HUMBERSTONE MEMORIAL -- Port Colborne, Ontario
N 42° 53.958 W 079° 15.137
17T E 642687 N 4751113
Known as Humberstone, before being changed to Port Colborne, the village remembers those who died in time of war.
Waymark Code: WMCN4E
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 09/23/2011
Views: 8
Erected by the Village of Humberstone (now Port Colborne), this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and to the veterans of the Korean War. In 1952, a new plaque was installed on the Cenotaph in the northern section of Port Colborne to honour the names of those killed in the two World Wars, from the former Humberstone Village.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War 1, World War 2, Korea
In Honor Of: TO THE HONOUR AND MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE VILLAGE OF HUMBERSTONE WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING KING AND COUNTRY
Marker Text:
OUR HEROIC DEAD
TO THE HONOUR AND MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE
VILLAGE OF HUMBERSTONE WHO GAVE UP THEIR
LIVES WHILE SERVING KING AND COUNTRY
1914 - 1918
Heman French
John Graham
Harry Knowles
Arthur Slow
Elbern King
David Michael
Reuben Kramer
Thomas Waite
Dominic Koabel
David Gatherum
Lorne Armstrong
Dennis Sale
Edwin Gamm
John Wallace
1939-1945
Joseph Andrews
Earl Bender
Benjamin Boulton
Leslie Butler
Alderic Denault
William Greggio
Howard Guinter
Kenneth Hill
Leslie Kramer
Basil Lindsay
Albert Moscrip
John Newman
Ivan Page
Merritt Richardson
John Sykes
Norman Weaver
Frank Webb
"Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man By Down
His Life For His Friends."
KOREA 1950-1953
Who Put it Here?: Village of Humberstone
Description of Memorial:
A granite Monument - 4' wide, 8' high granite with the image of a cross at the top. A brass plaque bears the names of those who died in the two world wars. In a small municipal park, located near the former center of town.
Date of dedication: Not listed
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