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THEIR
SOULS
LIVE
ON
OMEMEE DISTRICT
WAR MEMORIAL
It is not known when the Omemee District War Memorial was unveiled because city records from 1900-1921 were lost in a fire.
The Private Harry Brown VC Memorial, 24th Field Battery Canadian Filed Artillery Memorial and German Light Minewerfer First World War Memorial are also located here.
[front/devant]
ERECTED TO
OUR HONOURED DEAD
AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
BY THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS OF HALIBURTON
[back/arrière]
HONOUR ROLL
1914-1918
BENJAMIN BIRD
RICHARD GREGORY
GEORGE LOGAN
ARTHUR BISHOP
RUSSELL S. CURRY
WILLIAM CARNOCHAN
DONALD WATT
JOSEPH HOWE
1939-1945
ROSS DAVIDSON
WALTER ALBERT WINN
ARTHUR CARNOCHAN
MAX McCRACKEN
ELZIE HENDERSON
JACK ANDERSON
RUSSELL LARUE
LYLE BOICE
JAMES NICHOLLS
LYLE HORSLEY
DONALD PASQUINO
IRWIN HOWE
The Haliburton Cenotaph is comprised of a tall stylized stone with a helmet sitting on an upright brass rifle in the front. A brass plaque with the names of men lost in both World Wars is located on the back.
Nearby are a captured German machine-gun and mortar from the First World War.
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The Trooper William Stuart McLachlan Window was made by Robert McCausland Limited in 1944 and featured Boy David with a harp. Trooper McLachlan died in Italy during the Second World War.
In October 2007, the 130 year old Knox Presbyterian Church, including its memorial window, was destroyed in a fire. The church was located on the North side of Cameron Street.
[first panel/première panneau]
ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING
MEMORY OF
PTE ABLERT AKHURST
PTE WILLIAM BOUCHER
SGT CECIL O. DREW
1914 ALSO OF OTHER MEN OF THE TOWN
[second panel/deuxième panneau]
THE MEMBERS OF
THIS CONGREGATION
[third panel/troisième panneau]
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR
SGT SPENCE H.W. SACKVILLE M.M.
PTE STANLEY C. SERPELL
SIGNR ROY CECIL WOODWARD
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN
HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. 1918
This stained glass window is dedicated to the men of Trinity United Church and of the community who perished during the First World War.
[front/devant]
1914 — 1918
1939 — 1945
1950 — 1953
[left and right windows/fenêtres gauche et droite]
WE WILL
REMEMBER
THEM
LEST
WE
FORGET
[plaque]
Roll of Honour
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
The Bobcaygeon War Memorial consists of a brick building dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. Inside the gated door is a Roll of Honour of the fallen.
[front/devant]
IN MEMORIAM
1914-1918
1939-1945
Erected By The Municipalities
Of Beaverton And Thorah
In Memory Of The Brave Sons
Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice In The
Cause Of Liberty And Freedom.
"MAY THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOREVER"
KOREA 1950-1953
[right side/côté droit]
THORAH
W. BROWN
H. SEWELL
H. TAYLOR
H. HARVEY
T.R. SCOTT
J.R. WALLACE
W. WALLACE
C. ADAMSON
E. MAIDMENT
R.A. CAMPBELL
C.D. WOODMAN
T.J. KEAN
C.W. ALLEN
[back/arrière]
BEAVERTON
and
THORAH
M. BAGG
F. DEVINE
R.J. LYNN
MCK CRO
E. MCMILLAN
G. MILLER
D. PARTRIDGE
D. ULRICHSON
C. VYSE
S. WEST
W. WOODWARD
[left side/côté gauche]
BEAVERTON
H. CARY
W. HILL
R. HOWE
W.H. BROWN
H. EDWARDS
C. MCKENZIE
W.C. BARBER
J.A. MCMILLAN
W.B. BEMISTER
H.E.M. CAVE
LIEUT. R. MADILL
LIEUT. J.A. PROCTOR
LIEUT. F.G. WALLIS
LIEUT. I.J. MCCORKELL
The Beaverton and Thorah Cenotaph was unveiled on June 10, 1924 and dedicated in memory of the fallen men in the Boer War and the First World War. It featured a white stone statue of a First World War soldier on top of a black marble shaft. The four white pillars at each corner had large electric glass bulbs that were lit at nighttime.
