The memorial at the Royal Canadian Legion Orville Hand Branch 521 was first erected in the 1940s. They have a single cenotaph to honour the men of Bradford and West Gwillimbury who made the supreme sacrifice in the two World Wars and Korea. Also, on the wall beside the entrance are two brass plaques, each contains a list of names of those lost in the First and Second World War.
Bradford, Ontario
Type
Other
Inscription
1914 - 1918
Lest We Forget
1939 - 1945
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF BRADFORD
AND WEST GWILLIMBURY
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
KOREA
1950 - 1953
[plaque]
1914 - 1918
HONOR AND LOVING MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF BRADFORD
AND THE TOWNSHIP OF
WEST GWILLIMBURY WHO DIED
AND IN HONOR OF THOSE
WHO DARING TO DIE SURVIVED
OUR HEROIC DEAD
JOHN ADAMS
HENRY AISHFORD
MATTHEW ARCHER
ELWOOD BELFRY
GEORGE BELFRY
JAMES CASSELS
GORDON CERSWELL
EARNEST COUSINS
WILLIAM DALE
FRED EDWARDS
FRANK ELDRIDGE
WILLIAM ELDRIDGE
DALTON GOSNELL
JOHN KIDD
ARTHUR LONG
WALLACE McCANN
JAMES McDONALD
GEORGE McMINISTRY
JOHN MILLIGAN
FRED MOONEY
EARLE NEILLY
WESLEY NEILLY
ARTHUR PORTER
HENRY SMITH
WILLIAM SPENCE
EDGAR STEVENS
ARMIGER STEVENSON
RALPH STEVENSON
JACK SUTHERLAND
CHARLES TURNER
BERT WOOD
WILLIAM WOOD
ALONZO WILSON
FRED WILKIE
"THEY LOVED HONOR MORE THAN THEY FEARED DEATH"
[plaque]
1939 - 1945
JOHN A. COLLIS
HEDLEY DIMOCK
KEITH D. FARIS
JACK GEDDES
WILLIAM LEITH
ARTHUR TAYLOR
LAURIE MELBOURNE
JOB MORRIS
ARTHUR McDONNELL
CAMPBELL PRINCE
SCOTT NEILLY
HAROLD WILSON
DAN DAVIS
Visitor information
Location
Bradford and West Gwillimbury Cenotaph
115 Back Street
Bradford
Ontario
Bradford and West Gwillimbury Cenotaph
115 Back Street
Bradford
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 44.1132232
Long. -79.5598601
Lat. 44.1132232
Long. -79.5598601
Bradford and West Gwillimbury Cenotaph
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First World War Plaque
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Second World War plaque
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