Ontario

Province Code
ON
City/Municipality
Wingham
Memorial Number
35033-017
Type
Address
90381, Holmes Line
Location
Cimetière Wingham
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
43.9002199, -81.312065
Inscription

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WORLD WAR I - 1914-1918
WORLD WAR II - 1939-1945
KOREA 1950-1953

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Ce mémorial en l'honneur des anciens combattants locaux des Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales et de la guerre de Corée a été érigé par la filiale no 180 de la Légion royale canadienne.

City
Wingham
Country
Type Description
Cement cross and shaft
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2296
City/Municipality
Wingham
Memorial Number
35033-016
Type
Address
273, rue Josephine
Location
Musée Huron du Nord
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
43.8871533, -81.3122837
Inscription

no wording/aucune inscription

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Ce mémorial est un canon antique en fer moulé de 1812, placé à l'extérieur du Wingham and District Museum

City
Wingham
Country
Type Description
Weapon
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2300
City/Municipality
Wingham
Memorial Number
35033-015
Type
Address
Chemin Veterans, rues John Est et Josephine
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
43.8859933, -81.3128654
Inscription

[front/devant]

ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF
WINGHAM

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918

NURSING SISTER MAUD HANNA
GORDON ADAIR
LAUGHLAN D. AITCHESON
WALLACE AITCHESON
HARRY BARKER
HERBERT BOND
LEONARD BROCK
WILLIAM P. BUCHANAN
ROBERT CHITTLEBURCH
HERBERT CLARK
WILLIAM DARNELL
ARTHUR DOVEY
GRANT FETTERLEY
ROSS FORSYTH
HERBERT FRENCH
PAUL E. GILLESPIE
GEORGE HAYLES
ALEX HENRY

W. EDWARD HELPS
JOSEPH HOLLAND
RICHARD C. HOWSON
FRANK JOHNSON
WILBUR JOHNSTON
JACK MITCHELL
GEORGE MONK
EDWARD J. MURCH
THOMAS T. McDONALD
THEO McDONALD
CHESLEY McLEAN
OLIVER PENDER
HARRY M. PHILCOX
ALFRED PULLEN
PERCY SYDER
PERCY W. VANNER
HARVEY F. WILLIS

THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
IN CHRIST SHALL BE MADE ALIVE

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MONS
GIVENCHY
YPRES
BOURLON WOOD
VIMY RIDGE
LENS
FESTUBERT
DOUAI
LANGEMARK

KOREA
1950-1953

[back/arrière]
SINCE DIED
FRED ALDINGTON
NORMAN E. NICHOLLS
ARTHUR SHROPSHALL

AFGHANISTAN
MATTHEW DINNING

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CAMBRAI
PASSCHENDAEL
ARRAS
COURCELETTE
SOMME
HOOGE
SANCTUARY WOOD
AMIENS
ST. ELOI

1939 - 1945
IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE
THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM

LESLIE J. ADAIR
F. PERCIVAL BIGGS
T. WILLIAM GROVES
R. MacKENZIE HABKIRK
WILLIAM E. KEW
GEORGE T. KING

PRESTON LEDIETT
GEORGE H. LLOYD
JAMES M. McKAGUE
WILLIAM H. PYM
CLIFFORD A. TAMAN
GEORGE WHEELER

"WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM"

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En avril 1917, le conseil municipal de Wingham a proposé de lancer une campagne de financement public en vue de l’installation d’une plaque commémorative à la mémoire des soldats de la ville tombés au combat. Faute d’accord sur la forme que devait prendre le monument, le conseil municipal a créé un comité du monument commémoratif de guerre en 1922. En janvier 1923, les citoyens ont voté pour savoir si Wingham devait avoir un monument commémoratif et l’emplacement du monument a été choisi en avril suivant. Le comité a accepté la statue de soldat en bronze du sculpteur Charles Adamson en juin 1923. 

Adamson était l’un des deux artistes canadiens de cénotaphe qui étaient des vétérans de la Première Guerre mondiale. Il n’a produit qu’un seul modèle de monument de guerre, mais il a été utilisé trois fois : le Monument commémoratif des Fils d’Angleterre à Toronto, le cénotaphe de Kenora et celui de Wingham. La statue représente un soldat vêtu d’un trench ouvert par-dessus un gilet en peau de mouton, qui tient le canon de son fusil, la crosse déposée au sol. 

Le cénotaphe de Wingham a été inauguré par le général à la retraite sir Arthur Currie le 26 août 1924 et dédié aux habitants de la localité qui ont perdu la vie pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. À la mi-septembre, le montant recueilli dépassait le coût total du cénotaphe. En novembre, la Women’s Patriotic Society a fait don des deux lampadaires électriques pour éclairer le cénotaphe. 

En mai 1925, un canon de campagne qui a été pris à l’armée allemande a été placé près du monument, mais en 1928, le canon a été déplacé sur le terrain de la fonderie et se trouve maintenant à la Légion royale canadienne. En 1945, une plaque de bronze honorant les hommes tués pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale a été ajoutée. Une plaque de pierre commémorant la guerre de Corée a été ajoutée par la suite. Une inscription sur l’Afghanistan a également été ajoutée.

