Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Cheesewright, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private John Patrick Cheesewright
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
The Oshawa Ontario War Memorial (1924) was named "The Garden of the
Unforgotten". This elaborate memorial was set with stones from each Great
War Allied Nation and from the battlefields where Canadians fought. A pair
of electric torches were to remain burning, and a copper time capsule box
with artifacts from 1924 was buried under the memorial. In 2002 the
Memorial Park was redeveloped and today the park incorporates beautiful
gardens. A plaque explaining the redevelopment states: "Memorial Park is
regarded as hallowed ground for quiet meditation, the enjoyment of music,
and especially for honouring our men and women who served in armed
conflicts".
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Catchpole to Chignell. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 835 of 958.
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
From the Toronto Telegram January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
From the Toronto Telegram January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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The Oshawa Ontario War Memorial (1924) was named "The Garden of the Unforgotten". This elaborate memorial was set with stones from each Great War Allied Nation and from the battlefields where Canadians fought. A pair of electric torches were to remain burning, and a copper time capsule box with artifacts from 1924 was buried under the memorial. In 2002 the Memorial Park was redeveloped and today the park incorporates beautiful gardens. A plaque explaining the redevelopment states: "Memorial Park is regarded as hallowed ground for quiet meditation, the enjoyment of music, and especially for honouring our men and women who served in armed conflicts".
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Catchpole to Chignell. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 835 of 958.
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Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL Belgium
The Menin Gate Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town of Ypres (now Ieper) in the Province of West Flanders, on the road to Menin and Courtrai. It bears the names of 55,000 men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War. Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and erected by the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission, it consists of a Hall of Memory", 36.6 metres long by 20.1 metres wide. In the centre are broad staircases leading to the ramparts which overlook the moat, and to pillared loggias which run the whole length of the structure. On the inner walls of the Hall, on the side of the staircases and on the walls of the loggias, panels of Portland stone bear the names of the dead, inscribed by regiment and corps. Carved in stone above the central arch are the words:
TO THE ARMIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO STOOD HERE FROM 1914 TO 1918 AND TO THOSE OF THEIR DEAD WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE.
Over the two staircases leading from the main Hall is the inscription:
HERE ARE RECORDED NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN YPRES SALIENT BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH.
The dead are remembered to this day in a simple ceremony that takes place every evening at 8:00 p.m. All traffic through the gateway in either direction is halted, and two buglers (on special occasions four) move to the centre of the Hall and sound the Last Post. Two silver trumpets for use in the ceremony are a gift to the Ypres Last Post Committee by an officer of the Royal Canadian Artillery, who served with the 10th Battery, of St. Catharines, Ontario, in Ypres in April 1915."
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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