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This street is named in memory of Private Roger Palmer Devos. 

Roger Palmer Devos was born 26 May 1915 at Isegham (Izegem) Belgium. He emigrated to Canada and settled in London ON from where he enlisted. Assigned to the Essex Scottish Regiment, he was mortally wounded on 10 April 1945 but succumbed to his wounds the following day. He was originally buried at the civilian cemetery at Lochem, The Netherlands before being moved to his final resting place at the Holten Canadian War Cemetery.

This street is named in memory of Lance-Corporal Charles Alfred Cornelius.

Charles Alfred Cornelius was born on 25 November 1915 in London, ON. He attended Simcoe School and Central Collegiate in London, before joining the military in the spring of 1940. Assigned to the Royal Canadian Regiment, Lance-Corporal Cornelius was a machine-gunner with this Regiment, when he was killed in action on 2 October 1943. Charles Alfred Cornelius is buried at the Bari War Cemetery.

This monument was unveiled in memory of Polish soldiers who fought in the Second World War. 

The monument is inscribed in English and Polish, and at the lower edge of the monument, are engraved the crests of the military formations in which the Polish soldiers served. In addition, there is an urn in which was placed soil from three Polish military cemeteries located in Italy.

This memorial parkette was created on behalf of Honorary Colonel Charles W. Fox, DFC, to honour the men and women of the Canadian Air Force and the RCAF.

This memorial tree commemorates the 60th anniversary of D-Day.

This memorial is a tribute to all men and women who serve to defend Canada's freedom.

The General Thomas Evans Memorial was erected in 1888. Evans was born on 9 March 1777, near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. He volunteered for the British army in 1793 and became a lieutenant in the King’s Regiment, on 11 October 1796. He served in the West Indies, Egyptian campaign and Gibraltar. By August 1808 he was in Quebec, second in command in British North America.

In the summer of 1811, Captain Evans was posted to Upper Canada as brigade-major to Major-General Isaac Brock. On the outbreak of war with the United States in June, he was primarily responsible for preparing the expedition which compelled the surrender of General William Hull’s army at Detroit on 16 August. His brilliant handling of reinforcements at Queenston on 13 October, following the death of Brock, proved a vital contribution to victory.

He was honoured with a Lieutenant-Colonel’s brevet retroactive to 13 October 1812. He commanded five companies of his regiment in the operation against the American base at Sackets Harbor, suffering three wounds. He had important roles in the expulsion of the Americans from Forty Mile Creek on the Niagara peninsula in June and in the remaining actions of the campaign of 1813.

In the winter of 1813–14, Evans commanded six service companies of the 2nd battalion of the 8th, as well as 230 seamen posted to the fleet at Kingston, on a forced snowshoe march through the wilderness from New Brunswick to Quebec. In March, he proceeded to Upper Canada and the command of the 8th’s 1st battalion, winning commendation for effective leadership at the battle of Chippawa on 5 July, and at Lundy’s Lane on the 25. He was wounded for the fourth time in the assault on Fort Erie on 15 August, but continued on active service until the end of the war, by which time he had won ten honourable mentions in dispatches and general orders.

Evans commanded the 2nd battalion of the 8th in Montreal in February 1815 and returned to the United Kingdom with the battalion in August. He returned to Canada in 1816, joined the 70th in Kingston in July where he served the next 11 years, frequently as its commanding officer.

The St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church Second World War Honour Roll was dedicated on September 24, 1944.

The St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church War Memorial Window commemorates those who served and gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars and includes one of the earliest Canadian memorials to honour women’s service. It was unveiled on January 9, 1949, by Major E. S. Fisher. A War Memorial Committee had been set up in 1945 and it was the Women's Guild that suggested a large window.

In the two central panels are four Patron Saints of the British Isles: St. Patrick and St. George on the left and St. Andrew and St. David on the right. The two outer panels include representations of war and peace. The archangel Gabriel, with lilies and a lamb, points upwards to a scroll inscribed “On earth peace, good will towards men”. St. Michael, holding a spear, has his foot on the defeated dragon. Here is the symbol of justice, and right over might. Surrounding the group are angels bearing symbols of Christ’s passion and above are two angels carrying the cross and the crown.

In the tracery at the top of the window, the figure of Christ with his right hand raised appears in a medallion surrounded by emblems, the chalice (faith), the anchor (hope), and the cross (sacrifice), and the monogram IHS (Jesus). A scroll reads "King of Kings and Lord of Lords."

The bottom panels include the crests of the Navy, Army and Air Force, and the Eagle, emblem of St. John the Evangelist.

This street is named in memory of General Sir William Dillon Otter, KCB, DVO, VD.

William Dillon Otter was born in December 1843 near The Corners (Clinton) Ontario and moved to Toronto with his family in 1854. In October of 1861, he joined the Queen’s Own Rifles of Toronto and was promoted to Lieutenant in December 1864. The following summer he was appointed the Adjutant of the Regiment and in June 1866 fought at the Battle of Ridgeway, during the Fenian Raids. In 1869, he was promoted to Major and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1875, becoming the Commanding Officer of the Queen’s Own.

By 1883, the Canadian Government had decided to create a permanent infantry force and Otter was chosen to lead the Infantry School Corps unit in Toronto. In the spring of 1885, he was ordered to Batoche to assist in the suppression of the Riel Rebellion. He led the forces at the Battle of Cut Knife Creek and the ensuing operations but returned to Toronto in October. The following years saw Otter’s responsibilities increase and in October 1899, he was appointed the Commanding Officer of the Canadian infantry battalion authorized for the Boer War.

The Canadians reached Capetown at the end of November, and after a few months of training, fought at the Battle of Paardeburg Drift (18-27 Feb 1900). The Canadians took part in other battles, including Doornkop, and marched triumphantly into Pretoria on 5 June 1900. A few months later, the Canadians returned home and Otter was promoted to Colonel, returning to his position as Commander Military District No.2.

1903 saw amendments to the Militia Act which by 1908 led to Otter being promoted to Brigadier-General and appointed Chief of the General Staff. In 1910 he was promoted Acting Major-General and appointed Inspector General but retired in December 1912. In June 1913, he was made a KCB. He continued to be active in military affairs in the period leading up to the First World War and came out of retirement during the war.

In 1919, he headed the committee tasked with combining the units of the old militia regiments with the returning units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was officially placed on the retirement list in 1922 in the rank of General. General Sir William Otter died in Toronto on 6 May 1929.