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In 2006, the Royal Canadian Legion Colonel John McCrae Memorial Branch 234 requested on behalf of the Veterans that the Roll of Honour be moved from the former Memorial Gardens and placed as a stand-alone monument beside the existing cenotaph.
The Roll of Honour was erected by City of Guelph and first hung in the local legion to honour those who fought in the World Wars. Later names were added to honour those who fought in the Korean War.
War Memorial Hall
This memorial is dedicated to all Veterans of all wars. It was erected by the Ontario Agriculture College.
Harry Reginald Coales and Bernard Dangerfield (Coales and Dangerfield) designed War Memorial Hall, 390 Gordon Street on the campus of the Ontario Agricultural College (now the University of Guelph), 1923-24. The building was opened June 1924 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of OAC and to honour students who had enlisted and died in the First World War. Two bronze tablets face each other in the Memorial Chapel; one bearing the names of the 109 fallen men who lost their lives in First World War, the other remembering those who died in the Second World War. The memorial alcove in War Memorial Hall at the University of Guelph held Books of Remembrance for Guelph men killed in the World Wars.
The post World War I grads of the Ontario Agricultural College class of 1923 are responsible for War Memorial Hall as a Memorial to World War II casualties.
The Ontario Agricultural College class of 1949 are responsible for World War II Memorial Clock as a Memorial to 73 World War II casualties. The 1946 Libranni records the names of 73 OAC grads and two OAC staff who lost their lives in the conflict. Early in 1946 there was discussion on a proposed new OAC sports and recreation building that our class would leave in memory of World War II casualties. This proposal and variations of it came to naught. The following year the class decided to begin “a Forty-Nine Memorial Fund” to be set up pending a decision on a suitable memorial. At a class meeting in March of 1949 it was agreed to have the IBM company build and install a clock in the tower of the Administration Building, now Johnston Hall. The clock was to be installed for a dedication ceremony on Convocation Day or Alumni Day, but the subcontractor for the clock face hit a delay and clock wasn’t up and running until August. The final bill paid by the class was $1,756. As a gift to OAC the class of 1949's 35th Anniversary two more faces were added to the Johnston Hall tower clock. The class presented the University with the two new faces and new works covered by our cheque for $18,000, almost $36,000 in today’s dollar.
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This memorial is dedicated to all Veterans of all Wars. It was erected by the Cemetery Board.
[On exterior Stone/sur la pierre à l’extérieur]
"BETH ISAIAH DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF SIDNEY ACKER BORN AT GUELPH APRIL 2, 1919 KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE NOVEMBER 3, 1942"
[On interior floor/sur le sol à l’intérieur]
"RCAF IN LOVING MEMORY OF L.A.C. SIDNEY ACKER KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE NOVEMBER 3, 1942."
This memorial is dedicated to Sidney Acker and was erected by Beth Isaiah.
"1914-1945
ROYAL CANADIAN AIRFORCE NO. 4 WIRELESS SCHOOL.
THE MEMBERS OF THE NO. 4 WIRELESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION DEDICATED THIS PLAQUE JUNE 25, 1988 TO COMMEMORATE THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING SCHOOL THAT WAS LOCATED ON THIS CAMPUS (1941-1945) AND TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II"
This memorial is dedicated to the Royal Canadian Air Force No. 4 Wireless School. It was erected by No. 4 Wireless School Association.
"TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE REVERED FAMILY OF LIEUT.-COL. AND MRS DAVID MCCRAE WHO FOR MANY YEARS WORSHIPPED IN THIS PEW AND THEIR ILLUSTRIOUS SON LIEUT.-COL. JOHN MCCRAE PHYSICIAN, SOLDIER AND AUTHOR OF ‘IN FLANDERS FIELDS’."
This memorial is dedicated to Lieut.-Col and Mrs. David McCrae and son John McCrae. It was erected by St. Andrews Church.
"IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II 1939-1945
GRANT SANDERSON HALL
CHARLES HOWARD KEARNEY
JAMES IVAN MCINTYRE
ARCHIBALD BLAIR MCINTYRE
WILLIAM ROSS MCKAY
JAMES SHERMAN PETERSON
THOMAS AITKEN STEPHENSON
THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."
This memorial is dedicated to the men of St. George’s Church who died in the Second World War. It was erected by St. George’s Church.
"I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE BECAUSE I LIVE, YE SHALL LIVE ALSO IN MEMORIAM: THOMAS RUSSELL
ALEX M. DUNBAR
DOUGLAS C. RUSSELL
JOHN MCCRAE
WILLIAM SMITH
DONALD P. GIBSON
GEORGE W. MORROW
LORNE WALKER
R. HOWARD TILL GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
This memorial is dedicated to First World War soldiers. It was erected by St. Andrew’s Church.
"WAR REMEMBRANCE
PEACE GRATITUTE"
This memorial is dedicated to War and Peace. It was erected by St. Andrew’s Church.
"1914-1918 TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE 43RD BATTERY WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR.
ANGEL, E.
BAXENDALL, A.
COCKBURN, G.A.
CURZON, G.H.
DOHERTY, J.D.
DONAGHY, C.
DOWNIE, K.B.
DOWNING, W.A.L.
DUNBAR, A.M.
FIFFORD, C.
GREENLEE, J.J.
IRVING, W.A.
KAY, H.R.
KINNIE, F.
KINNIE, M.
KNECHTEL, O.
MAGEE, W.G.
MASON, J.
MASSON, H.G.
MOSS, J.
MCCRAEY, F.
MCGILL, J.
MCGRILLIVRAY, H.
O'BRIEN, A.
RICE, R.
SCHREITER, S.
STEVENS, C.B.
TOZER, J.C.
TURNBULL, R.D.
VAN AUDENAERDE, P.
VANT, W.
VIENOTTE, A.
"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
THE 43RD BATTERY C.F.A. WAS RECRUITED IN GUELPH 1915 BY LT. COL DAVID MCCRAE. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE 43RD BATTERY ASSOCIATION."
This memorial is dedicated to the men of the 43rd Battery who fell in the First World War. It was erected by the 43rd Battery Association.
