Ottawa, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Honoured Dead Committed to Fire

1939 - 1945

— [AKA Ottawa Cremation Memorial] —

Honoured Dead Committed to Fire Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 29, 2023

1. Honoured Dead Committed to Fire Marker

Inscription.
In honoured memory of these officers and men who
died in Canada and the United States of America
and whose mortal remains were committed to fire

Royal Navy
Commander (E) E. Watson

Royal Marines
Brigadier F. W. Home

Royal Air Force
Group Captain A. Shekleton C.B.E., D.S.O.
Flight Lieut. A. Blyth • Warrant Officer D. C. Hide
Sergeant S. H. Stillwell

Corps of Military Staff Clerks
Canadian Army
Lieut.-Colonel J. F. Cummins, M.S.M.
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sqdn. Leader F. B. Curry

Royal Canadian Air Force
Sqdn. Leader W. H. E. Drury • Flight Lieut. E. A. Moore
Flight Lieut. I. P. Walker • Flying Officer B. W. Bristol
Pilot Officer S. S. Buckley • Sergeant R. R. Blythe
Sergeant B. M. E. Unger • Corporal W. C. Dewar
Corporal L. Gregory-Allen • Ldg. Aircraftman P. D. Carvalho
Ldg. Aircraftman W. W. Douglas • Ldg. Aircraftman D. G. Irvine
Ldg. Aircraftman R. E. Froud • Ldg. Aircraftman J. R. Moody
Ldg. Aircraftman R. L. Richardson • Aircraftman II E. de Lorme
Aircraftman II N. H. Wyman

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism •

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War, World II.

Location. 45° 26.839′ N, 75° 39.506′ W. Memorial is in Ottawa, Ontario. It can be reached from Saint Laurent Boulevard. Marker is adjacent south of the Veterans Section (Section 27) of Beechwood, The National Cemetery of Canada. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 402 St Laurent Boulevard, Ottawa ON K1L 8A6, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern 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 walking distance of this marker: Ter Herdenking van de in Canada Gevallen Nederlanders (here, next to this marker); Cross of Sacrifice / Croix du Sacrifice (a few steps from this marker); Veteran Field of Honor / Champ d'honneur des anciens combattants (a few steps from this marker); Henry Duncan Graham Crerar (a few

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 29, 2023

2. Honoured Dead Committed to Fire Marker

steps from this marker); Charles Foulkes (a few steps from this marker); Le Howitzer L5 Howitzer (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Le Howitzer L5 Howitzer (a few steps from this marker); Cross of Sacrifice (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ottawa.

Regarding Honoured Dead Committed to Fire. From the Beechwood Cemetery Veterans Section Tour:

The Ottawa Cremation Memorial is a small building and an important early military memorial at Beechwood Cemetery. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission built the Cremation Memorial in 1958. It consists of commemoration panels set on an inside wall of a stone shelter building that was designed and built by Veterans Affairs Canada engineers.

The Commission installed a Cross of Sacrifice in the centre of Section 27 in 1957 and a ceremony to dedicate the Cross of Sacrifice and Cremation Memorial was held in May 1959. The Cremation Memorial commemorates 31 War Dead of the First and Second World Wars. The 31 War Dead commemorated on the Memorial were cremated in Canada and the United States and do not have a place of

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burial. In 1971, the Cremation Memorial also displayed plaques to commemorate 28 Dutch War Dead whose graves are maintained by the Canadian Agency of the Commission on behalf of the Netherlands.

Also see . . .
1. As one example, see Group Captain Shekleton's Find A Grave Memorial here. (Submitted on October 20, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Section Map of Beechwood, The National Cemetery of Canada. (Submitted on October 20, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 20, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 166 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 20, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.