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War Memorials in Cramahe TownshipColborne cenotaph - WWIColborne cenotaph - WWIICastleton cenotaph - WWICastleton cenotaph - WWIIRoyal Canadian Legion Branch 187, ColborneRecent Remembrance DaysPast RemembrancesLinks
Charles S. Rutherford, VC MC MM: Colborne's Canadian War HeroVi Milstead Warren, World War II AviatorColborne cenotaph, National Inventory of Canadian Military MemorialsColborne Memorial, Bell, Royal Canadian Legion, National Inventory of Canadian Military MemorialsColborne Memorial, Royal Canadian Legion Br. 187, National Inventory of Canadian Military MemorialsCastleton Memorial, National Inventory of Canadian Military MemorialsCanada and the First World War - Canadian War MuseumFirst World War - Veterans Affairs CanadaPersonnel Records of the First World WarCanadian Virtual War Memorial databaseMay 1917 - World War I in the Colborne Express
Colborne Cenotaph, Remembrance Day, November 11, 2016 Details
WWII Veteran Art Jackson salutes at the Colborne Remembrance Day ceremony in Victoria Square Park November 11, 2014. Details
Don Prentice, 87, was the sole WWII vet taking the salute from the passing Remembrance Day parade in Colborne Nov. 11, 2011. Details
Jack Heighton, left, and Don Prentice take the salute at the Colborne Post Office after the Remembrance Day service at the Colborne Cenotaph Nov. 11, 2012. Details
WWII vet Don Prentice, left, and Lt.-Col. Scott Mutton took the salute as the Remembrance Day parade marched after the Cenotaph service in Victoria Square Park in Colborne Nov. 11, 2016. Details
WWII veteran Don Prentice, left, and former RCAF pilot Dick Newman, right, took the salute from the steps of the Colborne Post Office as the Remembrance Day parade retreated from ceremonies in Victoria Square Park Nov. 11, 2014. Details
WWII cenotaph in Victoria Square, Colborne.
I chaired the committee which did some restorative work from 2014-2016.
The WWII monument was destroyed in 1948 by a car, but soon thereafter was rebuilt. I attended high school across the street from Victoria Square in the 1950s and remember it looking then as it does today.
No damage was done to the WWI monument at that time.
In 2014 a committee was struck to do some upgrading to the area surrounding both monuments. Except for cleaning, the monuments themselves were not touched. A concrete pad was placed in a rectangular shape around both monuments and paving stones, furniture, planters, and lighting were added. A fountain separates the two monuments and this too was upgraded. The re-dedication of the site took place in May of 2016. Funding was received from Veterans’ Affairs for the project and the rededication ceremony.
On the north face of the WWII monument there is a stylized maple leaf with the inscription KOREA 1950 – 1953 below the leaf. This was added by the local branch of the RCL in 1994-1996 when Patti May was president.
by Pat Westrope
