Ontario

Province Code
ON
City/Municipality
Guelph
Memorial Number
35026-013
Type
Other
Address
762 Woolwich Street
Location
Woodlawn Cemetery
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.5639303, -80.2757738
Submitted By
Kathleen Wall
Inscription

FOR KING AND COUNTRY

IN MEMORY OF FLIGHT LIEUTENANT GORDON B. SCOTT R.N.A.S. ONLY SON OF ANDREW AND MARGARET SCOTT. BORN JUNE 14 1895 KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE SEPT. 3, 1917.

SCOTT

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Andrew Jones
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front
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Andrew Jones
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plaque
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated in memory of Flight Lieutenant Gordon Scott. It was erected by the Scott family.

City
Guelph
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Stele (Granite)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4426
City/Municipality
Guelph
Memorial Number
35026-012
Type
Other
Address
155 Paisley Street
Location
Inside the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.5423628, -80.2588888
Submitted By
Kathleen Wall
Inscription

"IN MEMORY OF LT. COL. JOHN MCCRAE, M.D. BORN AT GUELPH NOV. 30TH. 1872 A PUPIL OF THE SCHOOL 1883-88 HONOUR GRADUATE OF TORONTO UNIVERSITY IN ARTS AND MEDICINE. FELLOW OF TORONTO AND MCGILL UNIVERSITIES, LECTURER IN MEDICINE, MCGILL UNIVERSITY. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON. MEMBER OF THE CADET CORPS OF THIS SCHOOL. LIEUTENANT OF ARTILLERY, SOUTH AFRICA 1900. MAJOR OF 16TH BATTERY C.F.A. GUELPH. SURGEON FIRST BRIGADE FIELD ARTILLERY C.E.F. 1914-1915. IN CHARGE MEDICAL DIVISION NO. 3 CANADIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL 1915-18. DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN FRANCE, JANUARY 28TH, 1918.
REMAIN THE WELL-WROUGHT DEED IN HONOUR DONE THE DOLE FOR CHRIST’S DEAR SAKE, THE WORDS THAT IN KINDLINESS UPON SOME OUTCAST ONCE THEY SEEMED SO LITTLE
NOW THEY ARE MY ALL"

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War or Conflict Term
Africa
First World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to John McCrae. It was erected by the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute.

City
Guelph
Country
Canada
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Plaque (bronze)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4434
City/Municipality
Guelph
Memorial Number
35026-011
Type
Other
Address
155 Paisley Street
Location
Inside the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.5423628, -80.2588888
Submitted By
Kathleen Wall
Inscription

"1939-1945 THE GUELPH COLLEGIATE VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE HONOUR ROLL: ACKER, SIDNEY
ANDERSON, HUGH
BARD, THOMAS
BATES, THEODORE
BELL, EARL T.
BOLTON, GORDON
BONAR, NEVIN
BORLAND, ALEXANDER
BORTHWICK, OLIVER
BOWMAN, JOHN
BURCOMBE, HAROLD
CARTLEDGE, ARTHUR
CHRISTIE, CHARLES
CLOGH, FRED
COADY, NELSON
COON, JAMES DAVID
COOPER, FRED ALLEN
COTE, JOSEPH
COWAN, DAVID LACEY
COWAN, WILLIAM
CRIMMINS, WILLIAM D.
CROWE, GEORGE KENNETH
CROWE, RALPH MARSTON
CURZON, DENNIS
DARLING, THOMAS
DAVISON, EARL A.
DAVISON, ALEXANDER
DESHANE, PAT
DOLL, GORDON
DOYLE, JAMES NELSON
DREW, JOHN
DRUMMOND, CLARENCE
DYSON, RICHARD J.
ELSLEY, CLARENCE IRVIN
FORESTELL, THOMAS
FRASSON, GINO
GAZZARD, JAMES
GEDDES, WILLIAM
GIGUERE, ROMEO
FITTON, NORMAN
HARRIS, WESLEY
HILL, JOHN
HOWDEN, ANDREW
JOHNSTON, BOOTH
JOLIN, GRANVILLE
KEARNEY, CHARLES
KEATING, JOHN
KEENE, ARTHUR
KELLY, PAUL
LAPPIN, JOHN STEPHEN
LAUGHLAND, ALAN MCNEILEY
MACALLISTER, JOHN KENNETH
MCCANN, ALLAN
MCFAULDS, RONALD
MCINTYRE, ARCHIE
MCINTYRE, JAMES IVAN
MCKAY, ROSS
MCKEON, PATRICK
MCLEAN, PERRY
MARKS, DOUGLAS
MARSH, REGINALD T.
MECHEFSKE, THOMAS WILFRED
MILLER, ROY SANFIELD
MOLOZZI, GEORGE
PADDISON, HAROLD DOUGLAS
PARKINSON, WILLIAM HENRY
PATTERSON, EDWARD JAMES
PENFOLD, HAROLD
PETERS, CLARENCE NIXON
REVELL, PHILIP
ROGERS, JIMMY
ROWE, CRAYDON
SANKEY, CHARLES WESLEY
SCHIEDEL, KENNETH
SCHOFIELD, DOUGLAS
SCHRODER, DONALD KILGOUR
SHONK, KENNETH
SIMPSON, CHARLES
SMITH, HAROLD W.
STICKNEY, GORDON W.
STRIDE, ARTHUR
STEPHENSON, THOMAS AITKIN
SULLIVAN, JOHN
TAYLOR, CLAYTON
TAYLOR, JACK; THOMSON, ROBERT; THORNTON, WILLIAM; TIERNEY, RALPH; TITT, DONALD; TONER, JOSEPH; TRIMBLE, GARNET; VALERIOTE, SILIO; WALKER, WILLIAM; WALKER, GEORGE; WHYTE, WILLIAM; WILSON, CHARLES; WILSON, JOHN; WILSON, THOMPSON; WOODS, VINCENT; WRIGHT, JOHN. TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS WE THROW THE TORCH."

