In May 2016, Roz Green found two large, wooden panels laying curbside in her central Toronto neighborhood. She thought her boyfriend, who was in the course of decorating his apartment, might find them useful and took them home.
The following day she researched some of the names on the panels, which led her to the Sarnia Historical Society’s website. Roz contacted Society President Ron Reale Smith who suspected the panels, which were First World War Honor Rolls listing the names of local men who served or died in conflict, might be from a Sarnia church or military club. She quickly turned the panels over to the historical society and Ron drove them home to Sarnia from Toronto. Local historian Randy Evans then tried to determine how something honouring dozens of Sarnia Veterans wound up on a Toronto trash heap.
The Honor Rolls are believed to have originally come from Parker Street Methodist Church in Sarnia and are now in the care of Sarnia’s First Hussars on display in the George Sitrett Armoury.