The Committee of Arrangements composed of Reeve D.W. Wallis of Beaverton, Reeve John Ross of Thorah, Councillor Charles Dukelow of Thorah, Mrs. D.W. Wallis, Mrs. F. Talbot and Mr. Peter McMillan are to be congratulated on the inception of the undertaking in 1922, to the final unveiling and dedication.
Children of the schools and choir took part in the ceremonies. Brigadier-General J.A. Gunn, C.M.G, D.S,O., officiated and had a distinguished military career. Mrs. (Col.) Sam Sharpe gave an address reviewing the events preceding going overseas of the units from the County and their service abroad. She referred to the historic event of the departure of the 116th Battalion from Beaverton under the command of her late husband Col. Sharpe, M.P.
In 2010, Mrs. Dorothy MacPherson directed her Citizenship Award be used towards the restoration of the cenotaph. An Adhoc Committee was established of representatives from Beaverton, Thorah, Eldon Historical Society, Beaverton Horticultural Society, Beaverton Special Events, Beaverton Legion, Beaverton Lions Club and the Township of Brock. The committee raised money and received funding from the Department of Veteran Affairs.
The monument was cleaned and repaired, the base was repaired and the white pillars were replaced with four flour urns. Benches were purchased and a 24 foot flagpole installed. The walkway was widened to accommodate wheelchairs.
A re-dedication ceremony was held and attended by descendants of those named on the cenotaph. The Uxbridge Pipe Band performed and included The Maple Leaf Forever, written by Alexander Muir, who taught at Beaverton. A trumpeter played the Last Post from the balcony of the Hamilton House Hotel. The ceremony was recorded on video as were eight interviews with Veterans at the Legion and Lakeview Manor. A reception followed at the Legion with displays of each person listed on the cenotaph.
[front/devant]
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
1914-1918
MAJ. ROBERT E. WALLACE
PTE. HORACE D. KIFT
PTE. JAMES J. HALWARD
LIEUT. WILLIAM K. KIFT
SAPR. ROY C. WOODWARD
PTE. HOWARD F. MACKIN
PTE. JOHN H. DAWE
THEY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN
BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF-SACRIFICE
GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS
MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
W.W. II 1939-1945 KOREA 1950-1953
[right side/côté droit]
YPRES 1915
SOMME 1916
VIMY 1917
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS 1918
CAMBRAI 1918
[back/arrière]
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
[left side/côté gauche]
ERECTED BY
THE MUNICIPALITY, PATRIOTIC
AND I.O.D.E. SOCIETIES OF
CANNINGTON
IN HONOUR OF THE 65 MEN
WHO HEARD THEIR COUNTRY'S
CALL.
WE LIVE IN DEEDS, NOT YEARS
HE MOST LIVES
WHO THINKS MOST, FEELS
THE NOBLEST, ACTS THE BEST.
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Pte. Harry Brown V.C.
10th batt. C.E.F.
May 11, 1898 - Aug. 16, 1917
"For most conspicuous bravery, courage and
devotion to duty. After the capture of a position,
the enemy massed in force and counter attacked.
The situation became very critical, all wires
being cut. It was of the utmost importance to get
word back to Headquarters. This soldier and one
other were given the message with orders to
deliver the same at all costs. The other
messenger was killed. Private Brown had his arm
shattered but continued on through an intense
barrage until he arrived at the close support
lines and found an officer. He was so spent that
he fell down the dug-out steps, but retained
consciousness long enough to hand over his
message, saying 'important message.' He then
became unconscious and died in the dressing
station a few hours later. His devotion to duty
was of the highest possible degree imaginable,
and his successful delivery of the message
undoubtedly saved the loss of the position for
the time and prevented many casualties."
This memorial honours First World War Victoria Cross recipient Private Harry Brown, born in Gananoque, Ontario.
ERECTED
IN MEMORY OF THE
HEROES WHO FELL AND THEY
WHO FOUGHT IN THE GREAT WARS
KILLED IN ACTION
1914-1918
1939-1945
Dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars, this memorial was erected by the citizens of Kinmount and Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 441.
ERECTED
TO THE MEMORY OF
OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
AND THOSE WHO SERVED
1914 - 1918
"THEIR DEEDS LIVETH FOREVER"
This memorial is dedicated to the local veterans of the First World War. This tall stone cairn sits in the church yard, overlooking the town.