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Kathleen Wall
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War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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This memorial is dedicated to the Honour Roll of Alumni who served in the Second World War. This memorial was erected by the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute.

City
Guelph
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Canada
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Type Description
Plaque (bronze)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4430
City/Municipality
Guelph
Memorial Number
35026-010
Type
Other
Address
155 Paisley Street
Location
Inside the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.5423628, -80.2588888
Submitted By
Kathleen Wall
Inscription

"IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS AND EX STUDENTS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914-1918.
ANDERSON, HAROLD
ARMSTRONG, THOMAS
BELT, JAMES
BOND, FRED
GOLDIE, LEON
GRANT, KENNETH
HALES, PLAYFORD
HENDERSON, VICTOR
HOCKIN, ELMER
HUGHES, LLYOD
HUMPHRIES, ROBERT
LESLIE, GORDON
LESLIE, WILLIAM
MACLACHLAN, J. SILL
MACPHERSON, CHRISTOPHER
MARSHALL, ARCHIBALD
MCCRAE, JOHN
MCKEIL, ROLFE
MCQUILLAN, VICTOR
MCTAGUE, JOHN
MUNRO, JOHN
PHILP, HERBERT WM.
RUSSELL, DOUGLAS
SCHOLFIELD, OHN D.P.
SCOTT, GORDON
SIMPSON, JOHN
SKINNER, ARTHUR F.
SMITH, ROBERT
SMITH, ROY
STEWART, CHARLES
TANNER, WILLIAM
THOMSON, WILLIAM D.
TILL, HOWARD
WALKER, LORNE
WARREN, IVAN
WATERS, WILLIAM.
DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI"

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First World War
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Ontario
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to the alumni and students who died in the First World War. It was erected by Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute.

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Guelph
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Canada
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Type Description
Plaque (bronze)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4431
City/Municipality
Guelph
Memorial Number
35026-009
Type
Other
Address
595 Southgate Drive
Location
Inside the Hammond Power Solutions building
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.494487, -80.2136104
Submitted By
Kathleen Wall
Inscription

"FOR KING AND COUNTRY MEMBERS OF HAMMOND MANUFACTURING WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE WITH CANADA’S FIGHTING FORCES
ROBERT ARKELL
WILLIAM BELL
ROBERT BISHOP
KENNETH BUTLER
DOUGLAS DENNIS
LEONARD FITTON
THOMAS GASKELL
HARRY GREE
KENNETH HAMMOND
JOHN HARRIS
ARTHUR KADWELL
ALFRED KENNEDY
ROY MCALPINE
JOHN MCCOLL
ROY MCGINNIS
DOUGLAS MCPHAIL
CHARLES MERRY
FREDERICK MERRY
WILLIAM PARKER
RAEBURN REID
WILLIAM SAVAGE
JOHN SINCLAIR
GEORGE SOPER
HOWARD STEEN
DOUGLAS TOCHER
ROBERT WEBBER
HARRY WESTGATE
SIDNEY WILSO
HERBERT WOOD
OLGA YOUNG"

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Kathleen Wall
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Roll of Honour
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to members of Hammond Manufacturing who have volunteered for active service with Canada’s Fighting Forces. This memorial was erected by Hammond Manufacturing.

