Barrie in Simcoe County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients
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Bénéficiaires de la Croix Victoria canadien

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2024

1. Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients / Bénéficiaires de la Croix Victoria canadien Marker

Inscription.

Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients, also, Bénéficiaires de la Croix Victoria canadien. . Crimea Crimèe Alexander Dunn, Indian Rebellion of 1857 Rébellion indienne de 1857 William Hall . Herbert Reade, Bravery at Sea Bravoure en mer Campbell Douglas, Boer War Guerre des Boers Raymond DeMontmorency . Hampden Cockburn . Edward Holland . Richard Turner, Second Boer War Deuxième Guerre des Boers William Nickerson . Arthur Richardson, First World War Première Guerre Mondiale Wallace Algie . William Barker . Colin Barrow . Edward Bellew . Philip Bent . William Bishop . Rowland Bourke . Alexander Brereton . Jean Brillant . Harry Brown . Hugh Cairns . Frederick Campbell . Leo Clark . William Clark-Kennedy . Robert Combe . Frederick Coppins . John Croak . Robert Cruickshank . Edmund DeWind . Thomas Dinesen . Frederick Fisher . Gordon Flowerdew . Herman Good . Milton Gregg . Frederick Hall . Robert Hanna . Frederick Harvey . Frederick Hobson . Thomas Holmes . Samuel Honey . Bellenden Hutcheson . Joseph Kaeble . George Kerr . John Kerr . Cecil Kinross . Arthur Knight . Filip Kondwal . Okill Learmonth . Graham Lyall . Thain MacDowell . John MacGregor . George McKean . Hugh McKenzie . Alan McLeod . William Merrifield . William Metcalf . William Milne . Harry Miner . Coulson Mitchell . George Mullin . Claude Nunney . Christopher O’Kelly . Michael O’Leary . Michael O’Rourke . John Pattison . George Pearkes . Cyrus Peck . Walter Rayfield . James Richardson . Thomas Ricketts . James Robertson . Charles Rutherford . Francis Scrimger . Robert Shankland . Ellis Sifton . John Sinton . Ernest Smith . Robert Spall . Hargus Strachan . James Taft . Thomas Wilkinson . John Young . Raphael Zendel , Second World War Deuxième Guerre Mondiale Ian Bazalgette . Aubrey Cosens . David Currie . John Foote . Robert Gray . Charles Hoey . David Hornell . John Mahony . Charles Merritt . Andrew Mynarski . John Osborn . Frederick Peters . Ernest Smith . Frederick Tilston . Frederick Topham . Paul Triquet . .

Crimea
Crimèe
Alexander Dunn

Indian Rebellion of 1857
Rébellion indienne de 1857
William Hall • Herbert Reade

Bravery at Sea
Bravoure en mer
Campbell Douglas

Boer War
Guerre des Boers
Raymond DeMontmorency • Hampden Cockburn • Edward Holland • Richard Turner

Second Boer War
Deuxième Guerre des Boers
William Nickerson • Arthur Richardson

First World War
Première Guerre Mondiale
Wallace Algie • William Barker • Colin Barrow • Edward Bellew • Philip Bent • William Bishop • Rowland Bourke • Alexander Brereton • Jean Brillant • Harry Brown • Hugh Cairns • Frederick Campbell • Leo Clark • William Clark-Kennedy • Robert Combe • Frederick Coppins • John Croak • Robert Cruickshank • Edmund DeWind • Thomas Dinesen • Frederick Fisher • Gordon Flowerdew • Herman Good • Milton Gregg • Frederick Hall • Robert Hanna • Frederick Harvey • Frederick Hobson • Thomas Holmes • Samuel Honey • Bellenden Hutcheson • Joseph Kaeble • George Kerr • John Kerr • Cecil Kinross • Arthur Knight • Filip Kondwal • Okill Learmonth • Graham Lyall • Thain MacDowell • John MacGregor • George McKean • Hugh McKenzie • Alan McLeod • William Merrifield • William Metcalf • William Milne • Harry Miner • Coulson Mitchell • George Mullin • Claude Nunney • Christopher

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O’Kelly • Michael O’Leary • Michael O’Rourke • John Pattison • George Pearkes • Cyrus Peck • Walter Rayfield • James Richardson • Thomas Ricketts • James Robertson • Charles Rutherford • Francis Scrimger • Robert Shankland • Ellis Sifton • John Sinton • Ernest Smith • Robert Spall • Hargus Strachan • James Taft • Thomas Wilkinson • John Young • Raphael Zendel

Second World War
Deuxième Guerre Mondiale
Ian Bazalgette • Aubrey Cosens • David Currie • John Foote • Robert Gray • Charles Hoey • David Hornell • John Mahony • Charles Merritt • Andrew Mynarski • John Osborn • Frederick Peters • Ernest Smith • Frederick Tilston • Frederick Topham • Paul Triquet

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I • War, World II • Wars, Non-US. In addition, it is included in the Victoria Cross and George Cross Recipients series list.

Location. 44° 22.439′ N, 79° 40.702′ W. Memorial is in Barrie, Ontario, in Simcoe County. It can be reached from Lakeshore Drive 0.9 kilometers west of Minet's Point Road, on the right when traveling west. The marker is on the Barrie Waterfront Heritage Trail at Station #2 (Military Heritage) in Military Heritage Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 225 Lakeshore Drive, Barrie ON L4N 7Y9, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Ontario Cottage Country

and specifically in Georgian Bay Country.

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.

Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients / Bénéficiaires de la Croix Victoria canadien Marker (WW I) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2024

2. Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients / Bénéficiaires de la Croix Victoria canadien Marker (WW I)

At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Trench Warfare (a few steps from this marker); Vimy Oaks (a few steps from this marker); Tulips (a few steps from this marker); South African War (within shouting distance of this marker); Francis Pegahmagabow (within shouting distance of this marker); Northwest Rebellion (within shouting distance of this marker); Fenian Raids (within shouting distance of this marker); Juno Beach (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Barrie.

More about this memorial. It is a triangular granite obelisk with recipient names inscribed on all three sides.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Military Heritage Park

Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients / Bénéficiaires de la Croix Victoria canadien Marker (WW I & II) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2024

3. Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients / Bénéficiaires de la Croix Victoria canadien Marker (WW I & II)

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2024

4. Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients / Bénéficiaires de la Croix Victoria canadien Marker

Looking east along the Waterfront Heritage Trail.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2024

5. Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients / Bénéficiaires de la Croix Victoria canadien Marker

Looking south; the Waterfront Heritage Trail crosses in the background.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 117 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 15, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients⎯⎯⎯Bénéficiaires de la Croix Victoria canadien

Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients
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Bénéficiaires de la Croix Victoria canadien