Ajax - RCL Br. 322

 

Location:  Durham County, Town of Ajax   N 43° 50.787 W 079° 01.442  
This memorial is found in front of the Legion, at 111 Hunt Street.

The memorial rests in front of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 322, and features two plaques, a waterfall, and the anchor from H.M.S. Ajax.   This cairn was dedicated by the citizens of the Town of Ajax in memory of all who served on H.M.S. Ajax.

Marker text:
Plaque 1:
THIS CAIRN DEDICATED
BY THE CITIZENS OF
THE TOWN OF AJAX
IN MEMORY OF
ALL WHO SERVED ON
H.M.S. AJAX

Plaque 2:
(Legion crest)
IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
ON BEHALF OF FREEDOM
1914-1918  1939-1945  KOREA
DEDICATED 8 NOVEMBER 1987
"LEST WE FORGET"

Coldwater

 

Location:  Simcoe County, Severn Township   N 44 42.495  W 079 38.573 
At the north-east corner of Coldwater Street and Michael Anne Drive, beside the library and the legion.

Erected by the village of Coldwater, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead and veterans of the First and Second World Wars and the local men and women who have served as peacekeepers.

Marker text:
Front:
1914 - 1918

LEST WE FORGET

1939 - 1945
1950 - 1953

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
 OF THIS AREA WHO
 HAVE MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

OUR PEACEKEEPERS

Back:
TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN
MEMORY OF
THOSE
WHO SERVED
TILL DEATH
1914 - 1918

Mount Albert

 
 

Location:  York Region, East Gwillimbury   N 44 08.120  W 079 18.648  
The memorial is found at the gates to the Mount Albert Community Centre and Town Park, at 53 Main Street.

As you enter the Town Park, these gates are forever a reminder of those who gave their lives so they we may enjoy the freedoms of today.

Marker text:
Right gate:
TO
HONOR THE MEMORY
OF
ARTHUR A. CASE
ERNEST COUSINS
OSCAR D. IRWIN
ANDREW KNOWLES
LYALL A. STOKES
WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

ERECTED JUNE 3, 1929

Left gate:
TO
HONOR THE MEMORY
OF
JACK V. WILLBEE
R.C.A.F.
DONALD B. STEWART
R.C.A.F.
MISSING
IN THE WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945
ERECTED MAY 24, 1947

Rama

 

Location:  Simcoe County, Ramara   N 44° 38.911 W 079° 21.006  
Found beside the Rama United Church, on the west side of Rama Road (County Road 44), just north of the casino.

This memorial consist of two granite pillars.  The first gives the dedication to those who served, in Ojibway and English.  The second lists the conflicts and the names of those who served and who died.

Marker text:
First pillar front:
MIIGWECH.
KINA GIW GAA
DGWAAKIIJIG
PII GAA
MIIDAADING
WIDI GCHI
WAASWEKMIG.
GAAGNIG NGA
MKWENMAANAN.

Front pillar back:
THIS MONUMENT IS
DEDICATED TO THE
BRAVE RAMA MEN
AND WOMEN WHO
STEEPED FORWARD
WHEN OUR COUNTRY
WAS IN NEED AND
WERE PROUD TO
SERVE WITH
CANADIANS.  WE
ACKNOWLEDGE ALL
OUR VETERANS.  THOSE
WHO WERE LOST IN
CONFLICTS AND
WHOSE WHO WERE
ABLE TO RETURN HOME.
TOADY WE ENJOY
MANY FREEDOMS
BECAUSE OF THE
SACRIFICES YOU MADE.
WE WILL REMEMBER.
       MIIGWECH

Second pillar front: (Names marked with * died in the war.)
1939 - 1945
ANDERSON ALICE *
ANDERSON A. * 
ANDERSON H.
ANDERSON J.C.
AUSTIN T.M.H. *
BENSON E.I.
BENSON J. *
BLAKER E. *
COMEGO S.
DOUGLAS G.R.
DOUGLAS I.J. *
FAWN R.
FAWN Wm. *
HOPKINS LILLIAN
INGERSOLL L.
KING H. *
LAWRENCE E.
MARTELL Wm. Jr. *
MacDONALD A. *
MacDONALD S.
MARSDEN L.
NOGANOSH M.
SAWYER D.
SAWYER G.A.
SHILLING A.
SHILLING S. *
SIMCOE B. Jr. *
SIMCOE E.W. *
SIMCOE E.E.
SIMCOE G.
SIMCOE G.H.
SIMCOE M.R.
SIMCOE W.L.
ST. GERMAIN C. *
ST. GERMAIN J.
ST. GERMAIN L. *
SMITH F.
SMITH MYRTLE *
STILES C.M.
STILES L.C.
STINSON S. *
WILLIAMS L.
PAWIS G.

