After the Second World War, a “V” for Victory was created across the bank of a small stream behind the Vespra Boys Memorial. The original configuration was made of Yew trees, and later changed to a V-shaped stone garden.
Second World War Memorial
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After the Second World War, a “V” for Victory was created across the bank of a small stream behind the Vespra Boys Memorial. The original configuration was made of Yew trees, and later changed to a V-shaped stone garden.
The Frederick Campbell VC School at Canadian Forces Base Borden opened its doors in 1956. When the school closed in 2010, the school's plaque was presented to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 134 in Mount Forest, Ontario.
Frederick William Campbell was born in Mount Forest, Ontario on 15 June 1869. As a young man, he joined a unit of the Canadian Militia, and later served in during the South African War with a machine gun section of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment. At the beginning of the First World War he was commissioned as an officer in the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Lieutenant Campbell was serving with the 1st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force when he earned the Victoria Cross in an action near Givenchy in France on 15 June 1915, his 48th birthday. Employing two Colt machine guns, Campbell led an assault on a German trench line considered to be nearly impregnable. Arriving at the German line, Campbell maintained his lodgement for some time under heavy fire despite the fact that nearly all of his men became casualties. In order to cover the withdrawal of those of his men who were still capable of escaping, Campbell and another soldier advanced to an exposed position and succeeded in holding back an enemy counterattack. It was as he withdrew that Captain Campbell received the mortal wound from which he died on 19 June 1915.
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At the forks of the Nottawasaga River, Lt.-Col. Robert
McDouall, Glengarry Light Infantry, built the flotilla of boats
with which he effected the relief of the British garrison at Fort
Michilimackinac, in May 1814. He then organized a second
expedition which, on 19th July, captured Prairie du Chien,
on the Mississippi.
À la bifurcation de la rivière Nottawasaga, le lieutenant-
colonel Robert McDouall, du Glengarry Light Infantry, a cons-
truit la flottille de navires qui lui permit de scourir la
garnison britannique du fort Michillimakinac en mai 1814.
Il organisa ensuite une deuxième expédition qui aboutit à la
prise de Prairie-du-Chien sur le Mississipi le 19 juillet.
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Commission des lieux et monuments hitoriques du Canada.
Government of Canada -19??- Gouvernement du Canada
This memorial honours Lieutenant-Colonel Robert McDouall, Glengarry Light Infantry. He built the flotilla of boats with which he effected the relief of the British garrison at Fort Michilimackinac, in May 1814. He then organized a second expedition which, on July 19, 1814, captured Prairie du Chien, on the Mississippi.
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Bringing Their Faces Into The Light honours those who have served Canada by telling their stories and putting faces to their names. Don Ward, a Veteran peacekeeper and artist of the project, spent two years working to tell the stories of fallen peacekeepers and Afghanistan Veterans.
The concept came to Ward while looking at memorials and plaques. He thought that there is so much more to the fallen than just a name and date of death. He wanted them to be remembered. The project features eight walls with 284 portraits of fallen peacekeepers and their stories. Ward created the images by painting a portrait, graphically imaging it, scanning it, and sizing it to fit on the wall. Each portrait took approximately 25 hours to complete.
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Along the path in Peacekeepers Park are three flag poles with banners depicting the Buffalo Nine. In late 1973, Canadian Forces took part in the Second United Nations Emergency Force, to supervise the ceasefire between Egyptian and Israeli forces. Included in Canada's commitment to the mission were two Canadian Forces Buffalo aircrafts and crew. The unit was stationed in Ismailia, Egypt, a small city next to the Suez Canal.
The single highest loss of Canadian lives since Canada began to participate in international peace missions involved their presence in Syria. Nine Canadian Armed Forces members with the United Nations peace mission in Egypt were killed on August 9, 1974, when their Buffalo aircraft 115461 was shot down in a Syrian missile attack while making a routine supply run to the mission in the Golan Heights. For this reason, August 9 has been declared National Peacekeepers' Day in Canada.
