T. Eaton Company Memorial Plaques

These plaques, once displayed at Eaton’s Toronto Stores, commemorate the company’s 578 employees killed while serving during the First and Second World Wars. A 1919 Eaton’s publication noted that 3,327 Eaton’s staff enlisted in the First World War. Copies of the plaques were also displayed at the company’s stores in Winnipeg (unveiled by Lady Eaton on November 26, 1923 in a ceremony including several distinguished guests) and Montreal.

The T. Eaton Company supported both war efforts by participating heavily in fundraising drives and, after each conflict, returning all profits made on government contracts. For its employees serving in uniform, Eaton’s also provided generous financial support and welfare assistance. Members of the Eaton family donated these plaques to the Canadian War Museum. Memorial Plaque, The T. Eaton Co. Limited, 1914-1918, CWM 20040049-002.

Inscription

[left plaque/plaque de gauche]

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVERMORE

IN LASTING REMEMBRANCE OF THE THREE HUNDRED AND
AND FIFTEEN MEN WHO WITH MANY OF THEIR ASSOCIATES OF
THE T EATON COMPANY BRAVELY FACED PERIL AND HARDSHIP
IN THE GREAT WAR AND WHO FINALLY LAID DOWN THEIR
LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY, JUSTICE AND HUMANITY

