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This memorial is dedicated to the men of the congregation listed who died while serving in the First World War. It was erected by the church.

This memorial is dedicated to Freeman Jordon and Jack Elliott who died during the Second World War.

This memorial is dedicated to Alex Caldwell, Robert Closs, Laurier Revill and Lloyd Stewart. They all died in the First World War.

This memorial is dedicated to James Clyde Wilson. The cast bronze plaque is surmounted by the crest of III Battalion, Royal Regiment of Canada, Toronto.

Son of John Wilson, a hotelkeeper, and his wife Jane. The family were parishioners of St. James.

Following attendance at Perth Collegiate Institute, James enlisted on January 10, 1916, and went overseas later that year with the 130^th Battalion. In England the unit was broken up and he was transferred to the 3^rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Canada, with which he saw considerable service on the Western Front including the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April, 1917. Following Vimy, James participated in the battles of Langemerck, MeninRoad Bridge, Polygon Wood, Broodeseinde, and Poelcappelle. He lost his life in action at the battle of Passchendaele.

James is also commemorated on the St. James Parish First World War Plaque.

This memorial was the idea of Principal Trench of the Perth Collegiate Institute. Staff and students raised the money to build the memorial. Mr. Robert Stenhouse built it and it was unveiled October 24, 1923. It was dedicated to past students of Perth Collegiate Institute who served in the First World War: The Glorious Dead, the men who served and the nursing sisters. The Perth Courier, Friday, November 2nd, 1923 The Memorial Tablet is of marble comprising three panels and the product of Mr. Robert Stenhouse…The centre panel contains the names of the glorious dead and the nursing sisters, while the outer panels contain the names of those who served. Above the centre panel is the PCI crest and across the bottom of the tablet the following: 1914 Aug. 4, Lest We Forget, Nov. 11 1918."

This memorial is dedicated to Capt. Stearne Tighe Edwards, D.S.C. It was erected by St. James Anglican Church.

This memorial is dedicated to the former students of the high school who gave their lives in the First World War. Originally, placed in the Harriston High School, this plaque was moved to Palmerston when the Harriston High School was torn down due to regional schooling.

On Flight Lieutenant Arthur E.L. Caulfeild's 1944 retirement from the chaplaincy in the Royal Canadian Air Force and his appointment as Rector of the Church of the Ascension, Ottawa, he was presented with an altar by the Air Force. This altar furnishes the Lady Chapel in St. James Church. Under his leadership, the Parish Memorial Hall was added in 1956 as a tribute to the parishioners who served in the two World Wars.

Captain Arthur Roy Brown was the Great War flying ace credited for bringing down German Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the legendary Red Baron. Although controversy will always follow the cause of the Baron's demise, generally sources give credit to Captain Brown for firing the fatal shot.

Brown was born on December 23, 1893, in Carleton Place, Ontario. In the summer of 1915, he applied to Britain’s Royal Naval Air Service but was told he first needed a private pilot’s license. The nearest Canadian flying school was full, so he attended the Wright School of Aviation in Dayton, Ohio and obtained his pilot’s license on November 13, 1915. He enrolled in the Royal Naval Air Service and was sent to Royal Naval Air Service Station Chingford in northeast London to learn the fundamentals of military flying and dropping bombs.

He was injured on May 2, 1916, when he crashed a training airplane and was hospitalized for two months. In March 1917, Brown was posted to No. 9 Naval Squadron, was injured again and did not recover until May. On November 2, Brown was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his aerial victories and for aiding a fellow pilot under attack by four German aircraft, even though his own machine guns had jammed. By April 1918, he had shot down nine enemy aircraft.

On the morning of April 21, 1918, Brown and other pilots in 209 Squadron became involved in a dogfight with a German squadron including top ace Manfred von Richthofen and his cousin, novice pilot Wolfram von Richthofen. The Red Baron broke off to pursue Canadian pilot “Wop” May, who was on the tail of his cousin. Brown saw that his friend was in trouble and disengaged to attack Richthofen. He fired a long burst from behind and pulled out of a steep dive to avoid a collision. Richthofen continued over Allied territory and was fired at by British and Australian soldiers until he crashed into a field.

Four days later, Brown was grounded and hospitalized with severe food poisoning and extreme exhaustion, then sent to England to recover. Soon afterwards, he was recommended to receive the Distinguished Service Cross with Bar. Released from hospital on June 6, Brown reported for duty as an instructor with No. 2 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery in Yorkshire. On July 15 just after takeoff, his engine failed, the aircraft stalled and crashed. Seriously injured again, Roy spent eight months in hospital before being sent back to Canada on March 8, 1919 and was released from the Royal Air Force in April 1920 with the rank of Captain. Captain Brown tried to join the Royal Canadian Air Force when the Second World War began, but was rejected.

This memorial is dedicated to Herbert Reade, V.C. It was erected in 1966 by the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario.