Ontario

Province Code
ON
City/Municipality
Downie
Memorial Number
35066-034
Type
Other
Address
3002 Road 134
Location
Inside the Avonbank Community Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.3319956, -81.1354857
Submitted By
Ralph Schellenberger
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Ralph Schellenberger
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plaque (front)
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to the local war dead and veterans of the First World War.

City
Downie
Country
Canada
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Type Description
metal plaque
Photo Credit
Ralph Schellenberger
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2644
City/Municipality
Stratford
Memorial Number
35066-033
Type
Other
Address
Normandy Drive
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.3783507, -80.9871494
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards. City of Stratford.
Inscription

NORMANDY DR

War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

Normandy Drive was dedicated in 1946 to honour Stratford Veterans who served with units that took part in the Battle of Normandy Invasion in 1944.

Victory in the Battle of Normandy came at a terrible cost. The Canadians suffered the highest casualties of any divisions in the British Army Group during the campaign. Some 359 Canadian soldiers were killed on D-Day alone, and a total of more than 5,000 would die during the two-and-a-half-months of fighting in Normandy.

City
Stratford
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Street
Memorial CF Legacy ID
10792
City/Municipality
Listowel
Memorial Number
35066-032
Type
Other
Address
Wallace Avenue North & Elizabeth Street East
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.7333516, -80.9518103
Submitted By
Alfred Zangao
Inscription

ANDREW EDWARD MCKEEVER 1859-1919

World War I flying "Ace", McKeever was born and raised
in Elma Township. He enlisted with the Canadian Expedi-
tionary Force in 1916 but, attracted by the life of the fighter
pilot, transferred to Britain's Royal Flying Corps once he
was overseas. From May 1917 to January 1918 McKeever
was posted to the 11th Squadron on the Western front. An
outstanding operator of the two-seater Bristol Fighter, he,
with his various observers or gunners, shot down some 30
enemy aircraft during reconnaissance missions and offen-
sive patrols, earning the Military Cross and Bar and the
Distinguished Service Order for his "conspicuous gallantry
and devotion to duty." At the end of the war, McKeever
returned home where, shortly afterward, he died as the re-
sult of a car accident.

Erected by the Ontario Heritage foundation, Ministry of Citizenship and Culture.

Pilote hors pair de la Grande Guerre, McKeever naît et grandit dans le canton d'Elma. Il s'engage dans le Corps expéditionnaire canadien en 1916 mais, rêvant de devenir pilote de chasse, il passe au Royal Flying Corps britannique une fois en Europe. De mai 1917 à janvier 1918, McKeever est posté sur le front ouest dans le 11e escadron. Prodigieusement habile aux commandes du Bristol Fighter, un chasseur à deux places, lui et ses divers observateurs et artilleurs abattent quelque 30 avions ennemis lors des patrouilles de reconnaissance et d'offensive, ce qui lui vaut la Croix militaire avec agrafe et la croix du Service distingué pour "remarquable bravoure et sens du devoir". La guerre finie, McKeever rentre au Canada où il meurt peu après d'un accident de voiture.

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plaque
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

This plaque is dedicated to Andrew Edward McKeever. It was erected in 1987.

City
Listowel
Country
Canada
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Provincial Military Plaque
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(www.ontarioplaques.com)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4600
City/Municipality
Ilderton
Memorial Number
35066-030
Type
Other
Address
13168 Ilderton Road
Location
Ilderton Arena and Curling Club
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.0779083, -81.3862188
Submitted By
Greg Storms
Inscription

LEST WE FORGET

IN MEMORY OF THOSE
FROM THIS COMMUNITY
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY

WORLD WAR I
1914 - 1918

WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1959

WWI
A.J.M. SHORE
W.G. SCOTT
J.M. WILLIAMS

WWII
J.R. PAISLEY
H.C. IRWIN
D.J. POOLE
J. SPARLING
A.W. OLIVER

KOREAN
J.R. ALLEN

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Ilderton Cenotaph
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inscription
1 of 2 images
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

This memorial to the local Veterans of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion.

