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IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF FOLEY TOWNSHIP
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY
IN TWO WORLD WARS.
1914 - 1918
ISAIAH WOOLMAN
EDWIN MC KELVEY
CHARLES HESLIP
OLLIE HOGG
1939 - 1945
JOHN LAWSON
RAYMOND VINCE
NORMAN JONES
STANLEY JACKLIN
ERIC HAMILTON
LEST WE FORGET
[plaque]
CROSS FROM ORIGINAL CENOTAPH
LOCATED AT
FOLEY MEMORIAL HALL
AND DEDICATED
NOVEMBER 15, 1953
This memorial is dedicated to the men of Foley Township who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by the Country Community Club and the Township of Foley.
The original cenotaph was located at Foley Memorial Hall and dedicated in 1953. A small plaque with the original cross are located next to the new cenotaph.
[SIDE ONE/PREMIER CÔTÉ]
IN MEMORY OF
OUR BRAVE BOYS WHO FOUGHT IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
PTE. JAMES HENRY JORDAN
NO. 657696
KILLED IN ACTION
SEPT. 27, 1918
AT CAMBRAI
[SIDE/CÔTÉ]
WILLIAM FORBES WWI
PERCY BAILEY WW2
ERNEST KLOSE WW2
ROBERT MC CALLUM WW2
[SIDE/CÔTÉ]
ERECTED BY (CHRISTIE)
WOMEN’S INSTITUTE
This memorial is dedicated to soldiers of the First World War. It was erected by the Christie Women's Institute.
GEORGE RICHARDSON, V.C. 1831-1923
Private Richardson won the Victoria Cross while fighting
with the Border Regiment of the British Army in northern
India during the Indian Mutiny of 1857-59. As part of a
detachment sent to dislodge rebels in the hills of the Kewarie
Trans-Gogra district on April 27, 1859, he displayed "deter-
mined courage in having, though severely wounded... closed
with and secured a rebel Sepoy (Indian soldier) armed with
a broad revolver". An Irishman by birth, Richardson came
to Canada in the early 1860’s. During the 1880’s and 1890’s
he lived on a farm one kilometre southwest of here. He held
numerous township offices including Reeve of Oakley Town-
ship (1895-96).
Ontario Heritage Foundation. Ministry of Culture and Communications
GEORGE RICHARDSON, V.C. 1831-1923
George Richardson a obtenu la Croix de Victoria pour avoir combattu avec le Border Regiment de l’armée britannique dans le nord de l’Inde au cours de la mutinerie indienne de 1857-1859. Membre d’un détachement chargé de déloger des rebelles du district de Kewarie Trans-Gogra, le 27 avril 1859, il a manifesté, malgré de graves blessures, un courage sans réserve en abordant et en maîtrisant un rebelle armé d’un revolver. Irlandais de naissance, Richardson émigre au Canada au début des années 1860. Durant les années1880-1890, il habite sur une ferme située à un kilomètre au sud-ouest d’ici. Il occupe de nombreux postes au service du canton, y compris celui de préfet du canton d’Oakley (1895-1896).
The George Richardson, V.C. Plaque was erected in 1992 by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Communications.
To the Glory of God and in loving Memory of Pte Reginald D. Taylor 20th Battalion, C.E.F., second son of Frederick Claude Taylor, born 5 June 1897, died 16 March 1915. Requiescat in pace. "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori."
This memorial is dedicated to Pte Reginald D. Taylor.
To the Glory of God, and in proud and loving memory of Private Oswald Gilbert Darling, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, severely wounded at Vimy, April 10, 1917, and killed in action on the night of Sept 28, 1918 near Cambrai, France. The Cross upon the Belfry of this Church is erected in his memory.
This memorial is dedicated to Private Oswald Gilbert Darling.
In Memoriam
Pte "Rex" Taylor
20th Battalion Canadian Overseas Force.
