East York

 

Location:  City of Toronto      N 43.69141   W -79.32736

In front of the East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue.

 

 

The memorial was erected to mark courage and sacrifice of those who served their country during times of war, military conflict and peace.  It consists of several large slabs of granite melded together to form a large and imposing cenotaph in front of the East York Civic Centre.   A small plaque indicates that the memorial was restored by the efforts of the local Legion, Brigadier O.M. Martin Branch 345, but no date is given for the restoration or of the original unveiling of this impressive monument.  I have been told of a park behind the Civic Centre that contains a plaque of 120 names of those lost on peacekeeping missions, a location I will visit next time I am in the area.

Marker text:

Front:

SINCE THE EARLIEST CRUSADE

MEN AND WOMEN HAVE SUFFERED

IN THE THROES OF WAR

NOT FOR PERSONAL GAIN OR GLORY

BUT FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AN IDEAL

THAT RIGHTEOUS FREEDOM

MIGHT BE REALISED AS A REWARD

TO ALL MANKIND

THUS WE, THE CITIZENS OF EAST YORK

ERECT THIS SYMBOL TO COMMEMORATE

THROUGHOUT THE YEARS

THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES

OR WERE INCAPACITATED

SERVING THE CAUSE OF SUCH FREEDOM

IN THE VICTORIOUS WARS OF

1914 1918          1939 1945

PRAY THAT THE CRUSADE IS NOW ENDED

IN ETERNAL PEACE

1950  KOREA  1953

PEACEKEEPING

 

Back:

1914-1918          1939-1945

IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE

MAY THEIR SACRIFICE

BE NOT FORGOTTEN

1950  KOREA  1953

AND OUR SPECIAL FORCES

 

Ottawa - Airmen Over Poland Memorial

 

Location:  City of Ottawa     N 45.42156   W -75.69320

At the south-east side of Confederation Park, 100 Elgin Street.

 

This memorial was erected by The Polish Home Army Ex-Serviceman's Association In Canada to pay tribute to the Canadian Airmen who fell while flying support missions over Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.  A smaller additional plaque was added in 1995 by Polish President Lech Walesa to posthumously award all these airmen the Polish Home Army Cross for their valour.   These missions certainly deserve more credit and promotion by the media and historians alike.  The plaque is worded in English and French, and partly in Polish.  I will give only the English translation, the other languages can be seen in the photos. 

Marker text:

"TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE."

                                                                                  (THOMAS CAMPBELL)

THIS IS TO EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION WHICH

LIVES IN THE HEARTS OF FORMER SOLDIERS OF THE

POLISH HOME ARMY FOR THE VALIANT CANADIAN AIRMEN:

F/L   C.A. BEANLAND            5. 8. 1944

F/L   A.R. BLYNN                     5. 8. 1944

F/O   H.L. BROWN                   5. 8. 1944

P/O   D.N. CARTER                  17. 8. 1944

P/O   G.A. CHAPMAN              5. 8. 1944

F/L   A.F. FORBES                    30. 8. 1944

P/O   J.J.R.T. GODIN                 6. 1. 1944

F/O   T. GORAK                        30. 8. 1944

P/O   N.E. HUGHES-GAMES   28. 9. 1944

P/O   R.K. JACK                         30. 8. 1944

F/O    B.I. KALHEIM                30. 8. 1944

SGT   V.J.L. LEBLANC            30. 9. 1942

FS    A.G.W. LIDDELL              5. 8. 1944

F/O   G.D. MacRAE                    5. 8. 1944

FS   T.A. McDOWELL               20. 4. 1943

FS   W.B. NESS                           18. 8. 1943

FS   A.E. NICKERSON               11. 7. 1942

P/O   O.A. O'LEARY                   18. 8. 1943

FS   T.A. PURVIS                         30. 8. 1944

SGT   H.M. ROBERTSON           30. 4. 1942

P/O   J.D. SMITH                         18. 12. 1944

F/O   A. STIENSTRA                   17. 8. 1944

SGT   P.F.J. SYKES                      6. 1. 1944

F/O   B.V.L. VEIRA  D.F.C.         29. 12. 1943

P/O   R.J. WESTGATE                 11. 7. 1942

FS   C.B. WYLIE                          5. 8. 1944

 

WHO FELL OVER POLAND WHILE FLYING SUPPORT MISSIONS

DURING WORLD WAR II AND IN PARTICULAR DURING THE

UPRISING AIMED AT LIBERATION OF THE CITY OF WARSAW

FROM NAZI OCCUPATION IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1944.