Première Guerre mondiale Maud Hanna - Sœur infirmière, SSAC, décédée le 6 septembre 1921 après une longue maladie, inhumée au cimetière de Wingham. Gordan Adair - 161e bn (Huron), décédé accidentellement en Angleterre le 22 novembre 1917, inhumé au cimetière militaire Hants 2, cimetière paroissial de Bramshott (St. Mary). Laughlan Aitchison - 1er bon, 1re bde, 1re division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, décédé des suites de blessures le 10 juillet 1915, inhumé au cimetière St. Lawrence, Ramsgate, Angleterre. Wallace Aitchison - 38e bon, 4e bde, 4e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, décédé des suites de blessures le 11 avril 1917, inhumé au cimetière militaire de Bruay, France. Frère de Laughlan Aitchison. Harry Barker - 58e bon, 9e bde, 3e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 26 octobre 1917, inscrit au Mémorial de la Porte de Menin, Ypres, Belgique. Herbert Bond - 5e bon canadien de fusiliers à cheval, 8e bde, 3e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, décédé des suites de blessures le 6 novembre 1918, inhumé au cimetière britannique d’Auberchicourt, France. Leonard Brock - 50e bon (régiment de l’Alberta), 10e bde, 4e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 9 juin 1916, inhumé au cimetière militaire d’Adanac, Miraumont-Pys, France. William Buchanan - 75e bon, 11e bde, 4e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 8 juin 1917, inhumé au Monument commémoratif de Vimy, France. Robert Chettleburg - 1er bon, 1re bde, 1re division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, décédé des suites de blessures le 6 octobre 1918, inhumé au cimetière militaire de Terlincthun, France. Herbert Clark - 47e bon (Western Ontario Regiment), 4e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 2 septembre 1918, inhumé au Monument commémoratif de Vimy, France. William Darnell - 4e bon (Central Ontario), 1re bde, 1re division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 29 décembre 1915, inhumé au cimetière militaire de Saint-Quentin Cabaret, Belgique. Arthur Dovey - 1er bon Essex Regiment, 37e division, Armée britannique, tué au combat le 1er février 1918, inhumé au cimetière d’Oxford Road, Belgique. Grant Fetterlet - 18e bon, 4e bde, 2e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, décédé en Angleterre le 19 février 1919, inhumé au cimetière paroissial de Bramshott (St. Mary), Hampshire, Angleterre. Ross Forsyth - 58e bon, 9e bde, 3e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, décédé des suites de blessures le 6 juin 1917, inhumé au cimetière militaire d’Etaples, France. Herbert French - 1er bon, 1re bde, 1re division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, décédé en Angleterre le 24 décembre 1914, inhumé au cimetière de l’église de Bulford, Angleterre. Paul Gillespie - 9e ambulance canadienne de campagne, SSAC, tué au combat le 7 septembre 1918, inhumé au cimetière du Fauboug d'Amiens, Arras, France. George Hayles - 58e bon, 9e bde, 3e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, décédé des suites de blessures le 26 juin 1917, inhumé au cimetière militaire de Lapugnoy, France. Alex Henry - 1er bon, 1re bde, 1re division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 6 novembre 1917, inscrit au registre du Mémorial de la Porte de Menin, Ypres, contenant les noms des militaires tombés dans les Flandres et sans sépulture connue. Edward Helps - 18e bon, 4e bde, 2e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 13 mars 1917, sans sépulture connue. Joseph Holland - 1er bon, 1re bde, 1re division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 3 septembre 1916, inhumé au Monument commémoratif de Vimy, France. Richard Howson - 116e bon, 3e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 22 août 1917, inhumé au cimetière du Commonwealth d’Aix-Noulette, France. Frank Johnson - 47e bon, 4e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 10 août 1918, inhumé au CHYD.EXT de Warvillers, France. Wilbur Johnson - 2e brigade, Artillerie canadienne de campagne, 1re division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, décédé en Angleterre le 29 janvier 1918, inhumé au cimetière de Bath (Locksbrook), Somerset, Angleterre. Jack Mitchell - 46e bon, 10e bde, 4e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, décédé dans un accident d’avion en Angleterre le 24 janvier 1919, inhumé au cimetière paroissial de Throwley (St. Michaels), Kent, Angleterre. George Monk - The Royal Canadian Regiment, 3e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 9 avril 1917, inhumé au Monument commémoratif de Vimy, France. Edward Murch - 1er bon, 1re bde, 1re division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, décédé des suites de blessures le 28 avril 1917, Boulogne, France. Thomas McDonald - 58e bon, 3e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 13 novembre 1917, inscrit au Mémorial de la Porte de Menin, Ypres, Belgique. Theo McDonald - 58e bon, 3e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 15 juin 1917, inhumé au cimetière britannique de Vimy, France. Chesley McLean - Royal Flying Corps (prédécesseur de la R.A.F.), décédé à l’entraînement en Angleterre le 16 août 1918, son avion s’étant écrasé en mer du Nord; son nom est inscrit au mémorial du cimetière de Hollybrook, Southampton, Angleterre. Oliver Pender - 5e batterie de siège canadienne, 2e bde, Artillerie de garnison canadienne comme troupe de corps, décédé des suites de blessures le 21 avril 1917, inhumé au cimetière de Villers Station, France. Harry Philcox - 1er bon, 1re division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, décédé des suites de blessures le 27 avril 1915, inhumé au cimetière du Commonwealth de Bailleul, France. Alfred Pullen - 27e bon, 6e bde, 2e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 21 août 1917, inhumé au Monument commémoratif de Vimy, France. Percy Snyder - 1er bon, 1re bde, 2e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 13 juin 1916, inscrit au Mémorial de la Porte de Menin, Ypres, Belgique. Percy Vanner - 18e bon, 4e bde, 2e division canadienne, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, tué au combat le 8 août 1918, inhumé au cimetière Crucifix Corner, Villers-Bretonneux, France. Harvey Willis - SSAC, décédé en Angleterre le 26 septembre 1917, inhumé au cimetière de Shorncliffe, Kent, Angleterre. Décédés depuis - Fred Aldington, Norman E. Nicholls, Arthur Shropshall.

Seconde Guerre mondiale Leslie Adair - 156e escadron, R.A.F., Path Finder Force, tué au combat le 3 janvier 1944, à l’âge de 21 ans; son nom est inscrit au mémorial de guerre de Runnymede, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, Angleterre. Il n’a pas de sépulture connue. Percy Biggs - 32e unité d’entraînement opérationnel, Aviation royale du Canada, tué dans un écrasement d’avion le 16 décembre 1942, inhumé au cimetière de Wingham (Ontario). William Groves - Irish Regiment of Canada, 11e bde, 5e division blindée canadienne, décédé à l’hôpital Victoria de London (Ontario) le 24 octobre 1945, inhumé au cimetière de Wingham (Ontario). R. McKenzie Habkirk - 620e escadron, Aviation royale du Canada, tué au combat le 5 août 1944, inhumé au cimetière militaire de Tilly-sur-Seulles, Normandie, France. Carl Hart - Black Watch, 2e division canadienne, tué au combat le 24 décembre 1944, inhumé au cimetière canadien de Groesbeek, Nimègue, Pays-Bas. William Kew - Aviation royale du Canada, décédé à l’hôpital militaire de Christie Street le 12 mars 1946, inhumé au cimetière de Wingham (Ontario). George T. King - #1 Operational Training Unit, R.A.F., Station Silloth, Angleterre, tué au combat le 24 mai 1942 à l’âge de 25 ans, sans sépulture connue; son nom est inscrit au mémorial de guerre de Runnymede, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, Angleterre. Preston Lediett - Seaforth Highlanders, 2e bde, 1re division canadienne, décédé des suites de blessures le 27 août 1944, inhumé au cimetière de guerre de Montecchio, Italie. George H. Lloyd - #1664 Heavy Conversion Unit, Aviation royale du Canada, tué au combat le 4 mars 1943, inhumé au cimetière de Stonefall, Wetherby Rd, Harrogate, Yorkshire, Angleterre. James McKague - 6e régiment d’artillerie de campagne, A.R.C., 2e division canadienne, tué au combat le 17 août 1944, inhumé au cimetière militaire canadien de Bretteville-sur-Laize, France. William H. Pym - 166e escadron, Aviation royale du Canada, tué au combat le 4 juillet 1943, inhumé au cimetière militaire de Heverlee, Brabant, Belgique. Clifford Taman - 7e régiment canadien d’artillerie moyenne, A.R.C., tué au combat le 8 août 1944, inhumé au cimetière militaire canadien de Bretteville-sur-Laize, France. George Wheeler - 207e escadron, Aviation royale du Canada, tué au combat le 25 février 1943, inhumé au cimetière militaire de Durnback, Allemagne.