1914 – 1918

IVOR R. LEWIS, E. WATSON ScS, J.G. TICKELL & SONS, BRONZE FOUNDERS, TORONTO ONT

C. ABBEY; F.G.A. ADAMS; H.R.G. AGASSIZ; J.R. AIKINS; F.W. ALLEN; A.T. ALLPORT; H.A.J. ANNELL; H.E. ARMER; W. ASHFORD; A. ALLEY; G. AVERY; H.W. ARBEY; D. BAIN; J.E. BAINE; A.J. BARNES; R. BELL; E.H. BENNETT; P.S. BISHOP; T.H. BISSETT; F. BLACK; J. BLACK; T. BLACK M.M.; F. BLACKLOCK; S. BLAHA; T. BOWTON; A.C. BRAGG; W. BRANDON; W.H. BRENNAN; A. BROOKS; G. BROWN; R. BROWN; J. BRYSON; P. BULLOCK; W. BRUSSELL; C. CALDWELL; L.S. CALDWELL; C.C. CAMERON; R. CAMERON; C.G. CAMPBELL; E. CAMPBELL; WM CANTWELL; F.N. CARTER; S.C. CHAMBERS; L. CHARNOCK; F. CHAVANCE; G. CHRISTY; G.B. CLARK; P.T. CLARK; F.W. CLARKE; W.G. CLOGG; G.H. COGHLAN; R.L. COLLINS; E. COOK; H. COOK; R.M. COOK; J. COOKE; J. COOKE; M. COMBES; J. COONEY; C.E. COOPER, M.C.; J.H. COPELAND; J. CRAWFORD; T.E. CROZIER; J.H. CUMMING; J. CURRIE; R.J. CURRY; T. DANIEL; E.R.M. DAVIS, M.C.; F. DAVIS; T. DAVIS; J.H. DEEVES; J.B.A. DESALEUX; R. DIMOND; R.J. DINNEN; J.W. DIXON; C.S. DOUGLAS; W. DOWDELL; E.C. DOWSETT; J. DOYLE; R. DOYLE; J.S. DUNLOP; W. DUNCAN; G. EASTMAN, D.C.M.; T.A. EATON; A.G. EDGSON; F.H. ELDERS; R. ELLIOTT; R. ELSEY; C.D. EYLES;; W.F. FARAGHER; W. FENTON; J. FERSON; G. FISHER; F.G. FLOWERS; F.J. FORSTER; G. FORSEY; D. FREEMAN; H.B. FREEMAN; W.J. FRITH; J. FRIZELLE; M. FULTON; C.M. GILBERT; W. GILCHRIST; W.R. GILMORE; A. GLOVER; D. GORDON; J.B. GOULD; R.L. GRACIE; W.T. GRAHAM; C. GRAND; J. GRANT; G. GREER; C.F.J. GREEN; F. GREGORY; H.M. GROVES; J.T. GUEST; F.H.N. GUNN; G.L.D. HALL; G. HALLIDAY; J.J. HAMILTON; J. HAMILTON; J.S. HAMILTON; N. HANKS; D.G. HARROLD; G.E. HARVEY; J. HASSARD; C. HAZELDINE; A.Z.D. HENDERSON; C.F. HICKMAN; G. HILL; J.W. HILDRED; D.A. HILLAND; G. HOBSON; W.R. HODGE; J. HOILE; E.A. HOWARD; S.T. HOWARD; H.J. HOWES; J.H. HUGHES; R. HUMPHRIES; R.E. HUTT; H. ILES; R. IRWIN; R.G. JAMES; N. JARVIS; M. JACQUIN; WJ JEFFERSON; R.W. JEPSON; E. JOHNS; W.A. JOHNSON; J.H. JOHNSTON;W.S. JOHNSTON; J.H. JONES; V.R. JONES; H.L. KAYE; H.A. KELLER; J. KENNEDY; A. KINCAID; A. KINGAN; C.T. KNIGHT; E.W. LACKEY; J. LAINSBURY; A.W. LAKE; W. LAW; J. LAWRENCE; R.G. LAWSON; J. LEITCH; W. LEWIS; W. LEWIS; S.H. LONGMOOR; R.D. LOOMIS; G.C. LOUGHEED; J. LOVE; D. LUMSDEN; A.S. MacCARTHY; D. MacLEOD; A.F. MacGORMAN; F. MADDEN; W.H. MADEN; L. MANNING; G.B. MANSON; R. MARTIN; G.R.T. MAYNE, M.C.; C. MERRIN; R. MIDDLEMISS; P.H. MILLER; L. MINDENHALL; C.F. MITCHELL; J.A. MONGOMERY; A.J. MOORE; G. MOON; F.J. MORGAN; W. MORGAN; A.J. MORROW; W.H. MOSES; G.A. MOTE, D.C.M.; R.W. MOUNTAIN; S.E. MOWLL; W. MUIR; G.B. MUNN; H.M. MURRAY; C. MYERS, M.M.; R.J. McCARTEN; H. McCARTNEY; H. McCLURE; W. McCRACKEN; J. McCRAW ; E.E. McDONALD; J. McEWAN; J. McGIMPSEY; J.W. McILREE; D.B. McKELLAR; C.R. McKENDRICK; G. McKINNELL; L. McKINSTRY; J. McMANUS; J. McMURRAY; B, McMURTRY; H. McQUEEN; H. OFFENBURGER; W.G. OSBORN; F.O. PARK; J.H. PARKS; G.Q. PARKER; J. PENTON; F.D. POLLARD; K. POUND; T. PUTT; G. QUAYLE; G.A. RATCLIFFE; G. RATCLIFFE; G.G. RAYMER; F.G. READ; C.E. RIDER; J. ROBB; R.J. ROBB; J. ROBERTSON; R. ROBINSON; P. ROSE; J. ROWLAND; W.Y. RYAN; C. SCAIFE; F.N. SCOTT; D.J. SCOTT; G. SEDGWICK; W. SEED; C. SHAW; R. SIBERRY; P.S. SIM; A. SIMPSON; A. SKINNER; A.C. SLACK; W.H. SLATTER; A. SMITH; H. SMITH; R. SMITH; S. SMITH; W.A. SMITH; C. SMOLLET; E.R. SMYTH; C. SPEIRS; R. SPROULE; P. SPRUNT; G.J. STANLEY; V. STEPHEN; J.B. STEPHENSON; H.L. STEWART; G.K. STEWART; L. STEWART; W.S. STEWART; G.E. TAYLOR; F.E. TEW; L.B. TEDESCHI; A. THORN; V. TITE; C. TRICKETT; E. TUGMAN; G.E. TYLER; J.W. TYLER; W.F. UPTON; C. VANCE; J.T. WALKER; E. WEIR; W. WELLARD; W.H. WELLS; C. WHITAKER; R.H. WHITE; C. WHITTAKER; H. WILSON; J. WILSON; R. WILSON; W. WILSON; C. WILLIAMS; E. WOOD; J. WOODS; T. WORRALL; H.D. WORSELL; G. WRIGHT; M. WRIGHT; J. YEATES; A. YULE; G.E. YULE

