Ridgeway in Fort Erie in Niagara Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
Battle of Ridgeway Memorial
Photographed by Kevin Westell, August 14, 2025
1. Battle of Ridgeway Memorial - Marker
Ensign Malcolm McEachren, Queen's Own Rifles, Killed in Action
Private Christopher Alderson, Queen's Own Rifles, Killed in Action
Private Mark Defries, Queen's Own Rifles, Killed in Action
Private Malcolm McKenzie, Queen's Own Rifles, Killed in Action
Private John Mewburn, Queen's Own Rifles, Killed in Action
Private William Smith, Queen's Own Rifles, Killed in Action
Private William Tempest, Queen's Own Rifles, Killed in Action
Sergeant Hugh Matheson, Queen's Own Rifles, Died of Wounds
Corporal Francis Lackey, Queen's Own Rifles, Died of Wounds
Private Arthur Reed, Queen's Own Rifles, Died from Disease
Private Thomas Lockie, Queen's Own Rifles, Died from Disease
Rifleman John Conner, Queen's Own Rifles, Died from Disease
Corporal John Robins, Queen's Own Rifles, Died from Disease
Private James Cahill, 13th Battalion (RHLI), Died from Disease
Private Daniel Laker, 13th Battalion (RHLI), Died from Disease
Private James Morrison, 13th Battalion
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Corporal William Carrington, 47th Regiment of Foot, British Army, Died En Route
We will remember them
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)
Fort Erie Museum Services
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Wars, Non-US.
Location. 42° 54.245′ N, 79° 2.502′ W. Memorial is in Fort Erie, Ontario, in Niagara Region. It is in Ridgeway. It can be reached from Garrison Road, on the right when traveling west. The marker is a plaque on a post, just north of a stone cairn at the Battle Of Ridgeway National Historical Site. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3408 Garrison Road, Fort Erie ON L0S 1N0, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is on Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe and in Niagara Canada. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty
Photographed by Tim Boyd, April 23, 2024
2. Battle of Ridgeway Memorial - Marker in context
Photo faces north-east from near Garrison Rd. The marker and the cairn are adjacent to the little parking lot for the Battle of Ridgeway National Historic Site. In the background is a museum building and a picnic shelter (that looks like another building, but with only one wall).
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ridgeway Battlefield / Le Champ de bataille de Ridgeway (here, next to this marker); The Battle Of Ridgeway (within shouting distance of this marker); When the Word Fenian was Feared (within shouting distance of this marker); Invasion and Response (within shouting distance of this marker); A Day to Remember - June 2, 1866 (within shouting distance of this marker); A Catalyst to Confederation (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. Edmund John Zavitz 1895-1968 (within shouting distance of this marker); In the Line of Fire (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Erie.
Photographed by Kevin Westell, August 14, 2025
3. Battle of Ridgeway National Historic Site
... approaching eastbound on Garrison Road
Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. This page has been viewed 86 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 16, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
