Other

City/Municipality
Kirkfield
Memorial Number
35093-015
Type
Other
Address
7 Munroe Street
Location
Kawartha Lakes Public Library
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.5623894, -78.9780822
Submitted By
Joyce E. Burney
Inscription

[front/devant]

ERECTED BY
KIRKFIELD COMMUNITY
IN HONOUR OF
THE MEN OF THIS DISTRICT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

1914 - 1918

ROBERT E. BURNIE, AUG. 24 1916
RUSSELL A. CAMPBELL, NOV. 15 1915
RUSSELL CRAREY, OCT. 11, 1918
ROBERT G. DACK, JUNE 5, 1917
JACK KING, APR. 9 1916
ALFRED T. MITCHELL, AUG. 10 1918
GEORGE RODGERS, NOV. 6 1917
STANLEY RUSHTON, AUG. 15 1916
GEORGE SHEPHERD, SEPT. 15 1917
RUSSELL A. TOUGH, APR. 9 1917

1939 - 1945

WILLIAM R. DONALDSON, FEB. 8 1942
JAMES W. MITCHELL, MAY 24 1940
JOSEPH M. WHALEN, NOV. 20 1942 

WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

[back/arrière]

LEST WE FORGET

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Second World War
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Ontario
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Erected by the community of Kirkfield in June 2000, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars.

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Kirkfield
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Canada
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Stele - granite
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2648
City/Municipality
Lindsay
Memorial Number
35093-014
Type
Other
Address
190 Kent Street West
Location
Kawartha Lakes Public Library
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.3541908, -78.7406769
Submitted By
William G. Beatty. Bob Braley. Victoria Edwards.
Inscription

[front/devant]

LEST WE FORGET

ERECTED TO PERPETUATE
THE NAMES AND MEMORY OF
OUR HONOURED DEAD
AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914    1918

OUR HEROIC DEAD
BY LAND  IN AIR  ON SEA

[right side/côté droit]

1917-1918

VIMY RIDGE
HILL 70
LENS
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS
ARRAS
CAMBRAI
MONS

 

[back/arrière]

  • OUR
  • DEAD
  • OUR
  • DEAD
  • CHARLES ADAM
  • WILLIAM K. ANDERSON
  • JOSEPH BAILEY
  • A.M. BRIMMELL
  • TRACY BARJAROW
  • ARTHUR BLANCHFORD
  • ALBERT BRUCE
  • GEORGE BIGGS
  • SAMUEL CUTHBERT
  • PATRICK CURTIN
  • EARL COTEY
  • ALEXANDER CAREW
  • HENRY DESMOND W.
  • N. FORTIER
  • JOSEPH GORDON
  • ERIC GOLDIE
  • SARAH E. GARBUT J.
  • A.V. ROSS HALL
  • C. HOULIHAN
  • FRED H. HOPKINS
  • HAROLD HUXLEY
  • MARTIN JOHNSTON
  • ARTHUR JOHNSTON W.
  • REGINALD JOHNSTON
  • GLORE KNOWLSON
  • GORDON KENT
  • DUNCAN McSWEYN
  • DUNCAN DAYNES
  • RICHARD ABBOTT
  • ELTON ALLIN
  • JOHN ALLIN
  • THOMAS E. BRADY
  • STANLEY BARJAROW
  • JACOB BOLTON
  • GEORGE BISHOP
  • LORNE BROWN
  • CHARLES COBB
  • SIDNEY C. CONFORTH
  • ALEX CAMERON
  • PERCY S. DARK
  • W. LESLIE DONALD
  • GEORGE FISHER
  • R. GIFFORD
  • JOHN W. GRAY
  • J. CARLTON HOWE
  • ARMOUR HANCOCK
  • JOHN HAUGH
  • HERBERT HARTWICK
  • NORMAN IRWIN
  • WILLARD JOHNSTON
  • W. REGINALD JACKSON
  • EDWARD KYLIE
  • WALTER A. KIRKCONNELL
  • HARRY KING
  •   
  • EDWARD McDONALD
  • KENNETH LEACH
  • JAMES LEROY
  • JOSEPH McGANN
  • KENNETH McDONALD
  • SIDNEY McGINNIS
  • H. McLAUGHLIN
  • I.E. McGILL
  • DOUGLAS MITCHELL
  • ROBERT H. MARK
  • WILLIAM MORRISON
  • NORMAN MENZIES
  • HARRY NORMAN
  • WILLIAM O'NEILL
  • H. PADDON
  • CLEVELAND A. PARKS
  • J.J. RUDD
  • CHARLES E. SUTCLIFFE
  • DAVID SWAYZE
  • WALTER SCOTT
  • ALBERT SMITH
  • THOMAS STYLES
  • RALPH TREVOR
  • ORVILLE VICKERY
  • CLARENCE G. WEEKS
  • BRUCE WILSON
  • JOHN WINCHESTER
  •   
  • SIR SAM HUGHES
  • JOSEPH P. LABEL
  • ROBERT MacKAY
  • ALEX McDONALD
  • W. GEORGE McNUTT
  • JOSEPH McLAUGHLIN
  • FRANK McMANN
  • A.J. MATHEWS
  • CHARLES MILLER
  • HOWARD MACKIN
  • LEONARD MARCH
  • JAMES NAYSMITH
  • P.J. O'NEILL
  • CECIL PRIMEAU
  • PERCY PUTTOCK
  • WM. M. ROBINSON
  • FRED SCHWARDFAGER
  • EDWARD SHEA
  • KEITH SWAYZE
  • JAMES T. SANDILAND
  • LESLIE SHAW
  • GEOFFREY D. STEPHENS
  • FRED TREVOR
  • ARTHUR WILLIAMS
  • W. WEBSTER WILSON
  • JOSEPH WHITE
  • ROBERT WEBSTER
  • ERNEST HUMPHREY
  • WILLIAM D. HUTTON



