Tudor and Cashel Township War Memorial
November 9th, 1990 the war memorial was unveiled and dedicated at the Gilmour Cemetery. It was erected to acknowledge the contributions and sacrifices of all those who worked and fought for peace and freedom. World War II veteran David Hamel provided Robert Taylor (Principal of Gilmour Public School) with the first $100 donation and suggested that a memorial be built to honour and remember the 114,000 military personnel who died during the two World Wars and the Korean conflict. A committee was formed chaired by Mr. Taylor. He was aided by Marie Whittaker, Wanda Donaldson and David Hamel among others. The Hastings County Board of Education also became involved. Phil Ainsworth, Board Superintendent and Barbara Anderson, Trustee were instrumental in the committee’s success. It was decided Gilmour would not have a cenotaph which commemorates the dead but instead a war memorial to celebrate the contributions of all participants in the country’s war efforts – including those serving in the Persian Gulf.
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Tudor and Cashel Township celebrated their modified Remembrance Day service on Nov. 11, 2020 with a drive-in ceremony held at their war memorial inside Gilmour cemetery. It was also the 30th anniversary of their war memorial. Warrant officer James McDonald with the Canadian Forces Joint Signal Regiment and captain Hansen Tan with the Canadian Forces Intelligence Group were in attendance representing the Canadian military, while Mayor Libby Clarke and Councillor Roy Reeds were there representing Tudor and Cashel Township. Limerick Township Mayor Carl Stefanski also attended the service. The wreaths were given and placed by Community Care Madoc, Central Hastings Family Health Team, Heart of Hastings Hospice, Tudor and Cashel Township, In Memory of George and Fred Scaife, the government of Canada, the province of Ontario and one In Memory of the Unknown Soldier.
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Tudor and Cashel Township War Memorial
November 9th, 1990 the war memorial was unveiled and dedicated at the Gilmour Cemetery. It was erected to acknowledge the contributions and sacrifices of all those who worked and fought for peace and freedom. World War II veteran David Hamel provided Robert Taylor (Principal of Gilmour Public School) with the first $100 donation and suggested that a memorial be built to honour and remember the 114,000 military personnel who died during the two World Wars and the Korean conflict. A committee was formed chaired by Mr. Taylor. He was aided by Marie Whittaker, Wanda Donaldson and David Hamel among others. The Hastings County Board of Education also became involved. Phil Ainsworth, Board Superintendent and Barbara Anderson, Trustee were instrumental in the committee’s success. It was decided Gilmour would not have a cenotaph which commemorates the dead but instead a war memorial to celebrate the contributions of all participants in the country’s war efforts – including those serving in the Persian Gulf.
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Tudor and Cashel Township celebrated their modified Remembrance Day service on Nov. 11, 2020 with a drive-in ceremony held at their war memorial inside Gilmour cemetery. It was also the 30th anniversary of their war memorial. Warrant officer James McDonald with the Canadian Forces Joint Signal Regiment and captain Hansen Tan with the Canadian Forces Intelligence Group were in attendance representing the Canadian military, while Mayor Libby Clarke and Councillor Roy Reeds were there representing Tudor and Cashel Township. Limerick Township Mayor Carl Stefanski also attended the service. The wreaths were given and placed by Community Care Madoc, Central Hastings Family Health Team, Heart of Hastings Hospice, Tudor and Cashel Township, In Memory of George and Fred Scaife, the government of Canada, the province of Ontario and one In Memory of the Unknown Soldier.
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