City
Ilderton
Country
Canada
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Stele
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
659
City/Municipality
Coldstream
Memorial Number
35066-029
Type
Other
Address
10227 Ilderton Road
Location
Inside the Coldstream Community Centre
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.0154376, -81.5014281
Submitted By
Greg Storms
Inscription

[front/devant]

A/SGT JOHN ARTHUR MURTON SHORE
18TH BN, CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
KILLED IN ACTION NOV. 11, 1917
AT PASSCHENDAELE, BELGIUM
A RESIDENT OF ILDERTON, ONT., AT TIME OF HIS ENLISTMENT

I JOIN WITH MY GRATEFUL PEOPLE IN SENDING YOU THIS MEMORIAL OF A BRAVE LIFE GIVEN FOR OTHERS IN THE GREAT WAR.

War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

This display of pictures, medals, etc., is dedicated to Acting-Sergeant John Arthur Murton Shore, a resident of Ilderton who was killed in action with the 18th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, at Passchendaele, Belgium, on 11 November 1917.

City
Coldstream
Country
Canada
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framed display
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2606
City/Municipality
Coldstream
Memorial Number
35066-028
Type
Other
Address
10227 Ilderton Road
Location
Inside the Coldstream Community Centre
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.0154376, -81.5014281
Submitted By
Greg Storms
Inscription

[front/devant]

THEY ANSWERED THE CALL OF THEIR KING AND COUNTRY

Province
Ontario
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Body Content

This memorial was erected by London Township Council in memory of local veterans.

City
Coldstream
Country
Canada
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plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2605
City/Municipality
Ailsa Craig
Memorial Number
35066-027
Type
Other
Address
4441 Queens Avenue
Location
East Williams Memorial Public School
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.1119808, -81.5569395
Submitted By
Barbara Haumann
Inscription

[front/devant]

OUR FALLEN HEROES

LIEUT. THOS. MILLINEN
CORP. DAVID C. THOMAS
PTE. ALLAN DEWAR
PTE. ANGUS MORRISON
PTE. THOS. E. McANDLESS
PTE. CHARLES McCLAY
PTE. GEORGE ROOKE
REV. JOSEPH ELLIOTT

ERECTED BY THE
TOWNSHIP OF EAST WILLIAMS IN HONOR
OF HER LOYAL SONS WHO SERVED
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

[right side/côté droit]


F/O D.M. WITHERSPOON
L/CPL CHANCEY A. JONES
L.A.C. STEWART McEWEN
PTE. R.J. ROBINSON
CPL. LYLE A. McINTOSH

IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

IN WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

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East Williams Cenotaph
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right side inscription
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

The East Williams memorial was unveiled on May 24, 1922, to honour those from East Williams Township who fought and died in the First World War. Five more names were added after the Second World War, to honour the brave men lost in that war.

City
Ailsa Craig
Country
Canada
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Shaft, statue
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4328
City/Municipality
Listowel
Memorial Number
35066-025
Type
Monuments
Address
Wallace Avenue North and Elizabeth Street East
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.7333509, -80.9518053
Submitted By
Eileen Hickson
Inscription

[front/devant]