City
Guelph
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Canada
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Roll of Honour (Paper)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4432
City/Municipality
Guelph
Memorial Number
35026-008
Type
Other
Address
79 Carden Street
Location
Guelph Central Station
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.5443823, -80.2474495
Submitted By
Kathleen Wall. Steve Nessmer. Victoria Edwards.
Inscription

OUR
GLORIOUS
DEAD
1914 - 1918
TE DEUM
LAUDAMUS
1939 - 1945
PEACEKEEPTING
KOREA
1950 - 1953

A nos héros
morts à la guerre

1914-1918
Te Deum Laudamus
1939-1945

Don de la Section de guelph de l'IODE
May 1925

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Cross of Sacrifice
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City of Guelph
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Guelph Cross of Sacrifice
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Guelph Cross of Sacrifice
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War or Conflict Term
Peacekeeping
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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The Cross of Sacrifice was presented to the City of Guelph by the Victoria-Guelph Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire in June of 1925. It was erected to commemorate those who died while serving during  the First World War and was dedicated by the local Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire on land originally owned by Canadian National Railways. The cross now honours those who died in both War Wars, the Korean War and peacekeeping missions.

The Cross of Sacrifice, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield in 1918, is one of two iconic features designed by Commonwealth War Graves Commission architects. Crosses of Sacrifice are found around the world in Commission cemeteries and in public cemeteries. The Cross of Sacrifice is an imposing bronze medieval longsword, blade down, on a stark white cross. It is one of the most enduring symbols of the bravery and sacrifice made by the men and women of the Commonwealth during the World Wars. 

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Guelph
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Canada
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Cross
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4429
City/Municipality
Rockwood
Memorial Number
35026-007
Type
Other
Address
Main Street S and Guelph Street
Location
St. John's Anglican Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.6181815, -80.1435732
Submitted By
Robert Shipley. Derek Pullen. Wellington County Museum and Archives.
Inscription

1939 — 1945
J. ALFRED EDWARDS
ERNEST H. GERRIE
LAWRENCE N. GRAHAM
JERRY T. GUTHRIE
WASLEY P. HARRIS
T. EDWIN HAYWARD
JOHN D. HILTS

GREAT HAS BEEN THEIR SACRIFICE


FOR • THE • CAUSE • OF
LIBERTY • JUSTICE
• & • PEACE •

• JOHN • S •  COKER •
• THOMAS  EDWARDS •
• JAMES  GAMBLE •
• HENRY • HAMPSON •
• ROBERT • J • MUTRIE •
• J • WILFRID OAKES •
• PETER • PICK •
• ARNOLD • PHILLIPS •
• WILLIAM • W • SAMMON •
• R •  JOHN • STUMPF •
• GORDON • WINSTON •


• ERECTED • BY • THIS • MUNICIPALITY •
• TO • COMMEMORATE • THE •
• SERVICE • & • SACRIFICE • OF • OUR • MEN •
• IN • THE • WAR • OF
• 1914 — 1918 •

1950 KOREA 1953


1939 — 1945
GORDON E. MACK
WILLIAM H. PARKINSON
DONALD F. TITT
GEORGE R. WARE
DOUGLAS W. WHEELER
CHARLES H. WILSON
THESE WELL BELOVED OF OURS

[stone/pierre]
"SITE • DONATED • BY
ST • JOHN'S • CHURCH"

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Rockwood Cenotaph
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St John's Church Stone
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
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Ontario
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Rockwood, formerly Eramosa Township, was the first municipality in Wellington County to build a monument to its fallen soldiers after the Great War. A committee of citizens approached Council with their plans for a memorial on February 17, 1919. William Harris, A. Fraser Auld, John Grieve, Robert Harwood, Norris H. Black, and L. R. Guild proposed that the Township fund all or at least a substantial part of the costs. On July 28, representatives of St. John’s Anglican Church, signed an agreement for the cenotaph to be erected on a corner of the church property, provided that the Township commit to the maintenance of the plot. In a formal resolution on August 4, Council unanimously agreed to these terms.

Rockwood held a special half-holiday for families on Thursday, August 28, 1919, beginning with an unveiling of the monument by William Reid Clark, Bishop of Niagara. Among the speakers was former Eramosa Township Reeve Lieutenant-Colonel John Mutrie, a Veteran whose son Robert John Mutrie had died in Belgium in 1916 at age 33. About 50 Veterans marched from Waterside Park to the cenotaph, and two bands from Guelph came to provide the music. The attendees later walked to the Agricultural Park to enjoy a luncheon, baseball, races, and speeches from local dignitaries.

