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1918

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
THE SOLDIERS OF KITLEY
WHO FOUGHT AND DIED
FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN
THE GREAT WAR
1814 - 1918

PTE. JAMES LAWSON JUNE 14, 1916
PTE. A. ELLERYTALLMAN APR. 9, 1917
PTE. WILLIAM A. LETFORD MAY 1, 1917
PTE. FRANCIS X. MORRISSEY AUG 21, 1917
PTE. EDWIN BOOTH SEPT 20, 1917
PTE. EDWARD H. BELLAMY MAR. 21, 1918
GNR. RUSSELL RICE JUNE 3, 1918
PTE. JOHN W. RATHWELL AUG 21, 1918
PTE. DENNIS DONOVAN NOV 9, 1918

LEST WE FORGET

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1914

LEST WE FORGET

IN MEMORY OF
THE SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN
OF KITLEY
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
FOR OUR FREEDOM DURING

WORLD WAR II
1939-1945

LAC CHARLES WRIGHT JULY 16, 1942
PTE. HAROLD E. BAKER JUNE 19, 1944
LIEUT. RODGER CAULEY FEB. 8, 1945
F/0 LOUIS J. KELLEY JUNE 6, 1945

"THEY DIED FOR US"

In recognition of the support provided by
The Municipality of
North Grenville,
Ontario

to the men and women serving in Afghanistan,
and to their families, this scroll certifies
that the flag of The Municipality of North Grenville,
Ontario, provided to

WO Jason Ritchie CD
&
PO2 Davie Cox CD

Members of the Canadian Forces
serving with Task Force Kandahar and the Kandahar
Provincial Reconstruction Team, was flown during
Rotation 9 at Camp Nathan Smith, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Brigadier General Jonathan Vance
Commander Joint Task Force Afghanistan

TASK FORCE KANDAHAR

North Grenville

PO2 David Cox (left) and WO Jason Ritchie (right) are pictured here with the North Grenville flag at the entrance of Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

The flag was returned to the Municipality of North Grenville on February 14, 2011. The flag is displayed in the entrance to the Municipal Centre and represents the Municipality's support of the men and women who served in Afghanistan.

FOR KING AND COUNTRY
MEMBERS OF
Presbyterian Church, East Oxford, Ontario
WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
WITH
CANADA'S FIGHTING FORCES

STANLEY W. McDONALD
CARMEN NEWANS
ELMER POLL
SIDNEY SMITH
JOHN SHEARER

EDWARD EARLE
HARVEY McFADDEN

THE PRESCOTT BARRACKS AND HOSPITAL

The front portion of this structure, on of the earliest
surviving military buildings in Ontario, was constructed as a
residence about 1810 by Colonel Edward Jessup, the founder
of Prescott. Following the outbreak of the War of 1812, the
stone house was appropriated for use as a barracks by local
militia and later, British regulars. It was soon enclosed
within a stockade with other buildings, including a log
schoolhouse also converted for barracks. Although a fort was
completed nearby in 1814, the Jessup building continued to
form part of the strategically located Prescott garrison.
Between 1815 and 1817 it served as a combined hospital and
barracks store, and in 1823 the British forces purchased the
house from the Jessup family.

ERECTED BY THE ONTARIO HERITAGE FOUNDATION
MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND RECREATION

COLONEL EDWARD JESSUP
1735-1816

Born in Stamford, Connecticut, he forfeited 500,000 acres
near Albany, New York, by taking up arms for the King
on the outbreak of the American Revolution. He raised
the Loyal (Jessup’s) Rangers and served under
Burgoyne. This corps was disbanded at the end of the
war, its members settling in the present Leeds and
Grenville Counties, and on the Bay of Quinte. In
return for his services, Jessup received extensive
lands from the Crown. In 1810 a townsite was
surveyed on this grant which he named after Robert Prescott,
Governor-in-Chief of Canada, 1797-1807.

Erected by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board.

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BLOCKHOUSE ISLAND
On this island, formerly known as Hospital Island,
stood the sheds erected to house emigrants who were
victims of cholera in the great epidemic of 1832. Many
persons died here, including Doctor Robert Gilmour a
native of Scotland and president of
the first Board of Health in Upper Canada, who was stricken while attending
the sick. During the Rebellion of 1837-38, a blockhouse
was erected here for the defence of Brockville. It was
destroyed by fire in 1860.

Erected by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board

THE ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS

In 1827 the Royal Sappers and Miners, the special construc-
tion corps of the British Army, raised the 7th and 15th
Companies to serve in the building of the Rideau Canal.
Comprising 160 skilled craftsmen and labourers under the
Royal Engineers, the companies arrived that year in Bytown,
where they built military structures and locks. The 7th
Company was transferred in 1829 to assist in the comple-
tion of the canal here at the Isthmus, the only section beyond
Bytown built under direct military supervision. Sappers and
Miners from both companies executed other major projects,
including a dam at the Hog's Back, and performed guard-duty
at various locks. In 1831 seventy-one were discharged in
Canada and several settled along the canal as lockmasters.

Erected by the Ontario heritage Foundation.
Ministry of Culture and Recreation.

RAID ON GANANOQUE
1812
On September 21, 1812, a United States force of some 200
regulars and militia under Capt. Benjamin Forsyth attacked
Gananoque. The village was an important forwarding point
for supplies moving up the St. Lawrence from Montreal
to Kingston and was garrisoned by a detachment of the
2nd Leeds Militia under Col. Joel Stone. After a spirited
resistance, Stone withdrew his force comprising two
subalterns and about forty soldiers, and the Americans
seized the stores and burned the government depot. As a
result of this raid, a blockhouse was begun in Gananoque
the following month and completed in 1813.

Erected by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN BY, R.E.

Born in London, England, about 1779, By graduated from the
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1799. He was attached
to the Royal Engineers in Canada (1802-1811) and later served
in the Peninsular War. By was sent to Canada in 1826 to su-
perintend the construction of an Ottawa River-Lake Ontario
waterway from Bytown (Ottawa) to Kingston. The 123-mile
long Rideau Canal, built as a military route and incorporating
47 locks, 16 lakes, two rivers, and a 350-foot long, 60-foot
high dam here at Jones Falls, was completed in 1832. On By's
return to England charges, including the misappropriation of
funds, were laid. Although entirely refuted, they essentially
ended his career and he retired to his Sussex estate where he
died in 1836.

Erected by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
Ministry of Culture and Recreation

JAMES PHILIPS

Born about 1800, Philips settled here in 1825 and soon opened
a store and tavern. He became active in politics and, as a
Reformer, rose to local prominence during the elections in
Leeds between 1834 and 1836. These contests were marked by
clashes between Ogle R. Gowan's Orangemen and the Reformers
and by a level of violence and intimidation unsurpassed in Upper
Canada's electoral history. Philips served on the Reformers'
committee of Vigilance and Management and as Vice-President
of the Johnstown District Reformers' Society. After the col-
lapse of the Rebellion of 1837, Philips and other Reformers
went to the United States. On November 11, 1838, he returned
with an invading force and was killed on November 13 in the
Battle of the Windmill near Prescott.

Erected by the Ontario heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Recreation