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City/Municipality
Port McNicoll
Memorial Number
35079-010
Type
Other
Address
4th Avenue and Davidson Street
Location
Veterans Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.7478851, -79.8087035
Submitted By
Wesley R. Crown
Inscription

FREEDOM LOYALTY SACRIFICE
IN HONOR OF
THE MEN OF PORT McNICOLL
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR

HONOR ALSO AND
GRATEFUL TRIBUTE
TO THOSE WHO
DARING TO DIE
SURVIVED

1914 - 1918
S. SAUVE
H. FENTON

TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM
THE VILLAGE OF PORT McNICOLL
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR
1939-1945

ROBERT J. CROOKE
JAMES F. McCORMICK

JOHN D. GALLAGHER
SIDNEY C. PIBWORTH

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First World War
Second World War
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Ontario
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This memorial is a limestone cairn with two small plaques, dedicated to the fallen residents of Port McNicoll who served and died in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by the Port McNicoll Royal Canadian Legion.

City
Port McNicoll
Country
Canada
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Shaft - limestone
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5495
City/Municipality
Victoria Harbour
Memorial Number
35079-009
Type
Other
Address
Albert and Richard Streets
Location
Cenotaph Parkette
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.7506314, -79.7737167
Submitted By
Wesley R. Crown. Nancy Braley.
Inscription

[wall/mur]

IN
MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO
SERVED THEIR
COUNTRY

ERECTED JULY 1967 BY THE
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
BRANCH 523

[artillery/artillerie]

(left plaque/plaque gauche)

IN MEMORY
OF THOSE OF OUR VILLAGE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919

C. GORDON SYKES
W. WESLEY NEILLY
WALLACE H. BURNS
FRANK C. McNABB
VERNON H. CLARK
W. SCOTT WALDIE
C. PERCIVAL WALDIE

JOHN A. SCOTT
WILLIAM D. HOUSTON
HARRY CARLEY
NAPOLEON BOURRIE
GRANT TUPPER
FRED PELKY
PATRICK DUSOME
ROY DRAULET

ERECTED BY THE I.O.D.E.
VICTORIA HARBOUR

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IN MEMORY
OF THOSE OF OUR VILLAGE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

JOHN A. BELFRY
MORLEY W. BROTHERSON

ERECTED BY
THE VILLAGE OF VICTORIA HARBOUR

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This memorial is dedicated to the residents of Victoria Harbour who served their country. The stone wall with a large white cross was erected in 1967 by Branch 523 of the Royal Canadian Legion. Plaques listing the Victoria Harbour soldiers who died in the two World Wars are located on the anti-aircraft gun.

City
Victoria Harbour
Country
Canada
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Wall, cross, artillery
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Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5494
City/Municipality
Waubaushene
Memorial Number
35079-008
Type
Other
Address
Elm and Pine Streets
Location
Veteran's Memorial Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.7547913, -79.7111423
Submitted By
Wesley R. Crown
Inscription

OUR FALLEN HEROES OF TWO WORLD WARS

1914-1918
E. CLAPP   J. JOHNSTON   F. KITCHNER   W. NEILLY
A. MacDONALD   N. VINCENT   N. SWARTMAN   J. BELL
J. CURRIER   A. CLARK   R. WRIGHT   G. FENTON U.S.M.
J. CARTER   F. BROOKS   A. WOOD

1939-1945
F. NELSON   C. WILLIAMS   R. LAWSON   M. BROTHERSON
R. BRESSETTE   T. BLANCHARD   E. PLOUFFE   E. BAKER
W. CADEAU   G. MAYHEW   M. HODGINS   N. HODGINS
E. ARBOUR

DEDICATED BY THE CITIZENS
OF WAUBAUSHENE AND DISTRICT

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Ontario
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This memorial is dedicated to the residents of Waubaushene who served and died in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by the Waubaushene Royal Canadian Legion.

City
Waubaushene
Country
Canada
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Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5493
City/Municipality
Coldwater
Memorial Number
35079-007
Type
Other
Address
Coldwater Street and Michael Anne Drive
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.708052, -79.6432303
Submitted By
Patricia Fitzpatrick
Inscription

[front/devant]
1914 — 1918

LEST
WE
FORGET

1939 — 1945
1950 — 1953

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF THIS AREA WHO
HAVE MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

OUR PEACEKEEPERS

[back/arrière]
TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN
MEMORY OF
THOSE
WHO SERVED
TILL DEATH
1914 — 1918

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Korean War
Second World War
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Ontario
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Erected by the village of Coldwater, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead and veterans of the First and Second World Wars and the local men and women who have served as peacekeepers.

