Tuesday 29 January 2013

Goderich - Sky Harbour Airport


 
Location:  Huron County  N 43° 45.743 W 081° 42.634
In front of the terminal building at Sky Harbour Airport

The Goderich Municipal Airport(also know as Sky Harbour) was one of many airfields used during the Second World War, as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.   Here can be found two plaques, which tell the story and history of this airfield and the BCATP.
Apparently at one time a Lancaster Bomber was also on display here, but I did not see the aircraft at the time of my visit.  A small museum can be found inside the terminal building.


Marker text:
Ontario Historical Plaque:
THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
AIR TRAINING PLAN
With the outbreak of hostilities in 1939, one of Canada's major responsibilities was to provide air training facilities removed from the theatre of war. On December 17, 1939, the Plan was inaugurated. The first schools were opened the following year, among them No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School here at Sky Harbour. At the height of operations there were 38 training units in Ontario alone, including 32 air training schools. Before termination of the Plan on March 31, 1945, these and 70 similar establishments elsewhere in Canada trained over 300,000 aircrew, ground crew and airwomen, mostly from Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand but including American volunteers and escapees from Nazi-occupied Europe.
 


Sky Harbour plaque:
SKY 
HARBOUR
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN
1939-45
12 ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL   RCAF

North of this marker was the above base of the
BCATP of World War II, inaugurated December
17th, 1939.  From 360 schools, on 281 Canadian
sites such as this, graduated 131,553 aircrew, over 
200,000 ground crew and Air Women, of the Air
Forces of Canada, British Commonwealth and Allies,
including many American volunteers in the RCAF.

Canadian BCATP graduates staffed most of these
360 schools, manned 78 RCAF active combat
squadrons and served in most RAF and Commonwealth
Combat squadrons in action in all theatres of war.

THE LANCASTER X MEMORIAL
This Canadian built Lancaster X, wingspan 102 feet,
power 4, 1400 h.p. Rolls Royce Packard Merlin 224
engines, was manned by a crew of 7.  Combat weight
32 tons, cruising speed 220 m.p.h. for ten hours
with 6 tons of bombs.  Donated by Branch 109 Royal
Canadian Legion, the Township of Colborne, the Town 
of Goderich and the County of Huron.  Lancaster FM
213 is dedicated to the memory of those who were
killed or went missing.

Dedication Day,   Battle of Britain Sunday,   September 5, 1968.

 

Sunday 27 January 2013

West Bay - M'Chigeeng First Nation

 

Location:  Manitoulin Island  N 45 49.542  W 082 09.663
On the east side of Highway 551, near the Administrative Offices.

The home of the M"Chigeeng First Nations band, also known as the village of West Bay, proudly displays a memorial to all those from this community who died in battle.  No dates or wars are mentioned on the memorial, simply the words "Take time to Remember", the names of the dead, and a few decorative poppies.  A tremendous sacrifice was made by our First Nations people in times of war, a story which needs to be told in greater detail.
 

Marker text:
TAKE TIME TO
R E M E M B E R

SADORE DEBASSIGE
ISSAC DEBASSIGE
JOHN DEBASSIGE
TOM DEBASSIGE
AVID DEBASSIGE
ERNEST DEBASSIGE
FRANK DEBASSIGE
GEORGE DEBASSIGE
ALBERT MIGWANS
DAVID MIGWANS
LAURENCE MIGWANS
PADDY MIGWANS
RAYMOND MIGWANS
ISSAC MODESS
WILDFRED RENE CADA


TAKE TIME TO
R E M E M B E R

STANLEY MODESS
JUSTIN ROY
ANGUS ABLE
VINCENT ABLE
CECIL ACE
FRED ACE
JONAS ANWHATIN
CHARLIE BEAUDIN
JIM BISSON
DOMINIC CORBIERE
FRANK CORBIERE
GEORGE CORBIERE
PHILLIP CORBIERE
WILLIAM CORBIERE

Sunday 20 January 2013

Milton

 

Location:  Halton Region  N 43 30.619  W 079 53.057
Located in Victoria Square Park, close to the corner of Mary Street and Brown Street.

