Kemptville in Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

War Memorial

·In·Flanders·Fields·Where·Poppies·Grow·

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 3, 2021

1. War Memorial

Inscription.

·Erected·to
·our·honoured·dead·
·and·those·who·carried·on·
·in·the·Great·War·
·1914 - 1918·
·From·Kemptville·
·Oxford·&·South·Gower·

·Ypres·Festubert·Givenchy·St·Eloi·The·Somme·
·Vimy·Ridge·Hill·70·Lens·Passchendaele·
·Amiens·Arras·Cambrai·Le Cateau·Mons·

[Honoured Dead]
Major H·Hutchins Capt J·H·MacDiarmid Lieut A·E·Oakes
Sgt[s] A·Dillane J·Bennett R·P·Barr·D·C·M
Pte[s] G·Grey R·Mackey H·J·Carson H·Maxwell
N·B·Laplante C·D·O'Leary A·Arcand T·A·Arcand
H·Andrews J·E.·Arcand W·Stewart C·A·Hurbert
M·L·Carlin J·Moran T·J·Beckett A·Caley E·Davie
G·Howey J·E·McCrum H·M·McCrum E·Hasting A·Irvine
S·Hudson W·Copping J·A·Jeffrey J·Humphrey
A·MacDiarmid A·Worlds A·Scott I·Cooper J·A·Stewart

·1939 - 1945·
L/Bdr H·W·Cowie Gnr A·S·Robinson
Pte[s] D·L·Crawford S·Black G·Wagner J·Shearer
P/O W·L·Buchanan F/Sgt[s] H·L·Brown G·J·H·McElroy
D·D·Taylor Sgt P·R·Roach Cpl E·Leach

Korea
1950 - 1953

Afghanistan
Pte B·Williamson

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the In Flanders Fields series list.

Location. 45° 0.871′ N,

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75° 38.602′ W. Memorial is in Kemptville, Ontario, in Leeds and Grenville United Counties. It is at the intersection of Prescott Street (County Highway 44) and Elizabeth Street, on the right when traveling south on Prescott Street. Cenotaph is on the grounds of the former public school. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 304 Prescott Street, Kemptville ON K0G 1J0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Ontario

and specifically in Southeastern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 16 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hon. G. Howard Ferguson (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Prescott Street Bridge (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Resilience of North Grenville and its Residents (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); North Grenville Rotary Millennium Park

War Memorial (back) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 3, 2021

2. War Memorial (back)

(approx. 0.4 kilometers away); St. James' Memorial Church (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Veterans Commemorative Park (approx. 7.5 kilometers away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 14.8 kilometers away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 15.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kemptville.

Regarding War Memorial. The cenotaph was originally dedicated after World War I.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 3, 2021

3. War Memorial

War Memorial Honoured Dead image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 3, 2021

4. War Memorial Honoured Dead

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 3, 2021

5. War Memorial Honoured Dead

Credits. This page was last revised on September 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 6, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 171 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 6, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.