Second pillar left:
KOREA
SAWYER B. Jr.
SHILLING C.
CHARLES GEORGE L.

CYPRUS
INGERSOLL W.
SHARPE C.

ARMED FORCES
FAWN DAISY *

Second pillar back:
1914 - 1918
ANDERSON M. *
BENSON F. *
BENSON W. *
BIGWIN P. *
CHARLES H. *
DOUGLAS A.J. *
FAWN D. *
FAWN P. *
HOPKINS G. *
HOPKINS H. *
HOPKINS R. *
HOPKINS Wm. *
JACOBS J. *
MARTELL Wm. L. *
NANAGISHKUNG H. *
SAWYER B. Sr. *
SAWYER S. *
SHILLING A.L. *
SHILLING A. *
SHILLING C. *
SHILLING H. *
SHILLING J. *
SIMCOE B. *
SIMCOE W.
SIMCOE Wm. Sr. *
SNACHE E. *
SNACHE G. *
SNAKE N. *
ST. GERMAIN B. *
ST. GERMAIN J. 
ST. GERMAIN J. *
ST. GERMAIN O. *
STINSON A. *
STINSON J. *
STINSON R. *
WILLIAMS B.*
WILLIAMS L. *
YORK F. *
YORK I. *
YORK T. *

Second pillar right:
(deer's head carving)

Grand Valley

Location:  Dufferin County   N 43° 53.956 W 080° 18.943   
At the northwest corner of Main Street and Amaranth Street, overlooking the main intersection.

Erected in 1920 to honour those lost in the Great War.  The names of those lost in World War 2 were added later, and Korea is also recognized.

Marker text:
Main column front:
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR
EVER MORE
1914 - 1918

HONOUR ROLL
SIDNEY R. BAKER
AUSTIN A. REILLY
Wm. PENNEY
A. HERBERT ATKINSON
WILBERT S. REILLY
FREDERICK PACEY
BERT MOSS
REUBEN G. GILLESPIE
Wm. J. GILLESPIE
CLIFFORD MOSS
JAS. BROWN
WILFRED O'REILLY
STANLEY BROWN
FREDERICK RAINEY
GARFIELD ST. CROIX
FRANK EADES
Wm. A. McKEE
ANSTEAD E. GORDON
W.H. LINKLATER
JOSEPH M. GORDON
SAMUEL McCOMB
JAS. W. McDONALD
JAS. H. EASTWOOD
NOBLE C. POTTER
HENRY A. MOTTART
FREDERICK BERRY
LEWIS A. ROUNDING
ROBERT EWING
CLIFFORD N. HILLS 
HARRY R. CONLIN
ROBERT J. McGOWAN

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF GRAND VALLEY
AND EAST GARAFRAXA TOWNSHIPS
WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR

Main column left:
YPRES 
HOOGE
ST. ELOI
VIMY

Main column rear:
SANCTUARY WOOD
FESTUBERT
NEUVE CHAPPELE
PASSCHENDAELE

1920

Main column right:
DOUAI
SOMME
GIVENCHY
ARRAS

Left column:
CLARENCE A. EASTWOOD
WILLIAM GABA
GORDON HARRIS
RUSSELL E. MARTIN
DUNCAN G. THOMPSON
WILLIAM D. WATSON
GARNETT HAMILTON
ERNEST CANNON

TO ALL WHO HAVE
LOST THEIR LIVES
DEFENDING OUR
FREEDOM

Right column:
TO OUR GLORIOUOS
DEAD
1939 - 1945

KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953

Whitby

 

Location:  Durham Region   N 43 52.792  W 078 56.459
Located at 109 Dundas Street East, a block east of Brock Street.

The Whitby Cenotaph was dedicated to those who lost their lives in World War 1, on June 3 1924 by Ontario's Lieutenant-Governor Henry Cockshutt.  All the town;s children received a half-day holiday from school to attend the ceremony. The memorial was erected by the Whitby Great War Veterans Association.