A beautiful memorial, erected in 1926, unveiled by Colonel Henry Cockshutt, Lieut. Governor of Ontario.  This memorial features a statue of a young soldier, atop a granite shaft.  Behind the memorial, in the park is also found a vintage artillery piece.  The grounds are well cared for by the town works department, who were there during my visit, tending to the landscaping and cleaning the entire area.
 

Marker text:
Front:
IN FLANDERS FIELDS

IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945
THE KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953

GREAT BRITAIN    NORWAY
YPRES   FESTUBERT   GIVENCHY
 

Left:
OUR HONOURED DEAD
ALLAN W.
ARCHER J.W.
BASTEDO  A.C.
BEARD A.W.
BAVERSTOCK E.
BELT J.
BONUS M.
CARTON C.A.
CARTWRIGHT W.
COOPER A.E.
CROWE J.
CROFT W.

DOCKRAY J.
DENYES M.
DONNELLY E.
EVANS A.J.
EDEN A.N.
EDWARDS A.
FAY R.
FAY C.H.
GOWING C.
GRAHAM W.
HAMILTON J.
HILL G.

KOREAN WAR
SMILLIE J.

SICILY   HOLLAND   ITALY
THE SOMME   COURCELETTE   VIMY RIDGE
 

Rear:
1939 - 1945
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918

AUGER A.G.
BLACK L.
BEATY W.S.
BOWRING F.C.
COLLIS J.
COXE K.A.
COXE W.A.
CLEMENTS J.
DOLBY E.G.
DILLOW W.E.
FRENCH G.V.
SMILLIE J.F.
PATERSON M.

GALBRAITH R.
HARROP D.E.
MORLEY G.
MACARTHUR T.J.
McLELLAN G.
MACNABB D.S.
ROBERTSON J.
SCOTT W.D.
SNOW W.O.
TURNER C.O.
WELLER F.J.
WILSON D.
DIXON D.

OUR HONOURED DEAD WHO FOUGHT IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTRIES IN THE SECOND
GREAT WAR

FRANCE   BELGIUM   CHINA
PASSCHENDAELE   AMIENS   ARRAS
 
 

Right:
OUR HONOURED DEAD
HARROP C.
HARWOOD W.
JARVIE J.
KEARNS W.K.
LEES W.
LANCASTER S.
MERRITT R.A.
MADDOCKS W.
MANLEY F.
MARCH J.
PATTERSON D.
POLLOCK W.

ROBERTSON J.E.
ROBERTSON C.E.
ROBINSON H.C.
SINCLAIR H.
SLACK W.
STEVENS E.J.W.
TUXFORD V.
TUCK E.L.
TUXWORTH A.
TURRELL R.B.
WILLIAMS S.T.
WALSH F.

GERMANY    INDIA
CAMBRAI   VALENCIENNES   MONS





Wednesday 16 January 2013

Keene



Location:  Otonabee Township, Peterborough County
N 44 14.443  W 078 09.726
In a small park at the northwest corner of Heritage Line and County Road #2, in the village of Keene.

This tall memorial was erected in 1921, by the Township of Otonabee, to honour the dead of the First and later the Second World Wars.  Each month a fresh wreath is placed at the base of the memorial each month.  The grounds, bordered by a black metal fence, are maintained by the Royal Canadian Legion Otonabee Branch 607 and the North Shore Women's Institute, who ensure the landscaping and flowers are kept in good condition.

