Waverley Soldiers' Memorial

Waverley, Ontario

Type

Other

The Waverley Soldiers' Memorial was unveiled on October 5, 1920, to honour the men from the four surrounding townships of Medonte, Tay, Flos and Tiny who fell in the First World War. Waverley is at the crossroads of these four townships. Each side of the base of the monument represents a different township and lists the names of those lost in the war. A marble statue of a First World War soldier in full battle dress sits at the top and at the base of each side are crossed First World War era guns in relief.

After the Second World War, four steles were added to the grounds, one for each of the four townships, each with a list of names of those lost in the war. The Korean War is remembered at the base of the Medonte and Flos steles.

The memorial was donated by the Patriotic Ladies of Waverley and designed and manufactured by R.J. Sanderson Marble Co., Peter-Street, Orillia. The entire park is surrounded by a black metal fence with a gate at the front.

Inscription

[front/devant]

THIS MONUMENT
WAS ERECTED BY THE
LADIES PATRIOTIC LEAGUE
OF WAVERLY AND VOLUNTARY
PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION - AD 1920
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR IN EUROPE
1914 ----- 1918

WHO DIES FOR FREEDOM LIVES

MEDONTE

FRED REYNOLDS
GEORGE REYNOLDS
AMBROSE V. ARCHER
JOHN GRIGG
WESLEY CAMPBELL
HERBERT DUDDY
WILLIAM FARRAGHER
FRED HIGGINS
CLEVELAND MOUNT
DOUGLAS KITCHEN
RUSSELL MIDDLETON
MERVIN NASH
FRED RUMFORD
ROBERT RAAFLAUB
CHARLES ORR
GEORGE NELLES
HILTON WILLIAMSON
HOWARD TUDHOPE
WILLIAM TIGEN
EDWARD INNES
CON. BUCKLEY
W. JOHNSTON LESLIE

AND THEIR NAME SHALL LIVE FOR EVER

[right side/côté droit]
WHO DIES FOR FREEDOM LIVES

TAY

WILLIAM QUINLAN
OSCAR FRENCH
J. CHAS. MONTGOMERY
W. WESLEY NEILLY
ALVIN JONES
HARRY RUMMNEY
MARSHAL NEY
NORMAN VINCENT
ERNEST CLAPP
FRANK KITCHENER
ALFRED CLARK
JAMES JOHNSTON
JOHN N. CARTER
NORMAN SWARTMAN
JAMES CURRIER
JOHN BELL
RONALD WRIGHT
ARCHIBALD McDONALD
JAMES LINTON
NORMAN RUSSELL
WILLIAM KENNEDY
FRANK C. McNABB
ANDREW W. DURNFORD
EARL RALSTON
JAMES LANGLEY
WALLACE H. BURNS

AND THEIR NAME SHALL LIVE FOR EVER

[back/arrière]
WHO DIES FOR FREEDOM LIVES

TINY

LORNE BELL
COLONEL BELL
JOS. H. BLACKSTOCK
HOWARD KEMP
GEORGE DUSOME
HARRY ELLERY
WM. H. BRAITHWADE
WILLIAM A. FOSTER
EARNEST N. MOORE
PETER LACROIX
ALBERT STERRITT
ARTHUR BAILEY
PERCY ARNOLD

AND THEIR NAME SHALL LIVE FOR EVER

[left side/côté gauche]
WHO DIES FOR FREEDOM LIVES

FLOS

WALTER L. MIDDLETON
OLIVER S. GILBERT
HOWARD BELL
C. VERNER TRAIN
ERNEST DONALDSON
OSCAR KERR
DAVID W. KERR
JAMES DRYSDALE
ALFRED DAVIS
RICHARD McFADDEN
A. ROY SHIPCOTT
WM. C. HUMPHRIES
ALEX POLSON
LEONARD RALPH
GEORGE VANBUREN
MORLEY SNIDER
THOMAS J. FORSYTHE
WILLIAM S. RITCHIE
L.W. ROLFE
WALTER FRENCH
WM. H. CARRUTHERS
PATRICK MITCHEL
GEORGE GORE
JOSEPH SMITH
GEORGE W. VANSICKLE
JAMES PATERSON
M. GRANT LAWSON

AND THEIR NAME SHALL LIVE FOR EVER

[Medonte stele/stèle de Medonte]
1939 - 1945

IN HONOR
OF THE MEN WHO
DIED FOR THEIR
COUNTRY

MEDONTE

BRECHIN M.L.
BOYD J.
JOHNSTON J.H.R.
JANNETT L.A.
McNUTT G.R.
NICHOLLS H.
PLEDGER K.M.
PLEDGER T.O.
SHERIDEN B.G.
SHORTREED J.L.
TRUAX C.W.

KOREA
1950-1953

[Tay stele/stèle de Tay]
1939 - 1945

IN HONOR
OF THE MEN WHO
DIED FOR THEIR
COUNTRY

TAY

ARBOUR E.
BAKER E.E.
BARNES A.J.
BIETTE E.R.
BLANCHARD T.C.
BROTHERSTON W.M.
CADEAU C.J.R.
CADEAU W.F.
CURRY H.N.H.
EVANS T.H.I.
HODGINS N.J.
HODGINS M.E.
LANCASTER G.
LAWSON R.
MAYHEW J.D.
NELSON F.R.
PLOUFFE E.J.
REID D.W.
WILLIAMS C.
SHECKLETON R.J.

[Flos stele/stèle de Flos]

1939 - 1945

IN HONOR
OF THE MEN WHO
DIED FOR THEIR
COUNTRY

FLOS

ARCHER C.D.H.
CLUTE W.S.
DEAN C.M.
DUTCHER T.H.C.
FURLONG J.A.
HALL F.W.
HANSON H.
HILTZ E.J.
NAISMITH R.W.
NAISMITH D.A.
O'NEILL E.H.
SMITH O.A.
SPENCE J.A.
WALTON W.D.

KOREA 1950-1953