Leonard and Davidson Memorial
Municipality/Province: Woodstock, ON
Memorial number: 35063-009
Type: Bust, pedestal
Address: 415 Hunter Street
Location: Oxford County Court House
GPS coordinates: Lat: 43.131539 Long: -80.7599794
Submitted by: Derek Pullen
During the South African War, Colour-Sergeant G.W. Leonard fell in battle on May 11, 1900, and Corporal M. Davidson died of enteric fever on February 9, 1902. The bust of Colour-Sergeant Leonard stands before the Court House, but it was erected in memory of both men and unveiled on May 24, 1904. It was created by Beachville sculptor, Frederick C. Dunbar and erected by the people of the City of Woodstock and the County of Oxford. The monument was unveiled during the visit of the 13th Regiment of Hamilton and Lord Aylmer, the Adjutant-General of the Canadian Militia officiated the ceremony. Sergeants Lane, Wiltshire and McGinnis of the Oxford Rifles drew aside the colours draped over the memorial.
The two cannons are over one hundred and fifty years old. Requested by County Council and through the efforts of Hon. James Sutherland, the then federal member of Parliament for Oxford, they were obtained and erected in September, 1900. Dates of 1842 and 1843 are inscribed on the barrels of these muzzle-loading cannons.
Inscription found on memorial
[front/devant]
COLOUR-SERGEANT GEORGE W. LEONARD
22ND. REG. (THE OXFORD RIFLES)
A PRIVATE IN THE 2ND. (S.S.) BATT.
R.C.R. WHO DIED MAY 11TH OF WOUNDS
RECEIVED AT ZAND RIVER, SOUTH AFRICA
ON MAY 10TH 1901.
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE
PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF WOODSTOCK
AND THE COUNTY OF OXFORD.
[back/arrière]
CORPORAL MYRTLE DAVIDSON
SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTABULARY
A FORMER MEMBER OF THE 22ND. REG.
(THE OXFORD RIFLES) DIED OF ENTERIC
FEVER IN SOUTH AFRICA ON THE 9TH
DAY OF FEB. 1902.
THIS INSCRIPTION IS ENGRAVED TO
COMMEMORATE HIS SERVICES TO HIS
COUNTRY.
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