T. Eaton Company Memorial Plaques
Municipality/Province: Ottawa, ON
Memorial number: 35059-038
Type: Plaques (Bronze)
Address: 1 Vimy Place
Location: Canadian War Museum, LeBreton Gallery
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.4165401 Long: -75.71698
Submitted by: André Levesque; Helen Holt - Collections Manager, Arts & Memorials/Gestionnaire de collections, Art et artéfacts commémoratifs; Marika Pirie
These plaques, once displayed at Eaton’s Toronto Stores, commemorate the company’s 578 employees killed while serving during the First and Second World Wars. A 1919 Eaton's publication noted that 3,327 Eaton's staff enlisted in the First World War. Copies of the plaques were also displayed at the company’s stores in Winnipeg (unveiled by Lady Eaton on November 26, 1923 in a ceremony including several distinguished guests) and Montreal.
The T. Eaton Company supported both war efforts by participating heavily in fundraising drives and, after each conflict, returning all profits made on government contracts. For its employees serving in uniform, Eaton’s also provided generous financial support and welfare assistance. Members of the Eaton family donated these plaques to the Canadian War Museum. Memorial Plaque, The T. Eaton Co. Limited, 1914-1918, CWM 20040049-002.
Inscription found on memorial
[left plaque/plaque de gauche]
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVERMORE
IN LASTING REMEMBRANCE OF THE THREE HUNDRED AND
AND FIFTEEN MEN WHO WITH MANY OF THEIR ASSOCIATES OF
THE T EATON COMPANY BRAVELY FACED PERIL AND HARDSHIP
IN THE GREAT WAR AND WHO FINALLY LAID DOWN THEIR
LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY, JUSTICE AND HUMANITY
1914 - 1918
IVOR R. LEWIS, E. WATSON ScS, J.G. TICKELL & SONS, BRONZE FOUNDERS, TORONTO ONT
C. ABBEY; F.G.A. ADAMS; H.R.G. AGASSIZ; J.R. AIKINS; F.W. ALLEN; A.T. ALLPORT; H.A.J. ANNELL; H.E. ARMER; W. ASHFORD; A. ALLEY; G. AVERY; H.W. ARBEY; D. BAIN; J.E. BAINE; A.J. BARNES; R. BELL; E.H. BENNETT; P.S. BISHOP; T.H. BISSETT; F. BLACK; J. BLACK; T. BLACK M.M.; F. BLACKLOCK; S. BLAHA; T. BOWTON; A.C. BRAGG; W. BRANDON; W.H. BRENNAN; A. BROOKS; G. BROWN; R. BROWN; J. BRYSON; P. BULLOCK; W. BRUSSELL; C. CALDWELL; L.S. CALDWELL; C.C. CAMERON; R. CAMERON; C.G. CAMPBELL; E. CAMPBELL; WM