[right plaque/plaque de droite]

THEY WERE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE MEMBERS OF THE EATON STAFF WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR II, HAVING GONE FORTH VALIANTLY TO FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF FREEDOM. THEIR NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED THAT ALL MAY READ WHO PASS THEIR WAY

1939-1945

T.R.C. ADAMS; A.C. AITKENS; R.G. ALEXANDER; D.G. ALLEN; G.K. ARMSTRONG; G.W. ARSENAULT; W.R. ASHOWN; F. J. ASHFORD; R.J. AYLES; H.G. BAGGS; F. BAILIE; A.J.G. BARNES; J.R. BENNETT; H.P. BEASLEY; F.A. BELL; H.F.S. BEST; H.D. BLAIR; C.R.S. BLENKHORN; S.I. BOND; W.H. BOWLER; G.R. BOXALL; H.B.E. BROWN; B.F. BUCKLAND; L.G.E. BURNETT; J.W. BURNS; G.H. CABUSH; D. CAMPBELL; J.J. CAMPBELL; W.D. CAMBELL; J.P. CANNON; A. CARLSON; T.S. CARNEGIE; F.B. CARPENTER; J.A. CARTER; W.S. CASELEY; G.A. CHALMERS; L.G. CHASTON; M.H.R. CHISAMORE; H.B. CLARK; L.W. CLARK; R.J. COCKBURN; A. CODE; J.E. COLEMAN; K.J. COLES; J.W. COLLISTER; G.M. COMMODORE; B. COMOLLI; M.J. COOKE; J. CORNWALL; P.L. COTÉ; K. CRAWFORD; R.N. CRESWELL; R.K. CROW; J.W. CROWLEY; H.J. DAVIDSON; J.A. DAVIS; M.W. DAVIS; A.F. DAWSON; H.T. DAWSON; W.R. DAWSON; V.J. DIFALCO; R.A. DIXON; V.F. DODDS; D.T. DORWARD; L.E. DUBOIS; E.G. DUGGAN; A.H. DUNCAN; A.R. DUNLEA; E.R. EATON; R.G. EATON; L.B. EDEN; W.J. EDWARDS; W.J. ELDER; L.G. ELLIOTT; E.R. FAIRLEY; S.S. FINLAYSON; J.M. FINNIE; F.L. FLYNN; E.W. FOLLIOTT; T.E. FOSTER; G.E. FREEMAN; W.S. FRENCH; G.M. GALE; J.E. GARRIGAN; E.W. GAUTHIER; N.L. GLYNN; R.S. GODDARD; T.W.S. GODDARD; W.A. GORING; A. GRANT; H.W. GRANT; W.R. GROFF; W.A. GUNN; J.H. GUNYON; F.E. HALLIDAY; A. HALLIWELL; G.A. HANSON; O.D. HARRISON; J.F. HAWKE; E.D. HAWKINS; H.M. HEMENWAY; W.R. HEWETSON; R.J. HILLSDON; R.W. HISSON; J.A. HOLLINGSWORTH; W.A. HUGHES; J.T. HUNTER; R. HURLEY; W. HYLANDS; R.C. IRVINE; J.H. IRWIN; T.A. JACKMAN; S. JAPP; M. JOBIN; R.L. JOHNSON; W.R. JOHNSTON; M.L. JONES; J.G. KAVANAGH; J.M. KELLY; J.R. KELSO; D.L. KENNEDY; C.G. KERNAGHAN; G.L. KING; D.A.W. KIRKPATRICK; K.N. LAING; Y. LAMARRE; W. LARMOUTH; J. LAWSON; D.B. LEACH; A.W. LEFEVRE; J.B. LEITCH; OLIVE LEPAPE; S.G. LIVINGSTONE; A.F. LOW; T.F.C. LUCAS; D.P. MABIE; T.J. MacARTHUR; A.H. MacDOUGALL; A.C. MACGILLIVRAY; A.E. MACGREGOR; D. McNEILL; D.J. MACPHERSON; D.R. MacPHERSON; I.M. MacWILLIAM; H.W. MAIN; J. MARTIN; S.W. MATTHEWS; P.R. MAVAUT, D.F.C.; J.H. McCAPPIN; B.W. McCLENNAN; A. McCLINTOCK; J. McGEE; W.C. McGUFFIN, D.F.C. CROIX DE