Marker text:
PRO
HONORIS
CAVSA
1914
1918
1939
1945
KOREA
1950 - 1953

Brass Plaque:
TOWN OF
WHITBY ONTARIO

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO PERPETUATE
THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE OF THE TOWN OF
WHITBY WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WARS

OUR GLORIOUS DEAD

1914-1918
BAILEY, NORMAN GEORGE
BANCROFT, WILFRED LAURENCE
BARTON, WILLIAM JAMES
BATH, EDWARD ALLEN
BROWNELL, BURTON
BROWNELL, CHARLES HENRY
BROWNELL, FENTON EBERSON
CORRELL, ROBERT JACKSON
DAINES, LEONARD
DOW, ROBERT JOHN GUNN
ELVIDGE, FREDERICK WALTER
FALLON, MICHAEL JOHN
FULTON, ANDREW
FULTON, JAMES
FULTON, JOHN
GATES, JOHN ARCHIBALD
GILCHRIST, HUGH
GRIFFEN J.
HARKNESS, JAMES
HARTRICK, FREDERICK JAMES
JOHNSTON, RUSSELL NELSON
KENNY, NELSON CLARKE
LIGHTFOOT, WILLIAM
LONG, JAMES LAURIER
LOWE, WILLIAM HENRY
MURPHY, FRANK
MACGROTTY, FRANCIS ALEXANDER
MCBRIEN, DAVID
MCCLELLAN, JAMES IRVINE
MCGILLIVRAY, CHARLES
NEILL, NATHANIEL ROBERT
PERRY, CULLEN HAY
POGSON, VICTOR OSBORNE
RICE, ARLEIGH CHARLES
STARK, WILLAM HENRY
SHORE, ERNEST GEORGE
VANSTONE, GORDON ALGERNON
VANSTONE, HOWARD
WIDSTON, CHARLES HENRY
WILKINSON, WILLIAM LEWIS

 1939 - 1945
ADAMS THOMAS RITCHIE
ANDERSON FREDERICK
BRADLEY, E.
BRATLEY, HAROLD FRANCIS
CARTER, GEORGE FREDERICK
CHARTERS, JAMES HENRY
COLEMAN, FREDERICK JOHN ARCHER
E ORIDCE, M
FALLON, FRANCIS MICHAEL
FOSTER, WILLIAM JOSEPH
GRIFFIN,R.C.
HARPER, DOUGLAS EDWARD
HOGG, PETER
HOOLEY, C. E.
HOWARD, E. J.
JOHNSON, LLOYD C.
KAPOSONSKY, W.
LYNE, JACK ARCHER
MARSHALL, THOMAS
MICHAEL, EVANS GEROW
MCIVOR, JAMES
OKE, MERVIN WILLIAM JOHN
PERRY, LESLIE HOLLIS MATHEW
PHILLIPS, C.
RAETS, WILLIAM
SCOTT, CLARENCE ELGY
SUTHERLAND, J.C.
THOMAS, YESTYN LLEWELLYN
WATSON, JOHN A.
WICSTON, W.O.
WILSON, S.A.


THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
ERECTED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE WHITBY WAR VETERANS' CLUB


Sides:

BRONZE PLAQUES ON THE SIDES ARE THE CRESTS OF THE 116TH AND 182ND BATTALION FROM FIRST WORLD WAR

Aurora

 

Location:  York Region   N 43° 59.126 W 079° 27.804  
On the east side of Yonge Street, just north of Allaura Blvd.

Happy Canada Day!
Aurora was once proudly known as Canada's Birthday Town, with a large parade and seemingly never-ending activities.  Sadly that has all been lost in the name of poor politics.  This is also my home cenotaph, where I can usually be found on Remembrance Day, standing in the shadows with my thoughts of those who served, sacrificed, and serve today. 

The memorial tower was first unveiled in 1925, to honour the names of the 77 local men who gave their lives in The Great War.  The bronze lantern at the top of the tower burns continuously, seventy-three feet above the ground.  The "Altar of Sacrifice" was added in 1960 to salute the 55 names of the heroes from the Second World War.  The entire park was once again re-dedicated as the Aurora Memorial Peace Park in 1992, part of the celebrations of Canada's 125th anniversary.