City
Wingham
Country
Type Description
Shaft, statue - metal
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4757
City/Municipality
Teeswater
Memorial Number
35033-014
Type
Address
3, rue Clinton Sud
Location
Hôtel de ville
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
43.9987581, -81.2868329
Inscription

[front/devant]
1914     1918

"WHO SO GIVETH HIS LIVE FOR MY SAKE
SHALL FIND IT"

WORLD WAR   1914 - 1918
CULROSS AND TEESWATER

NURSING SISTER MAUDE C. McGLYNN
ALEXANDER BANNERMAN
ALEXANDER ALPHONSE BRICK
GEORGE DAVID COLVIN
WALTER CLITHEROE
CLARENCE DONALD
NORMAN W. FARQUHARSON
HAROLD FRASER
THORNTON FEAR
WILLIAM J. HIGGINS
ELWOOD HEWITT
SIMON P. KIEFFER
THOMAS RICHARD KING
JOHN BENJAMIN LAWRENCE
WILLIAM SIMPSON LINDSAY
ROSCOE MAHONEY
ERNEST E. MOORE
JAMES McKINNON
ALLAN MELHUISH
ANDREW BONAR REID
ALFRED READ
THOMAS SMITH
ALBERT J. WORRALL

"HIS NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

[left side/côté gauche]
2ND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945

OLIVE LILLIAN LITT
JAMES McKAGUE
A.M. MEYER
VICTOR MEYER
TED MORAN

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Ce cénotaphe comporte la statue de marbre d’un soldat debout sur une plateforme de granit. La grande plaque de métal posée à l’avant porte les noms des hommes de Teeswater et de Culross qui ont consenti l’ultime sacrifice pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Sur une plaque plus petite fixée sur le côté sont inscrits les noms de ceux et celles tués pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. 

City
Teeswater
Country
Type Description
Shaft, statue
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5534
City/Municipality
Southampton
Memorial Number
35033-013
Type
Address
Angle des rues Huron nord et High
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
44.4970023, -81.3751098
Inscription

[cross/croix]
Lest We Forget

[front/devant]
THEY DIED
THAT WE MAY LIVE
IN PEACE

[right side/côté droit]

1939     1945

IN MEMORY OF
THE
MEN OF SOUTHAMPTON
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN WORLD WAR TWO

L. BERESFORD
R. BLACK
W. H. CARSON
J. CURRIE
C. G. EAGLES
M. FRANCE
K. McLEAN
A. M. McLEOD
G. SAUNDERS
H. S. SEABROOK

SAUGEEN RESERVE
E. JOHNS
M. JOHNS
S. NAWASH
M. SOLOMON

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR HIS FRIENDS.

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1914     1918

IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE MEN OF SOUTHAMPTON WHO
FOUGHT AND DIED IN THE GREAT WAR

PTE. E. BOYLE
SERGT. MAJOR J. A. BUCKLEY
PTE. J. J. CAMPBELL
LIEUT. F. CARSON
PTE. F. COURTNELL
PTE. C. EBY
PTE. A. FENTON
SERGT. C. FOSTER
SERGT. L. T. HARRISON
PTE. S. JAMIESON
L. CORP. A. KNECHTEL
GUNNER O. KNECHTEL
PTE. H. MARSHALL
PTE. B. MYERS
PTE. C .J. NICKEL
PTE. R. PLAUNTE
PTE. G. PRINGLE
PTE. J. SHIELDS
LIEUT. J. TEAHAN
CAPT. L. TRANTER
SERGT. W. V. TRANTER
PTE. F. TUCKFIELD
PTE. O. VERNON

SAUGEEN RESERVE
PTE. I. AHKEWENZIE
PTE. L. AHKEWENZIE
PTE. E. MITCHELL
PTE. D. NAWASH
PTE. P. RITCHIE

"TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS.
WE THROW THE TORCH.
BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH."

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Southampton Cenotaph
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Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
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Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
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Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
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Le cénotaphe de Southampton a été érigé en 1958 par la Légion royale canadienne, filiale de Southampton, pour rendre hommage aux hommes qui ont donné leur vie au cours des deux guerres mondiales. L’inauguration officielle a eu lieu le 5 juillet 1958, lors de la célébration du centenaire de Southampton, en présence de vétérans et de la garde du drapeau ainsi que de plusieurs centaines d’autres personnes.

Le cénotaphe est constitué de deux plaques de bronze, une pour chacune des guerres mondiales, portant les noms des hommes de Southampton et de la Première Nation de Saugeen voisine qui ont donné leur vie. Les plaques de bronze ont été produites à North Bay chez Rhan Metals, une entreprise aujourd’hui devenue Rhan Plastics. La plaque de la Première Guerre mondiale se trouvait auparavant dans la tour de l’hôtel de ville, où elle avait été inaugurée avec l’horloge commémorative en 1922. Une grande croix a été ajoutée plus tard derrière le cénotaphe.

