Tillsonburg Cemetery

 

Location:  Oxford County     N 42.85655   W -80.70349

At the entrance to the cemetery, 191-193 Simcoe Street.

 

This memorial was erected in November 1937 by the Tillsonburg Branch No.153 of the Canadian Legion B.E.S.L.  The memorial is a large cross with a downward pointing sword.  It was erected with the years of the First World War 1914 - 1918 formed into the grey granite.   Later the years of the Second World War 1939 - 1945 were engraved into the stone, as well as Korea.  The cross is to honour all veterans who are buried in this cemetery.  Several are buried directly behind this cross, but most have graves scattered throughout the cemetery.

A Remembrance Garden was planted in fall 2015. In Southern Ontario tulip bulbs generally bloom between the end of April and the beginning of June depending on the type of tulip and where it’s planted.

The memorial is dedicated as a living monument in recognition of the 70th Anniversary of the original Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Garden planted in Ottawa at the end of World War II in 1945. The memorial is in appreciation of the safe haven that members of Holland’s exiled royal family received during World War II, and in recognition of the role Canadian troops played in the liberation of the Netherlands.

Sadly, I have no photos of the gardens.

 

 

 

 

Marker text:

Front:

1914 - 1918

 

1939 - 1945 

KOREA

THIS CROSS IS DEDICATED TO 

THE MEMORY OF ALL WAR

VETERANS WHO ARE BURIED

IN THIS CEMETERY

 

 

Back:

ERECTED BY

TILLSONBURG BRANCH No. 153

CANADIAN LEGION,  B.E.S.L.

NOV 7, 1937.