Honour Roll
Municipality/Province: Stratford, PE
Memorial number: 11003-001
Type: Honour roll, interpretive panels
Address: 234 Shakespeare Drive
Location: Town Hall
GPS coordinates: Lat: 46.2254496 Long: -63.0887332
Submitted by: Victoria Edwards. Town of Stratford.
In 2021, an Honour Roll of ten metal panels were erected along the walkway leading to the cenotaph, each with the name of a soldier from the area who either died in combat or died of their injuries after returning home. The metal panels display the soldier's names, the war in which they served and an outline of combat boots. When the sun shines, it creates shadows of each panel, projecting an image of the boots and the soldiers' names onto the path to the cenotaph. Malpeque Fine Irons Products of New Annan, Prince Edward Island) assisted in the design, along with the Heritage Sub Committee, and created the individual memorials.
Kevin Reynolds, Director of Planning, Development and Heritage with Stratford, managed the project, along with the town's Heritage Sub Committee. Funding from Veterans Affairs Canada enabled them to hire designer Joe Miller of Earthform Landscape Professionals in Stratford, Prince Edward Island, to design and execute the idea.
Two interpretive panels by the Town of Stratford Heritage Committee tell the personal stories of the ten soldiers — one panel each for the First World War and Second World War.
Family members of two of the soldiers attended the unveiling ceremony. A granddaughter of William Joseph Stewart spoke about the effects on her family of her grandfather not returning from war. A grand-nephew of Daniel W. McInnis read a poem called Thoughts of Home written by his great-uncle while fighting overseas. Sara Lantz from Veterans Affairs Canada, and Stratford Mayor Steve Ogden, helped unveil the Honour Roll and interpretive panels.
Inscription found on memorial
[left side of walkway/côté gauche de l’allée piétonnière]
KENNETH ARTHUR
FERGUSON
WORLD WAR I
ALFRED LORNE
STEWART
WORLD WAR I
DONALD EDISON
MACRAE
WORLD WAR II
ALLISON BOYCE
McKIE
WORLD WAR II
JAMES THEODORE
ROACH
WORL WAR II
[right side of walkway/le côté droit de l’allée piétonnière]
CHESTER THOMAS
BALDERSTON
WORLD WAR I
JOHN GORDON
MASON
WORLD WAR I
DANIEL WILLIAM
McINNIS
WORLD WAR II
RALPH JOSEPH
McGARRY
WORLD WAR II
WILLIAM JOSEPH
STEWART
WORLD WAR II
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