Kemptville and District War Memorial - Kemptville, ON
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jiggs11
N 45° 00.871 W 075° 38.605
18T E 449301 N 4984764
Striking Memorial in Kemptville erected after the end of the Great War, and added to subsequently.
Waymark Code: WMNWM9
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/12/2015
Views: 11
Wonderful Memorial located on the front grounds of Kemptville Elementary School. The Memorial was erected after the end of World War I to honour those who served from Kemptville, South Gower and Oxford.
It features a Canadian soldier standing easy. He is fully equipped, but is not helmeted, signifying the cessation of hostilities, and the readiness to engage, if required.
The statue stands on a white granite block between two larger blocks with crosses carved on them.
The first line of Col John McRae's poem "In Flanders Fields is emblazoned above each cross.
The base of the soldier's block has the dedication for the Great War, World War II and Korea.
The Reverse of the monument has 14 World War I battle sites, plus "Afghanistan" and the name of Pte B. Williamson, the only local soldier KIA there.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
Great War
World War II
Korea
Afghanistan
In Honor Of: Honoured Dead and Those Who Carried On from Kemptville, Oxford and Soith Gower
Marker Text:
Front text:
Left Cross:
In Flanders Fields
Right Cross:
Where Poppies Grow
Centre base:
Erected To
Our Honoured Dead
and Those Who Carried On
In The Great War
1914 - 1918
from Kemptville,
Oxford & South Gower
.1939 - 1945.
Korea
1950 - 1953
The rear battles:
L/H
Ypres
Festubert
Givenchy
St Eloi
The Somme
Vimy Ridge
Hill 70
R/H
Lens
Passchendaele
Amiens
Arras
Cambrai
Le Cateau
Mons
Middle reads:
Afghanistan
Pte B. Williamson
Who Put it Here?: Town of Kemptville
Description of Memorial:
White Granite base and sculpture located on the front grounds of the venerable school.
Very impressive sculpture of the soldier.
Somber, yet very dignified.
Date of dedication: Not listed
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