GUERRE; S.K. McGUIGAN, H.P. McKEE; L.G. McKINNON; R.W. McLAREN; H.S. McRAE; J.F. MIREAULT; J.M. MITCHELL; H.F. MOGEY; A. MORE; A.M. MORGAN; A.J. MORRISON; J.E. MOSHER; D.R. MULHOLLAND; W.F. MUNN; W.A. MUNROE; T. NAGLE; L. NASSAR; D.F. NEWCOMBE; N.F. NOTLEY; R.E. NUTTER; H.F. OAKENFOLD; J.P. O’REILLY; R. PAQUET; J.A. PARKER; W.A. PARKER; T.A. PARTRIDGE; J.D. PATEY; J. PATON; J.W.L. PATTERRSON; W.S. PEARCE; LESLEY LOUISE PERKIN; F.A. PFEFFER; D.H. PIPE-WOLFERSTAN; H.D. POPE; L.W.C. PORTER; R.F.C. PORTER; N.R. PRESTON; A.J. RAMMAGE; E.A. RECCHIA; W.K. REDMAN; W.W. REEVE; J.A. RINDER; J.A. RINGER; G.E. ROBERTSON; H.W. ROBERTSON; F.D. RODERY; W.S. ROSS; J.C. SAILS; H.H. SEALY; W.C. SELBY; W.J. SEWELL; J.K. SHALLHORN; H.M. SHERMAN; R.G.E. SILVER; F.J. SIMPSON; G.D. SKERRETT; E.M. SKINNER; R.G. SMITH; S.M. SMITH; J.S. SOBIN; G.H SPEIRS; J.E. SPRAGETT; A. STANDLEY; P.F. STEEVES; A.A. STEPHEN; J.J. STEPHEN; M.L. STEPHEN; J.W. STEPHENS; F. STRATFORD; R.B. STUART; A.R. SWAIN; W. TAIT; W.R. TAIT; W.E.G. TAYLOR; R.F. THORESEN; G.W. TOMPKINS; G.R. TRIMBLE; L.C. TRITES; W.O. TURK; R.C.S. UPTON; G.J. VALLIERES; F. VAN DROOHENBROECK; J.L. VAUGHAN; G. VELICHKO; E.R. VICKERS; W.D. WALL; D. WATSON; L.R. WHEATCROFT; J.W. WHITE; J. WHITLAW; P.J. WILLIAMS; C.J. WILLIS; J. WILLOUGHBY; G.T. WILSON; J.H. WILSON; J.I. WILSON; T.A. WINDSOR; J.H. WINTERS; R. WOOD; C.A. WRIGHT; H.C. WRIGHT; G.B. WYND; H.K. YOUNG; J.T. YOUNG

Ces plaques, qui ont déjà été affichées dans les magasins Eaton de Toronto, sont à la mémoire des 578 employés de l’entreprise qui ont perdu la vie en servant au cours de la Première et de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Selon une publication d’Eaton datant de 1919, 3 327 membres du personnel du magasin se sont enrôlés pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Des copies de ces plaques ont aussi été placées dans les magasins de la chaîne à Winnipeg (et dévoilées par lady Eaton le 26 novembre 1923 au cours d’une cérémonie à laquelle ont assisté plusieurs invités de marque) et à Montréal.

La T. Eaton Company a contribué à l’effort de guerre pendant ces deux conflits en participant activement à diverses activités de financement et, après chaque conflit, en remboursant tous les profits réalisés sur les contrats gouvernementaux qu’elle avait obtenus. L’entreprise offrait également à tous ses employés portant l’uniforme de l’aide sociale et un soutien financier généreux. Des membres de la famille Eaton ont fait don de ces plaques au Musée canadien de la guerre. Plaque commémorative, The T. Eaton Co. Limited, 1914-1918, CWM 20040049-001 Plaque commémorative, The T. Eaton Co. Limited, 1939-1945, CWM 20040049-002.

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