Commonwealth War Graves Commission
“The Commonwealth War Graves Commission ensures that 1.7 million people who died in the two world wars will never be forgotten. We care for cemeteries and memorials at 23,000 locations, in 154 countries. Our values and aims, laid out in 1917, are as relevant now as they were almost 100 years ago.”
“There are 2,837 CWGC locations in Canada where 18,440 Commonwealth War Dead are commemorated by name.”
There are two cemeteries in Strathroy in which some of the veterans named on the town cenotaph are interred.
Doing research into the past and considering a variety of sources sometimes creates questions of, “Which one is correct?”, “Why is this name included here and that one is not?” “Which date is correct?” Those questions make this “Veterans Memorial Way Project” an adventure. For examples:
1. The CWGC records 10 names for the Strathroy Cemetery and 1 name for the Strathroy All Saints Roman Catholic Cemetery. However, 4 of the names are not engraved on the Strathroy cenotaph nor are they recorded on the Strathroy Museum ‘Virtual War Memorial’ listing. These include Herbert E.P. Barnes, Frederick G. deGex, Robert O. Hillis, and John Leigh.
2. A walk around the Strathroy Cemetery has led to the discovery of 6 grave markers for veterans whose names are not on the CWGC list, the cenotaph, nor the ‘Virtual War Memorial’. Their grave markers indicate that each was killed during one of the world wars. Their grave markers read; Sergeant J. Reginald Buchanan, Killed in Action July 13, 1916, Buried in Cité Bon Jean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France; Private Richard M. Hall (#189971) “Killed in Action Nov. 3, 1916”; Sapper Laverne Marr, “Arras, France, 1899-1918; Pte. George Wm. Patterson, killed in action at Hill 70, August 15th, 1917; W/O – 2 Donald A. Thomson, Missing In Action, Dec. 28th, 1943, In His 24th Year; and Private George E. Wallace, 2nd Battn Can. Infantry, Killed In Action, April 26th, 1917, In His 22nd Year, Aubigny Communal Cemetery, Fr.
3. There is a grave marker for John Leigh (above), and for his son Pte. Lionel T. Leigh, 3rd Battalion B.E.F., France, 1897 – 1947, but Lionel’s name is not recognized otherwise.
4. Some of our veterans’ remains were interred in cemeteries around the world, or their remains were not found and their names have been recognized on memorials appropriate to the location where they were killed. Interestingly, local families have chosen to also recognize a veteran relative by placing a memorial monument in a Strathroy cemetery. Examples discovered so far are monuments for Oscar Davis (Pas de Calais, France), William Ferguson (St. Germaine, France), James N. McGeary (Vimy Memorial), and Charles Henry Smithrim (Vimy Memorial).
5. A walk around the Strathroy Cemetery has led to the discovery of a grave for a United States veteran who was married to a local woman. James B. Morrison, Michigan, PEC US Army, World War I, Oct. 21, 1895 – June 11, 1972. He is buried next to his wife, Vera C. Buttery, 1962 – 1970. They are buried in Section C, about 12 rows south of the interior access road. (N/ Lat. 42°56’49.48″ / W Long. 81°38’11.30″).
The Strathroy Municipal Cemetery has been “mapped” so as to locate the veterans’ gravesites that have identified so far. The cemetery has been separated into lettered sections, with each section labelled with the gravesites by row and distance from the start point. Click here to go to the Municipal Cemetery Mapping. There are photos (link below) of most of the gravestones that we have found so far, and the label includes its GPS coordinates and the letter.row.place for each. A walk around the Strathroy Cemetery has led to the discovery of 81 grave markers (@) for veterans whose names are not on the CWGC list, the cenotaph, nor the ‘Virtual War Memorial’. This may be because they died more than 2 years after the official end of a war.
7. The gravesites of 130+ veterans have been located in the Strathroy Community Cemetery, so far. Their inclusion here is because of a marking, label or symbol on the gravestone that indicates they’re a veteran: the military cross, a rank identifier (Private, Sergeant, etc.), a poppy, or a statement of where they died. Some names were found by researching the Legion, Ontario Command, Military Service Recognition Books. They are named below. Clicking on the bold high-lighted name will bring you to a new web page about each. [This is a work in progress.]
