Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients Monument

Barrie, Ontario
Type
Other

The Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients Monument is a four sided obelisk that stands 72 inches high and is about 20 inches wide. The four sides alphabetically list the Victoria Cross Recipients from the Crimean War, India’s First War of Independence, Bravery at Sea, Boer War, Second Boer War, First World War and Second World War.

The monument was designed by Tompkins and Heels Monuments Inc. and was built in 2013. It was dedicated by Princess Anne on 22 October 2013. The monument sits in a prominent location next to the flags of Canada, Ontario and Barrie on the south shore of Kempenfelt Bay.

Inscription

[west side/côté ouest]

CRIMEA
CRIMEE

ALEXANDER DUNN

INDIAN REBELLION OF 1857
REBILLION INDIENNE DE 1857

WILLIAM HALL
HERBERT READE

BRAVERY AT SEA
BRAVOURE EN MAR

CAMPBELL DOUGLAS

BOER WAR
GUERRE DES BOERS

RAYMOND DE MONTMORENCY
HAMPDEN COCKBURN
EDWARD HOLLAND
RICHARD TURNER

SECOND BOER WAR
DEUXIEME GUERRE DES BOERS

WILLIAM NICKERSON
ARTHUR RICHARDSON

FIRST WORLD WAR
PREMIERE GUERRE MONDIALE

WALLACE ALGIE
WILLIAM BARKER
COLIN BARRON
EDWARD BELLEW
PHILIP BENT
WILLIAM BISHOP
ROWLAND BOURKE
ALEXANDER BRERETON
JEAN BRILLANT
HARRY BROWN
HUGH CAIRNS

CANADIAN VICTORIA CROSS
RECIPIENTS
BENEFICIARES DE LA CROIX
VICTORIA CANADIENNE

[east side/côté est]

FIRST WORLD WAR
PREMIERE GUERRE MONDIALE

FREDERICK CAMPBELL
LEO CLARKE
WILLIAM CLARK-KENNEDY
ROBERT COMBE
FREDERICK COPPINS
JOHN CROAK
ROBERT CRUICKSHANK
EDMUND DeWIND
THOMAS DINESON
FREDERICK FISHER
GORDON FLOWERDEW
HERMAN GOOD
MILTON GREGG
FREDERICK HALL
ROBERT HANNA
FREDERICK HARVEY
FREDERICK HOBSON
THOMAS HOLMES
SAMUEL HONEY
BELLENDEN HUTCHESON
JOSEPH KAEBLE
GEORGE KERR
JOHN KERR
CECIL KINROSS
ARTHUR KNIGHT
FILIP KONOWAL
OKILL LEARMONTH
GRAHAM LYALL
THAIN MacDOWELL
JOHN MacGREGOR
GEORGE McKEAN
HUGH McKENZIE
ALAN McLEOD
WILLIAM MERRIFIELD
WILLIAM METCALFE
WILLIAM MILNE
HARRY MINER
COULSON MITCHELL
GEORGE MULLIN
CLAUDE NUNNEY
CHRISTOPHER O'KELLY

CANADIAN VICTORIA CROSS
RECIPIENTS
BENEFICIARES DE LA CROIX
VICTORIA CANADIENNE

[north side/côté nord]

FIRST WORLD WAR
PREMIERE GUERRE MONDIALE

MICHAEL O'LEARY
MICHAEL O'ROURKE
JOHN PATTISON
GEORGE PEARKES
CYRUS PECK
WALTER RAYFIELD
JAMES RICHARDSON
THOMAS RICKETTS
JAMES ROBERTSON
CHARLES RUTHERFORD
FRANCIS SCRIMGER
ROBERT SHANKLAND
ELLIS SIFTON
JOHN SINTON
ERNEST SMITH
ROBERT SPALL
HARCUS STRACHAN
JAMES TAIT
THOMAS WILKINSON
JOHN YOUNG
RAPHAEL ZENGEL

SECOND WORLD WAR
DEUXIEME GUERRE MONDIALE

IAN BAZALGETTE
AUBREY COUSINS
DAVID CURRIE
JOHN FOOTE
ROBERT GRAY
CHARLES HOEY
DAVID HORNELL
JOHN MAHONEY
CHARLES MERRITT
ANDREW MYNARSKI
JOHN OSBORN
FREDERICK PETERS
ERNEST SMITH
FREDERICK TILSTON
FREDERICK TOPHAM
PAUL TRIQUET

CANADIAN VICTORIA CROSS
RECIPIENTS
BENEFICIARES DE LA CROIX
VICTORIA CANADIENNE

Location
Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients Monument

225 Lakeshore Drive
Barrie
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 44.3733293
Long. -79.6790184

west side inscription

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east side inscription

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north side

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