Scarborough Memorial
Municipality/Province: Toronto (Scarborough), ON
Memorial number: 35077-001
Type: Cross
Address: 2190 Kingston Road
GPS coordinates: Lat: 43.7027319 Long: -79.2539157
Submitted by: Earl H. Barr
Photo credit: Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
This memorial to the local war dead and veterans of the First World War was originally unveiled on 30 August 1931 through the efforts of the local community. Plaques for the remembrance of the Second World War and the Korean War were added later.
Inscription found on memorial
[front/devant]
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LASTING MEMORY OF
THOSE OF SCARBOROUGH
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
FOR THE SACRED CAUSE OF
THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 + 1918
"THEY CLIMBED THE STEEP ASCENT TO HEAVEN
THROUGH PERIL TOIL AND PAIN."
THEY SHALL RECEIVE A CROWN OF GLORY
PEACEKEEPING
[right side/côté droit]
SCARBOROUGH WAR
MEMORIAL
THIS CROSS COMMEMORATES
THE SACRIFICE OF THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 -- 1918
THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED
IN THE TEMPLE OF VALOUR
"THEIR CONFLICT PAST"
AND TO THE EARTH BE PEACE
KOREA
1950 - 1953
[back/arrière]
SCARBOROUGH MEMORIAL
ERECTED BY FRIENDS
TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD
UNVEILED BY
ADMIRAL-OF-THE-FLEET
EARL JELLICOE G.C.B. O.M. G.C.V.O.
ASSISTED BY
HON. GEORGE S. HENRY B.A. L.L.D.
PRIME MINISTER OF ONTARIO
DEDICATED BY
HON. REV. CANON H.J. CODY M.A. D.D. L.L.D.
AUGUST 30TH 1931
"THEIR NAME LIVETH"
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
THE CITIZENS OF
SCARBOROUGH TOWNSHIP
WHO DEFENDED THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
IN THE WAR OF
1939 - 1945
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
HAVE CONQUERED THE LAST ENEMY
AND ARE CROWNED WITH GLORY,
HONOUR, AND ETERNAL LIFE.
UNVEILED BY GROUP CAPT. C.L. ANNIS O.B.E.
OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
JUNE 6, 1948
[left side/côté gauche]
SCARBOROUGH
CANADA
FROM SCARBOROUGH ENGLAND
IN PROUD MEMORY
TO SCARBOROUGH CANADA
THEIR NAMES ARE HALLOWED
IN THE LAND
THEY LOVED
AND THE GLORIOUS MAJESTY OF THE LORD OUR GOD
BE UPON US
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
MRS. GERTRUDE VanKOUGHNET
A DEVOTED SERVANT OF THE
VETERANS OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
AND TO WHOSE UNTIRING ENTHUSIASM
THIS MEMORIAL WAS LARGELY DUE
THIS TABLET ERECTED MAY 5, 1940
BY THE VETERANS OF SCARBOROUGH
Street view
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