The cenotaph is built from granite and is decorated with a sword and wreath. In 2000, two wings were added to the memorial in memory of the Second World War.

City
Rockwood
Country
Canada
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Stele
Memorial CF Legacy ID
807
City/Municipality
Guelph
Memorial Number
35026-006
Type
Other
Address
762 Woolwich Street
Location
Woodlawn Cemetery
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.563514, -80.276358
Submitted By
Robert Shipley
Inscription

[front/devant]

SONS OF ENGLAND

ERECTED BY THE ROYAL CITY LODGE No. 73 GUELPH, IN MEMORY OF
OUR BROTHERS WHO VOLUNTARILY GAVE THEIR LIVES,
FOR KING AND COUNTRY.

PTE. WILLIAM EDWARDS
KILLED IN ACTION JUNE 13 1916, AGED 25 YEARS
PTE. CHARLES A. LOVERING
KILLED IN ACTION OCT. 17 1916, AGED 22 YEARS
SGT. MAJ. ALFRED J. JOLLEY
KILLED IN ACTION OCT. 22 1916, AGED 39 YEARS
PTE. JOHN LOVERING
DIED OF WOUNDS NOV. 27 1916, AGED 23 YEARS
PTE. LEE BEDFORD
KILLED IN ACTION NOV. 19 1917, AGED 23 YEARS
PTE. ERNEST COLLEY
DIED OF WOUNDS JUNE 3 1918, AGED 44 YEARS


"GREAT LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"

[back/arrière]

SONS OF ENGLAND

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First World War Memorial
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lion statue
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
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Ontario
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This memorial was by the local Royal City Lodge No. 73 Guelph to honour those from the area who gave their lives in the First World War. A statue of a lion sits on top of the memorial.  

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Guelph
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Canada
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Shaft, statue
Memorial CF Legacy ID
640
City/Municipality
Guelph
Memorial Number
35026-005
Type
Other
Address
108 Water Street
Location
Colonel John McCrae Birthplace & Memorial Gardens
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.5363224, -80.2448662
Submitted By
Kathleen Wall, Terry MacDonald, Hellmut Shade. The Royal Canadian Legion Br. 234 Guelph.
Inscription

[sign/enseigne]
THE
COLONEL
JOHN McCRAE
BIRTHPLACE &
MEMORIAL GARDENS

[plaque]
MCCRAE HOUSE
LA MAISON MCCRAE

This limestone cottage was the birthplace of John
McCrae, author of In Flanders Fields, the famous
poem written in May 1915 during the Second Battle
of Ypres. Built in 1858, the house is a typical mid-
nineteenth-century Ontario cottage with its trellised
verandah and cedar shingle roof. The exterior has
been carefully restored to its appearance in the
1870s, when it was the McCrae family home.

Dans cette petite maison de pierre à chaux, construite
en 1858, est né John McCrae, l'auteur de In Flanders
Fields, célèbre poème composé en mai 1915 durant la
seconde bataille d'ypres. Avec sa galerie ornée de
treillis et son toit de bardeaux de cèdre, cette
demeure évoque les maisons ontariennes du milieu du
XIXe siècle. Restaurée avec soin, elle a retrouvé son
apparence extérieure des années 1870 alors qu'elle
était habitée par la famille de John McCrae.

Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada

[plaque]
ERECECTED by
the GOVERNMENT
of CANADA

LT-COL JOHN McCRAE

CANADIAN POET, PHYSICIAN AND SOLDIER,
McCRAE WAS BORN IN THIS HOUSE NOVEMBER
30, 1872. HE DIED AT WIMEREUX, FRANCE,
JANUARY 28, 1918. WHILE MEDICAL OFFICER
TO THE 1ST ARTILLERY BRIGADE, HE WROTE
HIS FAMOUS POEM "IN FLANDERS FIELDS" IN
A DUGOUT NEAR YPRES IN APRIL, 1915.

LE LT-COL. JOHN MCCRAE

POÈTE, MÉDECIN ET COMBATTANT. JOHN
MCCRAE NAQUIT LE 30 NOVEMBRE 1872
EN CETTE MAISON. MÉDECIN DE L'UNITÉ À
LA PREMIÈRE BRIGADE D'ARTILLERIE, C'EST
DANS UN ABRI BLINDÉ QU'IL COMPOSA SON
FAMEUX "IN FLANDERS FIELDS", PRÈS D'YPRES
EN AVRIL 1915. IL MOURUT À WIMEREUX,
FRANCE. LE 28 JANVIER 1918.

HISTORIC SITES AND MONUMENTS
BOARD OF CANADA

[gate plaques]
ERECTED
BY BRANCH 257
CANADIAN
LEGION
1946

COLONEL
JOHN MCCRAE
MEMORIAL GARDEN

[cast bronze book]
IN FLANDERS
FIELDS

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hands, we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields

John McCrae

LEST WE FORGET

[curved limestone wall]
ERECTED
TO
THE MEMORY
OF
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
JOHN MCCRAE
PHYSICIAN, AUTHOR, SOLDIER
BORN GUELPH, ONTARIO
30TH NOV. 1872
DIED
ON ACTIVE SERVICE
28TH JAN. 1918
BURIED IN
WIMEREAUX CEMETERY
FRANCE

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Colonel John McCrae Memorial Gardens gates
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Colonel John McCrae Memorial Gardens
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McCrae House
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National Historic Person Plaque
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McCrae House plaque
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Africa
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Ontario
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The limestone cottage located within The Colonel John McCrae Birthplace & Memorial Gardens was the birthplace of John McCrae, author of In Flanders Fields, the famous poem written in May 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres. McCrae House was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1966 for its significance to the history of architecture; and because it is the birthplace of John McCrae.

In the early 1940s, W.T. Bedford gave the Canadian Legion Branch 257 this lot on Water Street located immediately adjacent to the home where the late Colonel John McCrae was born. After much discussion as to what purpose the lot should be used for, it was decided on the memorial garden  to Colonel John McCrae. This was a large undertaking for a small group of Veterans, but it was successfully completed, paid for, and was officially dedicated on 5 August 1946.

Stone fencing surrounds the garden. The monument is elevated and bordered by several steps. A cast bronze book lays open, on which “In Flanders Fields” is inscribed in full. The book sits atop a section of limestone engraved with the phrase “Lest we forget.” A curved wall of limestone surrounds the book and a bronze torch sits in an alcove in the center of the wall. The architect for the memorial was A.C. Burnett Nicol of Toronto; the contractors for the stone work were from Sharp Brothers Cut Stone Co. of Hamilton; and the contractor for the building work was William Parker of Guelph. The property is now owned by the City of Guelph.

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae was born in Guelph, Ontario in 1872, he served with an artillery battery in the South African War and had a successful civilian medical career. When the First World War broke out in 1914, the patriotic 41-year-old enlisted again and would be appointed as a medical officer with the First Brigade of the Canadian Field Artillery.

During the Second Battle of Ypres in the spring of 1915, McCrae was tending to the wounded in a part of Belgium traditionally called Flanders. On May 2, a close friend was killed in action and this painful loss inspired McCrae to write In Flanders Fields the next day. It would be published in Britain’s Punch magazine and quickly became one of the best-known poems of the war, helping make the poppy an international symbol of remembrance. Sadly, Lieutenant-Colonel McCrae would not survive the conflict, dying of illness in January 1918.

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Guelph
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Canada
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Memorial CF Legacy ID
4428
City/Municipality
Guelph
Memorial Number
35026-004
Type
Other
Address
57 Watson Parkway South
Location
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 234
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.5611541, 0
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards
Inscription

IN MEMORY OF 1701 MEN OF THE CANADIAN
BANK OF COMMERCE WHO SERVED IN
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

*GNR B.S. ANDERSON
PTE A.H. BUCKLAND
SGT C.M. CHRISTIE
CAPT M. DUNSFORD
CPL M.L. FITZGERALD
SGT N.S. GOWDY
LT H.G. HAZELTON
LT S. MACLOUGHLIN

GUELPH
BRANCH

War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Ontario
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The Guelph Branch Canadian Bank of Commerce Great War Plaque was found by someone landscaping in a greater Toronto area backyard. Clarence Layne, executive director of client relations with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) didn’t ask where the plaque was found or who found it. As Vice-President East of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Association and with 20 years of service with the Canadian Forces Reserve, he knew the plaque’s significance. It was returned to Guelph's downtown CIBC branch at a rededication ceremony on November 5, 2016.

In addition to the monument at its head office in Toronto, the Canadian Bank of Commerce honoured employees from each branch who served in the First World War. This plaque was commissioned shortly after the war and dedicated to the bank's 1,701 employees who served in the war, 321 laid down their lives. The names of eight employees of the Guelph Canadian Bank of Commerce who served in the war are listed on the plaque.

The plaque features the caduceus logo of the bank - two snakes winding around a winged staff at the upper left, and two poppies intertwined with a symbolic olive branch at the lower right. The Canadian Bank of Commerce went to great lengths to commemorate its staff that served in the war including a two-volume book of staff profiles and accounts of their war experiences.

City
Guelph
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
11631
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