Elora War Memorial

Located in a town square in downtown Elora, this tall memorial was first dedicated to those who died in the Great War. The Second World War and Korea inscriptions were added later. One of the interesting features of this memorial is the large outline of a maple leaf on the ground creating a border around the area.

Inscription

[Marker text/Texte sur le socle]

[Front/En avant]

IN MEMORIAM
1914-1918

THE GLORIOUS DEAD
1939 – 1945
E. GRANT AITCHISON
RUSSELL B. BEIRNES
GORDON G. BRICKER
WILLIAM H. BROWN
BILLIE C. DUNCAN
WILLIAM J. KAY
THOMPSON H. RENNIE
JOHN R. RUNNELLS
JOHN G. STAFFORD

DEDICATED
TO
THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF ELORA
WHO DIED IN
THE GREAT WAR

KOREA 1950 – 1953

[Left/À Gauche]

YPRES

FESTUBERT

MT. SORREL

SOMME

VIMY

THE GLORIOUS DEAD
HARRY HALLS
HARRY HARPIN
FRED F. MacDONALD
JOHN A. MacDONALD
ARCHIE MILLER
EDWARD MORFEE
JAMES MOYNIHAN
CHARLES McGOWAN
HAROLD I. RILEY
ALFRED VINCENT

[Rear/En arrière]

1914-1918

“MY MARKS AND SCARS I CARRY
WITH ME TO BE A WITNESS FOR
ME THAT I HAVE FOUGHT HIS
BATTLES WHO NOW WILL BE MY
REWARDER” SO HE
PASSED OVER AND ALL THE
TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM
ON THE OTHER SIDE.

[Right/ À gauche]

PASSCHENDAELE

AMIENS

ARRAS

CAMBRAI

MONS

THE GLORIOUS DEAD
CHARLES A. CARD
DANIEL O. CARD
ROBERT G. CARTER
F. KEITH CLARK
RICHARD H. CLARK
LEWIS CLEGG
WILLIAM W. CUTHBURT
GARFIELD CUTTING
STANLEY DICKINSON
JAMES C. FISHER

[Stone on ground in front/Dalle sur le sol en avant du monument]

(LEGION CREST)
TAKE TIME TO REMEMBER
THOSE WHO SERVED
DEDICATED ON 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY

Situé sur une place publique dans le centre-ville d’Elora, ce grand monument commémoratif a d’abord été dédié à ceux morts pendant la Grande Guerre. Des inscriptions pour la Seconde Guerre mondiale et la guerre de Corée furent ajoutées plus tard. L’une des caractéristiques intéressantes de ce monument commémoratif est le grand contour d’une feuille d’érable qui crée une bordure autour du site.

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