Port Dover and Woodhouse Memorial

This memorial, a stone cairn with four brass plaques, was erected by the Port Dover Women’s Institute in 1921. The accompanying Second World War plaque was erected by the Port Dover ladies auxiliary B.E.S.L. No 158 in 1940. It is dedicated to Port Dover and Woodhouse Boys who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars, and the Korean War.

Inscription

[cross/croix]

Lest We Forget

[World War 1 Plaque/ Plaque de la Première Guerre mondiale]

1914 – 1919

IN MEMORY
OF PORT DOVER AND WOODHOUSE BOYS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR

D.T. ABBOTT; ROY HICKMAN; EARL DENNISON
LEONARD BLAKE; JOHN HUKE; CECIL POWELL
ALFRED L. BLAKE; EARL KRELL; CHARLES PLACE
WALTER BRADBURY; WALTER LOWE; WILSON PORTER
LEA BOUGHNER; WILLIAM LOWN; HENRY QUANBURY
MILTON CRUISE; WALTER LONG; EARNEST QUANBURY
WILLIAM FAULKNER; JOHN MAY; JOHN SPAIN
CHARLES FRANKS; GORDON MCCALL; GEOGE SPAIN
JOHN FOLMSBEE; ARCHIBALD MORRIS; DAN SMITH
LLOYS HAMMOND ROBERT NUNN

ERECTED BY PORT DOVER WOMENS INSTITUTE 1921

[World War 2 Plaque/ Plaque de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale]

1939-1948

IN MEMORY
OF PORT DOVER AND WOODHOUSE BOYS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II

HUGH ALLAN; TOM IVEY; CHAS. E. PHILLIPS
CHARLES BLACKHURST; JEFFERY LONG; RICHARD RYERSE
ROBERT FERGUSON; LLOYD MARR; BRUCE ST LOUIS
WM. H. GRAHAM; JAMES MILLER; JACK H. THORNTON
DOUGLAS HAMMOND; HERBERT ZEALAND

ERECTED BY PORT DOVER LADIES AUXILIARY B.E.S.L. NO 158. 1949

[Korean War Plaque/ Plaque de la Guerre de la Corée]

Korean War 1950 – 1953
Erected by the Royal Canadian Legion
Hugh Allan Branch No. 158
1985

[Peacekeeping Plaque/ Plaque de maintien de la paix]

IN HONOUR OF
CANADIAN U.N. PEACEKEEPERS AND
CURRENT ARMED FORCES
THE TORCH IS STILL BEING HELD HIGH.
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION HUGH ALLAN BR. 158

Ce monument commémoratif, un cairn en pierre orné de quatre plaques de laiton, a été érigé par l’Institut féminin de Port Dover en 1921. La plaque de la Seconde Guerre mondiale qui l’accompagne a été érigée par les Dames auxiliaires de la filiale n° 158 de la British Empire Service League (ancien nom de la Légion royale canadienne) à Port Dover, en 1940. Elle est dédiée aux garçons de Port Dover et de Woodhouse qui ont donné leur vie durant la Première Guerre mondiale, la Seconde Guerre mondiale et la guerre de Corée.

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