Point Edward

 

Location:  Lambton County     N 42.99597   W -82.41361

Veterans Memorial Park, 206 S.t Clair Street.

 

 

This tall memorial was erected in 1922 by the citizens of Point Edward to remember the fallen in the Great War.  The carved stone bust of a soldier was carved by a local artist.  The monument was opened to great fanfare by Governor General Lord Julian Byng, who had commanded Canadian troops at the famous Battle of Vimy Ridge.  The names of the fallen from the Great War can be found on plaques at the base of the memorial and the names of the battles can be seen rising up the sides of the stone pillar.  There is also a bell with plaques that also pays tribute to the fallen of World War II and Korea.  A recently planted Vimy Oak also stands proudly over-looking the park, complete with its own sign.

A memorial dedicated to the Canadian Merchant Navy is also found in the Veterans Memorial Park, which I will feature in a separate post.

Marker text:

Front:

YPRES

HOOGE

ST. ELOI

VIMY RIDGE

BOURLON WOOD

SACTUARY WOOD

THIS MEMORIAL

WAS ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF

POINT EDWARD

THROUGH VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS

TO THE HONOURED HEROES

WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

IN THE GREAT WAR

1914 - 1918

LEST WE FORGET

THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOREVER

THIS STONE WAS LAID

BY

LORD JULIAN BYNG

OF VIMY

GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA

APRIL 18th, 1922

 

 

 

Right side:

DOUAI

HILL 70

ARLEUX

FRESNOY

VALENCIENNES

QUEANT DROCOURT

KILLED IN ACTION

RANDALL ROBERT

SEAGER FREDERICK

SKINNER WILLIAM BRUCE

SLATER BENJAMIN

TAYLOR ERNEST

VOLLICK HENRY HERBERT

WALKER KENNETH

WILLIAMS MORRIS

WALKER FRANK

FERNS PERCY

HOWELL ARTHUR

 

 

 

Back:

MONS

DENAIN

GIVINCHY

FESTUBERT

PASSCHENDAELE

NEUVE CHAPPELLE

DIED DURING MILITARY SERVICE 

OR THROUGH MILITARY SERVICE

KNIGHT, RICHAR R.

EVANS, THOMAS H.

BROWN, JAMES GORDON

MAVITTY, JOHN

THE STONE IN THIS

MEMORIAL WAS DONATED 

BY THE

CENTRAL CANADA STONE CO. LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left side:

LENS

SOMME

AMIENS

CAMBRIA

CANAL-DU-NORD

MONCHY-LE-PREUX

 

KILLED IN ACTION

BENWARE NEIL

CLARKE WILLIAM

FORSYTHE ROBERT

FAIR ROY

GRACEY AUBREY WILLIAM

HAMBLETON GEORGE

HOWIE MORLEY

KEMMLE CHARLES

McRURY ANGUS

PLUMBRIDGE THOMAS

 

 

 

 

 

Bell:

THIS PLAQUE IS ERECTED

IN HONOUR OF

THE VETERANS OF

THE KOREAN WAR

1950 - 1953

 

 

THIS PARK DONATED TO

POINT EDWARD BY

CARL C. MANORE

IN MEMORY OF HIS PARENTS

MR. AND MRS. C.C. MANORE

LONG TIME RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE. 

 

DEDICATED 

TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS COMMUNITY

WHO SERVED IN

WORLD WAR II

1939 - 1945

KILLED IN ACTION

ALBERT F. BENDALL

JACK BURGESS

ROSS CLARK

ROBERT S. HADLEY

GEORGE HOPWOOD