Peterborough, Ontario
Mr. Edgerton has been a member for more than 40 years of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 52, where he has served as vice-president, president, and service officer, among other positions. He actively assists in the annual Poppy Campaign, has helped out with Remembrance Day services for the last 35 years, and was a member of the City of Peterborough’s Street Naming Committee, which names roads after Veterans. In 1988, he was awarded the Legion’s Life Membership; in 2003, he received the Legion’s Meritorious Service Medal; and in 2012, he received a Branch Service Medal. In 1998, Mr. Edgerton began the project of erecting a Veterans Wall of Honour in Peterborough. The project included inscribing on the monument the names of almost 12,000 service men and women—from the city and county of Peterborough—who returned home safely from the First World War, the Second World War and the Korean War. Over the next 12 years, Mr. Edgerton both researched and collected the names of all those included and he worked with others to raise more than $120,000 for the project. On October 9, 2010, the Peterborough Wall of Honour was unveiled in Confederation Square not far from the Peterborough Cenotaph. In 2012, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his efforts. Mr. Edgerton is currently working on a book where he intends to compile photographs of Veterans from Peterborough. He has currently collected more than 3,000 photographs.