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1939  -  1945

  • ABERCROMBIE KARL
  • ALGER EDWIN
  • BACON EDWARD A.
  • BALDWIN J.H.
  • BALFOUR ALEX J.
  • BARNSLEY LEONARD R.
  • BARTON RUSSELL
  • BARTON WALLACE
  • BEATTY HARRY
  • BETTS BRUCE
  • BOUCH ROBERT L.
  • BROWN DeWILLETT F.
  • BROWN WOODROW B.
  • BURTON HUGH N.
  • CHALMERS J.J.
  • CHRISTIE DAVID
  • COLE JOHN
  • COOK LEO
  • COPELAND ROSS
  • DAVID JAMES
  • DAVIDSON ROSS
  • DEAN EARL
  • EGGLETON DAVID
  • FAYLE STANLEY JOHN
  • FLETCHER ARTHUR
  • FREDERICK W. BRUCE
  • GARDINER GEO. B.
  • GEMMILL RAYMOND E.
  • HAIGHT CLIFFORD
  • HARDY JOHN HERBERT
  • HARRISON MERVIN LeROY
  • HAWKINS EDWARD D.
  • HEELS GORDON
  • HOBBS ALFRED
  • HOBBS KENNETH
  • HORE ROSS E.
  • HUDSON CLIFFORD G.
  • JOHNSTON IAN W.
  • LYTLE KENNETH
  • LYTLE DOUGLAS
  • MAUNDER CLIFFORD
  • MAGEE LEONARD
  • MOIR ANDREW
  • MURDOCK THOMAS G.
  • McEVOY DONALD R.
  • OWNES JOHN C.
  • PAQUETTE THOMAS M.
  • SLEEP HOWARD
  • SLEEP KENNETH S.
  • SMITH ALEX
  • SMITH DOUGLAS
  • STINSON HAROLD K.
  • WHITE WILLIAM W.
  • WILLIAMS ARTHUR O.
  • WILLIAMS LLEYELLYN
  • WOODBURY ARTHUR
  • WRIGHT ALLISTER
  • WRIGHT JAMES

KOREA
MARSHALL WALTER

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1915-1916

YPRES
FESTUBERT
GIVENCHY
ST. ELOI
SANCTUARY WOOD
THE SOMME
COURCELETTE
REGINA TRENCH

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By 1921 initial plans were underway for a war memorial. In March, the Board of Trade called a meeting and invited all the people in town who had lost relatives in the Great war. It was decided to raise $7,500 by debenture and the rest would come from public subscription. In April of 1922, the War Memorial Committee decided that the location of the memorial would be the library grounds. The Lindsay Cenotaph was unveiled on November 11, 1922, and originally dedicated to the local war dead of the First World War. After the Second World War, a slab was added at ground level with the names of those lost in that war. One last name was added after the Korean War.