WE HONOUR THEIR MEMORY WHOSE COURAGE SAVED THE EMPIRE

  • N.S. ROGER, GRACE
  • ARMSTRONG, A.
  • ASSER, G.
  • BAKER, W.C.
  • BAKER, W.J.
  • BAMFORD, H.J.
  • BARNETT, R.S.
  • BASSETT, J.A.
  • BASSETT, S.
  • BLATCHFORD, E.A.
  • BLATCHFORD, T.L.
  • BOYD, J.
  • BRIDGE, W.
  • BROWN, G.
  • CAMPBELL, R.N.
  • CHAMNEY, H.G.
  • CHAMNEY, R.C.
  • CHRISTIE, G.
  • DANBY, W.
  • DEWAR, W.
  • DOOLITTLE, C.
  • EDMISTON, T.
  • ELLIOTT, B.
  • ELLIS, E.T.
  • EMERY, H.
  • FORBES, W.
  • FOX, W.
  • FUNNELL, F.
  • GILMER, E.
  • GILMORE, J.J.
  • GUENTHER, H.H.
  • HAMILTON, D.
  • HENRY, W.J.
  • HONE, C.D.
  • JAQUES, J.S.
  • JORDAN, R.D.
  • JOLLY, J.B.
  • KEMP, R.M.
  • KIDD, C.
  • LAVERY, E.C.
  • LAW, C.J.
  • LUCAS, W.
  • METHERELL, E.J.
  • MOORE, W.A.
  • MORPHY, H.B.
  • MORRISON, L.
  • MILLYARD R.D.
  • McCUTCHEON, E.
  • McDONALD, J.V.K.
  • McMINN, D.
  • McKEEVER, A.E.
  • McKEEVER, J.A.
  • NEVILLE, A.
  • PARK, J.M.
  • PEARSON, J.
  • POLLOCK, L.
  • RICHARDS, M.
  • RIGGS, J.A.
  • RINGLER, W.J.
  • ROGERS, J.G.
  • ROGERS, W.L.
  • REID, D.
  • SAUNDERS, H.C.
  • SCHOTTS, R.
  • SCOTT, J.
  • SEEHAVER, G.
  • SIMPSON, H.N.
  • SPENCER, W.

1914 - 1918

 

[right side/côté droit]
ROBINSON, J.G.
STEVENSON, E.
TASSIE, B.B.E.
TERRY, J.
TORRANCE, L.G.
TORRANCE, V.E.
UPPER, D.
VINES, F.
COGHILL, H.
GEOCH, A.
HOADLEY, P.V.
KRITZER, H.
RICHMOND, W.K.
SEILER,  M.
WYCKOFF, E.C.G.
WATSON, E.
MALONCY, T.
GALAUGHER, N.

[back/arrière]
BOGUES, E.S.
BOGUES, W.J.
BITTON, C.G.
SMITH, J.N.
HEIBEIN, W.L.

[left side/côté gauche]

BAMFORD, N.
VANDRICK, J.
WAKEFIELD, F.
WATSON, C.M.
WILLOUGHBY, S.J.
WRIGHT, L.
N.S. HAY, M.J.
BARBER O.
DANBROOK S.
PARDY W.
ZILLIAX H.
BRONSON C.E.
JACKSON A.
McDONALD W.
BROWN A.
N.S. HAY M.
M.D. MOORE J.

[Second World War slab/dalle de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale]

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

ANGER, CARL L.
BOWERY, EDWIN
COOK, NORMAN C.
DENSTEDT, JAMES E.
GILE, GLEN W.
GRIFFITH, MALCOLM R.
HOOD, JAMES W.
HUESTON, R.J.
JOHNSTON, CHARLES E.
JOHNSTON, ALLEN J.
KIBLER, JOHN F.
KRITZER, GORDON C.
KROTZ, PERCY E.

LAVERY, T. WILBERT
LEMONT, VICTOR
LUDWIG, SINCLAIR E.
OLIVER, MELVIN R.
PEPPLER, STANLEY J.
PROUDLEY, WILLIAM H.
RICHARDS, ELMER O.
SCOTT, WILLIAM G.
SMITH, RUSSELL C.
VICK, MORRIS R.
WALLACE, WILMOT G.
WELSH, HARRY
WOOD, ROSS J.

