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

War Memorial

Lest We Forget

 
 
War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 11, 2022
1. War Memorial
Inscription.
In loving memory of
Our Heroes
who fell in the Great War
1914 - 1918
Their names shall never perish

[World War I Honored Dead]
Pte. Josie Cook, Apr. 22, 1915 • Sgt. Richard Goodin, May 7, 1916
Lieut. W. Roy Kingston, July 25, 1916 • Lieut. T.W.F. MacKnight R.A.M.C. Sep. 4, 1916
Pte. Wm. H. Johnson, Sept. 6, 1916 • Pte. James F. Hamill, Nov. 18, 1916
Pte. Neil W. Munro, Feb. 28, 1917 • Pte. D. C. Goyle, Apr. 9, 1917
Lieut. Weston Ward Pitt, June 7, 1917 • Pte. Percy McEdis, June 1917
Pte. Willie Collins, July 1917 • Pte. Freeman G. Barton, Aug. 2, 1917
Pte. Chas. N. Henophy, Oct. 20, 1917 • Pte. John Sifton, Nov. 29, 1917
Lieut. Harlow Tripp, Mar. 31, 1918 • Pte. Newton Henderson, Apr. 2, 1918
Pte. Wm. Armstrong, Aug. 10, 1918 • 2nd Lieut. Baldwin McDougall, Sep. 22, 1918
Pte. George L. Amell, Sept. 28, 1918 • Pte. Roland Whiting, Oct. 31, 1918
Pte. Percy A. Barton, Nov. 2, 1918 • Sgt. Alex Lyon McKenzie, Nov. 27, 1918
Sgt. Roy Lindsay, June 6, 1919 • Gun. G. Hillard Riddell, Aug. 29, 1920
Pte. Hiram Cook, Dec. 14, 1920 • Gun. W. A. Dunlop, Aug. 21, 1917
Nurse Laura A. Montgomery Shorey, Nov. 2, 1918

World War II [Honored Dead]
Victor L. T. Harvey • Lloyd McGuire • Charles Dietschweiler
Eddie Rylands • Howard Wilson • Thos. P. Quinn • Arnold Wallace
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In dedication to those who served
Korean Conflict
1950 - 1953

Peacekeeping Corps

To perpetuate the memory and the noble deeds
of those who have fallen while on
military service to Canada
and of those who die in the future
preserving the freedom of our great nation

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"Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear"
— William Shakespeare

 
Erected by the Citizens of the Township of Edwardsburg.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, Korean
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Location. 44° 50.555′ N, 75° 32.868′ W. Memorial is in Spencerville, Ontario, in Leeds and Grenville United Counties. It is on Centre Street (County Highway 21) west of South Street, on the right when traveling west. War memorial cenotaph is on the Edwardsburgh Cardinal Township Hall grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 18 Centre Street, Spencerville ON K0E 1X0, 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 14 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Township Hall Clock (a few steps from this marker); The Founding of Spencerville (within shouting distance of this marker); Spencerville Riverside Park
War Memorial Dedication image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
2. War Memorial Dedication
(about 240 meters away, measured in a direct line); Roebuck Indian Village Site (approx. 5.4 kilometers away); Fort de Levis (approx. 12.6 kilometers away); Eastern Ontario's First Court House and Gaol (approx. 12.7 kilometers away); Johnstown 1789 (approx. 12.7 kilometers away); Prescott Cemetery Gates (approx. 14 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spencerville.
 
War Memorial Honored Dead image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 11, 2022
3. War Memorial Honored Dead
War Memorial Honored Dead image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 11, 2022
4. War Memorial Honored Dead
War Memorial Dedication image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 11, 2022
5. War Memorial Dedication
War Memorial Epitaph image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 11, 2022
6. War Memorial Epitaph
A 2014 addition
War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 11, 2022
7. War Memorial
War Memorial Statue image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 11, 2022
8. War Memorial Statue
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 20, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 205 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on March 20, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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