City
Coldwater
Country
Canada
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Stele - granite
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Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
577
City/Municipality
Oro-Medonte Township
Memorial Number
35079-005
Type
Other
Address
Line 11 N
Location
North of Fairvalley Church Road
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.38843, 79.35751
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards
Inscription

[front/devant]

"HEROES IN OUR OWN BACK YARD"

SIR SAMUEL BENFIELD STEELE
KCMG, CB, MVO

BORN JANUARY 5 1848, HERE AT PURBROOK
SON OF CAPT ELMES STEELE AND HIS WIFE, ANNE

35TH REGIMENT, SIMCOE MILITIA - 1866
"A" BATTERY, ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY - 1871
NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE - 1873
MARCH WEST IN 1874
KOOTENEY EXPEDITION AND FORT STEELE
YUKON - THE GOLD RUSH - 1898
RAISED STRATHCONA'S HORSE - 1900
COMMANDED IN SOUTH AFRICA 1900-1901
ANGLO-BOER WAR
SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTABULARY - 1901
PROMOTED MAJOR-GENERAL - 1914
KNIGHTED KCMG - 1918
DIED JANUARY 30, 1919 AT PUTNEY ENGLAND
BURIED AT WINNIPEG MANITOBA

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THIS STONE
DEDICATED JULY 13, 2000 BY
LORD STRATHCONA'S HORSE (ROYAL CANADIANS)
TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR FIRST COMMANDING OFFICER
SAM STEELE
ON THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY
OF HIS RAISING THE REGIMENT

TOGETHER WITH
THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE
HONOURING
"CANADA'S GREATEST POLICE OFFICER"

IN THE PRESENCE OF
IAN BEARD MAYOR ORO-MEDONTE
THE RT. REV. J.T. PRYCE BISHOP OF YORK-SIMCOE
MAJ THE REV A. SCHOOLEY LdSH(RC)
REV. GERRY McMILLAN RCMP
LCOL J.W. ELLIS COMMANDING OFFICER LdSH(RC)
A/COMMR A. HUTCHINSON RCMP
L COL B.P. MILLER CO GREY AND SIMCOE FORESTERS
L. JORDAAN 1ST SEC Y SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH COMMISSION
BRUCE & JOCELYN PEARSON AUBREY & ELIZABETH FORD
RSM (RET.) SHAD SHADBOLT LdSH(RC)
MURRAY A. CAYLEY DEAN LdSH(RC)
BONNIE G. ROURKE ARLENE SHADBOLT

"PERSEVERANCE"

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"LES HEROS DE CHEZ NOUS"
SIR SAMUEL BENFIELD STEELE KCMG, CB, MVO
NÉ ICI À PURBROOK LE 5 JANVIER 1848 FILS DU CAPT ELMES ET D'ANE STEELE
35E RÉGIMENT, SIMCOE MILITIA - 1866
BATTERIE "A" ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY - 1871
POLICE À CHEVAL DU NORD-OUEST - 1873
MARCHE VERS L'OUEST EN 1874
EXPÉDITION KOOTENEY C-B ETABLISSEMENT DE FORT STEELE - 1887
YUKON - LA RUÉE VERS L'OR - 1898
FORMATION DU STRATHCONA'S HORSE - 1900
A COMMANDÉ EN AFRIQUE DU SUD GUERRE DES BOERS 1900-1901
FORCE CONSTABULAIRE SUD-AFRICAINE - 1901
MAJOR-GENERAL - 1914 OCTROI DU TITRE KCMG - 1918
DÉCÉDÉ LE 30 JANVIER 1919 À PUTNEY EN ANGLETERRE
ENTERRÉ À WINNIPEG MANITOBA

