Picton War Memorial

Picton, Ontario

Type

Other

The first steps to provide a memorial to the dead of the First World War were taken by the Prince Edward Old Boys Association. This association was formed in 1901 by County men who had moved away, especially to Toronto, and wanted to maintain their links to the County. They got other patriotic groups, especially the Great War Veterans Association, involved in March of 1920 and proposed the erection of Memorial Gates at the Fairgrounds, but they could not get agreement.

In May, 1920, a Prince Edward County Memorial Committee was formed consisting of representatives from the Great War Veterans Association, the Prince Edward County Old Boys Association, the Prince Edward County Agricultural Society, and others. This committee was to make a recommendation to the County Council. Eventually, after a proposal to build a memorial hall was turned down, it was agreed to have a monument erected.

In the meantime, the Old Boys went ahead and erected War Memorial Gates and a fence on their own on the Prince Edward Agricultural Society Grounds before the memorial was built. These gates and the fence were removed only a few short years ago and replaced with a chain link fence. The pedestrian gate and the ticket office with the Old Boys sign is still there.

The work of erecting the memorial was completed on Monday, September 20, 1920 and unveiled the next day, Tuesday, September 21, 1920. The Picton War Memorial was dedicated to the memory of the Veterans who died in the First World War. In November 1956, it was re-dedicated to honour the Veterans who died in the Second World War with the addition of an altar. Later a tribute to the Veterans of the Korean War was added.

Inscription

[shaft/socle]

(front/devant)

1914-1918

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
PRINCE EDWARD
COUNTY
WHO FOUGHT AND FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR

PICTON

A.G. ABBOTT
FRED ALLEN
S. BALDWIN
PRECY L. BARBER
D. JELLETT-BARKER
H.H. BARNUM
Wm. A. BEASLEY
WILLET V. BEDELL
H. BESON
W. BUCHANAN
G.S.W. CANN
RAYMOND S. CARTER
HARRY E. COTTRELL
E. BRUCE DAINARD
JOSEPH W. DAY
FRERE DAYTON
A.C. DENIKE
WALLACE S. EARLE
CHAS. A. EDWARDS
COLIN FARRINGTON
O. FULFORD
MALCOLM L. FRENCH
JOHN A. GROOMS
Wm.E. HEAD
G.W. HICKS
C. HINEMAN
L. WALTER HOGG
STUART HOUGH
C. HOWARD
FRANK HUFF
EARL IRVIN
CARTER IRWIN
C.C. TODD
FRED HAYLOCK
GEO. L. JOHNSON
CHAS. W. JONES
HARRY E. JONES
E.T.S. KELLY
JACK LANEY
RALPH LEAVITT
ART LEDGWORTH
DONALD Y. LESLIE
DONALD LIGHTHALL
ARTHUR W. LUCAS
SIDNEY A. MARTIN
RALPH MESSETT
FRED G. MOORE
J.J. MURPHY
JOHN R. McCOID
JOHN D. McLEAN
RALPH E. RANGER
AARON RUBEN
LOU SEDGWICK
WALTER C. SCOTT
JOHN A. SMITH
SHERMAN J. SNYDER
ROBERT M. STIRLING
J.E. STORMS
THOS. THOMPSON
JAMES T. WADDLE
M. WANNAMAKER
S. WANNAMAKER
ERNEST WEAVER
EDWARD WILKINS
ROSS WRIGHT
JOHN W. YOUNG
CALVIN WEIDMARK

THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

(right side/côté droit)

(crest of 155th Quinte Battalion, CEF)

HILLIER

A. BISHOP<
JOHN H. CAMPBELL
THOS. DEREMO
G. ROSS FOSTER
C.H. HARVEY
J.H. HARVEY
BURWELL HICKS
THOS. H. PARKS
GEO T. RAYNOR
JOSEPH SIMONDS
LORNE SPENCER
LAWRENCE SPENCER
KENNETH SPENCER
HERBERT ST. PETER
W. TERWILLIGAR
T. VANCE
PERCY WAY
HARRY WINTERS
RUSSELL J. YOUNG

NORTH MARYSBURGH

ALBERT GUAY
JOSEPH HENDRY
CHAS. W. SCOTT
W.N. STORMS
MAC VANVLACK
HAROLD WRIGHT

SOUTH MARYSBURGH

EARL BROWN
FRANK BROWN
H. FARRINGTON
PERCY V. BROOKS
E. HUME LOVE
REXFORD REID
FRANK STRIKER

WELLINGTON

B.F. BAMSEY
GEO. COVERT
GEO. H. GIBSON
GRANT HAIGHT
PERCY M. RORKE
FRED V. SPAFFORD
ALEX G. STUART
ALBERT TURNER
H.E. WALKER