CANTWELL; F.N. CARTER; S.C. CHAMBERS; L. CHARNOCK; F. CHAVANCE; G. CHRISTY; G.B. CLARK; P.T. CLARK; F.W. CLARKE; W.G. CLOGG; G.H. COGHLAN; R.L. COLLINS; E. COOK; H. COOK; R.M. COOK; J. COOKE; J. COOKE; M. COMBES; J. COONEY; C.E. COOPER, M.C.; J.H. COPELAND; J. CRAWFORD; T.E. CROZIER; J.H. CUMMING; J. CURRIE; R.J. CURRY; T. DANIEL; E.R.M. DAVIS, M.C.; F. DAVIS; T. DAVIS; J.H. DEEVES; J.B.A. DESALEUX; R. DIMOND; R.J. DINNEN; J.W. DIXON; C.S. DOUGLAS; W. DOWDELL; E.C. DOWSETT; J. DOYLE; R. DOYLE; J.S. DUNLOP; W. DUNCAN; G. EASTMAN, D.C.M.; T.A. EATON; A.G. EDGSON; F.H. ELDERS; R. ELLIOTT; R. ELSEY; C.D. EYLES;; W.F. FARAGHER; W. FENTON; J. FERSON; G. FISHER; F.G. FLOWERS; F.J. FORSTER; G. FORSEY; D. FREEMAN; H.B. FREEMAN; W.J. FRITH; J. FRIZELLE; M. FULTON; C.M. GILBERT; W. GILCHRIST; W.R. GILMORE; A. GLOVER; D. GORDON; J.B. GOULD; R.L. GRACIE; W.T. GRAHAM; C. GRAND; J. GRANT; G. GREER; C.F.J. GREEN; F. GREGORY; H.M. GROVES; J.T. GUEST; F.H.N. GUNN; G.L.D. HALL; G. HALLIDAY; J.J. HAMILTON; J. HAMILTON; J.S. HAMILTON; N. HANKS; D.G. HARROLD; G.E. HARVEY; J. HASSARD; C. HAZELDINE; A.Z.D. HENDERSON; C.F. HICKMAN; G. HILL; J.W. HILDRED; D.A. HILLAND; G. HOBSON; W.R. HODGE; J. HOILE; E.A. HOWARD; S.T. HOWARD; H.J. HOWES; J.H. HUGHES; R. HUMPHRIES; R.E. HUTT; H. ILES; R. IRWIN; R.G. JAMES; N. JARVIS; M. JACQUIN; WJ JEFFERSON; R.W. JEPSON; E. JOHNS; W.A. JOHNSON; J.H. JOHNSTON;W.S. JOHNSTON; J.H. JONES; V.R. JONES; H.L. KAYE; H.A. KELLER; J. KENNEDY; A. KINCAID; A. KINGAN; C.T. KNIGHT; E.W. LACKEY; J. LAINSBURY; A.W. LAKE; W. LAW; J. LAWRENCE; R.G. LAWSON; J. LEITCH; W. LEWIS; W. LEWIS; S.H. LONGMOOR; R.D. LOOMIS; G.C. LOUGHEED; J. LOVE; D. LUMSDEN; A.S. MacCARTHY; D. MacLEOD; A.F. MacGORMAN; F. MADDEN; W.H. MADEN; L. MANNING; G.B. MANSON; R. MARTIN; G.R.T. MAYNE, M.C.; C. MERRIN; R. MIDDLEMISS; P.H. MILLER; L. MINDENHALL; C.F. MITCHELL; J.A. MONGOMERY; A.J. MOORE; G. MOON; F.J. MORGAN; W. MORGAN; A.J. MORROW; W.H. MOSES; G.A. MOTE, D.C.M.; R.W. MOUNTAIN; S.E. MOWLL; W. MUIR; G.B. MUNN; H.M. MURRAY; C. MYERS, M.M.; R.J. McCARTEN; H. McCARTNEY; H. McCLURE; W. McCRACKEN; J. McCRAW ; E.E. McDONALD; J. McEWAN; J. McGIMPSEY; J.W. McILREE; D.B. McKELLAR; C.R. McKENDRICK; G. McKINNELL; L. McKINSTRY; J. McMANUS; J. McMURRAY; B, McMURTRY; H. McQUEEN; H. OFFENBURGER; W.G. OSBORN; F.O. PARK; J.H. PARKS; G.Q. PARKER; J. PENTON; F.D. POLLARD; K. POUND; T. PUTT; G. QUAYLE; G.A. RATCLIFFE; G. RATCLIFFE; G.G. RAYMER; F.G. READ; C.E. RIDER; J. ROBB; R.J. ROBB; J. ROBERTSON; R. ROBINSON; P. ROSE; J. ROWLAND; W.Y. RYAN; C. SCAIFE; F.N. SCOTT; D.J. SCOTT; G. SEDGWICK; W. SEED; C. SHAW; R. SIBERRY; P.S. SIM; A. SIMPSON; A. SKINNER; A.C. SLACK; W.H. SLATTER; A. SMITH; H. SMITH; R. SMITH; S. SMITH; W.A. SMITH; C. SMOLLET; E.R. SMYTH; C. SPEIRS; R. SPROULE; P. SPRUNT; G.J. STANLEY; V. STEPHEN; J.B. STEPHENSON; H.L. STEWART; G.K. STEWART; L. STEWART; W.S. STEWART; G.E. TAYLOR; F.E. TEW; L.B. TEDESCHI; A. THORN; V. TITE; C. TRICKETT; E. TUGMAN; G.E. TYLER; J.W. TYLER; W.F. UPTON; C. VANCE; J.T. WALKER; E. WEIR; W. WELLARD; W.H. WELLS; C. WHITAKER; R.H. WHITE; C. WHITTAKER; H. WILSON; J. WILSON; R. WILSON; W. WILSON; C. WILLIAMS; E. WOOD; J. WOODS; T. WORRALL; H.D. WORSELL; G. WRIGHT; M. WRIGHT; J. YEATES; A. YULE; G.E. YULE
[right plaque/plaque de droite]
THEY WERE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE MEMBERS OF THE EATON STAFF WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR II, HAVING GONE FORTH VALIANTLY TO FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF FREEDOM. THEIR NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED THAT ALL MAY READ WHO PASS THEIR WAY
1939-1945
T.R.C. ADAMS; A.C. AITKENS; R.G. ALEXANDER; D.G. ALLEN; G.K. ARMSTRONG; G.W. ARSENAULT; W.R. ASHOWN; F. J. ASHFORD; R.J. AYLES; H.G. BAGGS; F. BAILIE; A.J.G. BARNES; J.R. BENNETT; H.P. BEASLEY; F.A. BELL; H.F.S. BEST; H.D. BLAIR; C.R.S. BLENKHORN; S.I. BOND; W.H. BOWLER; G.R. BOXALL; H.B.E. BROWN; B.F. BUCKLAND; L.G.E. BURNETT; J.W. BURNS; G.H. CABUSH; D. CAMPBELL; J.J. CAMPBELL; W.D. CAMBELL; J.P. CANNON; A. CARLSON; T.S. CARNEGIE; F.B. CARPENTER; J.A. CARTER; W.S. CASELEY; G.A. CHALMERS; L.G. CHASTON; M.H.R. CHISAMORE; H.B. CLARK; L.W. CLARK; R.J. COCKBURN; A. CODE; J.E. COLEMAN; K.J. COLES; J.W. COLLISTER; G.M. COMMODORE; B. COMOLLI; M.J. COOKE; J. CORNWALL; P.L. COTÉ; K. CRAWFORD; R.N. CRESWELL; R.K. CROW; J.W. CROWLEY; H.J. DAVIDSON; J.A. DAVIS; M.W. DAVIS; A.F. DAWSON; H.T. DAWSON; W.R. DAWSON; V.J. DIFALCO; R.A. DIXON; V.F. DODDS; D.T. DORWARD; L.E. DUBOIS; E.G. DUGGAN; A.H. DUNCAN; A.R. DUNLEA; E.R. EATON; R.G. EATON; L.B. EDEN; W.J. EDWARDS; W.J. ELDER; L.G. ELLIOTT; E.R. FAIRLEY; S.S. FINLAYSON; J.M. FINNIE; F.L. FLYNN; E.W. FOLLIOTT; T.E. FOSTER; G.E. FREEMAN; W.S. FRENCH; G.M. GALE; J.E. GARRIGAN; E.W. GAUTHIER; N.L. GLYNN; R.S. GODDARD; T.W.S. GODDARD; W.A. GORING