Marker text:
Front:
IN MEMORIAM

DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF
OTONABEE
WHO SERVED, FOUGHT AND DIED
FOR FREEDOM'S CAUSE
IN THE GREAT WARS
1914-1918
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
1939-1945
 

Right:
 1914-1918

Anderson, Robert
Bolin, Alphonse
Carpenter, Herbert E.
Curtis, Wm. Howard
Doherty, Thomas
Emery, Robert
Fitzgerald, Patrick
Girven, Franklin
Hastie, Harry
Hawkins, Roy
Head, John
Hatcher, Harold
Long, W.J.
Mathers, Henry
Mahood, Robert
McKenzie, Alex
Nelson, Ray
Peters, Ernest
Powell, Charles
Rippingale, Stanley
Smith, Harold
Sydes, Herbert
Shaw, Alfred
Tier, David
Wedlock Richard
Thompson, Lang
Toms, William
Wedlock, Richard
Weaver, Gordon

Blaker, Joshua
Corrigan, Edward
Curtin, William
Dainton, William
Dyer, Thomas
Edwards, William
Guest, Herbert
Hastie, Alex
Hawkins, Bruce
Hope, Wm. R.
Henderson, John
Keitle, John
Melling, William
Mann, Percy
McCarthy, Joseph D.
McGregor, John
Orde, Frederick
Pue, William
Read, George
Rippingale, Benjamin
Smith, George
Speirs, Harold
Tobico, Robert
Weir, Ormond
Whitt, Arthur

1939-1945

Ernest Alderson
Edward Gall
Roland Rennie

Ernest Bell
Gordon Heath
Henry Shepherd
William Campbell

Richard Eason
Elmer Paudash
Roland Walsh
 

Rear:
ERECTED
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
BY THE
MUNICIPALITY OF
OTONABEE
A.D. 1921

THOSE WHO COME AFTER
SEE TO IT
THAT THEIR NAMES ARE
NOT FORGOTTEN.
 

Left:
 "WE ARE THE DEAD,
SHORT DAYS AGO WE LIVED,
FELT DAWN, SAW SUNSET GLOW,
LOVED, AND WERE LOVED,
AND NOW, WE LIE
IN FLANDERS FIELDS".

Monday 14 January 2013

Brechin

 

Location:  Ramara Township, Kawartha Lakes  N 44 32.894  W 079 10.338
On the north side of Concession Road 4, in front of the Legion.

This memorial proudly sits in front of the Royal Canadian Legion Brechin-Mara Branch #488.  It was dedicated by the Township of Mara, before they combined with Rama Township, to form the current Ramara Township.  The granite wall lists the names of heroes lost in the two World Wars.
 

Marker Text:
Sides:
LEST WE FORGET

GOD  KING  COUNTRY

Centre:
OUR FALLEN HEROES OF TWO WORLD WARS

1914 - 1918
BARNES CHESTER
BLACK THOMAS
CARTWRIGHT LIONAL
CLARKE MILTON
COLLINS JOHN
CONGDON ORRIN
DESMOND WILFRED
DOLAN WILLIAM

DUXBURY JOHN
FAULKNER ROBERT
FOWLER GEORGE
GINSBERG SAMUEL
GLOVER NORMAN
GLOVER JOHN
GOWANLOCK JAMES
GOWANLOCK ROBERT

JUFFS ROBERT
McCORKELL IGNATIUS
McKENZIE CHARLES
McKENZIE DAVID
MERKLEY LEE
PARKIN RICHARD
ROGERS GEORGE
SHEFFIELD JOHN

1939 - 1945
COULTER EVERETT
GAGNON RAYMOND
LOVEDAY WILLIAM
MUGGAN EDWARD

McCARTHY DENNIS
McLAUGHLIN EDMUND
WHALEN JOSEPH

McLAUGHLIN PATRICK
NEWMAN WILLIAM
SPEIRAN WILLIAM
STEELE JOHN

DEDICATED BY THE TOWNSHIP OF MARA




Friday 11 January 2013

Ingleside

 

Location: County of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry  
N 44 59.860  W 074 59.442
On the north side on Maple Street N, at Memorial Square.

Located in a beautiful small park, this memorial is dedicated to those of the former Osnabruck Township, who gave their lives in the two World Wars, and Korea.


