Barrie Memorial

This memorial was constructed in memory of fallen heroes of the First World War and tells a story that Barrie and township will be proud of. It was erected on June 29, 1922.

According to a May 26, 1921 local newspaper article: “It was reported that eleven designs had been submitted by various firms in the trade, the one selected being the McIntosh Co., of Toronto, in conjunction with J.F. Murphy, of Barrie. It is 23 feet high, with a nine foot statue on the top. The statue is to be made according to models satisfactory to the committee. The main monument is to be made of Stanstead granite and the statue is of Barrie granite. The base is ten feet square. The committee for obtaining the names was left to be selected by Mrs. D.M. Stewart. There will be room for 160 names in one and half inch letters. The crests of the various arms of the service will be around the monument in the form of shields.”

Two slabs were later added commemorating the fallen heroes of the Second World War and Korean War.

Inscription

[centre column/colonne du centre]

[north side/côte nord]

1914 – 1919
BARRIE HONOUR ROLL
EMERSON WATSON ARMSTRONG
THOMAS MAXWELL ARMSTRONG
LORNE BRUNTON
WILLIAM BUCHANAN
R. LAURENCE C. BARWICK
GEORGE G. BISHOP
A. M. BALLISTON
Wm D. BOAG WALTER BERRY
ARTHUR E. BELL HAROLD BROWN
ERNEST C. COLES
LEWIS COLE E. A. CRAWFORD
MILTON CUTHBERT
JOSEPH DESOURDIE
ERNEST DELANEY
CLEMENT ETHERINGTON
WALTER G. FRASER
ROBERT WILLIAM FRASER
CECIL FERGUSON
HUGH MACKAY GRASSETT
RUSSEL GORDON
FREDERICK N. GRANDY
CLIFFORD HERRELL
CHARLES VICTOR HEWSON
RUSSELL N. HORSFIELD
WILLIAM HOOK ERNEST HANMER
GEORGE HARRISON
GEORGE L. IRISH
A. CATON JOURDAN
ARTHUR JOHN JOHNSON
WILLIAM KEMP WALTER LAKE
HENRY DOUGLAS LAIDLAW
FRANK DEANE LAWRENCE
GEORGE LIVINGSTONE
JOHN M. LONGMAN
ROBERT A LEECE

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THE TOWN
OF BARRIE AND TOWNSHIPS
OF VESPRA AND INNISFIL
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

[west side/côté ouest]
BARRIE HONOUR ROLL
THOMAS A. R. LOOKER
WILLIAM O. McCARTHY
EDWIN ARDEN MILNE
RAE BRYDON McCARTHY
E. BASIL GEORGE MORTON
JOHN HERBERT MORGAN
JOHN McDONELL WALTER NUGENT
CLIFFORD NEELANDS
CYRIL O’SHAUGHNESSY
RICHARD PAE ROGER PEPLER
WILLIAM N. PADDISON
STANLEY PENTON
HENRY MARTYN PECK
J. F. PALLING ALBERT QUANCE
GEORGE S. ROGERS
CHARLES ROBINSON
ROBERT J. REID EDWARD J. REID
MARSHALL WILLIAM REID
THOMAS R. SPEERS
SYDNEY SIMMONS
WILLIAM SAUNDERS
FREDERICK IVANHOE TAYLOR
MORLEY THOMAS
WILLARD TOUCHETTE
JOHN HENRY TOMLIN
CHESTER W. THOMPSON
GEORGE VANSITTART
ROY WATSON WALSH
JOHN F. WARNER
CLIFFORD WISEMAN
DALTON WEBB EDWIN WHITE
CHARLES WARD
RALPH P. WEAYMOUTH
ARDAGH C. WEAYMOUTH

[south side/côté sud]
1914 – 1919
INNISFIL HONOUR ROLL
HAROLD BASSINGTHWAITE
ANTHONY BAILEY
THOMAS BATES FRED BARDEN
STEPHEN BAILEY G. ROY BROWN
WILLIAM L. BLOXHAM
J. PERCY BLOXHAM
SAMUEL A. CROSS
WILLIAM R. COLEMAN
GEORGE COPELAND
CLARENCE CHANTLER
JOHN HARRISON DOUSE
GORDON DOUSE
HENRY CHRISTOPHER DOUSE
SAMUEL DRAPER CHAS S. DYER
CHARLES H. EAGLESTONE
FRED EDWARDS WILLIAM HILL
ERNEST HOOPER
FREDERICK HARRY KELL
JOHN BERTRAM LANG
H. J. MAILEY WILLIAM J. MOIR
WILLIAM G. MILBURN
WILLIAM NIGHTINGALE
LEWIS OSBOND HARRY PORTER
JAMES PICKETT JAS HENRY PURT
W. J. PIERNIGIE
EDGAR RALSTON
JAMES A. RALSTON
HILGARD RAINEY
JAMES DUNCAN REID
ALBERT SPRAGG
JAMES G SUTHERLAND
ALFRED E SWAN ROBERT TODD
NESSFIELD WHARRAM

VIMY PASSCHENDAELE
SANCTURARY WOOD YRES
ST. ELOI CAMBRAI ARRAS
COURCELETTE AMIENS
SOMME BOURLON WOOD
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVER MORE

