Sunday, 18 August 2024

Orangeville - Forest Lawn Cemetery

 

Location:  Dufferin County     N 43.93480   W -80.09764

At the end of Cemetery Road, just inside the entrance to Forest Lawn Cemetery, keep to the right.

 

This memorial, found inside Forest Lawn Cemetery is an updated monument to honour those buried in the cemetery's Veteran's Plot.  The grey granite stone recognizes the major conflicts of Canada's history, and pays tribute to the common branches of the Canadian Forces and also the Legion.  Three side of the new memorial are identically decorated with symbols and text.  The original stone lies mounted in front of the attractive new memorial, all surrounded by graves and markers of those who proudly served their country.   

Marker text:

New memorial:

(Legion crest)

WWI     1914 - 1918

WWII     1939 - 1945

KOREA     1950 - 1953

AFGHANISTAN     2002 - 2014


LEST WE FORGET


THEIR NAME LIVETH

FOR EVERMORE


VETERANS PLOT

 



Old memorial stone:

1914-1918     1939-1945

(Old Legion crest)

TO PERPETUATE

THE MEMORY OF

VETERANS

WHO REST

IN THIS PLOT


ERECTED BY

ORANGEVILLE BRANCH

NO. 233

CANADIAN LEGION - 1946










Monday, 5 August 2024

Toronto - Sons of England Memorial

 

Location:  City of Toronto    N 43.65617   N -79.38889

In the middle of University Avenue at Elm Street.

This memorial was erected in 1923 by the Toronto District of the Sons of England Benefit Society.  The memorial was designed by Charles Adamson, who was born in Scotland in 1880 and proudly served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War of 1914 - 1918.  The memorial depicts a bronze statue on top of a granite shaft that lists the names of the men from the Sons of England Society who died in the Great War.  The monument is flanked by three lions, a symbol of England.  A truly stunning memorial to those who gave all for King and Country.

 

Marker text:

ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS

SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR


S.O.E. MEMBERS KILLED IN THE GREAT WAR

ATTFIELD. W.

ALLEN. J.

ARNOLD. W.E.

APPLETON. W.C.

AVIS. C.J.

ASHDOWN. A.H.

ARCHIBALD. H.

AISHFORD. H.P.

BROWN. W.A.

BUSH. J.

BLISS. T.W.

BELL. J.H.

BREWSTER. O.

BENNINGTON. H.A.

BRYAN. A.

BROCK. A.W.

BUCK. E.

BURT. C.E.

BRADLEY. F.T.

BOULTON. T.

BOYCE. W.H.

BELL. W.J.

BENNETT. W.G.

BARNARD. C.H.

BEARNE. F.

BEWLEY. S.C.

BALL. G.F.

BROWN. J.

BALLINGER. C.

BLENKIN. J.?.

BLENKHORN. W.

BUTCHER. A.

BRADBURY. L.B.

BROWN. H.J.

BOORMAN. J.R.

BIRCH. E.A.

BRIGGS. T.H.

BURCHELL. J.

BURLINGTON. J.T.

CANNON. E.H.

CUSS. A.G.

CASS. P.

COOMBES. A.J.

COOPER. E.

CLEMENTS. J.H.

COOK. G.

CHAMP. F.C.

COKES. E.R.

CARTER. C.D.

CRABTREE. E.

CLIFFORD. W.

COLLINS. F.W.

CURRELL. W.G.

CORNISH. A.

COLEMAN. A.

 

CHAPMAN. G.

COE. C.M.

DICKENS. H.

DOBELL. F.N.

DAVIS. G.W.

DAWE. W.C.

DAWSON. A.W.

DAVENPORT. H.

DAWSON. C.R.O.

DEACON. J.E.

DRURY. L.

DRIVER. J.W.

DAWSON. H.

DOUGLAS. C.

DARBY. E.P.

ELFORD. S.

EVESON. F.T.

EVENDEN. J.T.

EDGSON. A.G.