City
Southampton
Country
Type Description
Cairn, cross
Memorial CF Legacy ID
845
City/Municipality
Seaforth
Memorial Number
35033-012
Type
Address
60, rue Victoria
Location
Parc Victoria
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
43.5514686, -81.3934562
Inscription

[front/devant]
IN FLANDERS FIELDS


TO OUR FALLEN HEROES

FRANCIS N. CLUFF
JAMES J. HUTCHINSON
J. SCOTT HAYS
WILLIAM HART
W. STANLEY HAYES
GEORGE MULHOLLAND
ARTHUR McLEAN
ARTHUR C. NEELY
JOHN J. PURCELL
R.E. RIVERS
J. LESLIE REID
MANSON REEVES
CHARLES ROLPH

FREDERICK WEIR
CLARENCE WESTCOTT
DOUGLAS CALDER
HERBERT CHAPMAN
ROLLO E. COOK
THOMAS EDGAR
SAMUEL H. DORRANCE
A.W. ARCHIBALD
BERNARD BROWN
JOHN E. BULLARD
THOMAS E. GOVENLOCK
WILLIAM H. HALL
CLARENCE S. GARDEN
GEORGE WEILAND

FRANCIS WEILAND
JOHN McLEOD
CLIFFORD W. RUFFELL
A.T. PARKE
E. CECIL DILLING
ALBERT BATES
JAMES HORAN
JAMES SPEARPOINT
PERCY VANNER
ROBERT I. WEST
CHARLES McNAMARA
JAMES JAMIESON
RUSSELL G. SCOTT

YPRES
FESTUBERT
GIVENCHY
ST. ELOI

SANCTUARY WOOD
THE SOMME
COURCELETTE
VIMY RIDGE

1950  KOREA  1953

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1939  1945
ARNOLD ARCHIBALD
VAN R. BELL
JAMES BROADFOOT
HAROLD CHESNEY
FRANK CASSON
FRANK DEVEREAUX
ARTHUR FRAISER
WILLIAM GREIG
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM
HECTOR LAMONT

JOHN MILLER
HOWARD McTAVISH
HARRY McIVER
JOHN McSPADDEN
ROBERT McCALLUM
NORMAN McQUAID
CLARENCE O'REILLY
FREDERICK O'LEARY
ROBERT PAPPLE
C. MELVILLE SHANNON

[back/arrière]
TO OUR FALLEN HEROES

ERECTED BY THE TOWN OF SEAFORTH
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS DISTRICT
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1918

"THEIR NAME SHALL LIVE FOR EVERMORE"

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PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS
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BOURLON WOOD
CAMBRAI
LE CATEAU
VALENCIENNES
MONS

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1940 1945

LIBERATION OF THE NETHERLANDS
THIS PLAQUE WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT FROM
THE PEOPLE OF THE NETHERLANDS WHO SETTLED
IN THE TOWN OF SEAFORTH AND AREA FOR THE
LIBERATION OF THE NETHERLANDS.

IN COMMEMORATION OF FREEDOM

"O LORD GRANT PEACE TO THOSE
WHO DID NOT RETURN…"
WE DO REMEMBER.

THANK YOU CANADA

ERECTED 1980

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Le Mémorial des soldats a été érigé en 1921 et dédié à ceux qui sont morts pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Plus tard, les noms de ceux qui sont morts pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et les dates relatives à la guerre de Corée ont été gravés. Il comprend une statue représentant un jeune soldat se recueillant au-dessus d’une croix sur laquelle sont engravés les mots « In Flanders Fields ».

City
Seaforth
Country
Type Description
Slab - granite, statue, plaque
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5546
City/Municipality
Ripley
Memorial Number
35033-011
Type
Address
23, rue Queen
Location
Parc Memorial
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
44.0720441, -81.5800297
Inscription

[front/devant]
1914 1919

TO THE HONOUR AND MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
SO NOBLY SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR.

ERECTED BY THE RATEPAYERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF HURON AND THE VILLAGE OF RIPLEY.

