Gilmour War Memorial
Another reason to celebrate this year is that it is the 30th anniversary of the township’s war memorial, which was unveiled to great community fanfare back on Nov. 9, 1990. A committee was formed to look into acquiring a cenotaph for the township. They toured around looking at different monument companies and deciding whether they wanted a cenotaph or a war memorial. They decided to have a war memorial to celebrate the contributions of all participants in Canada’s war efforts, including those serving in the Persian Gulf at that time, versus a cenotaph, which honours the soldiers who have died in service to their country. Marie Whittaker was one of the people closely involved with the organizing, fundraising and acquisition of the township’s war memorial those many years ago. She contacted a lot of the local legions and even went door to door to raise $7,437, and the grand total raised was $9,286. She says the average donation was about $5, but the legions in Bancroft and Trenton donated $1,000 while the Coe Hill legion gave $500. In addition to the initial $100, David Hamel, who was a veteran of World War Two and the Korean War also donated two loads of gravel for the memorial. They finally went with Campbell’s Monuments in Belleville, who were very helpful in all respects, especially with the design. After the war memorial was purchased, they had some money left over, which they donated to the cemetery board for maintenance.
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Dedicated November 9, 1990
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Tudor and Cashel Township
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Gilmour War Memorial
Another reason to celebrate this year is that it is the 30th anniversary of the township’s war memorial, which was unveiled to great community fanfare back on Nov. 9, 1990. A committee was formed to look into acquiring a cenotaph for the township. They toured around looking at different monument companies and deciding whether they wanted a cenotaph or a war memorial. They decided to have a war memorial to celebrate the contributions of all participants in Canada’s war efforts, including those serving in the Persian Gulf at that time, versus a cenotaph, which honours the soldiers who have died in service to their country. Marie Whittaker was one of the people closely involved with the organizing, fundraising and acquisition of the township’s war memorial those many years ago. She contacted a lot of the local legions and even went door to door to raise $7,437, and the grand total raised was $9,286. She says the average donation was about $5, but the legions in Bancroft and Trenton donated $1,000 while the Coe Hill legion gave $500. In addition to the initial $100, David Hamel, who was a veteran of World War Two and the Korean War also donated two loads of gravel for the memorial. They finally went with Campbell’s Monuments in Belleville, who were very helpful in all respects, especially with the design. After the war memorial was purchased, they had some money left over, which they donated to the cemetery board for maintenance.
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