Windsor Memorial Fountain
Municipality/Province: Windsor, ON
Memorial number: 35099-005
Type: Wall and balustrade
Address: Tecumseh Road E
Location: Jackson Park
GPS coordinates: Lat: 42.29528 Long: -83.02261
Submitted by: Pete Remdenok
This memorial to the South African War veterans of Essex County was dedicated in 1906 outside the former Post Office. It was relocated to Jackson Park in 1932. Ouellette Avenue was extended in 1961, which forced the monument to be moved and re-dedicated that year. It now rests in the park's sunken gardens.
John Scott well-known architect in Detroit, Michigan (John Scott & Co.) designed the Windsor Memorial Fountain, honouring veterans from the Boer War in South Africa, 1903-04. The firm's best known work in Canada was the refined Beaux-Arts design for the Carnegie Library in Windsor, Ont. (1902-03).
Inscription found on memorial
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INSCRIBED ON THIS TABLET ARE THE NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS, RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX WHO SERVED IN THE BRITISH ARMY DURING THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA A.D. 1899-1902. FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CONTINGENTS AND THE NAMES OF THE VARIOUS BATTLES
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