On March 30, 1927, at St. Cuthbert’s Church, a seat was dedicated in memory of Captain Clarence Lea, who served in the First World War. The seat was dedicated by his parents.
Born in 1892 to Charles W. and Charlotte G. Leain, York County, Ontario, Clarence was working as a farmer on his brother’s farm in Welland, Ontario and was a member of the 2nd Dragoons militia when he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on December 3, 1914. He was a captain in the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Soon after arriving in Europe he was stricken with appendicitis, but recovered and returned to duty. He survived the war, sailed to Canada in March of 1919. Soon after returning home, Clarence died on September 23, 1919.