Mitchell Soldiers Memorial Monument

Construction of the Soldiers Memorial Monument began in August of 1919 by Portfield and Colquhoun Monument Works. It stands in Market Square, Mitchell, Ontario on the corners of St. Andrew Street and Ontario Road. It stands eighteen feet high and is constructed out of solid grey granite. On the top is mounted a large dove with spreading wings, carrying an olive branch in its mouth and on either side of the dove stands a shell. The cenotaph was erected to pay tribute to the 67 men from Mitchell, Fullarton, Hibbert, and Logan. Their names are carved into the granite on the four sides under the battle they fought in: Ypres, St. Julien, Paschendale and Vimy Ridge. In 1921 the railing, curb and lights were added with the lights being turned on for the first time that year on November 11. In August of 1959, with the help of the Local Legion, new curbs, a larger grassed area and the removal of the old bandstand took place. At the end of the World War Two twenty-eight more names were added to the cenotaph.

Inscription

[on the ground in front/devant le monument, sur le sol]

ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF THE MEN FROM THE TOWN OF MITCHELL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918

[Main memorial/Monument principale]

[Front/Devant]

YPRES
SOMME
VIMY RIDGE
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS

1939-1945
THOMAS H. APPLETON
WALTER P. BURROUGHS
FREDERICK J. CULLITON
CLARENCE E. HOMUTH
WALLACE A. JOHNSTON
DONALD H. LACEBY
THOMAS H. LITTLEJOHN
EDWARD C. MILLER
HARVEY C. PARSONS

1914-1918
FRED G. MARTYN
ROBERT FERGUSON
CHARLES H. LANCE
J. SPENCE HEMSWORTH
WARREN K. CAMPBELL
ERNEST K. HICKS
HARRY A. THOMPSON
A. ROY MUTTON
WALTER L. GRIFFITH
EDWARD C. ELLIGSEN
FREDERICK A. COSTON
CHARLES F. INGRAM
CLARENCE E. HAWKEN
GEORGE W. PULLMAN
STEPHEN J. FINN
HUGH J. CRABB
HARRY LONGHURST
ERNEST RUFFLES
EDWARD RIGGALL

[Left/À Gauche]

1939-1945
EDGAR QUAST
JAMES WEIR
ERIC HINZ
JOHN A. GORDON
PATRICK McCARTY

1914-1918
DUGALD C. MacDOUGALL
WILLIAM THWAITS
FRANK TARR
H. VICTOR TARR
J. ERNEST HARVEY
HARRY WATT
C. EDGAR COPPIN
FRANK COBB
FRED HIGENELL
HENRY KNIPE
FRANK L. KRESS
WILLIAM LEAKE
N.W.D. OLDFIELD
HARRY D. PATTERSON
JOHN P. PATTERSON
ANDREW SMITH
LESLIE UNTHANK
ARTHUR WOOD

[Rear/Arrière]

1939-1945
WILLIAM FAWCETT
CLIFFORD FAWCETT
WILFRED SCOTT
THOMAS COOPER
WILLIAM McPHAIL
JOHN MILLER
WILLIAM DRAKE
HARRY DRAKE
HENRY McIVER

1914-1918
DAVID DAVIS
WILLIAM G. BUTSON
NEIL PARK
SYDNEY HOWE
NELSON STRATTON
ALBERT C. MICHEL
FRANK B. CHILDS
THOMAS CONNOLLY
REGINALD DRAKE
J. GORDON HUTCHISON
HARRY PHILIPS
WILLIAM PERRIN
ARTHUR RANDOL
ALFRED W. SEWELL
ARTHUR WRIGHT
FRED A. AYLES
E. ROY WEBB
ROLAND TUFFIN
GEORGE YOUNG W.W. II

[Right/À Droite]

1939-1945
LAWRENCE BUTTERS
CLIFFORD COTTEL
ROSS B. NAIRN
ARTHUR PHILLIPS
GERALD PURCELL

1914-1918
Wm. GORDON BROWN
LESLIE CULLY
MALCOLM McKENZIE
OLIVER J. McINTOSH
HAROLD BABB
GEORGE CRANSTON
LEWIS FULCHER
EDWARD FARMER
F. FENNELL
JOHN HERTING
NORMAN HOFFMEYER
JOSEPH LEIGH
EDWARD MEADE
HERBERT PERRY
NATHANIEL STIER
WILLIAM THOMAS

Érigé par la ville de Mitchell et les cantons de Fullarton, Logan et Hibbert, ce mémorial est dédié à ceux de ces communauté qui sont morts durant les Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.