Lieury Cenotaph

Lieury Cenotaph

Lieury, Ontario

Type

Other

On September 16, 1920, this monument was installed at West McGillivray, Ontario in memory of veterans of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. This monument was moved to the hamlet of Lieury, Ontario in the year 1956. There are sixteen men's names of the surrounding countryside on this memorial. Crowds by the hundreds attended this unveiling, including returned veterans and school children lined up in front of the township hall, then marched four abreast to the erection site. Most of the service men were from the "C" Company 135th Battalion "Pride of Middlesex". Lieut. W.Ulens, M.C., unveiled the cenotaph and Major A.Graham, Chaplain in the Battalion, was the chief speaker. Reeve Joseph Poore acted as chairman and Lieut. Co. Bart. Robson, Commander of the 135th Battalion, was guest speaker. Chaplain Graham's words were "We, the people of McGillivray unveil this monument as a token of sacrifice to the honour and glory of God, for truth, and humanity for the sake of those who have passed on."

Inscription

[front/devant]
ERECTED BY
THE TOWNSHIP OF
McGILLIVRAY
IN MEMORY OF
HER HEROIC SONS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918.
AND IN THE SECOND
WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945.
KOREA
1950 - 1953

[right side/côté droit]
JAMES HENRY BENTON
NOV. 16, 1917.
Wm. GEORGE McPHERSON
DEC. 21, 1917.
FRED LEWIS
APRIL 13, 1918.
WILLIAM W. POTTER
SEPT. 4, 1918.
FREDERICK FISH
SEPT. 27, 1918.
HALEY ELGIN GREEN
0CT. 7, 1918.
MILTON R. ALLISON
NOV. 1, 1918.
JOSEPH J. DOYLE
SEPT. 5, 1918.

[back/arrière]
ROY A. BOWMAN
JULY 25, 1943.
JOHN W. HAWKEY
JAN. 24, 1944.
BURTON O. BROPHEY
MARCH 26, 1944.
KENNETH J. WHITE
MAY 26, 1944.
ROBERT B. HODGINS
JUNE 11, 1944.
RAYBURN ULENS
JUNE 22, 1944.
GORDON R. LUTHER
JULY 10, 1944.
JOSEPH P. BOLLAND
JULY 29, 1944.
HARVEY D. LEWIS
JULY 29, 1944.
REGINALD WATMORE
AUG. 8, 1944.
FLOYD SHANK
AUG. 29, 1944.
GEORGE F. PATTERSON
NOV. 14, 1944.

[left side/côté gauche]
WM. LIONEL CHARLTON
JULY 20, 1916.
SIDNEY COOK
OCT. 1, 1916.
NELSON BLAKE PIERCE
OCT. 5, 1916.
VICTOR MENGETTI
OCT. 8, 1916.
FRANK DAVIDSON
OCT. 25, 1916.
WILLIAM WOODHAM
APRIL 3, 1917.
FRANK WINN
APRIL 9, 1917.
FREDERICK GEORGE HORNER
APRIL 28, 1917.