Vimy Ridge Memorial Wall

The Vimy Ridge Memorial Wall was dedicated in November, 2000.  It has individual plaques for each soldier from this district who was lost in the battle. A smaller wall gives a brief history of the battle and acknowledges the generous sponsors of Project Flanders.

The plaques that were used to assign a particular tree to a specific fallen soldier on Memorial Drive were taken out of storage and placed on Vimy Ridge Memorial Wall.

The North Bay Cenotaph and North Bay Memorial Wall are also located here.

VIMY RIDGE MEMORIAL WALL

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[center plaque/plaque centrale]
THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES THOSE IN THE SERVICE
OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY WHO
AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT
WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDSHIP, FACED DANGER
AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF SIGHT OF MEN BY THE
PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR
OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE IN FREEDOM.
LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT
THAT THEIR NAMES NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

YPRES     FESTUBERT     THE SOMME     VIMY     HILL 70
PASSCHENDAELE     AMIENS     CAMBRAI     DROCOURT-QUEANT     MONS

[left plaque/plaque de gauche]

Ontario Northland Railway:
(Ontario crest)
IN MEMORY OF THOSE IN THE SERVICE OF
THE ONTARIO NORTHLAND WHO, IN THE
CALL OF SOVEREIGN AND COUNTRY, GAVE
THEIR LIVES, IN THE FIRST AND SECOND
WORLD WARS; FIGHTING UNSELFISHLY FOR
THE FREEDOM THAT THEY CHERISHED THEN
AND THAT WHICH WE CHERISH TODAY.

THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, THE
RICHES OF OUR CANADIAN WAY OF
LIFE ARE A REFLECTION OF WHAT
THEY STRIVED TO PRESERVE.

1914-1918          1939-1945

[right plaque/plaque de droit]

HONOUR ROLL
1939     1945
N.B.C.I. & V.S.

IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE
OF THE STUDENTS WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

A.G. APOSTLE
G.M. BARLOW
J.J BARLOW
D.C. BEATTIE
E.W. BEATTIE
L.K. BEATTIE
W.B. BLAKELY
A.L. BONANY
S.O. BROWN
SYD. BROWN
Z. BROWN
G.F. CALEY
H.D. CARROLL
J.H. CHANDLER
P.V. CHARETTE
R.A. CHARLAND
R.C. CHARLTON
J.H. CHARRON
W.H. CLARK
A.E. CLARK
G.H. COCKBURN
A.J. COTE
W.E. CUMMINGS
F.C. DAYTON
W.D. DEVINE
G.H. DUDLEY
F.A. DUQUETTE
A.A. FISCHER
T.E. FRAIR
G.L. GAMMELL
J.A. GLENN
J.J. GODIN

R.D. GRANT
D.O. GUERTIN

R.B. HALLIDAY
G.J. HOGAN
H.W. IRVINE
J.A. JACKSON
F.A. JEFFERY
D. JENNINGS
C.S. JOHNSTON
L.H. JONES
G.D. KEHOE
M.J. KELLY
A.J. KENNEY
J.J. KERVIN
G.L. KIRK
W.J. LAFONTAINE
W.K. LOCKE
W.J. LOUDEN
G.T. MAHER
J.T. MANGAN
L.B. McCOOL
T.R. McDOUGALL
L.J. McKENNA
D.W. McKENZIE
R.N. McLEAN
D.O. McMAHON
H.J. McMANUS
C.A. McROBERTS
G.J. MERCHANT
M.A. MILLS
D.B. MILNE
S.J. MOULDER
W.T. MOYER
R.K. NICKLE
T.M. OTTO
E.J. PEVERLEY
D. PIGEAU
J.H. PREECE
T.J. PREECE
J.A. QUINLAN
W.C. REYNOLDS
J. RICHARDSON
H.J. SHAW
E.W. SMITH
C.R. STEWART
F.A. TANDY
K.L. THOMPSON
L.W. WEBSTER
C.M. WEEGAR
C.M. WHITE
L.L. WHITMAN
B.E. WILLOUGHBY
H.J. WILSON
W.R. MOSLEY-
WILLIAMS

ERECTED BY THE STAFF AND STUDENTS

[Honour Roll plaques/plaques du Tableau d’honneur]

E.C. SHEPHERD
JAMES FORDER
107TH DN BOYS
A.C. SOUTAR
LOUIS THERIENS
THOMAS SMITH
ROBT. J. ASHTON
JAMES HUME
ARTHUR I. TANDY
P.L. WALKER
CAMPBELL KING
JOHN G. ANGUS
JOSEPH BARTHOLOMEW
MALCOLM A. MacDONALD
H. LONGMIRE
IRWIN WALLACE
HARRY F. MIDDLETON
ARTHUR SEGUIN
MARTIN BRENNAN
LLOYD BOAL
M.J. MATHESON
J.M. FRASER
Wm. ROBERT BOUCHER
WILFRED COOKE
THOMAS BRENNAN
ROBERT T. WALLACE
REGINALD DELANEY
RODERICK McDONNELL
EDGAR MARTIN