2000

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13 JUILLET 2000
CETTE PLAQUE EST DÉDIÉE PAR LE
LORD STRATHCONA'S HORSE (ROYAL CANADIANS)
À LA MÉMOIRE DE SONE PREMIER COMMANDANT SAM STEEL À L'OCCASION
DU CENTIÈME ANNIVERSAIRE DE SA LA FORMATION DU RÉGIMENT ET PAR LA GENDARMERIE
LE DU CANADIEN L'HONNEUR "DU MEILLEUR POLICIER DU CANADA" INAUGURÉE PAR
SON HONNEUR LE MAIRE IAN BEARD CANTON ORO-MEDONTE EN PRÉSENCE DE
LE RT REV. J.T. PRYCE BISHOP OF YORK-SIMCOE MAJ ABBE A. SCHOOLEY LdSH(RC)
RÉV GERRY McMILLAN GRC LCOL J.W. ELLIS COMMANDANT LdSH(RC)
A/COMMR. A. HUTCHINSON GRC LCOL B.P. MILLER CMDT GREY AND SIMCOE FORESTERS
L. JORDAAN 1ST SEC Y SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH COMMISSION BRUCE PEARSON
AUBREY & ELIZABETH FORD SMR (RET) SHAD SHADBOLT LdSH(RC) MURRAY A. CAYLEY DOEYN LdSH(RC)
BONNIE G. ROURKE ARLENE SHADBOLT

"PERSÉVÉRANCE"

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Africa
Province
Ontario
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Organized by Murray A. Cayley and Chief Warrant Officer C.H. Shadbolt, OMM, CD (Retired), the Sir Samuel Benfield Steele Memorial was unveiled at the Pearson Farm (the Steele family homestead) on 13 July 2000. The five-foot high granite stone depicts badges of The Greg and Simcoe Forresters, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) and South African Police Service. 

Major-General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele was born on 5 January 1848, in Purbrook, Ontario. At the age of 18, he joined the 35th Simcoe Regiment (now The Grey and Simcoe Forresters) and served in the Fenian Raids for which he received a medal with clasp. In 1867, he transferred to the 37th Haldimand Regiment. Three years later, he transferred to the Ontario Rifles, was promoted to corporal and took part in the Red River Expedition.

When A and B Batteries of the Royal Canadian Artillery were formed in 1871, Steele joined their ranks as a sergeant and assumed the role of gunnery instructor. In 1873, he joined the newly formed North West Mounted Police. During the North West Rebellion of 1885, he was requested to raise a small force known as “Steele’s Scouts.” After the Rebellion, he was promoted to superintendent of the North West Mounted Police and commanded through the Yukon Gold Rush. 

In January 1900, he was selected to raise a regiment for special service in South Africa. On 26 January 1900 Lord Strathcona approved Steele’s suggestion that the Regiment be named Strathcona’s Horse. He was the regiment’s first commanding officer. By 25 February, Lieutenant-Colonel Steele had completed the organization and on 16 March, 28 officers, 512 other ranks and 599 horses sailed from Halifax bound for South Africa.

After the South African War, he was promoted to the rank of colonel in May 1901 and became a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) and a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO). Realizing that Strathcona’s Horse would not soon become part of the Permanent Force, Steele took a leave of absence and returned to South Africa to command B Division of the South African Constabulary. In 1907, Steele returned to Canada and from 1910 – 1912, he was re-appointed the commanding officer of Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians).

In December 1914, Steele was promoted to major-general and appointed Inspector General of Western Canada. In May 1915, he was appointed General Officer Commanding 2nd Canadian Division and took them to England. He remained in England as the Commander of Canadian troops at Shorncliffe, a position he held until retirement in 1918. That same year, he became the Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (KCMG). 

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Oro-Medonte Township
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Canada
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Memorial CF Legacy ID
11514
City/Municipality
Midland
Memorial Number
35079-002
Type
Other
Address
King Street and Len Self Boulevard
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.7450759, -79.8813622
Submitted By
Margaret O'Rourke. Bob Braley. Victoria Edwards.
Inscription

[front/devant]
TO
COMMEMORATE THE MARINERS
WHO DIED WHILE SERVING
THEIR COUNTRY IN WORLD
WAR 1 AND 2 IN THE
MERCHANT NAVY

TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WARS
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945

[left side/côté gauche]
YPRES
ST. JULIEN
LANGEMARCK
SOMME
VIMY-RIDGE
LENS

J. MAINES
C. MAY
E. MILLIKEN
J. MURRAY
C. MC MILLAN
A. MORREAU
J.C. MONTGOMERY
G.E. NASH
A. NEYLAN
C.A. NORTON
H. PAUL
W.J. PUDDICOMB
J.E. POTVIN
C. REYNOLDS
D. REYNOLDS
F. REYNOLDS
C. SHAW

A.W. STERRETT
F. SYMONS
R.E. STEPHENS
G. SAUNDERS
M. SMITH
R.A. SHAPCOTT
F. SMITH
H. SKELDON
R. SMITH
T. STURMEY
J. SMITH
W. STREATHERN
F. THOMPSON
W.H. THOMAS
W. TOWERS
N. VINCENT
R. WRIGHT

