Erected in 1967 by the Lakehead Branch of the NOAC and members of HMCS Griffon, this memorial is dedicated to local sailors killed during the Second World War.
HMCS Griffon Sailors Memorial
Thunder Bay, Ontario
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Inscription
[plaque/plaque]
DEDICATED TO THE MEN IN BLUE
WHO ENLISTED AT THE LAKEHEAD
AND GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
WORLD WAR II
[left column/colonne de gauche]
ANSLEY W.C.
ASHLEY O.W.
BAIRD H.F.
BELL J.T.
BERNST R.W.
BRUZZESE A.V.
BUCZOUSKI P.M.
COLE A.L.
CORCORAN J.V.
CUMMINGS J.C.
DAWES J.C.
DELBRIDGE W.C.
DEVINS J.E.
EDWARDS C.
ELVISH J.
ELVISH J.J.
FAREWELL E.R.
FITZPATRICK W.
FORBES G.F.
GAETANO V.J.
GRANT J.A.
GREER R.S.
HATCHER A.M.
HENRY R.J.
HUKKANEN A.W.
JEACOCK R.G.
JONES H.B.
[right column/colonne de droite]
KENRAH W.R.
KONSMO O.B.
LANKTREE W.
LAWRENCE R.G.
LENNOX A.J.
MCCALLUM H.F.
MCCAULEY J.L.
MCKINNON J.G.
MEADWELL R.G.
NAYDO M.J.
NELSON H.J.
NICHOLAS J.R.
OSSACHUK J.
PAUL G.M.
PAYNE S.R.
PRATT W.R.
PRISKE S.R.
RYAN N.V.
SLATER J.A.
SMITH A.J.
SPENCER F.
STEPHENS W.D.
STEWART B.G.
STREY G.J.
SUTHERLAND R.
THOMAS R.C.
WILCOX R.H.
[bottom/en bas]
WE WILL NOT FORGET UNTIL WE, TOO, ARE PIPED OVER THE SIDE FOR THE LAST TIME
ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY BY N.O.A.C. (LKD) BRANCH AND FRIENDS IN H.M.C.S. GRIFFON
1967
Street View
HMCS Griffon Sailors Memorial
125 North Algoma Street
Thunder Bay
Ontario
Lat. 48.44039
Long. -89.22033