Sir Sam Hughes, Canada’s Minister of Militia and Defence from October 1911 to November 1916, had his name included among the fallen of the First World War on the Lindsay Cenotaph even though he did not die until 1921. Lindsay was his home town where he had been a school teacher and editor/owner of the newspaper.

Emmanuel Hahn's design represents the sorrows caused by war. The soldier atop the cenotaph looks down in sadness at the ground below him, as if he might find there, his fallen comrades, if not for the tragedy of war. The bronze statue depicts a young, grieving Canadian soldier in a winter greatcoat. His right hand and left forearm rest on his helmet which is placed on top of his reversed rifle and his helmet hangs from his left forearm.

Hahn moved to Toronto at the age of seven with his family of artists and musicians from Germany, in 1888. He studied commercial design and model-making at Toronto Technical School and Ontario College of Art and Industrial Design. At 25 years old Hahn began a nearly lifelong contract with Thomson Monument Company of Toronto. Two years later, he also started work as a studio assistant to sculptor Walter Seymour Allward. Part of his duties included assisting on Allward’s significant works such as the South African War Memorial in Toronto.

In 1912 Hahn began an association with the Thomson Monument Company of Toronto. It was there, along with several assistants, he made the many war memorials that are found across Canada: Fernie, British Columbia; Killarney and Russell, Manitoba; Alvinston, Bolton, Cornwall, Hanover, Lindsay,  Malvern, Milton, Petrolia and Port Dalhousie, Ontario; Gaspe, Quebec; Moncton, New Brunswick; Springhill and Westville Nova Scotia; Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

Hahn is probably most famous as the designer of the Bluenose on the back of the Canadian dime and the Caribou on the back of the Canadian quarter. He was a victim of anti-German sentiment in the years following the Great War, when his design for the Winnipeg Cenotaph was rejected in 1925.

City
Lindsay
Country
Canada
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Shaft - granite, statue - bronze
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
691
City/Municipality
Omemee
Memorial Number
35093-013
Type
Other
Address
1 King Street West
Location
Omemme Cenotaph Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.2989057, -78.5598331
Submitted By
Robert Shipley. Bob Braley. City of Kawartha Lakes.
Inscription
  • KILLED IN
  • ACTION
  • 1914 - 1918
  • BROWN HARRY, V.C.
  • BESTOR ROBERT
  • GALLAGHER WM.
  • GOSSELIN ALPHONSE
  • GREEN ALBERT
  • HALIDAY GEORGE
  • HOPKINS JAMES
  • HOULIHAN CYRIL
  • MARCH LEONARD
  • McAULIFFE VICTOR
  • McLAUGHLIN JOS.
  • MILLS FRED
  • MURTHA JAMES
  • PERDUE MICHAEL
  • POLLET GEORGE
  • POAST ROY
  • SMITH FRANK
  • TROTT JOSEPH
  • WHITEHEAD WM.
  • KILLED IN
  • ACTION
  • 1939 - 1945
  • BOATE ARTHUR
  • BRENTON EDWIN
  • BRENTON KENNETH
  • FEE GORDON
  • HANBRIDGE RALPH
  • MAGEE LEONARD
  • MURRAY PETER
  • MURTHA JAMES
  • ROADHOUSE GEORGE
  • STEPHENSON WM.
  • STRAIN CLIFFORD
  • VEALS CLIFFORD
  • WELLS ERNEST
  •   
  • KILLED IN
  • ACTION
  • IN KOREA
  • GARDINER RUSSELL


THEIR
SOULS
LIVE
ON

OMEMEE DISTRICT
WAR MEMORIAL

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Ontario
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It is not known when the Omemee District War Memorial was unveiled because city records from 1900-1921 were lost in a fire.