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HILL 70
PASS CHENDALE
CAMBRAI
MONS
AMIENS
ARRAS

P.A. ARNOLD
D. BALL
O.R. BOWMAN
A.H. BAILEY
J. BARNHARDT
A.H. COHEN
C. CHATTEN
F.J. CHURCH
H. DEMOREST
B. DUNBAR
R. DROLET
F.W. DAVIS
K. S. DRUMMOND
J. DICK
A.J. DAVENPORT
H. ELLERY
O. FRENCH

W. GRANT
A.A. GRANT
G.A. GARRETT
V. GARDINER
D. GREEN
W. GENDRO
E.G. HAUGHTON
G. HAMMOND
C.A. HEALY
F.HUBERT
F. HOLMWOOD
R.C. IRWIN
J. JELIFO
G.A. JONES
I.I. KINCH
J. LOWES
C.A. MOUNT

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IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953
IN MEMORY TO THOSE
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
IN W.W. II

1939 - 1945

J. CHALMERS
J. LAPP
W. LATANVILLE
R. SMITH

R. ADAMSON
L. ANDERSON
G. BETEAU
L.D. BOWMAN
A. CHRETIEN
W. COLEMAN
R. COURRIERE
G. DEMPSEY
G. DUNCAN
W.H. DUNCAN
G. DUNKELMAN
B. DUSOME
H. EMERSON
F.N. HACK
W. HARBER
J. HARRISON
W.E. JORY
L. LAMB
R. LANDRIGAN

L. LESPERANCE
S. MARTIN
G.E. MAY
J. MELVILLE
R. MELVILLE
C. MILLER
J. MOHAN
J. MONTEITH
H. MC ARTHUR
J. MC EACHERN
R. OAKLEY
W. PLUMBTREE
D. REID
H. ROBERT SHAW
R. SHAUBEL
W. WALLACE
J. WALTENBURY
J.D. WHITE
K. WILES

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Second World War
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Ontario
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In 1901, the Town of Midland purchased 10 acres of land to be used for a park area. Mr. William Finlayson, a First World War Veteran, approached the Town on December 26, 1926, about setting money aside for a memorial to be built on this site. The Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire donated the other half of the money required to complete the memorial.

It was installed in April or May of 1927 and officially unveiled on June 1, 1927 and dedicated to those who gave their lives in the First World War. Later, inscriptions were added for the Second World War and Korean War. The memorial is the location that Royal Canadian Legion Branch 80 holds its ceremonies.

In 2021, members from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 80 and Huronia Museum — with the help of some Georgian College students — researched all of the names that appear on the cenotaph and compiled biographies for an online memorial. This project led to the discovery of numerous inaccuracies on the monument:

J.D. Chalifoux is incorrectly written as J. Jelifo.
William Jondrow mistakenly appears as W. Gendro.
George Sanders is misspelled as G. Saunders.
Walter Strathearn is incorrectly spelled W. Streatharn.

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Midland
Country
Canada
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Obelisk - grey granite
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5324
City/Municipality
Borden (CFB)
Memorial Number
35078-094
Type
Other
Address
Coriano Crescent
Location
Canadian Forces Base Borden
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.292423, -79.888419
Inscription

needs further research/recherche incomplète

War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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This street commemorates those who fought at Coriano Ridge in the Second World War.

City
Borden (CFB)
Country
Canada
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Street
Memorial CF Legacy ID
12584
City/Municipality
Borden (CFB)
Memorial Number
35078-093
Type
Other
Address
Scheldt Crescent
Location
Canadian Forces Base Borden
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.295326, -79.885157
Inscription

needs further research/recherche incomplète

War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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This street commemorates those who fought at the Battle of the Scheldt in the Second World War.

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Borden (CFB)
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Canada
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12583
City/Municipality
Borden (CFB)
Memorial Number
35078-092
Type
Other
Address
Hong Kong Road
Location
Canadian Forces Base Borden
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.288077, -79.888086
War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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This street commemorates those who defended Hong Kong in the Second World War.

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Borden (CFB)
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Canada
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Street
Memorial CF Legacy ID
12582
City/Municipality
Borden (CFB)
Memorial Number
35078-091
Type
Other
Address
Kapyong Road
Location
Canadian Forces Base Borden
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.287984, -79.887689
Inscription

needs further research/recherche incomplète

War or Conflict Term
Korean War
Province
Ontario
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This street commemorates those who fought at the Battle of Kapyong in the Korean War.

City
Borden (CFB)
Country
Canada
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12581
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