Wilfrid Ellis Durant Memorial
Municipality/Province: Morewood, ON
Memorial number: 35083-014
Type: Pillar
Address: Main and Mill Streets
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.1774752 Long: -75.2853547
Submitted by: Morewood Cenotaph Committee
The Morewood Cenotaph Committee honored their fallen on the 100th anniversary of the original unveiling of the cenotaph - July 6, 2021, by installing 21 mini-monuments - ten along each side - one for each of those who had given their lives, and one by itself at the back representing all who returned. A portrait of William Ellis Durant is etched into his memorial. He stood 5 foot, 5 inches, had brown hair and blue eyes. He had a small scar on his right index finger. His occupation before the war was School Teacher.
The day of his death he was leading his squadron over the Ypres front when he was attacked by two German planes which came down from above a cloud. He was shot through the head and fell near Battery Corner.
The 20 pillars representing individual soldiers are in alphabetic order. The 21st pillar sits in the shadow of the cenotaph and between the two rows.
Inscription found on memorial
Wilfrid Ellis DURANT
Born/Né 20-01-1895
490942 Lt.
U of T Overseas Training Company,
Royal Flying Corps, 29 Sqn/Esc
Royal Air Force
09-03-1917, Pte./Sdt.
U of T Training Company
24-04-1917, Cadet in Royal Flying
Corps. Killed/tué Saint-Omer, France
02-07-1918, flying an/
pilote d'un S.E. 5a Scout
Age 23
Cimetière du souvenir de
Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery
Street view
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