Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 124 Memorial Cairn

This stone cairn was dedicated in September of 1985 and is located in one of the most historically significant areas of Canada. Nearby, the battles were fought in the War of 1812, and soldiers were trained for the World Wars and every other conflict before that at Butler’s Barracks training area. After the Second World War, the area was made into a historical park and the land was donated to the local Legion.

The cairn features a metal plaque with the names of men in the area who sacrificed their lives in the World Wars.

Inscription

[Front plaque/ Plaque sur le devant du monument]

GENERAL NELLES
BRANCH 124

THIS CAIRN IS DEDICATED TO OUR
FALLEN COMRADES AND CONTAINS
THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF THE
TOWN OF NIAGARA AND AREA
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD
WAR I AND WORLD WAR II. IT IS
ERECTED ON THE HISTORICAL GROUNDS
WHERE CANADA TRAINED HER MEN
IN TIMES OF WAR DATING FROM THE
PERIOD OF BUTLERS RANGERS TO
THE END OF WORLD WAR II. MEN
TRAINED ON THIS SITE AND FOUGHT IN
ALL WARS IN WHICH CANADA PARTIC-
IPATED. AFTER WORLD WAR II THE
MILITARY PRESENCE HERE WAS PHASED
OUT AND THIS PART OF THE TRAINING
GROUND DEEDED TO THE ROYAL
CANADIAN LEGION.
AS THE MEN WHO TRAINED HERE CAME
FROM ALL PARTS OF CANADA, SO
TOO HAVE THE STONES COMPRISING
THIS MONUMENT BEEN COLLECTED
FROM ALL REGIONS OF CANADA.
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
SEPTEMBER 1985

1914 – 1918
ARCHER WILLIAM
BEST, ROBERT E.
BUDD, HAROLD
COWL, ALBERT
COWL, HENRY
CUDNEY, LESLIE
CURRIE, WM. PERRY
DEY, W.
ELKINS, E.
GREEN ADELBORTS
GRIFFITHS, LLOYD
MATT, JAMES
HOUGHTON, ERNEST
HOUGHTON, ROBERT C.
HOUGHTON, TOM HADLEY
KELSON, JOHN M.
LEGATT, FREDERICK
LONGHURST, HERBERT
LOWERY, WRIGHT
McCOY, CHARLES
McKAY, JOHN
McLEOD, ARTHUR
McLEOD, WILLIAM
NELLES, NORMAN C.
NISBET, WALTER L.
PETERS, EDWARD
RENNIE, JAMES
ROSSITER, TED
RYAN, GORDON B.
SHEPHERD, EDWIN C.
THOMAS, REGINALD
THOMPSON, CHARLES T.
WILMOTT, JAMES

1939 – 1945
ADAM, R.C.
BROWN, W.
COOPER, D.
DIETSCH, J.J.
DINWIDDIE, G.C.
DUGGAN, F.C.
FAST, J.
GIBSON, G.
GRAFTON, P.W.
GRANGE, A.H.
GREAVES, R.
GRIER, G.M.
GRIMSTEAD, J.E.
HALL, J.M.
HINDLE, P.S.
HOLLINGSWORTH, G.
HOWARTH, J.L.
HUTCHINSON, ??
HUTCHINSON, J.L.
IRVINE, F.
LAMOURE, L.R.
LEWIS, R.S.
MANLEY, N.H.
MARTIN, B.
MATTHEWS, D.
PARR, D.P.
PICKARD, A.
SCOTT, G.
THOMPSON, E. WINNETT
UNGER, J.
WARD, F.
WING, R.E.
WRAITH, W.
YATES, L.A.
YATES, ??

1950 KOREA 1953

[Rear plaque/ plaque en arrière]

1926 LEGION 1986

60

Pride In Our Past

Faith In Our Future

DEDICATED

SEPTEMBER 15, 1985

Ce cairn de pierre, qui fut dédié en septembre 1985, est situé dans l’une des régions les plus importantes du Canada sur le plan historique. Des batailles s’y déroulèrent à proximité pendant la guerre de 1812, et on entraîna les soldats pour servir dans les guerres mondiales, ainsi que pour tout autre conflit au préalable, avec des casernes Butler au camp d’entraînement. Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la région devint un parc historique, et les terres furent offertes à la Légion locale.

Le cairn comprend une plaque de métal portant les noms des hommes de la région qui sacrifièrent leur vie lors des deux guerres mondiales.

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