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This Cairn is dedicated
to the valiant Canadians
who have served and to those
presently serving in both
war and peace.
We Salute You

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VRI
CANADIAN
THE ROYAL REGIMENT

CFB LONDON
PROVIDEMUS

WOLSELEY HALL
CFB LONDON
1 JULY 1986
THIS PLAQUE IS AFFIXED TO MARK THE ONE
HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAYING OF
THE CORNERSTONE OF WOLSELEY BARRACKS
ON 1 JULY 1886

PRO PATRIA – PROVIDEMUS

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THIS CORNERSTONE
WAS LAID BY
SIR ADOLPHE P. CARON K.C.M.G.
MINISTER OF MILITIA & DEFENCE
DOMINION OF CANADA
JULY 1ST 1886

PATRIOTIC SACRIFICE

IN HONOURED
AND LASTING
MEMORY OF
THESE MEN
WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE
DEFENCE OF
THEIR COUNTRY
IN WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

THEY GAVE
THEIR TOMORROW
FOR OUR TODAY

SQDN. LDR. (CHAPLAIN)
JAMES G. BROWN
LD. STO. ALFRED C. DEA
F/O DOUGLAS H. FRY
PTE. HUBERT McPHERSON
PTE. DANIEL E. PERRIN
P/O NELSON R. PERRY
L/BD. HILBERT L. SLY
F/LT G. OSBORNE TEDFORD
GNR. LAWRENCE A. WILLIAMS
F/O ARTHUR L. WARREN
MAJOR ERIC A. WILLIS

ERECTED BY CITIZENS OF REAR
OF LEEDS AND LANSDOWNE.
PLOT DONATED BY HAMMETT LILLIE

FOREVER REMEMBERED

HONOUR ROLL
VETERANS
OF WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II
OF PORTLAND COMMUNITY, PORTLAND, ONT.
"THEY HEARD THE CALL AND ANSWERED."

WAR OF 1914-1918

• BOLTON SHERMAN
• BOND HAROLD
• BARKER EDWARD
• BARKER DR. RALPH
• + BRYDEN CHARLES
• BYINGTON NAPOLEON
• + CANNON CHARLES
• CANNON GERALD
• CANNON ROSS
• CARBNO MANFORD
• CREEGGAN GEORGE
• DOWSETT CLAIRE
• DOWSETT REGINALD
• ELLIOTT ROBERT
• FOSTER GEORGE
• + GALLAGHER EARL
• GILLESPIE HUGH
• GODERIDGE WILLIAM
• HARNEY ANDREW
• HOCKEY FRANK
• HOWE WILLIAM
• KENNEDY BELL
• KENNEDY CLIFFORD
• LAKE WILLIAM
• LOCKERBIE DAVID
• LYNN GEORGE
• MORRIS HERMAN
• MOULAND LESLIE
• McDONALD DOUGLAS
• OLMSTEAD GEORGE
• OLMSTEAD HARRY
• OLMSTEAD WHITMORE
• + RAISON CLARENCE
• STEVENS JACK
• STRICKLAND JACK
• WINDRAM JACK

WAR OF 1939-1945

• + BAKER HAROLD
• BAKER HOLLOS
• BARKER ARTHUR
• BARKER JOHN
• BAXTER HIRAM
• BYINGTON TOM
• CANNON EARL
• CARBNO MANFORD
• FOLEY HARRY
• GILLESPIE ALLAN
• + GILLESPIE ARTHUR
• GODERIDGE RAYMOND
• HANNA EVERT
• + HEATH DOUGLAS
• HOCKEY GEORGE
• IRVIN FORD
• LAUAY ALFRED
• LAUAY WILLIAM
• LEE GILES
• NIXON BYRON
• NIXON ERNIE
• NIXON ROBERT
• NIXON RONALD
• OLMSTEAD ROBERT
• OLMSTEAD THOMAS
• OPREY ROBERT
• OPREY SAMUEL
• OPREY WILLIAM
• POLK CHARLES
• POLK ELDON
• PRESTON EVELYN
•  
• PRESTON KENNETH
• SCISSONS EARL
• SCOVIL LIMMY
• SCOVIL TOM
• SHELDON GARFIELD
• SIMPSON GERALD
• STEVENS DELORMA
• + STEVENS FORD
• STEVENS RAYMOND
• STRICKLAND TOMMY
• STRICKLAND Wm. J.
• TEMPLETON SAMUEL
• WELCH WILLIAM
• WELLUM EDGAR
• WOOD JIM
• WOOD MORRIS

