Veterans Memorial - Stirling, ON
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member jiggs11
N 44° 17.791 W 077° 32.822
18T E 296811 N 4907962
Simple memorial to the Veterans from the Stirling area who served, initially in the Great War, now added to include all wars.
Waymark Code: WMZGAY
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 11/07/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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Limestone memorial located along Rawdon Creek on Mill Street in downtown Stirling.

The memorial was built at the end of World War I to honour those who served, and in some cases, died during the Great War.

It was added on to in after the end of the Second World War and again at the cessation of hostilities in Korea.

The façade features a relief image of a downturned sword with the dates 1914 - 1918. At its base are the names of World War I battle sites ARRAS, SOMME, MONS, AMIENS and COURCELETTE. The base on the adjacent sides features VIMY RIDGE, LENS, HILL 70, and PASSCHENDAELE. The simple inscription "THEIR NAMES WILL LIVE FOREVER" is inscribed on the other side.

Memorial inscriptions on the other facades include:
LEST WE FORGET
OUR GALLANT DEAD

D. L. Anderson
Roy Bean
Roy Bissonnette
Norman Payne
Arnold Rutherford
Arthur Conley
George Gilroy
Vincent Whittey
Alexander Conley
Ernest Gould
Fred Daley

The World War II memorial reads:

THEY GAVE THEIR TODAY
FOR OUR TOMORROW

1939 - 1945

Coolidge Ashley
Stanley Dainard
Ivan H. Martin
Aubrey Rodgers
Donald Stapley
Ralph Stapley
lvin Stoneburg
Jack Wood
Irvine Longbeck
Maurice Woodbeck

The Base of this façade Reads

KOREA 1950 - 1953
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial

Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War I World War II Korean War


In Honor Of: Stirling area Veterans

Marker Text:
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Who Put it Here?: Town of Stirling

Description of Memorial:
Simple limestone obelisk-style monument with an impressive relief of a downturned sword.


Date of dedication: Not listed

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