@ Abbott, James (Private #528517), May/26/1922
Lat. 42°56.717′ / Long 81°38.311′ (I.2.3)
Adair, William Frederick (Private #802848), June/21/1916
Lat. 42°56.832′ / Long. 81°38.242′ (E.6.2)
@ Allen, George W. E., (Brigadier # ), 1916 – 2004
Lat. 42°56.752′ / Long 82°38.363′ (M.3.10)
@ Anderson, Arthur J. (Lieutenant # ), 1898 – 1939
Lat. 42°56.753′ / Long. 81°38.238′ (H.17.21)
Armstrong, James Harvey (Private #803226), Aug/28/1916
Lat. 42°56.740′ / Long 81°38.194′ (F.25.11)
@ Arthur, Albert (Sergeant), Aug/19/1942
Lat. 42º56.820′ / Long. 81º38.153′ (A.19.4)
@ Baker, Walter (Private # ), June/11/1966
Lat. 42°56’42.99″ / Long 81°38’18.26″ (I.1.3)
Barnes, Herbert Evan Paul (Flight Lieutenant # C/1823), 1942
Lat. 42°56’49.07″ / Long. 81°38’09,28″ (A.21.3)
@ Beck, Alfred E. (Flight Sergeant # ), April/21/1958, age 79
Lat. 42°56’44.77 / Long. 81°38’19.28″ (J.4.2)
Bennett, Charles R. (Private #2334303), March/1/1924
Lat. 42°56770′ / Long 81°38187′ (C.27.3n)
Bosman, John (Private #629061)
@ Breedon, Oscar C. (Private # ), Aug/28/1952
Lat. 42°56’50.71″ / Long 81°38’08.84″ (A.8.14 – far end)
@ Brown, Jack A. (Corporal # ) May/5/1981
Lat. 42°56’43.78″ / Long 81°38’19.80″ (K.3.10)
Brown, John (Corporal # )
Lat. 42°56’44.43″ / Long. 81°38’18.32″ (H.19.1)
@ Brown, William James Humphrey, Aug. 23, 1996
Lat. 42°56.774′ / Long. 81°38.339′ (N.6.3)
Buchanan, J. Reginald (Sergeant # 53440), July 13, 1916
Lat. 42°56’47.95″ / Long. 81°38’13.26″ (F.6.9)
@ Cann, John A. (Sapper # ) Feb/25/1955
Lat. 42°56’52.23″ / Long. 81°38’10.40″ (B.4.2)
Lat. 42°56.824′ / Long. 81°38.199′ (C.4.1)
@ Calcutt, J. Robert (Private # )) April 7, 1988
Lat. 42º56.713’N Long. -81º38.339’W (K.19.6)
@ Clithero, William S., (Corporal # ) April/26/1960
Lat. 42°56’49.18″ / Long 81°38’09.24″ (A.20.3n)
@ Collins, Alexander, Sept/7/1963
Lat. 42°56’43.85″ / Long 81°38’19.36″ (K.6.3)
@ Conkey William George (Sergeant #R90482 RCAF ), Jan. 30, 1969 age 72
Lat. 42°56″37.78″ / Long 81°38’19.88″ (QW.8.1)
@ Cooper, Norman J. (Gunner #), Oct/2/1989
Lat. 42°56’71.40″ / Long 81°38′ 32.40″(K.19.1)
@ Cowan, William Samuel. (Private #802722), October/12/1931
Lat. 42°56″47.71″ / Long 81°38’11.56″ (F.12.7)
@ Cruden, Gorden (Sergeant # ), 1935 – 2006
Lat. 42°56’42.27″ / Long 82°38’21.00″ (M.30.2)
@ Crummer, James H. (Driver Can. Engineers), December 1, 1951 age 66
Lat: 42º56’50.28″ / Long: 81º38’11.80″ (C.1.4N)
@ Daubs, William, (RCNVR # ), March 20, 1992 age 69
Lat. 42°56’42.89″ / Long. 81°38’19.80″ (K.17.9)
@ Davies, Arthur T. (Private # ), November 21, 1952, age 73
