Corunna

 

Location:  Lambeth County     N 42.89177   W -82.43746

In front of the Legion, 350 Albert Street.

 

 

This memorial was first dedicated in 1948 by the British Empire Service League branch 447, now the Royal Canadian Legion.  The fieldstone monument is located in front of the Leslie Sunderland Branch 447 of the Legion.  On top of the monument is a granite stone showing the crest of the B.E.S.L. and the words Lest We Forget.  There are no names or conflicts listed on the monument, simply a bronze plaque with a sentiment of service and remembrance.The legion plays and active role in this small community outside of Sarnia and hosts many local events and a Remebrance Day ceremony each year.

 

Marker text:

Top:

Lest

We 

Forget  

 

(B.E.S.L.  crest)

 

 

 

Plaque:

TO THE GLORY 

OF GOD AND AS A 

TRIBUTE TO THOSE

WHO SERVED AND

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF THOSE WHO DIED

IN THE SERVICE OF

THEIR COUNTRY AND

OF ALL MANKIND

 

 

Cornerstone:

B.E.S.L. - 447

1948

 

Stouffville - Memorial Gates

 

Location:  York Region     N 43.97099   W -79.24499

At the end of Church Street S, at the entrance to the park.

This memorial consists of two brick pillars that form the gate to the north entrance to Stouffville's Memorial Park.  Constructed after World War I, the gates name those who died and those who served during the Great War.  A later addition recognizes World War II and Korea but does not list any names.  Recently a plaque was added a few steps inside the gates to honour Captain Arthur Roy Brown, who is credited with shooting down Baron von Richthofen.  After the war, Captain Brown lived on his nearby dairy farm until his death in 1944.

Marker text:

East pillar:

-1914-
KILLED IN ACTION

FLOYD DAVIS
WM. HUTCHINSON
FRED JENNINGS
JAMES RAE
JOS. WIDDIFIELD

THEY WHO SERVED
FRANK BURGESS
LEONARD BURGESS
ROLPH BURKHOLDER
CLARENCE BURKHOLDER
EARL BYER
ROY BAKER
KENNETH COULSON
BERT COULSON
PATRICK CADIEUX
ERNEST CROSSIN
ANDREW COWIE
ROY DICKSON
LEWIS DAVIS
ROSS DAVIS
ACE DAVIS
ROBERT DALES
HERBERT FREEL
JESSE GAULL
SIDNEY HUTCHINSON
OLIVER HARDING
DELBERT JENNINGS
DEAN KESTER
WILBUR KESTER

 

 

 

West pillar: 

-1918-
THEY WHO SERVED

CLAUD LEAVENS
EUGENE LEAVENS
ORMSBY LEHMAN
STANLEY LAWR
BARSTOW MILLER
JOSEPH MOWDER
JOHN McMULLEN
FRED NIGHSWANDER
NELSON NENDICK
JOHN OXENDALE
CLEVE. PEARSON
ORO REAMAN
FRED RATCLIFF
JAMES RATCLIFF
WILLIS STOUFFER
FRED SANDERS
WM. SHACKEL
GARNET STEWART
SYDNEY SCHMIDT
EARL STORRY
GEORGE STEWART
RAY SANDERS
FRED Van ZANT
CLARA WIDDIFFIELD
HARRY WILSON
FREEL YAKE
HAROLD ZELLERS

 

 

Inside west pillar:

IN HONOUR OF
THOSE WHO SERVED
1939-1945
AND KOREAN WAR

 

 

 

Capt. Roy Brown Plaque: 

Captain Arthur Roy Brown, DSC and Bar

1893 - 1944

Roy Brown was born in Carleton Place, Ontario.  He earned his pilot's

license with the Wright School of Aeronautics in Dayton, Ohio in 1915

before being commissioned in the Royal Naval Air Service (later the

Royal Air Force).  He is officially credited with shooting down

Baron von Richthofen -aka "The Red Baron" - over France.  He was

the recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross (1917) and Bar (1918)

and never lost a pilot under his command during combat.

Roy Brown married Edythe Moneypenny in 1920 and together they

raised two daughters and a son.  Following his distinguished military

service and a career involving accounting, business, and editorial work,

Brown retired to run a successful dairy farm in the hamlet of Bethesda,

Township of Whitchurch, on Lot 6, Concession 4, now part of

Rolling Hills Golf Course.  He died at his farm at age 50.

In 2015, he was inducted into the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame.

Residents of Whitchurch-Stouffville salute Brown's enormous

legacy of service - both to country and local community.

