Wednesday 2 May 2012

Port Perry


Location:  N  44 06.325   W 078 56.710  At the corner of North Street and Perry Street, in front of the town offices.

Dedicated in 2004, this modern memorial features the names of those from Scugog Township who gave their lives in the two World Wars.  Port Perry has a proud tradition of showing support for the troops, one high school each year has each of its history students choose a name off this cenotaph and research the soldier and his story.  
As so often happens with many small town memorials, the list of names for the Great War is significantly longer than that of the Second World War, noting the great sacrifice that was made at the time.


Marker text:
Centre:
IN HONOUR OF
THOSE WHO PAID
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
FOR OUR COUNTRY

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

LEST WE FORGET

Base:
DEDICATED 2004 BY
THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF SCUGOG
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION & LADIES AUXILIARY BRANCH 419

Left:
WORLD WAR I
1914 - 1918

CPL. A.E. ALLDRED
PTE. W. BELKNAP
PTE. J. BRITTON
LT. C.T. BRUCE
PTE. A. CLARK
PTE. F.H. CLARK
PTE. H.T. CLARK
PTE. W.H. COULTER
PTE. J. DOBBIN
LT. A.B. DOUBT
PTE. D. ELLIOTT
PTE. B. FERGUSON
PTE. G. FINES
PTE. J. FOX
PTE. W. GIEBNER
CPL. D. GRAHAM
PTE. E. GREY
PTE. T. HARDING
CPL. G. W. HOOD
PTE. E. HOOEY
PTE. A. HUBBARD
LT. H.F. IRELAND
PTE. F.F. JEFFERISS
PTE. A. JEFFREY
PTE. E. JOHNSTON
PTE. F. JOHNSTON
PTE. J. JOHNSTON
PTE. H. KIDDLE
PTE J. KIMBERLEY
PTE. M. KING
PTE. J. LAIDLAW
PTE. J.L. LEASK
PTE. R. MARTIN
PTE. R. McGILL
PTE. R.D. MIDGLEY
PTE. W. MIDGLEY
PTE. H. MILLARD
PTAE. E. MODDY
PTE. G.E. MOORE
PTE. G.E. MOORE
PTE. A. MOUGHTON
PTE. E. MOUNTJOY
L/CPL. G. PARRETTE
PTE. L.T. RAINES
PTE. C. REAL
PTE. A. SHAKLEFORD
CPL. H. SLAUGHTER
LT. R.W. SOPER
CPL. W. SPENCE
PTE. J. STEELE
PTE. A.W. STONE
PTE. J. SUMMERS
PTE. J.C. SUMNER
PTE. R. SWAIN
PTE. A.H. TARRANT
PTE. J. TAYLOR
PTE. H. THOMAS
L/CPL. C. TIBB
PTE. R. TREMEER
PTE. R. TRUSS
LT. E.D. WALLACE
PTE. P.W. WARD
PTE. M.J. WATSON
PTE. H.E. WHITE
PTE. J. WHITE
PTE. S. WHITE
PTE. H.G. WILLIAMS
PTE. R. WILSON
SGT. J. WOOTTON

Right:
WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

P.O. W.M. ALDRED
PTE. F.A. ANDREWS
F.O. A.S. ARMOUR
F.O. R. CARTER
PTE. L. DAVIDSON
PTE. R. DINGMAN
PTE. G. DODSLEY
F.O. R. EMERSON
L/CPL. A. HALL
PTE. T.C. HAYDEN
PTE. R.H. HILLGARTNER
LT. R.S. HILLER
F.O. W.W. HUGHLI
F.O. A. JOHNSTON
A/B L. LANGFELD
PTE. W. LEACOCK
F.O. T.W. LEAHY
F.O J.G. MacMASTER
PTE. H. MAHAFFY
PTE. H.H. MAHAFFY
L/CPL. T. MENEELY
LT. W.S. MILLER
F.O. G. MULLIGAN
SGT. M. SPEARS
PTE. D.G. STAPLE
FLT. SGT. W.R. WILLARD
PTE. L. WILLIAMS
PTE. C. WILSON
PTE. C. WOODRUFF

KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953








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