Hastings - Mount Carmel Catholic Church

 

 

Location:  Northumberland County  N 44 18.725  W 077 57.376
In front of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, at 51 Albert Street, in Hastings.

A very nice memorial erected by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, to remember those men from this congregation who gave their lives in the two World Wars.  A granite shaft adorned with a golden angel.  This memorial was originally placed in the walkway leading to the front doors of  the church, now it was been moved onto the grass beside the walkway.

 

 

Marker text:
ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS
OF THIS CONGREGATION
IN HONOR OF THE HEROES
WHO HEARD OUR COUNTRY'S CALL
IN THE
GREAT WORLD WARS

1914 - 1918
PVTE. JAMES BARRY              DIED MAR. 31, 1916
' '   WILLIAM J. POWERS           ' ' AUG. 6, 1916
' '    JAMES LEO LOGAN             ' ' NOV. 4, 1917
' '    JOHN DOHERTY                  ' ' NOV. 7, 1917
CAPT. CHARLES E. WEST          ' ' OCT. 23, 1918

1939 - 1945
WOI CHARLES FITZPATRICK    ' ' AUG. 18, 1943
ALL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH
REQUIESCANT IN PACE

REV. C.S. BRETHERTON
REPLACED 1990

Woodbridge

 

 

Location:  City of Vaughan, York Region  
N 43° 46.948 W 079° 35.620
80 Wallace Street, Woodbridge 

This location was originally posted in December 2012, updated with no photo issues.

The Woodbridge War Memorial Tower was constructed in 1924 by volunteer members of the community in honour of the supreme sacrifice made by the 26 men from the Woodbridge area killed in the First World War.  The tower was unveiled by Colonel Harry Cockshutt, the Lieut-Governor of Ontario.
The site is designed in four stepped levels: the highest level is occupied by the tower and a pair of German field guns.  The third level also hosts an artillery piece, along with the flagpoles and an area for wreaths and remembrance.  The base level consists of a stone gateway and staircase, featuring an engraved marker and two plaques added later, one to commemorate Canada's 1967 Centennial Year, and the other erected by the politicians of the City of Vaughan in 1996 to congratulate themselves for agreeing to spend the funds to updated and landscape the park, something which they should be continually doing in any case.

This is one of the more impressive and beautiful Memorial parks I have visited.  A true testament to the sacrifice of those who fought for our freedom.

Other links with more details of this site can be found at the following links:
https://www.cdli.ca/monuments/on/woodbrdg.htm
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=5484

 

Marker text:
Lower level:
Front:
THIS MONUMENT IS
DEDICATED TO THOSE FROM
THE COMMUNITY OF WOODBRIDGE
WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY.
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MADE
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

 

 

 

 

 

Back:
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD
AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD

AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM
NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN

AND AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

 

 

Tower:
Front Plaque:
IN HONOUR OF
THE MEN OF THIS COMMUNITY
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN
1914-  THE GREAT WAR  -1918

FRANK BIRCH  127th.BN.
JAMES BORLAND  127th.BN.
FRED EVANS  226th.BN.
NORMAN FLEMING  P.P.C.L.I.
GEORGE GRUMBLE   127th.BN.
H.S. HARRIS  220th.BN.
RICHARD HARRISON  1st. C.M.R.
WM. HASLAM  4th C.M.R.
D.R. MACKENZIE   127th.BN.
BEATON McGILLIVRAY  P.P.C.L.I.
PERCY McKAY  2nd C.M.R.
HERBERT MILLER  14th.BN.
STANLEY ROBB  4th C.M.R.

EDWARD MORGAN  4th C.M.R.
JOHN MORGAN  C.F.A.
ROBERT RAYSIDE  3rd.BN.
ERNEST SMITH   127th.BN.
ROY TAVERNER  3rd.BN.
REX TINKES  C.F.A.
STANLEY WARREL  42nd.BN.
ROY WARREN  126th.BN.
CHRISTOPHER WATT  M.T.
JOHN WILSON  4th C.M.R.
DAVID WITHERSPOON  5th C.M.R.
WALLACE WOOD, LT.  4th.BN.
J.A. WRIGHT  123rd.BN.

 

 

Rear:
THIS TOWER
WAS UNVEILED BY
HIS HONOR
COL. HARRY COCKSHUTT
LIEUT. GOV. PROVINCE
OF ONTARIO
NOV. 16, 1924

 

Alton

 

Location:  Caledon, Peel Region  N 43 51.292  W 080 04.416
In front of the Legion, on the south side of 1267 Queen Street W, around 500 metres east of Mississauga Road.

This memorials was originally posted December 2012, now being updated due to photo storage issues.

Erected in 1989 by the Town of Caledon.  This memorial sits proudly in front of the Lt Algie V. C. Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 449.  It was dedicated to those who lost their lives in war, by the Families and Citizens of the Town of Caledon.  Alton is a picturesque village, well worth the visit and a great place to walk on a summer day.

 

 

Marker text:
Front:
WORLD WAR II

A. BALERBY
ALBERT CROCKFORD
WILLIAM DREW
J. N. GRIFFIN
WILLIAM HENDERSON
A. RUSSELL HUNTER
KENNETH IRWIN
FREDERICK KIDD
ROBERT MCLEOD
KENNETH PARKER
HAROLD REVELLS
ERROL WIDDIS

THE FAMILIES AND CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF CALEDON
DEDICATE THIS MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES

WORLD WAR I       WORLD WAR II               KOREA
   1914 – 1918             1939 – 1945               1950 – 1953

LEST WE FORGET

 

 

 

Rear:
 WORLD WAR I

WALLACE L. ALGIE
GEORGE BIRKHEAD
JAMES BLAYNEY
SAMUEL BROOKS
LEONARD CLANFIELD
JAMES CONLEY
JOSEPH CONLEY
WILLIAM DEAN
SIDNEY DENNISON
JAMES DENT JNR.
WILLIAM HEPWORTH
VICTOR HENDERSON
SIDNEY HOWE
SAMUEL HUNT
FRED JAMIESON
HERBERT MEEK
FREDERICK NUNN
JAMES PEACOCK
ELLIS SCOTT
JAMES SIMPSON
WILBERT SPEERS
WILLIAM E. TRICKER
TOM WELLER