Sunday 9 December 2012

Listowel



Location:  Perth County  N 43 44.000  W 080 57.103
At the south-east corner of Wallace Avenue N and Elizabeth Street E.

Beautiful memorial with a long list of names from this small Ontario town.  The main memorial is a marlbe stone block with the names of those who gave their lives in the Great War, adorned with a touching statue on top, featuring a kneeling soldier and an angel to comfort him.
Two separate stones mark the Second World War and Korea.  The entire memorial is located in a pretty park, across from the town offices.
 

Marker text:
Main memorial:
Front:
WE HONOUR THEIR MEMORY WHOSE COURAGE SAVED THE EMPIRE

N.S. ROGER, GRACE
ARMSTRONG, A.
ASSER, G.
BAKER, W.C.
BAKER, W.J.
BAMFORD, H.J.
BARNETT, R.S.
BASSETT, J.A.
BASSETT, S.
BLATCHFORD, E.A.
BLATCHFORD, T.L.
BOYD, J.
BRIDGE, W.
BROWN, G.
CAMPBELL, R.N.
CHAMNEY, H.G.
CHAMNEY, R.C.

CHRISTIE, G.
DANBY, W.
DEWAR, W.
DOOLITTLE, C.
EDMISTON, T.
ELLIOTT, B.
ELLIS, E.T.
EMERY, H.
FORBES, W.
FOX, W.
FUNNELL, F.
GILMER, E.
GILMORE, J.J.
GUENTHER, H.H.
HAMILTON, D.
HENRY, W.J.
HONE, C.D.

JAQUES, J.S.
JORDAN, R.D.
JOLLY, J.B.
KEMP, R.M.
KIDD, C.
LAVERY, E.C.
LAW, C.J.
LUCAS, W.
METHERELL, E.J.
MOORE, W.A.
MORPHY, H.B.
MORRISON, L.
MILLYARD R.D.
McCUTCHEON, E.
McDONALD, J.V.K.
McMINN, D.
McKEEVER, A.E.

McKEEVER, J.A.
NEVILLE, A.
PARK, J.M.
PEARSON, J.
POLLOCK, L.
RICHARDS, M.
RIGGS, J.A.
RINGLER, W.J.
ROGERS, J.G.
ROGERS, W.L.
REID, D.
SAUNDERS, H.C.
SCHOTTS, R.
SCOTT, J.
SEEHAVER, G.
SIMPSON, H.N.
SPENCER, W.

1914 - 1918

Left:
ROBINSON, J.G.
STEVENSON, E.
TASSIE, B.B.E.
TERRY, J.
TORRANCE, L.G.
TORRANCE, V.E.
UPPER, D.
VINES, F.
COGHILL, H.
GEOCH, A.
HOADLEY, P.V.
KRITZER, H.
RICHMOND, W.K.
SEILER,  M.
WYCKOFF, E.C.G.
WATSON, E.
MALONCY, T.
GALAUGHER, N.

Back:
GROVES, H.
BOGUES, E.S.
BOGUES, W.J.
BITTON, C.G.
SMITH, J.N.
HEIBEIN, W.L.

Right:
BAMFORD, N.
VANDRICK, J.
WAKEFIELD, F.
WATSON, C.M.
WILLOUGHBY, S.J.
WRIGHT, L.
N.S. HAY, M.J.
BARBER O.
DANBROOK S.
PARDY W.
ZILLIAX H.
BRONSON C.E.
JACKSON A.
McDONALD W.
BROWN A.
N.S. HAY M.
M.D. MOORE J.
 
 
 
 

World War II:
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

ANGER, CARL L.
BOWERY, EDWIN
COOK, NORMAN C.
DENSTEDT, JAMES E.
GILE, GLEN W.
GRIFFITH, MALCOLM R.
HOOD, JAMES W.
HUESTON, R.J.
JOHNSTON, CHARLES E.
JOHNSTON, ALLEN J.
KIBLER, JOHN F.
KRITZER, GORDON C.
KROTZ, PERCY E.

LAVERY, T. WILBERT
LEMONT, VICTOR
LUDWIG, SINCLAIR E.
OLIVER, MELVIN R.
PEPPLER, STANLEY J.
PROUDLEY, WILLIAM H.
RICHARDS, ELMER O.
SCOTT, WILLIAM G.
SMITH, RUSSELL C.
VICK, MORRIS R.
WALLACE, WILMOT G.
WELSH, HARRY
WOOD, ROSS J.
 

1939 - 1945

Korea:
TAKE TIME
TO
REMEMBER

KOREA
1950 - 1953









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