+ KILLED IN ACTION

CONTINUATION OF
VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I

• BISHOP, ELSWOOD
• BOND, ERIC
• BUTTERFIELD, WM.
• CHANT, WALTER
• CLAXON, HARRY
• CLEGG, BERT
• COLEMAN, THOS.
• + CROSS, EVERETT
• DAY, ELTON
• + FOSTER, JOHN
• + O'MEARA, ALBAN
• HEATH, WALTER
• + JOYNT, WILLIE
• KELLY, JAMES
• KENNEDY, ELMA
• McKASKILL, GEO.
• PRESTON, EARL

CONTINUATION OF
VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II

• ALLEN, ALEX
• CAMPBELL, LLOYD

+ KILLED IN ACTION

KOREA
1950 - 1953

A WAR TIME LOSS
Airplane Crash Claims Lives

JUNE 1941
One Saturday evening, a young woman from Seeley's Bay accompanied some friends to the Golden Slipper dance hall near Kingston. Also in attendance was a group of British airmen from the Empire training school at Collins Bay.

The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan was a joint air crew training program created during the Second World War. It was one of the largest aviation training programs in history and was responsible for training nearly half of the pilots and crew who served during War including the Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Photo caption: The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber built by the Fairey Aviation Company in the late 1930s for the Royal Air Force.

JUNE 9
One of the young airmen, ALA. William McCulloch, was so smitten with the Seeley's Bay lass that, a few days later, he flew his trainer, a Fairey Battle, to the village to salute his new found love. While making a low pass over the village, the plane caught a utility wire, struck a barn and careened towards Bay Street where it crashed into a row of boathouses. The young pilot perished along with a local carpenter, James Free and his 13 year-old grandson, Harold Battams.

Photo caption: The wrecked boathouse near Hartley's Saw Mill.

Photo caption: Partially recovered aircraft wreckage.

JUSTUS SHERWOOD 1747-1798

Born in Connecticut, Sherwood settled in Vermont in 1774.
On the outbreak of the American Revolution he was arrested
as a Loyalist, but escaped to join the British at Crown Point.
He was taken prisoner at Saratoga in 1777, and after being
exchanged was commissioned as a captain in the intelligence
service. From 1780 to 1783 he had charge of secret
negotiations which, it was hoped, would result in Vermont’s
rejoining the British Empire. Sherwood, who took up land in
this township in 1784, played a leading role in its settlement.
One of the District’s first magistrates, he was also a member
of the local land board until his death.

Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario

CAPTURE OF OGDENSBURG
On the morning of February 22, 1813, Lieutenant-Colonel
"Red George" Macdonell of the Glengarry Light Infantry
set out from Prescott with a force of some 480 regulars
and militia to capture the strong United States military
post at Ogdensburg. The attack was made in retaliation
for the recent American raid on Brockville and was contrary
to the orders of the commander-in-chief, Sir George
Prevost. Advancing across the ice, Macdonell's force
presented an easy target for the enemy artillery, but
after a fierce battle of about two hours the American
garrison of some 500 men was routed and Ogdensburg fell.

Erected by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board

TIME CAPSULE PLACED
SEPTEMBER 1990
TO BE OPENED
SEPTEMBER 2080

THE FOUNDING OF CARDINAL
The grist-mill built at Point Cardinal by Hugh
Munro about 1796 fostered the development here
of a small settlement. A sawmill and store were
later erected, and in 1837 a post-office. "Edwards-
burgh" was established. In 1878, attracted by
abundant water-power and the operation of the
Galps shipping canal (1846) and the Grand Truck
Railway (1655), William T. Benson and Thomas
Aspden founded the Canada Starch Works. Its
prosperity stimulated the growth of Elgin, as
Edwardsburgh was also known, and in 1864 the
hamlet, with 300 inhabitants, contained several
other prominent businesses, notably the James
McLatchie foundry. The community was incorporated
as the Village of Cardinal with a population of 800
by a by-law which became effective in 1880.
ERECTED BY THE ONTARIO HERITAGE FOUNDATION
MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND RECREATION

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