The Private Harry Brown VC Memorial, 24th Field Battery Canadian Filed Artillery Memorial and German Light Minewerfer First World War Memorial are also located here.

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Omemee
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Canada
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Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
748
City/Municipality
Haliburton
Memorial Number
35093-012
Type
Other
Address
Highland and York Streets
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.0455608, -78.5115773
Submitted By
Robert Shipley
Inscription

[front/devant]

ERECTED TO
OUR HONOURED DEAD
AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
BY THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS OF HALIBURTON

[back/arrière]

HONOUR ROLL

1914-1918
BENJAMIN BIRD
RICHARD GREGORY
GEORGE LOGAN
ARTHUR BISHOP
RUSSELL S. CURRY
WILLIAM CARNOCHAN
DONALD WATT
JOSEPH HOWE

1939-1945
ROSS DAVIDSON
WALTER ALBERT WINN
ARTHUR CARNOCHAN
MAX McCRACKEN
ELZIE HENDERSON
JACK ANDERSON
RUSSELL LARUE
LYLE BOICE
JAMES NICHOLLS
LYLE HORSLEY
DONALD PASQUINO
IRWIN HOWE

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Second World War
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Ontario
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The Haliburton Cenotaph is comprised of a tall stylized stone with a helmet sitting on an upright brass rifle in the front. A brass plaque with the names of men lost in both World Wars is located on the back.

Nearby are a captured German machine-gun and mortar from the First World War.

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Haliburton
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Canada
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Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
647
City/Municipality
Cannington
Memorial Number
35093-011
Type
Other
Location
Knox Presbyterian Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
0, 0
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards
Inscription

needs further research/recherche incomplète

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War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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The Trooper William Stuart McLachlan Window was made by Robert McCausland Limited in 1944 and featured Boy David with a harp. Trooper McLachlan died in Italy during the Second World War. 

In October 2007, the 130 year old Knox Presbyterian Church, including its memorial window, was destroyed in a fire. The church was located on the North side of Cameron Street.

 

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Cannington
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Canada
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Stained glass window
Memorial CF Legacy ID
8306
City/Municipality
Cannington
Memorial Number
35093-010
Type
Other
Address
50 Laidlaw Street North
Location
Trinity United Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.3515731, -79.0392107
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards
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[first panel/première panneau]

ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING
MEMORY OF

PTE ABLERT AKHURST
PTE WILLIAM BOUCHER
SGT CECIL O. DREW

1914 ALSO OF OTHER MEN OF THE TOWN

[second panel/deuxième panneau]

THE MEMBERS OF
THIS CONGREGATION

  • PTE ARTHUR BATTS
  • PTE JOHN H. DAWE
    •   
  • PTE JAMES HALWARD
  • SGNR. HORACE O. KIFT
  • LIEUT. WILLIAM K. KIFT
  • PTE HOWARD MACKIN
  • MAJOR ROBERT E. WALLACE
    •   

[third panel/troisième panneau]

WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR

SGT SPENCE H.W. SACKVILLE M.M.
PTE STANLEY C. SERPELL
SIGNR ROY CECIL WOODWARD

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN
HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. 1918

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Ontario
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This stained glass window is dedicated to the men of Trinity United Church and of the community who perished during the First World War.