Lat. 42°56’39.35″ / Long 82°38’20.10″ (K.53.2)
Davis, Robert Oscar (Private #803205), September 2, 1918 age 24
Lat. 42°56’49.92″ / Long 82°38’12.10″ (C.1.1)
deGex, Frederick George (Gunner #334889), 1917
Lat. 42°56′ 51.28″ / Long. 81°38’14.28″ (E.10.5nw + flat)
@ Dempsey, John W., (Trooper # ), April 9, 1972 age 62
Lat. 42°56″42.73″ / Long 81°38’21.04″ (K.21.2)
@ Dickson, Robert Edward (Signalman #A60100), April 21, 1996
Lat. 42°56′ ” / Long – 82°38′ ” (M.9.5)
@ Dunsmore, Albert H., (Private #A3310), June 2, 1970 age 50
Lat. 42°56’49.95″ / Long 81°38’10.76″ (C.3.11)
@ Eddie, William
Lat. 42°56. ‘ / Long. 81.38. ‘
@ Evans, Samuel, (Lance/Corporal # ), December 25, 1947
Lat. 42°56.799′ / Long. 81°38.158′ (C.24.16a)
@ Fagan, Albert (Able Seaman # ), May 16, 1989 age 64
Lat. 42°56’39.49″ / Long 81°38’21.58″ (M.52.13)
Ferguson, William Kennedy (Pilot Officer #J-85171), January 15, 1943
Lat. 42°56’49.11″ / Long 81°38’08.18″ (A.23.12 – east end)
@ Fifield, Henry (Private #802721 ), July 21, 1948
Lat. 42°56’48.23″ / Long. 81°38’17.60″ (H.14.13)
@ Finley, Eileen (Daubs) (WREN Writer # ), March 20, 1992
Lat. 42°56’42.89″ / Long. 81°38’19.80″ (K.19.9)
@ Ford, Henry K. (# ), July 20, 2008
Lat. 42º56.726’N Long. -82º38.349’W (M.18.1) PLUS A TREE MARKER
Lat. 42°56′ 51.89″/ Long 81°38’09.20″ (base of tree @ fence)
Lat. 42°56.’ / Long. 81°38.’
@ Gibson, Clarence, November 15, 2010
Lat. 42° 56. ‘ / Long. 81°38. ‘
@ Gennetto, Frank, May/4/1913 – June/9/1994
Lat. 42°56″49.28″ / Long 81°38’11.52″ (C.7.5 – flat)
@ Gilhooley, John (Corporal # ), June 24, 1986 age 66
Lat. 42°56’38.74″ / Long. 81°38’21.58″ (M.55.6)
Gooden, Thomas H., February 15, 2005
Lat. 42°56.828′ Long. 81°38.154′ (A.17.6)
@ Goodison, James M., (Private # ), March/12/1937
Lat. 42°56’44.98″ / Long. 81°38’12.80″ (F.22a.4)
Gough, Wm. H., (Corporal #), Aug/26/1918 (age 23)
Lat. 42°56’46.45″ / Long. 81°38’10.00″ (C.29.6)
Graham, Norman Leslie, 2004
Lat. 42°56.681′ / Long. 81°38.362′ (M.42.9)
@ Grainger, Walter A., (Gunner# ), Oct/24/1956
Lat. 42°56″45.94″ / Long 81°38’18.64″ (J.1.8)
@ Green, Cephus L., Sgt., March/8/1961
Lat. 42°56’48.47″ / Long 81°38’08.50″ ( A.28.6S )
@ Gunness, David Henry, Corporal # , March/6/1950
Lat. 42°56’51.28″ / Long. 81°38’09.68″ (B.13.3)
@ Hall, Richard, (Private #189971), Nov/3/1916
Lat. 42°56’49.52″ / Long. 81°38’08.90″ (A.17.9)
Hall, Richard Maxwell, ( Private #A-49624 ), 1949
Lat. 42°56’49.52″ / Long. 81°38’08.90″ (A.17.9)
@ Harman, Henry, Private #, Nov/25/1949
Lat. 42°56’50.50″ / Long. 81°38’09.20″ (A.8.9)
Harris, William, 2000
Lat. / Long.