SOPHIASBURGH

H. BESONDAY
JOHN S. HOLMES
JAMES JACKSON
G.C. BROWN
SIDNEY J. KENT
W.P. MANSFIELD
JAMES E. POLLARD

KOREA
1950 – 1953

(back/arrière)

(crest of 21st Battalion, Eastern Ontario, CEF)

PASSCHEDAELE
HOOGE; ARRAS

SANCTUARY WOOD
COURCELETTE
AMIENS ST. ELOI
MONS VIMY RIDGE
GIVENCHY LENS
YPRES FESTUBERT
BOURLON WOOD DOUAI
CAMBRAI SOMME

ERECTED BY THE COUNTY
COUNCIL
1920

(left side/côté gauche)

(crest of 2nd Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, CEF)

AMELIASBURGH

G. CLINTON ADAMS
W.J. ANDERSON
CHAS. AYRHART
CHAS. BAWDEN
CLAYTON BELNAP
EDWARD BOYCE
ADELBERT R. BUSH
W.B. FERGUSON M.C.
L. M. FREDERICK
T.G. HALL
BEN JUBY
H.E. PARLIAMENT
P.C. REDDICK
W.W. WELLER
LESLIE YOUNG
ERNEST M. YOUNG

ATHOL

JOHN DODDS
HUBERT DULMAGE
HARRY D. EAMES
ARTHUR YOUNG

BLOOMFIELD

A.A. BRANT
STANLEY CAMPBELL
H.A. GODWIN
DAVID GREEN
ALEX JOHNS
MOSES JOHNS
HENRY PARKINS
HAROLD McGRAYNE
JOSEPH TUCK

HALLOWELL

EARLE JAMES
BRUCE H. COLE
W. FRANK HILL
THOMAS HOOK
ALBERT LINEKER
CHRIS R. LOCKYER
BELA C. MARKLAND
BENJAMIN MERRY

ESLI MERRY

SIDNEY J. TAYLOR
ERNEST G. TUTTLE
W. FRED YARDLEY
ROBT. G. YARDLEY
CLIFFORD WILSON
Wm. WOODROW
W.J. BEATTY

[altar/autel]

(front/devant)

1939-1945
PICTON
BREAKENRIDGE, BRUCE
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM
CAREY, WILLIAM
COLE, PAUL J.
CROSS, GEORGE
EVANS, KEITH
GIBSON, MAURICE
GILROY, NORMAN
GRIFFIN, JACK DOUGLAS
GRINDROD, BERT
HYDERMAN, HOWARD

LAWSON, HAROLD W.
LLOYD, CHARLES
MAHOOD, ALEX
NUTLEY, CHARLES
PETTET, DOUGLAS
RICHARDSON, FREDERICK
RORABECK, BASIL
SPENCER, COREY
WEIDMARK, EDWARD H.
WHITTARD, FREDERICK
WILSON, IRWIN

WELLINGTON
BURD, WILSON
FITCH, JOHN WILLIAM
FOSTER, MILTON
GRANT DONALD
RAYNOR, WALLACE
TAYLER, MELVIN

BLOOMFIELD
BRANT, HURON (M.M.)
PHILLIPS, GEORGE
VANCOTT, HOWARD

(right side/côté droit)

HALLOWELL
CARR, HARRIS BRIAN
CHRISTY, ELMO
FIELD, WILLIAM E.
HINEMAN, GERALD
LEAVITT, GORDON
McKENZIE, HARRY
SEXSMITH, R.

N. MARYSBURGH
BELLWOOD, THOMAS
LIGHTHALL, A.
WHITTAKER, CHARLES
WILKINSON, RUSSELL

S. MARYSBURGH
FENTON, ELWOOD
GRIMMON, CALVIN
McKENNA, GERALD

(left side/côté gauche)

AMELIASBURGH
LOUGH, ROSS
SOBLE, RUSSELL
YOUNG, C.R.
YOUNG, E.R.

ATHOL
BEDBOROUGH, C.
COWAN, HAROLD

HILLIER
CROWTHER, R.
FILLINGHAM, T.
KEECH, LEE

SOPHIASBURGH
D'APERNG, HANS
JUBY, CLAUDE
READ, CHARLES
ZACHARIAH, W.