 

TOWN OF WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE

 

Weston

 

Location:  City of Toronto     N 43.70038   W -79.52024

On Little Avenue, just west of Weston Road.  In Little Avenue Memorial Park.

 

 

This beautiful memorial, in Little Avenue Memorial Park, was dedicated in 1950 to honour those Canadian soldiers who lost their lives in the World Wars and Peacekeeping missions.   The brass sword and torches are from the original WWI memorial located at this site.  The cenotaph was designed by James "Tiny" Shaw and built by master stone mason James Gilbert Gove.  The park underwent a large revitalization project in 2009, which included a new bandshell, an impressive gate and updated landscaping and stone fences.  A large oak in the centre of the park was planted in the 1930's by Weston school children to honour the Royal family.  There is also an Ontario historical plaque in the park which tells the story of the founding of the village of Weston.

 

 

 

 

 

Marker text:

Left plaque:

1914     1918

IN MEMORY

OF THOSE

OF

WESTON

WHO MADE THE

SUPREME SACRIFICE

AND

IN HONOUR

OF THOSE

WHO SERVED IN

THE GREAT WAR

Right plaque:

1939     1945

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

IN HONOUR OF

THOSE WHO SERVED

AND TO THE

GLORIOUS MEMORY OF

THOSE WHO DIED

IN THE

SECOND WORLD WAR

 

Below:

PEACEKEEPING

 

North Augusta

 

 

Location:  United Counties of Leeds and Grenville

N 44.75943   W 75.73781

In a small park at the corner of Main Street and County Road 15.

 

This memorial has very little history available, we know it was restored in 2011, according to a nearby plaque, that gives very little information.  The marble statue of a WWI soldier proudly stands on top of the grey granite base.  The statue itself is only about one metre tall and is very weather worn.  The memorial lists no conflicts or wars, but does provide the names, rank and years of the fifteen men from this village who died during the two World Wars, thirteen from WWI and two from WWII.

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 604, mentioned on the restoration plaque, is located in nearby Spencerville.

 

Some additional information was found regarding the two youngest men named on this cenotaph.  the following history is taken from https://greatwar100reads.wordpress.com.

"Martin Leo Carlin was born in Burritt’s Rapids, the youngest son of William Carlin and Catherine O’Neil Carlin. He attested in January 1916, listed as a school boy aged 18. His birthdate is listed as March 1897 in military records. He lied about his age. Family records say he was born in 1899, so only 16 when he enlisted. He was wounded in battle in August 1917 and succumbed to his wounds the following day. He was 18. He is also remembered on the Kemptville Cenotaph.

Lynn Newton Bissell was the youngest son of Arthur Bissell and Lillie Clow Bissell, born in Algonquin, a hamlet near North Augusta. He attested in February 1916, giving his birthdate as September 1899. His attestation papers list him as a student, aged 16. (Why was he accepted??) He sailed to England in October 1916. Shortly after his 18^th birthday, he was discharged from the Canadian Expeditionary Force and transferred to the Royal Air Force. As a Probationary Flight Officer, he was granted a temporary commission as 2^nd Lieutenant in August 1918. On 31 October 1918, he set off with Lt Eric Wensley Bragg on a bombing raid over the German Fleet. “While climbing out from East Fortune stalled and entered a side slip. Crashed upon which a bomb exploded killing both men.” He was 19."

Photography of this memorial was provided by Louise Bellec. 

 

Marker text:

Front:

PTE. WILLIAM G.F. DAVIS

1894 - 1917

PTE. THOMAS HENRY ELLIOTT

1895 - 1918

PTE. HAROLD GRUBE

1894 - 1919

 

MEMORIAM

 

 

 

 

 

Left side:

SGT. WILLIAM ELLIS LANE

1893 - 1917

PTE. MARTIN LEO CARLIN

1899 - 1917

PTE. JOHN HILTON TOWSLEY

1896 - 1919

PTE. JACOB SAVER DOYLE

1883 - 1919

 

MEMORIAM

 

 

 

 

 

Right side:

PTE. ARCHIBALD JOHN McCRIMMON

1887 - 1918

PTE. BYRON WILFRED WALKER

1897 - 1918

SGT. WARD BURKE

1897 - 1918

TPR. HUGH B. MOFFATT

1921 - 1943

 

MEMORIAM

 

 

Back:

PTE. JOSEPH NORTON BISHOP
1892 - 1917

PTE. ELMER URIAH BISHOP

1894 - 1917

LIEUT. LYNN NEWTON BISSELL

1899 - 1918

CAPT. R.L. FERGUSON

1902 - 1945

 

MEMORIAM