  • (column 1/colonne 1)
  • SERVED
    OVERSEAS
  •  
  • ALLEN, ALBERT E.
  • AMBROSE, NORMAN
  • BAIRD, PATRICK
  • BARNES, ARTHUR
  • BARRETT, SIDNEY
  • BATTLE, FREDERICK
  • BELL, ALBERT
  • BELL, WILTON
  • BELL, WILLIAM LLOYD
  • BILLINGS, WALTER
  • BLACKMAN, FRED
  • BLUE, GEORGE
  • BUCKINGHAM, ERNEST
  • BUCKINGHAM, LESLIE
  • CAMERON, PETER
  • CAMERON, JAS. ARCHIE
  • CARNEGIE, DONALD
  • CARTER,PETER
  • CLARK, FRANCIS
  • CLARK, ERNEST
  • CORNISH, JAMES
  • COTTON, HARRY
  • COX, DAVID
  • CRAWFORD, ORAH, W.
  • CULBERT, LOT E.
  • CUMMING, JAMES H.
  • CUMMING, LESLIE S.
  • CUNNINGHAM, JOHN
  • DRAPER, WILLIAM
  • DURRANT, JAMES
  • DYMOTT, ARTHUR C.
  • EDWARDS, MORRIS
  • EILER, LORNE
  • ELDRIDGE, JOHN
  • ELLIOTT, JAS. FRANK
  • ELLIOTT, HENRY J.
  • EMMERTON, ERNEST
  • EMMERTON, RICHARD
  • FERGUSON, ROBERT 
  • FERRIS, THOMAS
  • FINLAYSON, RODERICK K.
  • FINLAYSON, DR. D. R.
  • FINLAYSON S. (NURSE)
  •  
  • (column 2/colonne 2)
  • FRASER C. (U.S.A.)
  • FRASER, HAROLD
  • GAMBLE, WILFRED
  • GILBERT, HOWARD
  • GILLIS, MURDOCH L.
  • GREENWOOD, WALTER
  • HANSLEY, WILLIAM
  • HINE, PERCY WILLIAM
  • HILL, NELSON ANSLOW
  • HILTON, ARTHUR
  • HARRINGTON, JOSEPH
  • HENDERSON, ROBERT J.
  • HUNT, BENJAMIN
  • HUSTON, JOHN
  • IRWIN, STEPHEN
  • IRWIN, WILLIAM R.
  • JACKSON, ROY
  • JENNINGS, HERBERT
  • JOHNSTON, JAMES
  • KEHOE, FRANK
  • KING, FRANK
  • LAWS, THOMAS
  • LEE, FRANK
  • LOVE, SAMUEL R.
  • MARTYN, DONALD B.
  • MARTYN, H. LAISHLEY
  • MARTYN, EUGENE E.
  • MARTYN, ROSS, H.
  • MARTIN, ANGUS
  • MARTIN, JOHN R.
  • MASON, THOMAS
  • MASON, WILLIAM
  • MATHESON, MURDOCH
  • MATHESON, ANGUS
  • MATHESON, MURDOCH
  • MOORE, EDWARD
  • MOORE, FRANK
  • MILLS, JOHN
  • MURRAY, NEIL
  • MURRAY, ANGUS
  • MORGAN, J. RUEBEN
  • MORGAN, WM. K.
  • McAULEY, ANGUS
  • McCREIGHT, FRANK 
  • McDONALD, DONALD J.
  • McDONALD, FINLAY
  • McDONALD, JOHN A.
  • (column 3/colonne 3)
  • THESE BRAVELY FELL
  •  
  • LINDSAY WM.
  • BELL, CLIFTON
  • BELL, NORVAL
  • BRIDGE, HAROLD PERCY
  • BUCKINGHAM, WILMER C.
  • CAMPBELL, CAMERON
  • CAMPBELL, ALEX.
  • CLARK, MELVIN
  • EDWARDS, FRED.
  • GOSSEL, EDWIN
  • HANNAFORD, JOHN
  • KING, EDWARD
  • LOVETT, HARRY
  • McDONALD, DONALD W.
  • McDONALD, JOHN ALEX.
  • McDONALD, MADO D.
  • McINTOSH, ROBERT
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  • McDONALD, MURDOCH
  • McDONALD, ANGUS
  • McDONALD, ARCHIE
  • McDONALD, DONALD
  • McDONALD, NORMAN
  • McDONALD, JAMES C.
  • McDONALD, ARCHIE (S.A.)
  • McDONALD, ALEX (S.A.)
  • McDONALD, WILLIAM
  • McDONALD, MALCOLM M.
  • McDONALD, ALEX. S.
  • McDONALD, CHARLES L.
  • McDONALD, J. PRESTO
  • McDONALD, ALEX. B.
  • McDONALD, CHARLIE
  • McDONALD, DONALD
  • McGREGOR, JOHN
  • McGREGOR, DONALD G.
  • McGILLIVRAY, REV. C.
  • McGUIRE, HOWARD
  • McKAY, JOHN A.
  • McKAY, ROBERT
  • McKINNON, ALLAN
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  •  
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  •  
  • McLEOD, ALEX. S.
  • McPHAIL, JOHN
  • NIMMO, LESTER G.
  • NORMAN, CHARLES
  • PARSONS, ERNEST
  • POOLEY ERNEST G.
  • REYNOLDS, DANIEL
  • ROSS, ANDREW
  • SNOWDEN, JOHNSTON
  • TOUPE, BLAIR
  • TOUZEL, SIDNEY
  • TOWLE, ROBERT S.
  • WATSON, JOHN R.
  • WELSH, MURRAY
  • WHITBREAD, HARRY
  • WREN, CHARLES
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  •  
  •  
  •  
  • McLAY, ALLAN A.
  • McLAY, NAGUS
  • McLENNAN, DONALD
  • McLENNAN, ANGUS
  • McLENNAN, NEIL
  • McLENNAN, DONALD J.
  • McLEOD, JOHN ANGUS
  • McLEOD, PETER
  • McLEOD, ADAM
  • McLEOD, MALCOLM
  • McMURCHY, ALISTER
  • McMURCHY, SAMUEL
  • McTAVISH, FRED. G.
  • McTAVISH, PETER R.
  • NEWTON, WILLIAM F.
  • NEWBY, BADEN POWELL
  • OSBORNE, JAMES ERNEST
  • PARKER, ALBERT
  • PARRY, SYDNEY
  • PEACOCK, HAROLD
  • PEAKALL, STANLEY W.
  • POCKLEY, WILLIAM
  • PETTIT, FRED.

 

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  • POLLOCK, WILLIAM R.
  • PIPER, FREDERICK G.
  • RADCLIFFE, JOHN
  • REAVIE, JOHN M.
  • ROWNEY, GEORGE P.
  • ROULSTON, PERCY J.
  • RITCHIE, ALBERT C.
  • RUTHERFORD, ROSWELL
  • RUTTLE, MEREDITH L.
  • RUTTLE, E.N.
  • SANFORD, DAVID
  • SLACK, FRANK
  • SCOTT, BENJAMIN
  • SCOTT, RICHARD
  • SPROULE, HUGH
  • STANLEY, HOWARD P.
  • STANLEY, THOMAS J.
  • STEPHENSON, ALBERT E.
  • STREET, HARRY
  • STREET, ALBERT
  • STEER, WILLIAM
  • SMITH, HUGH
  • SMITH, ROBERT C.
  • STEPHENS, A.W.
  • STANLEY, MAE (NURSE)
  • SNOWDON, DAWSON
  • STAUFFER, DAN.
  • SUMMERS, GEORGE
  • SWATMAN, GEORGE
  • TOUPE, DUNCAN B.
  • TOUZEL, THOMAS
  • TURNER, SAMUEL
  • TRELEAVEN, CLIFFORD L.
  • TULLOCH, HARRY V.
  • TUCKER, HENRY
  • VEITCH, HARRY S.
  • WALDEN, WILBERT G.
  • WILKINSON, THOMAS G.
  • WILSON, ARCHIE B.
  • WILSON, WILLIAM A.
  • WILSON, SIDNEY
  • WHITE, JOSEPH R.
  • WHITBY, JOSEPH
  • WRIGHT, ALBERT
  • WRIGHT, WILLIAM
  • WORTHAM, JOHN
  • YEMEN, MATT. (S.A.)
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  • SERVED
    IN CANADA
  •  
  • BLUE, JOHN
  • BLUE, WILLIAM (U.S.A.)
  • CAMPBELL, JAMES
  • CARDIS, DONALD
  • CULBERT, EARL
  • CULBERT, LORNE H.
  • ENSIGN, WILLAM H.
  • FAIR, FRANCIS T.
  • FRASER, C. (U.S.A.)
  • GOSSEL, DANIEL
  • HARRINGTON, ALBERT
  • HENRY, HOWARD
  • HOLMES, EARL A.
  • HOOEY, CLARENCE
  • IRWIN, D. RUSSELL
  • IRWIN, LLOYD
  • JACKSON, EARL
  • JOHNSTON, ELLIOTT
  • MACKLEM, FRANK
  • McDONALD, JOHN (U.S.A.)
  • McDONALD, JOHN
  • McDONALD, MURDOCH
  • McDONALD, RODERICK C.
  • McDONALD, ROY C.
  • McIVER, JOHN
  • McLAY, MALSOLM
  • McLAY, MURDOCH
  • McLEAN, WILLIAM H.
  • McLEOD, HERNAN R.
  • McLEOD, WILLIAM
  • McTAVISH, CAMERON
  • OSBORNE, RUSSELL
  • PALMER, THOMAS E.
  • REAVIE, E.L. (U.S.A.)
  • REID, STANLEY
  • REID, WESLEY
  • ROULSTON, CLIFFORD
  • ROULSTON, WALTER
  • SCOTT, FRANK
  • SCOTT, JAMES
  • SYDER, WILLIAM
  • WALDEN, HAROLD
  • WYLDS, WESLEY
  • McCULLOUGH, CLYDE