Marker text:
Tower front:
1914 - 1918
TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THE TOWN OF AURORA 
AND TOWNSHIPS OF KING AND WHITCHURCH
WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR
AND IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO
ALL WHO SHARED ITS DANGERS

G. Alexander
Henry H. Allen
James A. Amos
Herman C. Brown
Stanley G. Brown
Kenneth L. T. Campbell, M. C.
Thos. Crosskill
A. Ernest Davis
W. Kenneth Exley
Walter Harris
R. Ross Hartman
Heber Higgs
R. Stuart Hillary
R. Hollingshead
Elwood Lloyd
Fred Luxton
E. Harold Mulloy
Ernest Rose
Wilfred F. Petermann, M.C.
Chas. W. Smith
Wm. Stewart Stiles
Harry Stone
Fred H. B. Wilkinson
James Albert Proctor
Sherman Brown
Harold Brown
Russell Clift
Max Doyle
Wilfred Doyle
Ed Douglass
John Ferguson
Leonard Ferguson
Gilbert A. Gray
Roy Harper
C. W. Jones
Thos. Geo. Howard
Telford Little
Thos. McMaster
Wallace Merchant
Aubrey M. Marshall
Russell Parker
Jno. R. Routledge
Harry Stewart
Roy Stocks
Wm. Walker, M. C.
Townley Watson
Chas. Woodroof
Wm. Chamberlain
James Allen
Harold R. Baber
Alex H. Brodie
Angus Collingwood
Albert Cousins
Lewis Craigie
Wm. Craigie
Stafford Forester
R. Chas. Harman
Lewis A. Hawtin
John E. Hill
A. Lorne Hill
Robt. C. Hollidge,D.C.M., M.M.
Lewis E. Honey
Thos. A. Kidd
J. Walter Monkman
Harry H. Penrose
Percy Pointon
Harold B. Steckley
Roy C. Steckley
J. Herbert Wallwark
Garnet Willis

THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOR
EVERMORE

Tower Left:
YPRES
ST. JULIEN
FESTUBERT
GIVENCHY
MOUNT SORREL
ST. ELOI
SOMME
FLERS-
COURCELETTE
ARRRAS

Tower Right:
PASSCHENDAELE
VIMY RIDGE
HILL 70
AMIENS
CANAL DUNORD
DROCOURT-
OUEANT
VALENCIENNES
MONS


ALTAR OF SACRIFICE
Front:
1939 + ALTAR OF SACRIFICE + 1945
 ASH, J. RANKIN
BENJAMIN, ROY E.
BENVILLE, LAWRENCE J.
BOWLER, WILLIAM
BRADBURY, JOHN
BROWN, WILLIAM D.
BURGON, PERCY
CHADBURN, LLOYD V.
DSO/BAR CHEVALIER
LEGION OF HONOUR
CROIX DE GUERRE,
D. F. C.
CHADWICK, ALBERT
COX, G. D.
CROSSLEY, WILLIAM
CUTLER, ERIC E.
DALTON, A. B. CLIFFORD
DAVIDSON, JOHN A.
DAVIS, GEORGE
DAWSON, ANGUS
DAWSON, CHARLES
DOVE, WALTER
DUGGAN, THOMAS A.
EDWARDS, MASON A.
FIFE, FRED
FOLLIOTT, ERIC
GITTINS, ROBERT B.
GLEAVE, DONALD R.
HAYES, DENNIS
HEANEY, WESLEY
HEATH, WILLIAM
HOWARD, BURTON
JOHNSON, FRANK
JONES, HENRY C.
KAY, HARRY L.
KING, PERRY
KING, WILLIAM D.
MCBRIDE, WARREN
MCKENZIE, DOUGLAS
MORNING ORLIE
MUGFORD, WILLIAM
PAGAN, WILLIAM D.
PRIMEAU, JOSEPH P.
ROBSON, MELVIN P. F.
RUMBLE, ROBERT
RUTHERFORD, ROSS S.
SNEDDEN, ANDREW
SNIVELY, DOUGLAS S.
STEPHENSON, WESLEY, MM
STILES, BRUCE
STYLES, FREDERICK L.
THOMPSON, DONALD H.
TRANMER, WILLIAM T.
TURP, ROBERT J.
WADE, REGINALD
WALKER, GORDON V.
WILLIAMSON, H. WARD
WINN, ELMER S.
WYATT, ALAN A.

Left:
THE GOTHIC LINE
THE INVASION, D DAY
CAEN
THE FALAISE GAP
NIJMEGEN
THE WALCHERN ISLANDS
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
THE SIEGFRIED LINE
THE RHINE CROSSING

Right:
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
THE MURMANSK ROUTE
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
HONG KONG
DIEPPE
SICILY
SALERNO
ANZIO
MONTE CASSINO

Rear:
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
AURORA, KING AND WHITCHURCH, WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND
ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THESE TOWN-
SHIPS ON THE ELEVENTH OF NOVEMBER 1960