EARL. T.C.

FLETCHER. A.J.

FIELDING. T.

FALKNER. A.C.

FISHER. J.H.

FROST. F.W.

FARTHING. A.O.

FIELD. A.T.

FORSDIKE. F.

FREEMAN. D.

FISHER. G.

FLETCHER. F.

FRANCIS. G.E.

FAULTLESS. W.E.

FRANCE. L.F.

GRIFFIN. N.J.

GREEN. E.

CRIDLEY. W.E.

GRIFFITHS. W.J.

GLOVER. A.

GRAY. C.R.

GOFF. F.

GREEN W.C.

GIDDINGS. J.

GATENBY. W.

GAZEY. F.H.R.

GREETHA. F.

GARBUTT. P.

HOWE. W.J.

HUGHES. C.

HOOKER. A.E.

HICKS. O.A.

HIGGINS. A.W.

HERRON. T.A.

HARRISON. C.S.

 

HURLEY. C.W.

HEWITT. J.W.

HAINES. C.

HEWARD. A.

HOTLEY, E.W.

HART. W.H.R.

HOPPER. J.F.

HILBERT. T.

HUNT. A.H.

HOCKEN. F.H.

HOWARTH. E.J.

HOWARTH. A.

HYDE. H.

INESON. D.

JENNINGS. W.

JOHNS. E.

JONES. T.

JONES. W.

JENKINSON. T.

KENSETT. S.H.

KENSETT. J.C.

LITCHFIELD. D.R.C.

LITCHFIELD. T.W.

LEWIS. A.C.

LING. A.

MURCOTT. A.

MIDDLETON. I.W.

MILLER.H.W.

MILLS. T.

MARSDEN. J.

MOSES. W.H.

McLEAN.  C.J.

McLEARLY. W.

NEWMAN. P.

NEVILLE. A.T.

PETERS. H.

PAYNE. C.F.

PRITCHARD. V.A.

PENTON. J.

PEARCE. R.J.

PETTITT. M.W.

POLE. A.L.

PARKER. H.

PRIOR. A.H.

PARAMORE. W.

PERCIVAL. W.

PINKETT. C.J.

PITTAM. F.H.

PARKER. C.C.

ROGERS. J.

ROSE. P.

RATCLIFFE. G.A.

RATCLIFFE. W.H.

RAWLINSON. W.A.


READ. J.H.

ROWLEY. J.

RITCHARDSON. ?.

SHEPPARD. R.

SUMMERSIDES. J.

SPEDDING. J.W.

SAUNDERS. F.

STEPHENS. W.

SANDS. A.

SCOTT. T.

SUMMERS. H.J.

STEPHEN. C.A.

STOLLARD. H. 

SUMISON. F.

STEADMAN. H.

STANNAC. E.D.?

SKIPPES. J.A.

SANDERSON. J.

SMITH. A.

SANGSTER. F.

SEWELL. F.E.J.

TICKNER. M.

TRIPP. W.S.J.

THORN. H.

TAYLOR. H.

TAYLOR. W.T.

TRACHY. C.H.

TAYLOR. J.A.

TOMPSETT. F.

TYLER. W.A.

TELFORD. W.C.

VEATER. L.T.

WOOD. W.W.

WOOD. H.C.

WILCOX. P.

WHITE. E.O.

WARD. W.H.

WARD. R.F.H.

WEEKS. J.C.

WOODCOCK. F.

WISE. H.

WILLETT. E.

WEBB. J.H.

WELLS. W.H.

WATSON. F.H.

WATKINS. F.W.

WRIGHT. R.

WELLS. A.S.

WALKER. H.J.

WRIGHT. H.

WORSLEY. R.

WARDLE. F.W.

YOUNG. R.J.

YOUNG. J.E.W.

 

JUVENILE MEMBERS

BUTTIVANT. J.E.

GAGE. G.

KITCHEN. J.J.

ROWSELL. R.R.W.

WHITE. W.

 

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE