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The Korean War Gapyeong Battle Monument was unveiled on 27 July 2021. The large granite monument donated by Gapyeong County Mayor Sungki Kim was shipped from Korea. It is one of 30 memorials that have been donated to communities of Korean Veterans around the world.

On 1 November 1918, John H. Spence, chairman of the Patriotic Association, announced that the association would act jointly with the Great War Veterans Association in having interment of the bodies of all soldiers who had passed away recently and who were now in individual plots in Mount Hope Cemetery, made into one plot, and when the war was over to have a shaft erected over these graves with the names of all the deceased inscribed.

It was a decade before these plans came to fruition. Those behind the project proved themselves up to the task, resorting to card parties to raise money.             

On 23 September 1928 the Soldiers’ Plot was ready. The unveiling of the memorial to make the last resting places of returned soldiers was attended by thousands. From the community of Brantford and Brant County 5,571 – including 37 nurses – donned the uniform; of these 608 officers and men gave their lives during the First World War; 58 were reported missing, hundreds were wounded and 143 won decorations or were mentioned in dispatches. 

The initiative of the memorial is due to members of the Eagle Place Kith and Kin. Its lasting combination of materials, Scottish and Canadian granite, is symbolic of Empire unity. The sheathed sword on each of the four sides is the emblem of everlasting peace for those whose resting place it marked. The sides are identical, facing the four corners of the earth, each side bearing the inscriptions: “Their Name Liveth Forevermore,” and the motto of the Kith and Kin “Lest We Forget.” 

No names were engraved upon the stone, significant that those for whom it was erected went not to war to make great names for themselves, but with the spirit of service and sacrifice. The Soldiers’ Plot became a beloved feature of the cemetery and was expanded on more than one occasion. The plot included some 46 Veterans of campaigns from Egypt, India, Sudan, South Africa, and various theatres of hostilities in the last war. There are also about six women and children who died of influenza during the epidemic of 1917-1918, while their husbands and fathers were overseas.   

Markings on this German howitzer's breechblock indicate that it was manufactured in 1913 by Friedrich Krupp AG, a large family-run German business that began making cannons in the 1840s. The 116th Battalion, including seconded Brantford and Brant County men, captured the 5.9 German Howitzer, No. 373, carriage No. 95, from Demuin, France, at the beginning of the Battle of Amiens and gifted it to the City of Brantford on 9 August 1918. The howitzer was chosen by A.W. Pratt, acting Officer Commanding the 116th Battalion, specifically for Brantford because of the gallant work of the men from the city during the operations at Amiens.

The City of Brantford also received a 7.7 cm Field Gun which was captured by the 18th Battalion and given by the Canadian Government for Brantford's part in the Great War. In 1980, both pieces were sent for restoration work and returned to the park. Later, the 7.7 Field Gun was put on display at the Canadian Military Heritage Museum. The German Howitzer was restored again in 2019 and 2022. After its return in 2019, it was dedicated on 28 September 2019.

This handmade wooden plaque honours the two members of Paris Baptist Church who died in the Second World War. It was presented to the church by a unknown member.

This Honor Roll is in memory of Paris Baptist Church members who served in the First World War. It was presented to the church by an unknown church member.

Paris Baptist Church has two Honour Rolls for their members that served in the Second World War.

This style of an Honour Roll was designed by A.J. Casson when he worked at Sampson-Matthews, a prominent midtown Toronto lithography and commercial art company.

This plaque was presented by the church membership in memory of their members who gave their lives in the First World War.

This plaque was presented by the church membership in memory of their members who gave their lives in the Second World War.

Paris Presbyterian Church has two Honor Rolls for their members who served in the First World War. They were donated by an unknown member.

Paris Presbyterian Church has two Rolls of Honour for their members who served in the Second World War.