Marker text:
Front:
IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN HEROES

1914 - 1918
SGT. HAROLD B. AULT M.M. 3rd BN. AUG. 30, 1918
PTE. HAROLD C. SHAVER  C.A.M.C. MAY 20, 1918
PTE. ERSEL I. HANES  38th BN. SEPT. 27, 1918
PT.E M.E. PRUNER  21st BN. NOV. 9, 1917
PTE. JAMES HART  21st BN. AUG. 31, 1917
PTE. S.E. McCONNELL  19th BN. SEPT. 18, 1916

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVERMORE
 

Back:
OSNABRUCK TWP. AREA VETERANS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING
WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

ARMY
PERCY K. ARMSTRONG
WALTER S. CRYDERMAN
FREDERICK E. EAMON
WILLIAM L. FROATS
DONALD B. HAWN
HARRY A. McINTOSH
LAWRENCE PRUNER
BERTRAM R. SMITH
J. EDGAR WALDROF
LYLE J. ZERON
CECIL F. PESCOD
JAMES POAPST
MAHLON E. PRUNER

JAMES W. QUINN
LLOYD S. RUPERT
ALBERT J. SHAVER
HAROLD SHAVER
HAROLD C. SHAVER
EMERY R. STEEN
DEXTER A. WARNER
EARL M. WARNER
EARL W. WARNER
FREDERICK E. WARNER
WILLIAM WERELEY
WILLIAM R. WYLIE
DALTON ZERON

R.C.A.F.
H. MATTHIES LAFLAMME
WILLIAM T. SHAVER
ARNOLD SNETSINGER
WILLIAM J. SNYDER
A. ROBERT WEBSTER
DALTON E. VIPOND

KOREAN WAR
MILTON VIPOND

 1939 - 1945
PTE. HARRY A. McINTOSH
     S.D.&G. HIGHLANDERS  SEPT. 5, 1944
PTE. LAWRENCE PRUNER
     LINCOLN & WELLAND REG'T  JAN. 26, 1945
PTE. BERTRAM R. SMITH
     R.C.O.C.  AUG. 22, 1944

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVERMORE







Wednesday 9 January 2013

Orono

 

Location:  Clarington, Durham Region  N 43. 58.515  W 078 36.983
On the north-west corner of Main Street and Station Street.

The well-landscaped memorial was unveiled in November, 1957.  The grounds are tended by the Orono Horticultural Society, and other local community groups.  The style of memorial is common across Ontario, a granite wall, paying tribute to the local dead of the World Wars.
 

Marker text:
    LEST WE FORGET
BY SEA, LAND AND AIR
 

Left:
1914-1918
YPRES
SOMME
VIMY
PASCHENDAEL
AMIENS

Left end of wall 1914 - 1918
BARNARD A.
BOWEN L.
CAIN F.
GLANVILLE S.
HOOPER L.
LOWNIE W.
NODEN G.
ROWE E.
SHIPWAY F.
WHITE R.


Right:
1939-1945
DIEPPE
ITALY
CASSINI
CAEN
NORMANDY

Right end of wall
1939 - 1945
BARNES J.
BRUTON C.
BRUTON N.
CHARMAN G.
CLOUGH M.
DENT G.
FORBES, G.
GOLDSPINK J.
GRADY J.
HALL S.
MORGAN S.
RALPH G.
WADDELL A
BARRABALL G.J.
 

Centre tablet:
RE-LANDSCAPED 1992 BY
ORONO HORICULTURAL
SOCIETY,
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
CITIZENS OF ORONO AND AREA

Sunday 6 January 2013

Picton



Location:  Prince Edward County  N 44 00.331  W 077 08.707
On the south-west corner of Main Street (Highway 33) and Ferguson Street (Chapel Street).
 

