Altar of Sacrifice

Aurora, Ontario

Type

Other

On November 9, 1960, Lieutenant-Governor J. Keiller Mackay, DSO, unveiled the granite Altar of Sacrifice which was erected to salute those 55 men who died during the Second World War.

The Aurora War Memorial Board, a non-profit organization which was incorporated in 1925 takes full responsibility for the upkeep, financial records and promotion of the Aurora War Memorial and Altar of Sacrifice.

Inscription

[front/devant]
1939 + ALTAR OF SACRIFICE + 1945

(column 1/colonne 1)
ASH, J. RANKIN
BENJAMIN, ROY E.
BENVILLE, LAWRENCE J.
BOWLER, WILLIAM
BRADBURY, JOHN
BROWN, WILLIAM D.
BURGON, PERCY
CHADBURN, LLOYD V.
DSO/BAR CHEVALIER
LEGION OF HONOUR
CROIX DE GUERRE,
D. F. C.
(column 2/colonne 2)
CHADWICK, ALBERT
COX, G. D.
CROSSLEY, WILLIAM
CUTLER, ERIC E.
DALTON, A. B. CLIFFORD
DAVIDSON, JOHN A.
DAVIS, GEORGE
DAWSON, ANGUS
DAWSON, CHARLES
DOVE, WALTER
(column 3/colonne 3)
DUGGAN, THOMAS A.
EDWARDS, MASON A.
FIFE, FRED
FOLLIOTT, ERIC
GITTINS, ROBERT B.
GLEAVE, DONALD R.
HAYES, DENNIS
HEANEY, WESLEY
HEATH, WILLIAM
(column 4/colonne 4)
HOWARD, BURTON
JOHNSON, FRANK
JONES, HENRY C.
KAY, HARRY L.
KING, PERRY
KING, WILLIAM D.
MCBRIDE, WARREN
MCKENZIE, DOUGLAS
MORNING ORLIE

(column 5/colonne 5)
MUGFORD, WILLIAM
PAGAN, WILLIAM D.
PRIMEAU, JOSEPH P.
ROBSON, MELVIN P. F.
RUMBLE, ROBERT
RUTHERFORD, ROSS S.
SNEDDEN, ANDREW
SNIVELY, DOUGLAS S.
STEPHENSON, WESLEY, MM
STILES, BRUCE
(column 6/colonne 6)
STYLES, FREDERICK L.
THOMPSON, DONALD H.
TRANMER, WILLIAM T.
TURP, ROBERT J.
WADE, REGINALD
WALKER, GORDON V.
WILLIAMSON, H. WARD
WINN, ELMER S.
WYATT, ALAN A.

[right side/côté droit]
THE GOTHIC LINE
THE INVASION, D DAY
CAEN
THE FALAISE GAP
NIJMEGEN
THE WALCHERN ISLANDS
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
THE SIEGFRIED LINE
THE RHINE CROSSING

[back/arrière]
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
AURORA, KING AND WHITCHURCH, WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND
ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THESE TOWN-
SHIPS ON THE ELEVENTH OF NOVEMBER 1960

[left side/côté gauche]
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
THE MURMANSK ROUTE
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
HONG KONG
DIEPPE
SICILY
SALERNO
ANZIO
MONTE CASSINO