West Hamilton

 

Location:  City of Hamilton     N 43.25384   W -79.92131

Beside St. George's Church, 134 Emerson Street.

 

The following description of this memorial is taken from the historical sign located at the site, posted by the City of Hamilton in 2013.  The memorial was erected in 1925, before West Hamilton was absorbed into the City of Hamilton in 1930.

WEST HAMILTON CENOTAPH

Every year on November 11th, the West Hamilton community

holds a Service of Remembrance at this cenotaph.

The Village of West Hamilton began in 1908.  It had its own

stores, a bank, a post office and numerous athletic and social

organizations.  World War I (1914-1918) had a significant effect

on the young village.  From a community of about 250 families, 

over 180 men served in the armed forces.  Following the war, a

Memorial Committee of veterans and delegates from churches,

the Women's Institute, and social clubs raised funds to provide

a memorial for the young men killed in the conflict.

This fine granite cenotaph was unveiled in 1925 in a sunken 

garden alongside St. Margaret's Anglican Church, which later

became St. George's.  It depicts a cross with the title of the poem

"In Flanders Fields" along with poppies as a symbol of

remembrance.

The young men of West Hamilton who gave their lives in World War II (1939-1945) were honoured at "West Hamilton's 80th Birthday Reunion."  A memorial stone inscribed with their names was added to the cenotaph and officially dedicated on June 12, 1988 by Reverend Canon Eric Mills of St. Margaret's Church.  Representatives of local militia units participated along with the public.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of West Hamilton in 2008, the community created a Memorial Garden including benches for quiet reflection.

West Hamilton Heritage Trail

City of Hamilton

2013

Marker text:

IN FLANDERS FIELDS

1914    1918

"OUR HONOURED DEAD"

ARCHIBALD BEST

BRUCE CALLON

JAMES GUTHRIE

WILLIAM A. HAVENS

GEORGE E. HENDERSON

GEORGE O. JAMES

WALTER MEPHAM

PERCIVAL MEPHAM

ARTHUR MOONEY

ANDREW PROUDFOOT

ERNEST RANDALL

STEPHEN J. PARISH

LEST WE FORGET

1914     C.O. CLARK          WM. HOSKING     1918

1939     W. CAMERON             J. STEWART          A. COX       1945

             G. KERSLAKE             H. STEWART         H. SPRING

             I. McILROY                  P. STUART             F. WARD

             R. NEEDHAM              E. VENUS              D. BROWN

             W. STEPHENSON        C.W. COX              D. STAPLETON

Ottawa - Korean Vets Memorial

 

Location:  City of Ottawa   

N 45.419668  W -75.619007

 On Lisgar St. Beside Heritage Building (formerly a teacher's college, now part of the City Hall of Ottawa).

 

This pink granite (donated by the Republic of Korea) memorial was unveiled on July 27, 1994 at the former Ottawa City Hall on Sussex Drive.  It was moved to this present location in 1998.

Photos and description by Louise Bellec.

 

Marker text:

IN MEMORY OF THE CANADIANS
WHO ENLISTED IN THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
AND MADE THE SUPREME

SACRIFICE FOR THEIR COUNTRY

 

(REPEATED IN FRENCH)

1950 - 1953

THE WAR IN KOREA - LA GUERRE DE CORÉE

 

R.V. ARNOTT
D.W. BANTON
T.H. COLBOURNE
A.R. COLLINS
S.F. COWAN
L.A. EMERSON
B.P.J. FAIRFIELD

A.L. GRAY
C.A. HAYES
U.J. LÉVESQUE
H.T. MACDONNELL
J.P. MAISONNEUVE
D.P. MAURER
K.D. O'BRIEN

T.E. PERRY
J.H.B. POIRIER
W.L. PRESLEY
A.A. RÉGIMBALD
B.G.D. RICE
J.E.H. SANSCARTIER
D.M. WELLINGTON

 

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVERMORE - QUE LEUR SOUVENIR DEMEURE

 

ERECTED BY

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

UNIT OF THE KOREA VETERANS

ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
AND THE CITY OF OTTAWA

(REPEATED IN FRENCH)