Hastings, Allan, Private #, 1999
Lat. 42°56.837′ / Long. 81°38.148′ (A.13.12)
@ Henderson, Hugh (Private # 844586), 1893 – 1958
Lat. 42°56’39.25″/ Long. 81°38’19.68″ (K.54.1)
@ Hillis, Robert Oliver (Lance Corporal #A/29451), 1946
Lat. 42°56’49.50″ / Long. 81°38’11.34″ (C.3.7)
@ Howe, Edward, 1958
@ Howson, Asa C., (Sergeant # ), “Died in France Feb. 12th, 1919”
Lat. 42°56’45.38″ / Long. 81°38’16.06″ (H.15.10)
@ Hudspith, Harry,(Private # ), February 10, 1961
Lat. 42°56″46.19″ / Long 81°38’19.68″ (G.1.2 – middle by tap)
@ Ingham, William, (Lance Corporal # ) Sept. 16, 1957 age 70
Lat. 42°56’38.14″ / Long. 81°38’19.66″ (K3.4.3)
@ James, Howard (Private #802031), May/7/1916
Lat. 42°56′.840′ / Long. 81°38.242 (E.6.4)
@ Corporal Thomas H. James, 1892-1969
Jay, Frederick William (Captain # ), July/9/1916
Lat. 42°56’48.66″ / Long. 81°38’16.94″ (G.2.5)
@ Sergeant Percy W. Jenkins, March/29/1955
Noella V. Jones, 2006
@ Trooper Howard S. Keck, Jan/31/1998
@ Keck, James Russell (Trooper # ), 1983
@ Private Edward L. Kinder, 1891 – 1924
@ Sapper Joseph King, March 30, 1958 – Can Engr. CEF
Private Charles Lazenby, November 28, 1917
Corporal John Leigh, 1920
@ Private Lionel T. Leigh, 1947
@ Staff Sergeant Raymond C. Leitch, Dec/7/1952 (age 63)
@ Gertrude Lewis, (wife of Harry Hudspith – stone has military cross), Dec/1977
@ Captain George Cameron Lodge Lindsay, 1969 (# )
@ Major General William Bethune Lindsay, June/27/1933
@ Sapper Laverne Marr, 1899-1918
@ Private Samuel J. Marshman, Feb/7/1961 (age 84)
@ Flight Sergeant Hubert (Bun) C. McConnell, 1993
Flight / Sergeant Jack Thompson McDonald, Dec/28/1942 (#R90083)
James Neil McGeary, Sept/3/1918 (#802395)
Sapper Stormont McIntyre, July 9, 1916
Mabel McLellan (Gower), November 24, 1990
@ Sapper Francis B. McLellan, Oct/6/1976)
@ W.O.2 Alexander McMeekin, Nov.12, 1962, age 58
@ Sapper Allen C. McPherson, Nov. 7, 1984
Private Thomas Whyte Milliken, March/12/1917 (# )
@ Sergeant James A. Mills, Feb/23/1932 (#123519)
@ Private Henry Percival Moore, 1981 – 1950 (#802116)
James B. Morrison, June/11/1972, PCE, US Army
@ Petty Officer O.STWD Frank A. Murphy, 1900 – 1963 (#V32532)
@ Sergeant Roy D. Murphy, July/6/1958
@ Private Roy T. Muxlow, Oct/21/1957
@ Private Horace A. Partridge Feb/14/1953
@ Private George William Patterson
Arden Leroy Payne, Sept/27/1945
@ Private John A. Pedden, Apr/1/1964 (age 81)
@ Private Leonard C. Penprase, Feb/7/1951
@ Captain George Pugsley, Dec/18/1929
@ Sergeant William Raithby, Nov/28/1956
Lance Corporal Errol Russell Ramey, October 1, 1918
@ Gunner Alfred E. Rawlings, Jan. 3, 1977 age 76
Thomas M. Reed, 2001
@ Gunner Robert Robson, 1918 – 1964
@ Walter Scott, 1971
Edgar Zephania Sexton,
@ Private Bert D. Smalley, Dec/23/1968
@ Trooper Donald Montrose Smith, 1926 -2013
@ Private Isaac A. Smith, Nov. 27, 1968 age 74