1939-1945

[Korean War slab/dalle de la Guerre de Corée]

TAKE TIME
TO
REMEMBER

KOREA
1950 - 1953

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Listowel Cenotaph
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shaft - front
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shaft - right side and back inscription
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shaft - left side inscription
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Second World War stele
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statue
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

The Listowel Cenotaph was erected in memory of those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. The main memorial is a marble stone block with the names of those who gave their lives in the Great War, adorned with a statue on top, featuring a kneeling soldier and an angel comforting him. Two separate stones mark the Second World War and the Korean War.

City
Listowel
Country
Canada
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Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4707
City/Municipality
Lieury
Memorial Number
35066-024
Type
Other
Address
3245 McGillivray Drive
Location
McGillivray Memorial Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.1996946, -81.6018077
Submitted By
Eric Scott
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.

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Lieury Cenotaph
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left side inscription
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

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."

City
Lieury
Country
Canada
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Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5367
City/Municipality
Stratford
Memorial Number
35066-023
Type
Other
Address
270 Water Street
Location
Stratford Festival
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.3733477, -80.9690349
Submitted By
Sherri Gropp
Inscription

DOCENDO   DISCIMUS

YPRES
ST ELOI

SANCTUARY
WOOD

LIEUT. H.V. PICKERING
LIEUT. J.R. GEDDES
LIEUT. RUSSELL WILLIAMS
STANLEY J. CREIGHTON
WILFRED R. EIDT
JAMES FINLEON
JOHN A. HOLDSWORTH

HOOGE
SOMME

VIMY
ARLEUX

FRESNOY
LENS

HILL 70
AMIENS

WILLIAM G. LEAKE
CHARLES W. LOTT
NORMAN MARTIN M.M.
ROBERT W. MCINTOSH
LESTER G. NIMMO
ADAM E. REID
ELWYN RIVERS

PASSCHENDAELE

CAMBRAI MONS

THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF HOWARD V. PICKERING, ENGLISH MASTER AND THE STUDENTS
OF THIS SCHOOL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR IN DEFENCE OF JUSTICE AND LIBERTY.


1914   "IF YE SUFFER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE, HAPPY ARE YE."   1919

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Stratford Normal School First World War Window
War or Conflict Term
First World War
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Ontario
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Body Content

This memorial, housed in the former Stratford Normal School, was erected by students and staff in memory of one teacher and several students killed during the First World War.

Before a large crowd on 31 March 1921, a memorial window was unveiled to the late Lieutenant H.V. Pickering, former English Master at the Normal School and the 13 former students of the school who gave their lives in the First World War. A Union Jack that had been covering the window was lowered and a moment of silent reflection was taken. Two regiment colonels were asked to make remarks on the solemn occasion, and both Colonel J.L. Youngs – whose son Jack died in the war – and Colonel G. Williams spoke eloquently about their fallen brethren and the human cost of war.

Sir Galahad is depicted in the center of the window and above him are the angels of his vision (in the poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson). In front of Sir Galahad are white lilies and a few scarlet poppies. Behind him is an oak tree with clinging clematis. They are bordered by laurel leaves reversed, representing victory through death.

This center is surrounded by a paneled frame. The right and left sides of the frame list the names of the fallen on shields with the chief battles of the First World War listed above and below the shields. Below the side panels, the dates 1914-1919 are on shields surrounded by laurel and surmounted by crowns. The panel beneath the center contains emblems of Canada and Great Britain.

The top of the window contains three panels, the two side ones have emblems of the infantry and cavalry, with the Tudor rose cleverly inserted. The center panel has the school crest - a burning lamp with the motto ‘docendo discimus’ surrounded by laurel and maple leaves. The background of the panels is purple and much of the design is in gold, which are the school's colours.

Friends of Stratford Normal School Heritage was founded in 1994 to save the 10-feet high stained glass window from potentially being demolished with the rest of the building. City council at the time decided to purchase the building from the province and repurpose it, so it would not be torn down.

City
Stratford
Country
Canada
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Stained glass window
Photo Credit
Martin Ritsma, Mayor City of Stratford
Memorial CF Legacy ID
3032
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