; A. GRANT; H.W. GRANT; W.R. GROFF; W.A. GUNN; J.H. GUNYON; F.E. HALLIDAY; A. HALLIWELL; G.A. HANSON; O.D. HARRISON; J.F. HAWKE; E.D. HAWKINS; H.M. HEMENWAY; W.R. HEWETSON; R.J. HILLSDON; R.W. HISSON; J.A. HOLLINGSWORTH; W.A. HUGHES; J.T. HUNTER; R. HURLEY; W. HYLANDS; R.C. IRVINE; J.H. IRWIN; T.A. JACKMAN; S. JAPP; M. JOBIN; R.L. JOHNSON; W.R. JOHNSTON; M.L. JONES; J.G. KAVANAGH; J.M. KELLY; J.R. KELSO; D.L. KENNEDY; C.G. KERNAGHAN; G.L. KING; D.A.W. KIRKPATRICK; K.N. LAING; Y. LAMARRE; W. LARMOUTH; J. LAWSON; D.B. LEACH; A.W. LEFEVRE; J.B. LEITCH; OLIVE LEPAPE; S.G. LIVINGSTONE; A.F. LOW; T.F.C. LUCAS; D.P. MABIE; T.J. MacARTHUR; A.H. MacDOUGALL; A.C. MACGILLIVRAY; A.E. MACGREGOR; D. McNEILL; D.J. MACPHERSON; D.R. MacPHERSON; I.M. MacWILLIAM; H.W. MAIN; J. MARTIN; S.W. MATTHEWS; P.R. MAVAUT, D.F.C.; J.H. McCAPPIN; B.W. McCLENNAN; A. McCLINTOCK; J. McGEE; W.C. McGUFFIN, D.F.C. CROIX DE GUERRE; S.K. McGUIGAN, H.P. McKEE; L.G. McKINNON; R.W. McLAREN; H.S. McRAE; J.F. MIREAULT; J.M. MITCHELL; H.F. MOGEY; A. MORE; A.M. MORGAN; A.J. MORRISON; J.E. MOSHER; D.R. MULHOLLAND; W.F. MUNN; W.A. MUNROE; T. NAGLE; L. NASSAR; D.F. NEWCOMBE; N.F. NOTLEY; R.E. NUTTER; H.F. OAKENFOLD; J.P. O’REILLY; R. PAQUET; J.A. PARKER; W.A. PARKER; T.A. PARTRIDGE; J.D. PATEY; J. PATON; J.W.L. PATTERRSON; W.S. PEARCE; LESLEY LOUISE PERKIN; F.A. PFEFFER; D.H. PIPE-WOLFERSTAN; H.D. POPE; L.W.C. PORTER; R.F.C. PORTER; N.R. PRESTON; A.J. RAMMAGE; E.A. RECCHIA; W.K. REDMAN; W.W. REEVE; J.A. RINDER; J.A. RINGER; G.E. ROBERTSON; H.W. ROBERTSON; F.D. RODERY; W.S. ROSS; J.C. SAILS; H.H. SEALY; W.C. SELBY; W.J. SEWELL; J.K. SHALLHORN; H.M. SHERMAN; R.G.E. SILVER; F.J. SIMPSON; G.D. SKERRETT; E.M. SKINNER; R.G. SMITH; S.M. SMITH; J.S. SOBIN; G.H SPEIRS; J.E. SPRAGETT; A. STANDLEY; P.F. STEEVES; A.A. STEPHEN; J.J. STEPHEN; M.L. STEPHEN; J.W. STEPHENS; F. STRATFORD; R.B. STUART; A.R. SWAIN; W. TAIT; W.R. TAIT; W.E.G. TAYLOR; R.F. THORESEN; G.W. TOMPKINS; G.R. TRIMBLE; L.C. TRITES; W.O. TURK; R.C.S. UPTON; G.J. VALLIERES; F. VAN DROOHENBROECK; J.L. VAUGHAN; G. VELICHKO; E.R. VICKERS; W.D. WALL; D. WATSON; L.R. WHEATCROFT; J.W. WHITE; J. WHITLAW; P.J. WILLIAMS; C.J. WILLIS; J. WILLOUGHBY; G.T. WILSON; J.H. WILSON; J.I. WILSON; T.A. WINDSOR; J.H. WINTERS; R. WOOD; C.A. WRIGHT; H.C. WRIGHT; G.B. WYND; H.K. YOUNG; J.T. YOUNG
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