HOMER G. VARIN
GEORGE S. PUNCHER
DAN McNULTY
MELVILLE McLEOD
ALBERT HILL
LAURENT DUPUIS
ARTHUR D. DEACON
CLIFTON J. BLANCHETT
JOHNSON Y. MATCHETT
DONALD ROSS
FRANK RIGBY
F.W. GILLARD
DUNCAN A. McLEOD
J.G. PARK
ARTHUR DOXSEE
REGINALD ADSHEAD
FRED CHIDLEY
A.A. MEECHAM
VIRGIL R. PHELPS
FRANK STREETER
ALBERT WRIGHT
A.S. TAYLOR TILLEY
Wm. STUART
LEO. ANTHONY GROZZELLE
DELBERT STREETER
WILLIAM STEPHEN
ROY MENLEY
LEONARD G. KIDD
HERBERT C.J. OSBORNE
OSCAR McDONALD
TO THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Wm. J. NEW
BERT C. HOLBROOK

[smaller wall/mur plus petit]

(front/devant)
THE BATTLE OF VIMY RIDGE
APRIL 9, 1917

ALWAYS SEEKING THE ELUSIVE BREAKTHROUGH, THE ALLIES PLANNED A MASSIVE OFFENSIVE IN EARLY 1917.  THE CANADIAN CORPS WITH ALL FOUR OF ITS DIVISIONS WOULD DELIVER AN ATTACK AGAINST VIMY RIDGE.  THE RIDGE WAS THE KEY TO THE HINDENBURG LINE IN THE GERMAN DEFENCE SYSTEM.  THE VICTORY AT VIMY RIDGE CAME SWIFTLY.  IT DID NOT COME WITHOUT COST.  3,598 DEAD AND 10,602 CASUALTIES.  THIS VICTORY WAS THE PROFOUND TURNING POINT FOR THE ALLIES, AS A YEAR AND A HALF LATER THE WAR WAS OVER.

TOUJOURS À LA RECHERCHE DE LA PERCÉE INSAISISSABLE, LES ALLIÉS ONT PLANIFIÉ UNE IMMENSE OFFENSIVE. TÔT EN 1917 LE CORPS CANADIEN AVEC SES QUATRE DIVISIONS A LANCÉ UNE ATTAQUE CONTRE LA CRÊTE DE VIMY. LA CRÊTE QUI ETAIT LA CLÉ DE LA LIGNE HINDENBURG
DU SYSTÈME DE DÉFENSE ALLEMAND. MÊME SI LA VICTOIRE À VIMY A ÉTÉ RAPIDE, ELLE A ÉTÉ COÛTEUSE AVEC 10 602 BLESSÉS DONT 3 598 MORTS. CETTE VICTOIRE A ÉTÉ UN IMPORTANT POINT CULMINANT POUR LES ALLIÉS, CAR UNE ANNÉE ET EMIE PLUS TARD, LA GUERRE A PRIT FIN

- WE THANK OUR CONTRIBUTORS -
VETERANS AFFAIRS CANADA  NB PARKS & REC MACKAY HOMES NECO
BRANCH 23 RCL  406 WING R.C.A.F.  422 WING A.F.A.C.  VIC FEDELL BARBARA BAIN

PROJECT FLANDERS - ROBERT STUDHOLME - CHAIR GORD ROBINSON - PR

(back/arrière)

PROJECT FLANDERS GRATEFULLY THANKS THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED
$2000.00 PLUS TO THE NEW NORTH BAY AREA MEMORIAL WALL

PLATINUM
CITY OF NORTH BAY
THE CANADA MILLENNIUM CORPORATION
NORTHERN ONTARIO HERITAGE FUND CORPORATION
406 SQUADRON R.C.A.F. ALLIANCE
DEPARTMENT OF CANADIAN HERITAGE
ONTARIO TRILLIUM FOUNDATION
CFB NORTH BAY 22 WING
GOLD
ANONYMOUS
EAST FERRIS TOWNSHIP
LAFARGE READY MIXED CONCRETE

HARRIMAN AND ASSOCIATES
NORTHGATE SPRINGBANK
ROTARY CLUB OF NORTH BAY
TED THOMAS FINANCIAL CONCEPT
TEMBEC TEMISKAMING
WINGATE LOTTERY
SILVER
TRANSCANADA PIPELINES
SOUTH HIMSWORTH TOWNSHIP
NORTH HIMSWORTH TOWNSHIP
POWASSAN TOWN OF
MATTAWA TOWN OF
PAPINEAU CAMERON TOWNSHIP

ABRAHAM CONNIE
ALGONGUIN REGIMENT VETERANS ASSOCIATION
BOART LONGYEAR
ELKS CLUB
HOPPER PONTIAC BUICK GMC
ONTARIO NORTHLAND
ROYAL BANK
ROYAL PURPLE
SCOTIA BANK
TD CANADA TRUST
WALMART BANK OF

A SPECIAL THANKS TO THOSE NOT LISTED ABOVE WHO DONATED WITHIN THEIR MEANS TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE NORTH BAY AREA MEMORIAL WALL GOD BLESS YOU ALL
DEDICATED NOVEMBER 12, 2000