 

THE POLISH HOME ARMY EX-SERVICEMEN'S ASSOCIATION IN CANADA

1964

 

 

THESE CANADIAN AIRMEN WERE

POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE

POLISH HOME ARMY CROSS UNDER

AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF

THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND, LECH

WALESA.

                                                    1995

 

 

 

Jarvis

 

Location:  Haldimand County     N 42.88717   W -80.11138

Beside the library, just off Walpole Street.  The library address is listed as 2 Monson Street.

Jarvis Women's Institute erected the Jarvis & Walpole War Memorial cairn which honours those who fell and served in World War I and World War II.  Walpole is the historic township where the village of Jarvis is located.  The memorial is outside the Jarvis branch of the Haldimand County Library.  Located behind the library is the Jarvis Knox Presbyterian Cemetery which is the final resting place of several veterans, as indicated by the CWGC grave markers, some of which are listed on the memorial.  Jarvis was also home to a WWII Air Training Plan base known as RCAF Station Jarvis.

Marker text:

Front:

JARVIS

AND

WALPOLE

WAR MEMORIAL

FOR THOSE WHO FELL AND

SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR

1914 - 1918

 

ERECTED BY JARVIS W.I. 

 

 

 

Left side:

THE 

GLORIOUS DEAD

KEN. CHURCH

JNO. STINGLE

ANDW. DOUGHTY

CHRIS. WALKER

WM. MAXWELL

CHES. ROGERS

H.J. WILLS

JAS. DUNNETT

JOS. POWELL

 

 

 

 

Right side:

HONOURING

OUR HEROIC DEAD

WAORLD WAR II

1939 - 1945

ALLAN ANDERSON

LLOYD ANDERSON

LESLIE E. BLIGHT

EARL BRAY

JOHN W. COLUMBUS

HARRY LEATHERDALE

LLOYD MARR

JAMES E. MILLER

BERKLEY MITCHELL

EDWIN McKEEN

ROY H. NELSON

CHARLES RAWCLIFFE

ROY M. SCHAEFFER

J. ARTHUR STEWART

GORDON TAYLOR

FRANK VEENSTRA

 

 

 

 

Back:

WHEN THE COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PROGRAMME CLOSED IN

EARLY 1945   39 AIRMEN FROM NO. 1 B AND C JARVIS HAD LOST THEIR

LIVES BY ACCIDENTS.  THE FIRST 10 NAMES BELOW ARE THOSE OF

WHOSE REMAINS WERE ELECTED TO REMAIN IN THE

AIR FORCE PLOT IN THE ADJOINING CEMETERY.

GEORGE BEST  RAF  JULY 3/44  L.A.C.

RAY MCNABB  RAAF  JULY 6/41  L.A.C.

KENETH SLATER  RAAF  JULY 23/42  P.O.

GEORGE R. TROUTBACK  RCAF  N.Z.  JUNE 11/43  FL. SARG. 

CHARLES TAGGART  RAAF  JULY 6/41  L.A.C.

NORMAN WADE  RAF  N0V. 9/42  SARG.

JOHN BRADFORD WATTS  RAAF  JULY 3/44  FL. SARG.

ROBERT WALLER  RAF  JULY 3/44  L.A.C.

JOHN WHITEHEAD RCAF  N.Z.  AUG. 18/42  P.O.

JOHN WILLIAMS RAF  JULY 23/42  L.A.C.

REGINAL POWELL  AUG. 5/45  L.A.C.

ROBERT LANG  JULY 29/63  H.L. INF.

EDWARD CHAPMAN  AUG. 29/72  RCEME

ERECTED BY THE JARVIS LIONS CLUB ON THE

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF D. DAY.