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THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

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HURON RIPLEY
IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE
DIED SERVING CANADA
MAY 6 1954
SUB LT JOHN A. MACLEOD
RCN

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HURON RIPLEY
IN
GRATEFUL TRIBUTE
THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM
1939 - 1945

MARVIN K. BROWN
COLIN M. MacDONALD
ARTHUR J. POLLOCK
GORDON B. McGUIRE
LORNE J. POLLOCK
JOSEPH A. ELLIOTT
RODERICK A. FINLAYSON
KEITH R. McCORMICK
JOHN A. McLEAN
NORVAL E. POLLOCK

WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

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City
Ripley
Country
Type Description
Slab
Memorial CF Legacy ID
806
City/Municipality
Port Elgin
Memorial Number
35033-010
Type
Address
600, rue Tomlinson
Location
Bâtiment administratif de Saugeen Shores
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
44.4501277, -81.3753147
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CANADIAN LADIES IN UNIFORM MILITARY SERVICE

1. Mabel Stauch
Mabel was born in Port Elgin on October 30, 1893. She was raised in Saugeen Township, the 4th of 5 children. She graduated from nursing in 1916 and travelled to England to join the WW1 British Nursing Sisters. A year later, she transferred to the Canadian Expeditionary Force and worked in a Canadian Military hospital in England. In mid-August 1918, she crossed the channel to France and worked in the massive hospital complex in Etaples, servicing the troops along the Western Front. In December 1918, she returned to England and remained there until July 1919, when she came here to Port Elgin.

2. Elizabeth Nora Campbell
Elizabeth was born in Port Elgin in 1884, and after graduating from the local high school, she enlisted in nursing at Toronto General Hospital. In early 1915, she and 38 of her graduating class members enlisted as WWI Nursing Sisters in the Canadian Expeditionary Force as the nursing staff for the #1 Canadian General Hospital. Her group was sent to Salonika, Greece, where the war was raging against the Turkish Army. More than a year later, she contracted bacillary dysentery and after an extended illness she was removed to Malta for treatment and then back to England for convalescence. Along the way, she met Dr. John McLeod who was born in Southampton and had practiced in Kincardine before the war. On returning to Canada, they married, worked and lived in Toronto until she passed away from pneumonia following surgery in 1932 at age 48. She is buried in Sanctuary Park Cemetery in Port Elgin.

3. Doreen Olive Sampson
Doreen was born in England in 1923. The family moved to Southampton in 1913, and she soon after enlisted in the RCAF. She was stationed at Rockcliffe, Ontario and worked in Supply Depot Administration with the rank of Leading Aircraftwoman. While there she Cyril Dibnah, and they married at wars end. They lived in Southampton until deciding to move to B.C. where he joined the navy and they raised their six children. She passed away in 2010 at age 87.

4. Doris Grace Cutsforth
Doris was born in Saskatchewan in 1924, and the family moved to Southampton in 1938 following the droughts. In 1943, at the age of 19, Doris enlisted in the RCAF. She recalled that the training demanded strict discipline, marching, lectures and continual fitness. Testing showed that she had an aptitude to be a wireless operator. She trained in Montreal and was stationed in Ontario and in New Brunswick transmitting messages between towers and aircrafts during training flights. She later trained as a teletype operator. After the war, she married Glen Manly, who had served in the Navy. The family remained in Southampton and she lived until 2016, when she passed away in her 93rd year.

5. Elaine Matheson
Elaine was born in Southampton in 1917, and after high school she enrolled in Nursing in London, Ontario. After graduation, she enlisted in the RCAF and soon found herself in England serving the health needs of Bomber Groups. In July 1944, she was posted to the Canadian Wing of the Queen Victoria Hospital. Here members of the RCAF that had been seriously wounded and burned were brought for treatment and reconstructive surgeries. There were 176 RCAF members treated here and their stories were told in the book “The Guinea Pig Club”. Reformative surgery was a new treatment, and many operations were experimental in nature and being done for the first time. Elaine returned to her hometown and was part of the original staff in 1947 at the brand-new Saugeen Memorial Hospital. She remained there except for a short time when she was in Toronto. Eventually, she rose to the management team at our hospital and became Director of Nursing. She retired in 1977, and remained in Southampton until her death in 1999.

6. & 7. Betty and Jean Miller
Betty and Jean were born in Saugeen Township in 1918 and 1920. Their father passed away, and the family moved to Owen Sound, where the sisters finished high school and trained to be teachers. They both enlisted in the RCAF and served at bases in Canada. After the war, Jean married an American Service Man and moved to the U.S. Betty never married. Jean passed away in 1981 and Betty in 2000. They are buried in a family plot in the Paisley Cemetery.

8. Mildred Eleanor Dungey
Mildred was born in Southampton in 1922. She joined the Canadian Women's Army Corp and served in an office administration role at the Camp Borden Military Hospital. One of her roles was to arrange and organize the return of soldiers coming back to Canada, and returning to their homes and families after being wounded in Europe. While serving, she met and later married Wiliam Beese and raised their family in Lucknow. When widowed, she returned to Southampton where she passed away in 2006 at age 84.