The first steps to provide a memorial to the dead of the First World War were taken by the Prince Edward Old Boys Association. This association had been formed in 1901 by County men who had moved away, especially to Toronto, and wanted to maintain their links to the County. They got other patriotic groups, especially the Great War Veterans Association, involved in March of 1920 and proposed the erection of Memorial Gates at the Fairgrounds, but could not get agreement. In May, 1920, a Prince Edward County Memorial Committee was formed consisting of representatives from the Great War Veterans Association, the Prince Edward County Old Boys Association, The Prince Edward County Agricultural Society, and others. This committee was to make a recommendation to the County Council. Eventually, after a proposal to build a memorial hall was turned down, it was agreed to have a monument erected. In the meantime, the Old Boys apparently went ahead and erected War Memorial Gates and a fence on their own on the Prince Edward Agricultural Society Grounds before the monument was built. These gates and the fence were removed only a few short years ago and replaced with a chain link fence. The pedestrian gate and the ticket office with the Old Boys sign is still there. The work of erecting the monument was completed on Monday, September 20, 1920. The monument was unveiled the next day, Tuesday, September 21, 1920. The Picton War Memorial was dedicated to the memory of the veterans who died in the First World War. In November 1956 it was re-dedicated to honour the veterans who died in the Second World War with the addition of an alter. Later a tribute to the Veterans of the Korean War was added to the Memorial.
***Source: Picton Gazette, September 23, 1920 and November 7, 1956.

Marker Text:
Main Shaft
Front:
1914-1919

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
PRINCE EDWARD
COUNTY
WHO FOUGHT AND FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR

PICTON
A.G. ABBOTT
FRED ALLEN
S. BALDWIN
PRECY L. BARBER
D. JELLETT-BARKER
H.H. BARNUM
Wm. A. BEASLEY
WILLET V. BEDELL
H. BESON
W. BUCHANAN
G.S.W. CANN
RAYMOND S. CARTER
HARRY E. COTTRELL
E. BRUCE DAINARD
JOSEPH W. DAY
FRERE DAYTON
A.C. DENIKE
WALLACE S. EARLE
CHAS. A. EDWARDS
COLIN FARRINGTON
O. FULFORD
MALCOLM L. FRENCH
JOHN A. GROOMS
Wm.E. HEAD
G.W. HICKS
C. HINEMAN
L. WALTER HOGG
STUART HOUGH
C. HOWARD
FRANK HUFF
EARL IRVIN
CARTER IRWIN
C.C. TODD
FRED HAYLOCK

GEO. L. JOHNSON
CHAS. W. JONES
HARRY E. JONES
E.T.S. KELLY
JACK LANEY
RALPH LEAVITT
ART LEDGWORTH
DONALD Y. LESLIE
DONALD LIGHTHALL
ARTHUR W. LUCAS
SIDNEY A. MARTIN
RALPH MESSETT
FRED G. MOORE
J.J. MURPHY
JOHN R. McCOID
JOHN D. McLEAN
RALPH E. RANGER
AARON RUBEN
LOU SEDGWICK
WALTER C. SCOTT
JOHN A. SMITH
SHERMAN J. SNYDER
ROBERT M. STIRLING
J.E. STORMS
THOS. THOMPSON
JAMES T. WADDLE
M. WANNAMAKER
S. WANNAMAKER
ERNEST WEAVER
EDWARD WILKINS
ROSS WRIGHT
JOHN W. YOUNG
CALVIN WEIDMARK

THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
 

Left:
HILLIER
A. BISHOP
JOHN H. CAMPBELL
THOS. DEREMO
G. ROSS FOSTER
C.H. HARVEY
J.H. HARVEY
BURWELL HICKS
THOS. H. PARKS
GEO T. RAYNOR
JOSEPH SIMONDS

LORNE SPENCER
LAWRENCE SPENCER
KENNETH SPENCER
HERBERT ST. PETER
W. TERWILLIGAR
T. VANCE
PERCY WAY
HARRY WINTERS
RUSSELL J. YOUNG

NORTH MARYSBURGH
ALBERT GUAY
JOSEPH HENDRY
CHAS. W. SCOTT

W.N. STORMS
MAC VANVLACK
HAROLD WRIGHT

SOUTH MARYSBURGH
EARL BROWN
FRANK BROWN
H. FARRINGTON
PERCY V. BROOKS

E. HUME LOVE
REXFORD REID
FRANK STRIKER

WELLINGTON
B.F. BAMSEY
GEO. COVERT
GEO. H. GIBSON
GRANT HAIGHT
PERCY M. RORKE

FRED V. SPAFFORD
ALEX G. STUART
ALBERT TURNER
H.E. WALKER

SOPHIASBURGH
H. BESONDAY
JOHN S. HOLMES
JAMES JACKSON
G.C. BROWN

SIDNEY J. KENT
W.P. MANSFIELD
JAMES E. POLLARD

KOREA
1950 - 1953
 

Rear:
PASSCHENDAELE
HOOGE - ARRAS
SANCTUARY WOOD
COURCELETTE
AMIENS - ST. ELOI
MONS - VIMY RIDGE
GIVENCHY - LENS
YPRES - FESTUBERT
BOURLON WOOD - DOUAI
CAMBRAI - SOMME

ERECTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL
1920
 

Right:
AMELIASBURGH
G. CLINTON ADAMS
W.J. ANDERSON
CHAS. AYRHART
CHAS. BAWDEN
CLAYTON BELNAP
EDWARD BOYCE
ADELBERT R. BUSH
W.B. FERGUSON M.C.

L. M. FREDERICK
T.G. HALL
BEN JUBY
H.E. PARLIAMENT
P.C. REDDICK
W.W. WELLER
LESLIE YOUNG
ERNEST M. YOUNG

ATHOL
JOHN DODDS
HUBERT DULMAGE

HARRY D. EAMES
ARTHUR YOUNG

BLOOMFIELD
A.A. BRANT
STANLEY CAMPBELL
H.A. GODWIN
DAVID GREEN
ALEX JOHNS

MOSES JOHNS
HENRY PARKINS
HAROLD McGRAYNE
JOSEPH TUCK

HALLOWELL
EARLE JAMES
BRUCE H. COLE
W. FRANK HILL
THOMAS HOOK
ALBERT LINEKER
CHRIS R. LOCKYER
BELA C. MARKLAND
BENJAMIN MERRY

ESLI MERRY
SIDNEY J. TAYLOR
ERNEST G. TUTTLE
W. FRED YARDLEY
ROBT. G. YARDLEY
CLIFFORD WILSON
Wm. WOODROW
W.J. BEATTY
 

Altar
Front:
1939-1945
PICTON
BREAKENRIDGE, BRUCE
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM
CAREY, WILLIAM
COLE, PAUL J.
CROSS, GEORGE
EVANS, KEITH
GIBSON, MAURICE
GILROY, NORMAN
GRIFFIN, JACK DOUGLAS
GRINDROD, BERT
HYDERMAN, HOWARD

LAWSON, HAROLD W.
LLOYD, CHARLES
MAHOOD, ALEX
NUTLEY, CHARLES
PETTET, DOUGLAS
RICHARDSON, FREDERICK
RORABECK, BASIL
SPENCER, COREY
WEIDMARK, EDWARD H.
WHITTARD, FREDERICK
WILSON, IRWIN

WELLINGTON
BURD, WILSON
FITCH, JOHN WILLIAM
FOSTER, MILTON
GRANT DONALD
RAYNOR, WALLACE
TAYLER, MELVIN

BLOOMFIELD
BRANT, HURON (M.M.)
PHILLIPS, GEORGE
VANCOTT, HOWARD
 

Left:
HALLOWELL
CARR, HARRIS BRIAN
CHRISTY, ELMO
FIELD, WILLIAM E.
HINEMAN, GERALD
LEAVITT, GORDON
McKENZIE, HARRY
SEXSMITH, R.

N. MARYSBURGH
BELLWOOD, THOMAS
LIGHTHALL, A.
WHITTAKER, CHARLES
WILKINSON, RUSSELL

S. MARYSBURGH
FENTON, ELWOOD
GRIMMON, CALVIN
McKENNA, GERALD
 

Right:
AMELIASBURGH
LOUGH, ROSS
SOBLE, RUSSELL
YOUNG, C.R.
YOUNG, E.R.

ATHOL
BEDBOROUGH, C.
COWAN, HAROLD

HILLIER
CROWTHER, R.
FILLINGHAM, T.
KEECH, LEE

SOPHIASBURGH
D'APERNG, HANS
JUBY, CLAUDE
READ, CHARLES
ZACHARIAH, W.