Vienna School and District World War I Memorial - Vienna, ON
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N 42° 40.783 W 080° 47.357
17T E 517263 N 4725269
Memorial plaque to those from Vienna who served in World War I
Waymark Code: WMVEJB
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 04/08/2017
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This plaque is located in Vienna, Ontario's Lions Park on a pyramid monument with a second plaque that includes World War II. This plaque however was placed first in 1924. The plaque honours ex-pupils of Vienna School and men of this district who served in WWI.
TEXT:
"1914 - 1918
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE EX-PUPILS OF VIENNA SCHOOL AND MEN OF THIS DISTRICT WHO DIED IN SERVICE IN THE GREAT WAR AND GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVED OVER SEAS AND, DARING TO DIE, SURVIVED.
OUR HONOURED DEAD.
FRANK BRINN
EMERSON CAMPBELL
ALBERT EAKINS
ROBERT GRANT
RUSSELL JOHNSON
ROBERT LAUTHERS
CLARKE LOCKER
WALTER MARLATT
CARL MILES
JOHN MURPHY
EDWARD PULHAM
CHARLES ATKINSON
CHARLES BALDWIN
ALVAH BALCOM
HARVEY BARTLETT
WILLIAM BARTLETT
EDWARD BARTLETT
ALEX CARTER
HAROLD CARTER
ELMAS CHUTE
EMERSON COCHRANE
CHARLES ESSELTINE
ALBERT FERRIS
COLIN FORSYTH
EMERSON GRASS
JOHN GIFFORD
ROY HANNA
EARL HANNA
GEORGE HANEY
ALEK HOWEY
GUY JOHNSON
JAMES KING
WILLIAM LAYCOCK
EDMUND LYMBURNER
OTTO LYMBURNER
HARRY LUTON
GORDON MATTHEWS
NORMAN McGREGOR
GEORGE McLEAN
ARTHUR PACE
ARTHUR PARRY
ALFRED PERCIVAL
HURON SMYTH
WENDELL SOPER
LAWRENCE SOPER
GEORGE STUBBS
SELKIRK STILLWELL
WILLIAM STRATTON
JAMES L. STRATTON
GORDON WILLIAMS
GEORGE WOOTTON
LEST WE FORGET
1924"
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1924
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: VIENNA SCHOOL
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
LIONS PARK PLANK RD
VIENNA, ON CANADA
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