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Bethany in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
 

Great War

1914 — 1919

 
 
Great War Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 2, 2024
1. Great War Marker
Inscription.
Erected by
the People of Bethany and district
in memory of
Capt. Percy Wilmot Chambers     Douai     Aug. 13, 1917
Lt. James Thos. Hutchinson Nasmyth     St. Julien     April 22, 1915
Cpl. Saml Elmer Hutchinson     Cambrai     Oct. 5, 1918
Pte. William Henry Coulter     Bramshot Hosptl     Aug. 11, 1917
Pte. Cecil George Delong     Vimy Ridge     April 7, 1917
Pte. Albert Edwards     Vimy Ridge     April 9, 1917
Pte. Edgar Graham     Vimy Ridge     April 9, 1917
Pte. Thomas Hardman     Vimy Ridge     April 9, 1917
Pte. Andrew Henderson     Passchendaele     Nov. 6, 1917
Pte. Ferdinand Hulbert     France     Sept. 11, 1917
Pte. George Keating     Arras     Mar. 30, 1918
Pte. Charles Herbert Morton     Lens     Sept. 11, 1917
Pte. Henry Smith     Vimy Ridge     May 26, 1917
Pte. George Mann     Seaford Eng.     Feb. 3, 1919
 
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Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, World I.
 
Location. 44° 10.918′ N, 78° 34.056′ W. Memorial is in Bethany, Ontario, in Kawartha Lakes. It is on Provincial Highway 7A just east of Wilson Street, on the right when traveling east. The marker is mounted above eye-level on the northwest corner of the Bethany-Kawartha Lakes Public Library, facing Ontario Highway 7A. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1474 Ontario Highway 7A, Bethany ON L0A 1A0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Ontario Cottage Country, in the Kawarthas Northumberland Area, and 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 3 other markers are within 24 kilometers of this marker, measured as the
Bethany-Kawartha Lakes Public Library image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 2, 2024
2. Bethany-Kawartha Lakes Public Library
The marker is mounted above eye-level near the northwest [right] corner of the library building.
crow flies: World War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Sir Ambrose Thomas Stanton M.D., K.C.M.G. (approx. 18.9 kilometers away); Robert McLaughlin (approx. 23.4 kilometers away).
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 1, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 94 times since then and 3 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 1, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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