City
Cannington
Country
Canada
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Memorial CF Legacy ID
8304
City/Municipality
Bobcaygeon
Memorial Number
35093-009
Type
Other
Address
Canal Street West & Main Street
Location
Along the banks of Trent Canal near the intersection of Canal Street West & Main Street
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.5376663, -78.545016
Submitted By
Nancy J. Braley
Inscription

[front/devant]

1914 — 1918
1939 — 1945
1950 — 1953

[left and right windows/fenêtres gauche et droite]

WE WILL
REMEMBER
THEM

LEST
WE
FORGET

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Roll of Honour

1914 - 1918

  • ALLDRED, WILBERT
  • ARSCOTT, THOMAS
  • BOULTER, GEORGE
  • BOYD, MOSSOM R.
  • BOYD, ORMSBY
  • BROOKS, EDWIN
  • BYNG, GEORGE
  • COONES, GEORGE
  • FINLEY, NORMAN
  • GARLICK, WILLIAM
  • HILL, ALBERT W.
  • HUTCHISON, MILTON
  • JOHNSON, ARTHUR T.
  • JOHNSON, MARTIN
  • JUNKIN, IRVINE
  • JUNKIN, PERCY
  • KENNEDY, ALBERT E.
  • LYLE, WILBERT
  • MACLAUGHLIN, JOSEPH
  • MCNEIL, SHERMAN
  • MCNUTT, GEORGE
  • MIDDLETON, LINDSAY
  • NORTHEY, MELLVILLE
  • ROSS, DOUGLAS
  • SELBY, RALPH
  • STINSON, HAROLD
  • TRIPP, JAMES
  • WRIGHT, JAMES


1939 - 1945

  • BROOKS, FRANK
  • DEVITT, ALEX
  • DEVITT, FRED
  • DOWDING, RICHARD
  • GENDRON, MELVILLE
  • KELSON, JOHN
  • MCCULLUM, ROY
  • MCINTRYE, MALCOM
  • SHEA, WAYNE
  • SHEENY, GLEN
  • STUART, DONALD
  • TAYLOR, KENNETH
  • THURSTON, HALL
  • WATSON, FLOYD
  • WRIGHT, JACK
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Korean War
Second World War
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Ontario
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The Bobcaygeon War Memorial consists of a brick building dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. Inside the gated door is a Roll of Honour of the fallen. 

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Bobcaygeon
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Canada
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Stone building and plaque
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
528
City/Municipality
Beaverton
Memorial Number
35093-008
Type
Other
Address
Simcoe and Osborne Streets
Location
Service Ontario
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.4293578, -79.1535257
Submitted By
Hellmut Shade
Inscription

[front/devant]

IN MEMORIAM
1914-1918
1939-1945

Erected By The Municipalities
Of Beaverton And Thorah
In Memory Of The Brave Sons
Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice In The
Cause Of Liberty And Freedom.
"MAY THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOREVER"

KOREA 1950-1953

[right side/côté droit]

THORAH

W. BROWN
H. SEWELL
H. TAYLOR
H. HARVEY
T.R. SCOTT
J.R. WALLACE
W. WALLACE
C. ADAMSON
E. MAIDMENT
R.A. CAMPBELL
C.D. WOODMAN
T.J. KEAN
C.W. ALLEN

 

[back/arrière]

BEAVERTON
and
THORAH

M. BAGG
F. DEVINE
R.J. LYNN
MCK CRO
E. MCMILLAN
G. MILLER
D. PARTRIDGE
D. ULRICHSON
C. VYSE
S. WEST
W. WOODWARD

[left side/côté gauche]

BEAVERTON

H. CARY
W. HILL
R. HOWE
W.H. BROWN
H. EDWARDS
C. MCKENZIE
W.C. BARBER
J.A. MCMILLAN
W.B. BEMISTER
H.E.M. CAVE
LIEUT. R. MADILL
LIEUT. J.A. PROCTOR
LIEUT. F.G. WALLIS
LIEUT. I.J. MCCORKELL

 

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The Beaverton and Thorah Cenotaph was unveiled on June 10, 1924 and dedicated in memory of the fallen men in the Boer War and the First World War. It featured a white stone statue of a First World War soldier on top of a black marble shaft. The four white pillars at each corner had large electric glass bulbs that were lit at nighttime. 

The Committee of Arrangements composed of Reeve D.W. Wallis of Beaverton, Reeve John Ross of Thorah, Councillor Charles Dukelow of Thorah, Mrs. D.W. Wallis, Mrs. F. Talbot and Mr. Peter McMillan are to be congratulated on the inception of the undertaking in 1922, to the final unveiling and dedication. 