[east side/côté est]
VESPRA HONOUR ROLL
FREDERICK BENSON
ERNEST CLOUGHLEY
ERNEST A. FINLAY
FREDERICK HIGGINS
H. ROY HODGSON
GEORGE HODSON
JAMES MILLER JOHNSTON
ARTHUR JACOBS
WILLIAM LANG
HARRY LYFYTT
SIDNEY LENNOX
HARRY LEGGOTT
ROBERT MORGAN
JOHN MUIR
GARNET MAW
M. FRANCIS McAVOY
GEORGE PRINGLE
JAMES HENRY PRIEST
ROY PRATT
WILLIAM PARKE
EDWIN RUFFETT
DARCY REYNOLDS
WILLIAM WARD

[left stele/stèle de gauche]

[front/devant]
1939 – 1945
WORLD WAR II
BARRIE HONOUR ROLL

[left column/colonne de gauche]
JAMES GORDON BARRE
LAURENCE I. BEACH
JAMES O. BURKE
CLIFFORD W. CARTER
WALLACE W. CARTER
NORMAN E. COOK
DALTON CORBETT
TOM SPRY CRESWICKE
DOMINIC D’AMBROSIO
DONALD O. FELT
GEORGE A. FIRMAN
JACK GEDDES
LEONARD D. GOSNEY
ELDRED B. HADDEN
WILLIAM G. HARDY
CHARLES E. HARWOOD
GEORGE A. HENSON
F. ALLAN DIXON

[right column/colonne de droite]
NORMAN O. HOOPER
HARVEY R. IRWIN
GEORGE A. JONES
WILSON ROSS KNICELY
F. STANLEY LEGEAR
CHARLTON G. F. LINDSAY
EDWARD RONALD LOWE
GORDON D. MACALLISTER
RICHARD MACDONALD
JOSEPH MCBRIDE
WILLIAM MCCRON
BORDEN MCCUTCHEON
ERNEST B. MCCUTCHEON
FRANK T. MCCUTCHEON
DALTON A. MCDOUGALL
GERARD D. MCDOUGALL
PERKER J. MCMILLIN
ROBERT .J OROK

[back/arrière]
1939 – 1945
WORLD WAR II
VESPRA HONOUR ROLL
CLARENCE DAVIS
ROBERT E. ELLIOT
J. HANMORE
A. LEO HILTZ
ERIC HILTZ
LEONARD HOGAN
G. WINSTON KNUPP
JOHN ELDON KRAUS
HAROLD STEVEN PARTRIDGE
ROGER A. ROWELL
ROBERT VERNON STEWART

[right stele/dale de stèle]

[front/devant]
1939 – 1945
WORLD WAR II
BARRIE HONOUR ROLL

[left column/colonne de gauche]
ANGUS T. McNABB
JOSEPH D. McVEIGH
HAROLD A. MILLS
MURRAY A. C. MILLS
JAMES ARDEN MILNE
ERNEST P. MONTSERRAND
EDWARD STANLEY MOON
HAROLD M. PATTERSON
JOHN R. PATTON
CLAYTON G. PERRY
WILLIAM H. PORRITT
ALEXANDER R ROE
BRIAN H. T. ROLSTON

[right column/colonne de droite]
STEWART SAMPSON
JOHN H. SHAW
JOHN THOMAS SHORTREED
DOUGLAS S. SIMPSON
ROYAL SMITH
VERNON A. SPEARN
W. L. GEORGE THOMSON
G. EDWARD WALLACE
KENNETH P. WEATHERUP
JAMES O. WELDON
H. LLOYD WILLOUGHBY
NORMAN G. WYNES

[bottom/en bas]
1950 KOREAN WAR 1953
LESLIE MERRIL ROBBINS RALPH DAVID STROUD

[back/arrière]
1939 – 1945
WORLD WAR II
INNISFIL HONOUR ROLL
ERNEST A. AIKENS
LLOYD DYER ANNIS
KENNETH J. INGRAM
ROBERT D. INGRAM
ALBERT EDWARD KELLY
CYRIL LLOYD SPROULE
Wm. A. WILLOUGHBY

Ce mémorial a été érigé le 29 juin 1922 à la mémoire des héros disparus de la Première Guerre mondiale. Il raconte une histoire dont les habitants de Barrie et du canton peuvent être fiers.

Un article publié le jeudi 26 mai 1921 dans un journal local rapporte : “que onze dessins avaient été soumis par diverses entreprises spécialisées et que le dessin retenu était celui de la McIntosh Co. de Toronto, présenté en collaboration avec J.F. Murphy, de Barrie. Le monument mesure 23 pieds de hauteur et est couronné d’une statue de neuf pieds, réalisée selon les modèles jugés satisfaisants par le comité. Le corps du monument est en granit de Stanstead, et la statue, en granit de Barrie. La base mesure 10 pieds carrés. Le comité chargé de recueillir les noms a été constitué par Mme D.M. Stewart. Il y aura de l’espace pour 160 noms inscrits en lettres d’un pouce et demi. Les insignes des différentes armes du service seront placés sur des blasons entourant le monument.”

Le monument honore également la mémoire des héros disparus de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et de la guerre de Corée.

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