAN, 38TH BAT.

THE SOMME, NOV. 18, 1916.

CORP. HAROLD SHAVER, 73RD BAT.

VIMY RIDGE, MAR. 28, 1917.

PTE. WM. BOUCKLAR, 38TH BAT.

LA COULOTE, SEPT. 16, 1917.

PTE. WILLIE J. MARKELL, 154TH BAT.

SEPT 30, 1917.

SERG. OSBORNE H. CARR, 154TH BAT.

OCT. 26, 1917.

PTE. DANIEL MACMILLAN, P.P.C.L.I.

PASSCHENDAELE, OCT. 30, 1917.

PTE. EARLE N. WARNER, 21ST BAT.

PASSCHENDAELE, NOV. 11, 1917.

PTE. JAMES W. QUINN, 38TH BAT.

APR. 26, 1918

PTE. NELSON R. DIXSON, 2ND BAT.

GAGNECOURT, SEPT. 3, 1918.

PTE. BERTRAM C. MCEWAN 130TH. BAT.

ESTREUX, NOV. 6, 1918.

 

THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOREVER MORE

 

PTE. DALTON ZERAN

2ND BAT. MAR. 29TH 1918

 

 

 

WWII Plaque:

FOR KING AND COUNTRY

WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR

ACTIVE SERVICE WITH

WORLD WAR 2 1939 - 1945

 

BUD ALLEN

ROBERT ALLEN
JOHN CAVERS
FORD COOPER
GARNET COOPER
WILLARD COOPER
BERT DUFF
MURRAY DUFF
WALLACE DUFF
GEORGE DICKEY

+DONALD HAWN
ROYAL HAWN
LLOYD HAWN
EARL HELMER
CECIL HOOPLE
BEVERLEY HELMER
DARCY HELMER
DOUGLAS JARDINE
CLINTON MacDONALD
WALTER MATTICE

ERIC PRESLEY
RUSSELL PRESLEY
WALTER QUINN
CLARE RUTLEY
THOMAS RUTLEY
LYLE RUTLEY

WINSTON RUTLEY
CLIFFORD ROMBOUGH
MAX RAYMOND
GERALD RYAN
FENNELL SHAVER
BRUCE SHAVER
HAROLD STEELE
ELDON THOMPSON
KENNETH THOMPSON
GLADSTONE WINTERS
STERLING WERT

LEO WEAGANT
DOUGLAS ZERAN
WALTER ZERAN

 

+ KILLED IN ACTION

ERECTED IN 1990

BY HEATHER BRANCH 357 FINCH LEGION

 

 

 

Korea Plaque:

KOREA

1950 - 1953