Children of the schools and choir took part in the ceremonies. Brigadier-General J.A. Gunn, C.M.G, D.S,O., officiated and had a distinguished military career. Mrs. (Col.) Sam Sharpe gave an address reviewing the events preceding going overseas of the units from the County and their service abroad. She referred to the historic event of the departure of the 116th Battalion from Beaverton under the command of her late husband Col. Sharpe, M.P. 

In 2010, Mrs. Dorothy MacPherson directed her Citizenship Award be used towards the restoration of the cenotaph. An Adhoc Committee was established of representatives from Beaverton, Thorah, Eldon Historical Society, Beaverton Horticultural Society, Beaverton Special Events, Beaverton Legion, Beaverton Lions Club and the Township of Brock. The committee raised money and received funding from the Department of Veteran Affairs.

The monument was cleaned and repaired, the base was repaired and the white pillars were replaced with four flour urns. Benches were purchased and a 24 foot flagpole installed. The walkway was widened to accommodate wheelchairs.

A re-dedication ceremony was held and attended by descendants of those named on the cenotaph. The Uxbridge Pipe Band performed and included The Maple Leaf Forever, written by Alexander Muir, who taught at Beaverton. A trumpeter played the Last Post from the balcony of the Hamilton House Hotel. The ceremony was recorded on video as were eight interviews with Veterans at the Legion and Lakeview Manor. A reception followed at the Legion with displays of each person listed on the cenotaph. 

City
Beaverton
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Shaft, statue
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5532
City/Municipality
Cannington
Memorial Number
35093-007
Type
Other
Address
McRae and Trootie Streets
Location
Cannington MacLeod Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.3496463, -79.0340653
Submitted By
Robert Shipley. Bob Braley.
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
1914-1918
MAJ. ROBERT E. WALLACE
PTE. HORACE D. KIFT
PTE. JAMES J. HALWARD
LIEUT. WILLIAM K. KIFT
SAPR. ROY C. WOODWARD
PTE. HOWARD F. MACKIN
PTE. JOHN H. DAWE

THEY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN
BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF-SACRIFICE
GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS
MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM

W.W. II 1939-1945 KOREA 1950-1953

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YPRES 1915
SOMME 1916
VIMY 1917
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS 1918
CAMBRAI 1918

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THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

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ERECTED BY
THE MUNICIPALITY, PATRIOTIC
AND I.O.D.E. SOCIETIES OF
CANNINGTON

IN HONOUR OF THE 65 MEN
WHO HEARD THEIR COUNTRY'S
CALL.

WE LIVE IN DEEDS, NOT YEARS
HE MOST LIVES
WHO THINKS MOST, FEELS
THE NOBLEST, ACTS THE BEST.

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First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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City
Cannington
Country
Canada
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Shaft, statue
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
559
City/Municipality
Omemee
Memorial Number
35093-006
Type
Other
Address
1 King Street West
Location
Omemee Cenotaph Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.2992251, 78.5599034
Submitted By
Bob Braley
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Pte. Harry Brown V.C.
10th batt. C.E.F.
May 11, 1898 - Aug. 16, 1917

"For most conspicuous bravery, courage and
devotion to duty. After the capture of a position,
the enemy massed in force and counter attacked.
The situation became very critical, all wires
being cut. It was of the utmost importance to get
word back to Headquarters. This soldier and one
other were given the message with orders to
deliver the same at all costs. The other
messenger was killed. Private Brown had his arm
shattered but continued on through an intense
barrage until he arrived at the close support
lines and found an officer. He was so spent that
he fell down the dug-out steps, but retained
consciousness long enough to hand over his
message, saying 'important message.' He then
became unconscious and died in the dressing
station a few hours later. His devotion to duty
was of the highest possible degree imaginable,
and his successful delivery of the message
undoubtedly saved the loss of the position for
the time and prevented many casualties."

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Ontario
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This memorial honours First World War Victoria Cross recipient Private Harry Brown, born in Gananoque, Ontario.

City
Omemee
Country
Canada
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Memorial CF Legacy ID
8295
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