9. Helen Margaret Root
Helen was born at Saugeen First Nation in 1920. Her father Joseph served in WWI. In 1942, she enlisted in the Canadian Women's Army Corp and soon found herself in England serving as a signaler, relaying coded messages back to Canada. Working near Trafalgar Square, she was required to wear a hard hat as the area was a regular target of German bombing. During the war, she met Robert Coghill and they married and raised their family in Southern Ontario. When widowed, she returned to Saugeen First Nation for a few years before returning to her family in Burlington. She was always very patriotic and maintained he war time friendships. She passed away in March 2019, at age 98.

10. Vera Beatrice Eidt
Vera was born in 1901 in Port Eglin. She finished school locally, entered nursing and moved to Guelph. Her career took her to Ohio and then to B.C., where she rose to the level of Director of Nurses. She returned to Ontario and graduated from the University of Toronto in Hospital Administration. In 1942 she enlisted in the Canadian Army Medical Corps with the rank of Lieutenant, and directed nurses in service in England, France and the Mediterranean. At wars end, she went into Germany and tended to the Canadian soldiers there. After the war she continued her nursing career and in 1960 she was made a Fellow of the American Hospital College of Hospital Administration. She retired in 1968, and died that same year. She is buried in Sanctuary Park Cemetery in Port Elgin.

11. Felicia Cobean
Felicia was born in Saugeen Township in 1919. She was 1 of 5 children born to Lewis and Jean Cobean (nee Gowanlock). She joined the RCAF in WWII and trained as an ambulance driver, serving at the airbase in Shilo, Manitoba. In 1942 this base began doing parachute training that had been transferred from the U.S. While in Shilo, she met Lorne Riddell and they married following the war. They lived in Strathroy, where they raised their family. She passed away in Strathroy in 2006, in her 88th year.

12. Catherine Amelia Subject
Catherine was born in Chesley in 1914. She enlisted in the Army Corps and served in Canada and in Europe as an ambulance driver and driving instructor. While in service, she met and later married Fred Longe of Port Elgin. She lived in Port Elgin until her death at age 61 in 1975.

13. Dorothy May Longe
Dorothy May Longe was born in Southampton in 1922, and was a descendent of a pioneer Metis family, She joined the Canadian Women's Army Corps and rose to the rank of Regimental Sergeant Major. She served in England, France, Belgium and Holland and received her discharge in 1946. In 1952, she married Bertram Smith and farmed in Saugeen Township. In 1956, they moved to Southampton where they raised their family. Bert died in 1969 and Dorothy moved to Port Elgin where she passed away in 1992, at age 69.

14. Kathleen Thelma Sees
Kathleen was born in Port Elgin in 1921. In 1942, she joined the RCAF and served until 1946 at locations in Canada in stock room administration. During her Air Force service, she met William Storks de Roux. They married at wars end and lived in the Toronto area until his death in 1973, and she moved back to Port Elgin. She passed away in 1988 at age 66.

15. Helen Mary Brown
Helen was born in Southampton in 1916, and in WWII she enlisted in the Canadian Women's Army Corps. She returned to Southampton after the war and in 1956 married George Hammond, who passed away in 1974. She moved away from the community at that time.

16. Hilda Jean Masterson
Jean was born in Hepworth in 1922 and her family moved to Southampton in the 1930's. In early 1941, she went to Hespeler to work in the woolen mills. In 1945, she enlisted in the RCAF and served as a cook for the duration of the war. She was assigned to the Navigational School out of Guelph, which also had two small airbases in the Brantford area where she served. After the war she returned to Southampton and married Howard Gateman, who had served in the Navy. They started their family and sadly Jean died giving birth to twins in 1954, one child survived. Her other children and grandchildren are still in our community.

17. Ruby Katherine Schaefer
Ruby was born in Tavistock in 1914. She spent he summers in Southampton and in later years worked there as a summer nanny. She met her future husband Marme Burrows in Southampton. In late 1941 she enlisted in the Canadian Women's Army Corps and was one of 72 women that were assigned to the Provost Corps with the serious responsibility of dealing with wartime security and confidential information. Stationed in London England, Ruby was injured with a deep cut to her face following a German bombing close by and was awarded a "War Wound Stripe". At wars end she saw duty in Holland. Upon discharge in 1946, she married Marme and they lived in Southampton. They had twin daughters, and Marme served on Town Council as Mayor. Ruby died in 2000.

18. Vivian Winnifred Sees
Vivian was born in Port Elgin in 1923, 1 of 5 children of Fred and Ruby Sees. She followed her older sister Kathleen Sees and enlisted in the RCAF. Following Filter Centre Training, she was assigned to the West Coast of Canada. There were 11 Radar Stations along the West Coast and she spent most of her service at the Radar Central Control Command Station in Victoria. They monitored all air traffic and plotted their movements on a large tabletop map. The work was of a highly secretive nature and was protected under the Official War Secrets Act until 1991. At wars end, she returned to Port Elgin until moving to London to attend Military Business College, working in the Transportation Industry. In 1949, she married Ernest Wotton and they had a daughter. Ernest passed away in 1962. As of 2020, while being in her late 90's, she remains living in the family home in London and remembers the events of her WWII service.

19. Helen Mary Smith
Helen was born in Shelbourne in 1920. After High School she had 3 years of voice training at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. In 1942, she enlisted in the Canadian Women's Army Corps and trained as a Transportation Driver, she was assigned to the Canadian Small Arms School just west of Toronto as a driver for visiting dignitaries and military officers. She also participated as a soloist in camp variety shows. She went to England after administration skills training and served at Canadian Military Headquarters on Cockspur Street in London. During her service she had met, and later married, Captain Ernest George Hammond from Port Eglin, an officer in the Canadian Army. After the war, they returned to Port Eglin to raise a family. Helen passed away in 2014 at the age of 94. They are both buried in Sanctuary Park Cemetery in Port Eglin.

CANADIAN LADIES IN UNIFORM MILITARY SERVICE

Women were originally only involved in the military as Nursing Sisters.
- 1885 North West Rebellion Force included 7 nurses.
- 1898 The Klondike Military Force 4 Victoria Order Nurses.
- 1899 The Canadian Army Medical Department was formed, and 8 Canadian Nurses served in British Hospitals. Canadian soldiers totaled 8,372...