Died in Toronto March 16, 1915 - aged 17 years
"Grant him, Lord, eternal rest"
This memorial is dedicated to Pte "Rex" Taylor.
A Thank Offering for a year’s mercies in France and at Salonica, Greece, from Nursing Sister, Mary Darling. March 1915 - 1916.
This memorial is dedicated to Nursing Sister, Mary Darling.
IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF GRAVENHURST
WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
[a list of names follows, but the wording is not clear in the photo/une liste de noms suit, mais le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo]
This memorial was constructed after 1923, when the library was built, in memory of servicemen killed in the First World War. The plaque is placed over the fireplace in the Gravenhurst Library.
[front/devant]
BOER WAR
1899 — 1901
WORLD WAR 1
1914 — 1918
IN MEMORY OF
ALL WHO SERVED
THEIR COUNTRY
TO PRESERVE
FREEDOM
LEST WE FORGET
WORLD WAR II
1939 — 1945
KOREA WAR
1950 — 1953
[back/arrière]
CANADIAN LEGION
302
GRAVENHURST
This memorial was constructed in 1987 in memory of those lost in the First and Second World Wars, the Boer War, and the Korean War.
[front/devant]
LEST
WE
FORGET
IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF BRACEBRIDGE
AND DISTRICT
WHO MADE
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
[right side/côté droit]
WORLD WAR II
T.M. ARMSTRONG
JACK BOYER
GILBERT BOYER
HADDO BRUCE
STANLEY BULL
JOHN BUTLER
WALTER COWAN
LEMUEL DAVIS
ALLEN DOLEY
HAROLD N. DIXON
KENNETH EARNSHAW
IVAN EINARSON
ROY ENNIS
JACK FOSTER
FRANK J. GREEN
MEL HAMMELL
JAMES HILLMAN
KENNETH HAMMOND
ROY HINES
J.K. HOOTON
J.C. IRVINE
JAMES JOSELIN
DOUGLAS KAYE
GERALD KINGSHOTT
WILLIAM G. LAUT
JACK LOUCKS
REX C. MANN
LESLIE McEACHERN
WILFRED McDONALD
GLEN McKAY
JAMES NICHOLS
ALLEN C. OLIVER
JOHN ROBERTS
[back/arrière]
WORLD WAR II
ROY D. RUTTER
RAYMOND SANDER
ESMOND SCOVELL
M.J. STEVENSON
AUBREY SHAPTER
DONALD SHAPTER
JAMES SPECK
L. KEITH TAYLOR
ALBERT TRAVES
FLOYD TIBBETT
DONALD THOMPSON
GORDON WARNICA
KOREAN
WAR
DONALD BRADSHAW
ROY ELLIOTT
BOER
WAR
FRED WASDELL
JAMES FINDLAY
[left side/côté gauche]
WORLD WAR I
JOHN C. ALLEN
TIMOTHY R. ALLEN
JAMES BARRETT
HAROLD B. BATES
ARTHUR H. BURRIDGE
GEORGE CLARK
JOHN E. COLE
STANLEY DICKIE
ROY FOSTER
EDWARD FRADETTE
PERCY FURLONG
WILLIAM GRIMWOOD
DONALD JEFFRY
DOUGLAS JOHNSON
RONALD KERR
ISADORE LABRIE
HARRY LANGMAID
BERT LEAVETT
WILLIAM H. LILLY
SYDNEY E. LOUNT
ALEX W. MATHIESON
ELMER MAYES
ALFRED MILLER
ROBERT MORELAND
BLAIN MacDONALD
SAMUEL MacDONALD
RAE NELSON OLSON
W. CLAUDE PERRY
JAMES POLLOCK
JAMES ROBERTSON
PERCY ROBINSON
ALBERT RUTHERFORD
CHARLES WORMALD
The Bracebridge Cenotaph was erected in 1959, in memory of those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. It is located in Memorial Park.
The Memorial Fountain is also located here.