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Friends of Peacekeepers Park
Les Amis du Parc des Gardiens de la Paix
HOWARD BERNARD MCGANN CAVUNP
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ESSA
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, BRANCH499 (ANGUS)
CAVUNP, CENTRAL ONTARIO CHAPTER
CANADIAN FORCES BASE BORDEN
SANDIE MACDONALD & DIANA SHAUGHNESSY, IN MEMORY
OF HANS QUIGLEY, WWII & KOREAN VETERAN
RAVIS PIZZA & DONAIR
SCOTIABANK
SANDYCOVE ACRES
E.PECORE IN MEMORY OF TERRY PECORE
2408 CADET CORPS, BASE BORDEN
C.A.F.A. HURONIA BRANCH
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, BRANCH 147 (BARRIE)
A.N.A.F. UNIT 365 (BARRIE)
R. & J. STRINGER, IN MEMORY OF CPL. B.K. STRINGER
BARRIE DISTRICT HUNTERS & ANGLERS CONSERVATION CLUB
THE WATT FAMILY
A.N.A.F. UNIT 365, LADIED AUXILIARY (BARRIE)
DWIGHT COLLIER IN MEMORY OF JEAN COLLIER
IRWIN COLLIER, CAVUNP PATRON
THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BARRIE
ANGUS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
EPRINTIT, CFB BORDEN
COLONEL J.P.L MELOCHE, OMM, CD
BCWO J.C. THIBAULT, MMM, CD
COLLEEN & PETER LORIMER
YORK REGINAL POLICE
WWW.YORKDRAGONS.CA
THE MINER FAMILY - ANNE GARY KENNETH KATHLEEN PAUL & HUGH
IN MEMORY OF CLAYTON & ELIZABETH MINER
GM COMEAU, CD
BARRI COUNCIL 1626 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
DI PIETRA DESIGN
CAST-N-STONE
R-LEGACY LANDSCAPES
S.W. MULLEN
CURBEX LTD & THE G. COOPER FAMILY
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Roll of Honour
Canadians who gave their lives in the
Cause of peace while serving with
United Nations and other peacekeeping
Missions or peace support operations.
Liste d'honneur
Les Canadiens qui ont sacrificé leur vie
pour la paix au service des Nations Unies
et autres operations de maintien
et d'appui de la paix
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Roll of Honour
Liste d'honneur
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Roll of Honour
Liste d'honneur
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Roll of Honour
Liste d'honneur
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Roll of Honour
Liste d'honneur
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Roll of Honour
Liste d'honneur
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Roll of Honour
Liste d'honneur
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Roll of Honour
Liste d'honneur
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Roll of Honour
Liste d'honneur
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Roll of Honour
Liste d'honneur
The Wall of Honour was added at Peacekeepers Park’s entrance in 2011 and lists the names of 283 fallen peacekeepers. The names date back to 1949, starting with the India-Pakistan conflict. The first casualty listed is also the highest-ranking casualty, a Brigadier. In 2017, the back of the wall was turned into a photo montage of United Nation missions over the years.
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Canada Company • La Compagnie Canada
In recognition and memory of the efforts of approximately
40,000 Canadian Armed Forces personnel who served
and the 162 Canadians who died in the cause of bringing peace
and freedom to the people of Afghanistan.
2001 2014
En mémoire et en reconnaissance des efforts des quelque
40 000 membres des Forces armées canadiennes qui ont
servi en Afghanistan et des 162 Canadiens qui sont morts
pour la cause de la paix et de la liberté du peuple afghan.
The Angus LAV lll Monument was dedicated on 9 August 2017 in Peacekeepers Park to recognize the sacrifices of military members who served in Afghanistan. It is currently the only white one in Canada, as it was used for United Nations missions.
Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) lll were originally manufactured by Canadians at General Dynamics Land Systems Canada in London, Ontario and were instrumental to troops in carrying out their missions while in Afghanistan. The monuments were created from decommissioned LAV lll hulls, donated by the Government of Canada and built by Militex Coating Inc. and Fanshawe College students in London, Ontario.
On November 5, 2014, the Canada Company Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) lll Monument Program was launched to recognize the 40,000 Canadians Armed Forces who served in Afghanistan and to commemorate the 162 Canadians who lost their lives. The program closed after awarding 33 monuments to communities across Canada.
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LEST WE FORGET
THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING
MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THORNBURY
WHO FOUGHT AND DIED IN THE GREAT WARS
1914 - 1918
A. LYNE
F. WHATELY
E. WHATELY
G. WOOD
R. PETHER
A. SLADDEN
B. PARKINSON
1939 - 1945
ROBERT A. MARTIN
MASON HARGRAEVES
ALFRED ABBOTTS
WILLIAM L. GILLESPIE
IRWIN J. HARMER
DOUGLAS LOUGHEED
DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO SERVED
IN THEIR MAJESTIES' FORCES
BY BEAVER VALLEY BRANCH 281
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
1975
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In Flanders fields
the poppies blow
Between the crosses,
row on row
LEST WE FORGET
The Thornbury Cenotaph was erected in 1975 at Jack Acres Memorial Park on Russell Street, by the Royal Canadian Legion Beaver Valley Branch 281 to honour those from the area who died in the two World Wars. On 1 November 2019, it was relocated to its current location and re-dedicated on 7 June 2020.
The In Flanders Fields benches were removed when the cenotaph was moved and are currently in storage.