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This plaque, affixed to a bench, is dedicated to the members of the Perth Regiment who served during the Second World War.

The 1st Battalion, The Perth Regiment, was mobilized 1 September 1939 for service in the Second World War. The 1st Battalion embarked for Great Britain on 9 October 1941 and trained in England before transfering to the Italian campaign on 8 November 1943, as part of the 11th Infantry Brigade, 5th Canadian Division. The 1st Battalion was transferred to the 1st Canadian Corps in North-West Europe in March 1945, where it fought until the end of the war. It returned to Canada at the end of hostilities and was disbanded on January 31, 1946.

The 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, headquartered in Stratford, was authorized in 1940 and trained recruits for the 1st Battalion.

The Regiment was awarded the following Battle Honours for service during the Second World War: Italy 1944-45, Liri Valley, Gothic Line, Coriano, Lamone Crossing, Fosso Munio, Conventello-Comacchio, North-West Europe 1945, Ijsselmeer, Delfzijl Pocket.

The sculpture of a pair of hands holding a dove, which is symbolic of Canada’s support to the Netherlands, marks the Canadian soldiers' successful efforts to end Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.  The sculpture memorial was a gift from the Netherlands after WWII, as a token of appreciation for Stratford’s hospitality to seven hundred free men of Dutch birth who came to Stratford to form a battalion. After the occupation of Holland by Nazi armies, Canada invited free men of the world to use Stratford for a military training base. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands came four times to see them. Their Caserne or barracks was a former furniture factory on Trinity Street. For this reason and that of the participation of the Perth Regiment in the liberation of Holland in 1945, there is a close bond between our countries. 

The Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Garden was erected in 2015 by Stratford and District Horticultural Society, which partnered with Communities in Bloom (CIB). Horticultural Society volunteers planted an interlaced pattern of red and white tulip bulbs in the garden beds leading to the Memorial. The blooms will offer a visual reminder next spring of the link between the two countries.

Stratford was one of the 140 communities selected from the more than 400 applications received by the Canadian Garden Council. Each of the 140 new 70th Anniversary Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Gardens across the country will consist of 700 red and white tulip bulbs (350 of each colour) donated by Vesey’s Bulbs in Prince Edward Island.

The memorial is dedicated as a living monument in recognition of the 70th Anniversary of the original Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Garden planted in Ottawa at the end of World War II in 1945. The memorial is in appreciation of the safe haven that members of Holland’s exiled royal family received during World War II, and in recognition of the role Canadian troops played in the liberation of the Netherlands.

The Province of Ontario founded the St. Marys Memorial Hospital in 1950 to commemorate the St. Marys' community losses at the end of the Second World War.

The Listowel Memorial Hospital provides hospital services to the residents of North Perth area. The accredited hospital offers a wide range of primary and secondary services including 24-hour emergency services. In-patient and out-patient care, specialist clinics and supportive diagnostic services include: Operating Rooms, Ambulatory Care Units, Maternal/Newborn Unit, Diabetes/Nutrition Counselling, Speech-Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, and a Breast Health Centre.

The hospital was erected in 1919.

Veterans Memorial Parkway is a 9.2 kilometre four-lane expressway previously known as Highway 100 (1977 - 1994), and also as Airport Road prior to September 2006.

In 2005, a group of local Veterans approached council which approved their suggestion of renaming Airport Road to Veterans Memorial Parkway. On September 15, 2006, the Government of Canada joined Veterans and the City of London to honour the sacrifices and contributions made by Canadian Veterans and paid tribute to fallen service men and women. Part of the ceremony was the unveiling of new road signs and remembrance banners which were installed at major intersections along the Parkway.

This plaque was dedicated by Stratford employees of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada in honour of their comrade who gave his life in the Second World War. It is not known where the plaque is located now.

This certificate lists the names of the members of Avonton Presbyterian Church who served in the military during the First and Second World Wars.

This certificate lists the names of the members of the Motherwell Avonbank Presbyterian Church who served in the military during the Second World War.

This memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the Second World War.

This certificate lists the names of the members of the Avonbank United Church who served in the military during the Second World War.