1914 - 1918 WWI
When war was declared Canada had a permanent army of only 3,000 and one base at Val Cartier Quebec. There were 5 nurses on staff. By the wars end 3, 141 nurses had volunteered and 1,886 had served overseas. They were nicknamed, The Blue Birds in the Blue dresses and White Veils. Twenty six died from enemy actions.

1938 - 1945 WWII Nurses
Nurses served in all branches of the Canadian Military with 4,480 in Europe and throughout the world. One died from enemy action.

1939 At the Start of WWII
All 3 arms of the military had no female members other than as nurses.

Across Canada volunteer groups pressured the government to allow women in non-combat rolls.
- In June 1941 the British Mechanized Transport Corps was given permission to begin recruitment in Canada for women to serve overseas.
- On August 13, 1941 after intense pressure from MANY women across Canada the Canadian Women’s Army Corps was officially established.
- Recruits began as drivers, cooks, clerks, typists, stenographers, telephone operators, messengers and quartermasters and was expanded to include truck driving, ambulance drivers, mechanics and radar operators. Total different trades served was 55.
- Many served in England and a few in mainland Europe after the Germans surrendered and they then worked on the task of repatriating the Army and their equipment back to Canada.
- Of the 21,000 CWAC’s that served, None died but some were wounded by German air bombing.
- The RCAF formed a Canadian Women’s “Auxiliary” Air Force in 1941. Their tasks were like those of the CWAC’s plus things like parachute riggers, air photo interpreters etc. About 17,000 women served in the RCAF.
- About 7,000 women enlisted in the Royal CANADIAN Navy and served in 39 different trades. They were nicknamed “The WRENS”.

IN WWII CLOSE TO 50,000 LADIES SERVED IN THE CANADIAN MILITARY.
Requirements of an enlisted woman.
- Between 18 and 41 and medically fit. A minimum of ft. (153) tall with appropriate weight to their height.
- Minimum of Grade 8 and able to pass the trades test selected for.
- Be of good character and have never been convicted of an indictable offense.
- They could not be working in any Civil Service position and must not have dependent children, sons under 16 or daughters under 18.
- Base pay was $0.90 per day in the lowest ranks versus $1.30 for men. In 1943 it was improved to 80% of men's rates in all ranks.

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La plaque explicative des femmes en uniforme a été inaugurée le 4 septembre 2021, en présence d’une troupe de gardes du drapeau en marche de la filiale 340 (Southampton) de la Légion et de la filiale 155 (Port Elgin). Une foule d’environ 100 personnes y a assisté, y compris des membres de la famille et des descendants des femmes qui ont servi pendant les Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales. Bill Streeter a fait des recherches sur chacune des 19 femmes figurant sur la plaque.

City
Port Elgin
Country
Type Description
Plaque - interpretive
Memorial CF Legacy ID
10724
City/Municipality
Port Elgin
Memorial Number
35033-009
Type
Address
624, rue Mill
Location
Parc du cénotaphe
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
44.4372095, -81.387099
Inscription

[front/devant]

IN MEMORY OF
TROOPER GORDON CUMMINGS

OF KITCHENER'S HORSE, KILLED AT THE
BATTLE OF NOOITGEDACHT,
SOUTH AFRICA DECEMBER 13, 1900;
WHILE GALLANTLY ATTEMPTING TO
PROCURE AMMUNITION FOR HIS COLUMN.
SON OF PATRICK AND BARBARA CUMMINGS.
BORN IN SAUGEEN, DEC. 13, 1875

[left slab/dalle de gauche]

OUR HONOURED FALLEN
PORT ELGIN

1914 - 1918
CAPT. SMITH
LIEUT. R. THOMPSON
SGT.MAJ. A. CHRISTIAN
PTE. R. ATKINSON
C. CROSSWELL
M. GILBERT
J. NUNN
S. HARMAN
J. GREGG
T. JACKSON
D. McGILLIVRAY
H. McARTHUR
D. McINTYRE
W. WILLOUGHBY
C. SPARLING
M. MOULTON
J. SALEMAN

1939 - 1945
MAJ J.A. HOWE
CAPT. GEO. EATON
F/O L. ERNST
F. VAUPEL
R. VAUPEL
J. MUIR
F/SGT. N. HETTRICK
SGT. J. STURGEON
L/BDR. J. JONES
PTE. D. STODDART

1950  KOREA  1953

[right slab/dalle de droite]

OUR HONOURED FALLEN
SAUGEEN TOWNSHIP

1914 - 1918
CAPT. L. TRANTER
LIEUT. J. GEDDES
PTE. T. BULGER
G. MUIR
O. CHRISTIE
R. GOWANLOCK
H. LEEDER
E. REINHART
J. MILLER
R. REANY
C. NICKLE
W. LYNESS
G. SWITZER
L. SCHELL
W. SWITZER

1939 - 1945
SPR. R. BLACK

1950  KOREA  1953

Image
Légende
front inscription
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Image
Légende
front
1 sur 6 images
Image
Légende
right slab
1 sur 6 images
Image
Légende
left slab
1 sur 6 images
Image
Légende
bust
1 sur 6 images
Image
Légende
Port Elgin Cenotaph
1 sur 6 images
Province
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Body Content

Ce monument fut érigé en 1903, en hommage à la mort du cavalier Gordon Cummings, tué le jour de son 25e anniversaire durant la guerre d’Afrique du Sud.

En 1924, les citoyens du canton de Saugeen et de Port Elgin érigèrent sur le site deux monuments commémoratifs correspondants pour rendre hommage à ceux périrent durant la Grande Guerre. En 1962, les pierres furent gravées à nouveau pour y ajouter les noms des personnes qui périrent durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. D’autres gravures furent ajoutées en 1986 pour commémorer la guerre de Corée. 

Le parc du cénotaphe ouvrit officiellement ses portes en septembre 2006 avec l’aide de conseils locaux et de la filiale no 340 de la Légion royale canadienne. Des arbres et des jardins commémoratifs furent aménagés pour honorer nos vétérans. 

City
Port Elgin
Country
Type Description
Pillar, bust, slabs
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
785
City/Municipality
Paisley
Memorial Number
35033-008
Address
1297, route no 1, comté de Bruce
Location
Cimetière de Paisley
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
44.31067, -81.25682
Inscription

needs further research/recherche incomplète

War or Conflict Term
Province
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Body Content

Ce mémorial a été érigé par la filiale no 295 de la Légion royale canadienne.

City
Paisley
Country
Type Description
Monument (stone)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5452