@ Sergeant John S. Smith, 1993 age 69
@ Private William Ray Smith, 1921 -1965
Private Charles Henry Smithrim, May/5/1917
@ Corporal Arthur Such, Aug. 21, 1964, age 73
Wilfred Vernon Sullivan, August 27, 1918
@ Private Albert G. Talmey, Oct/5/1971
@ Private Edmund H.J. Taylor, July/25/1952
@ Private Albert Thompson, Medical Corps, World War II (# A106259)
W/O – 2 Donald Andrew Thomson, Dec/28/1943 (#R-99722)
@ Sergeant James A. Thompson, R.C.A., Sept/11/1973
@ Corporal Beverly S. Tofflemire, Feb/19/1992
Sapper George Robert Alexander Urquhart, May/24/1928
Private George Edward Wallace, April/26/1917 (#189996)
@ Private H.J. Watkinson, April 15, 1955 (# )
@ Sergeant George Edwin Welch, 2009 (A3610)
@ Corporal Sidney Welch, Feb/14/1953
@ Sergeant Sydney Welch, March/14/1950
L/Col. Thomas Baird Welch, March 24, 1918 (# )
@ White, John Richard (Lieutenant #3030361), December 29, 1932, age 46
Lat.42) 56.785′ N / Long -81 38.145′ W (C.24.18.b)
@ Combat Development Support Manager James R. Wood, 1927-1928
If you know of more veterans (served in WWI, WWII, Korea or Afghanistan) who were citizens of Strathroy or have family in Strathroy, are interred or have a memorial marker in one of the Strathroy Cemeteries, and are not mentioned here, contact me via email at royboysask63@gmail.com.
If you have more information, including names of local veterans not yet discovered, or have a story to tell about a veteran in your family or you have come to know (who may have fought for any country, not just Canada), or just have a story to tell about “life during wartime”, please tell me about it at: royboysask63@gmail.com
Strathroy Cemetery
James, Thomas H., (Corporal # )
Lat. 42°56.841′ / Long. 81°38.243′ (E.6.6s)
Jay, Frederick William (Captain # )
Lat. 42°56’48.66″ / Long. 81°38’16.94″ (G.2.5)
Jenkins, Percy W., (Sergeant# )
Lat. 42°56’51.79″ / Long. 81°38’10.30″ (B.7.1)
Jones, Noella
Lat. / Long.
Keck, Howard S., (Trooper # )
Lat. 42°56″42.77″ / Long 81°38’20.50″ (K.16.7)
Keck, James Russell
Lat. 42°56. ‘ Long. 81°38. ‘ (K.41.1)
Kinder, Edward L. (Private #500333)
Lat. 42°56’46.74″ / Long. 81°38’13.36″ (F.12.2)
King, Joseph (Sapper # )
Lat. 42°56’47.23″ / Long. 81°38’08.46″ (A.40.1n)
Lazenby, Charles
Lat. 42°56.827′ Long. -81°38.172′ (C.08.10)
Leigh, John (Corporal #2497558) and
Lat. 42°56’49.78″ / Long. 81°38’11.62″ (C.5.1)
Leigh, Lionel T (Private # )
Leitch, Raymond C., (Staff Sergeant # )
Lat. 42°56’50.50″ / Long. 81°38’10.16″ (A.2.3n)
Lewis, Gertrude, (? # )
Lat. 42°56″46.19″ / Long 81°38’19.64″ (N.10.1 – by tap)
Lindsay, George Cameron Lodge (#53408 )
Lat. 42°56’44.87″ / Long. 81°38’16.06″ (H.18.15)
Lindsay, William Bethune, (# 531879)
Lat. 42°56’44.88″ / Long 81°38’16.00″ (H.18.16)
Marr, Laverne, (Sapper # )
Lat. 42°56’47.71″ / Long. 81°38’13.64″ (F.8.5)
Marshman, Samuel J.,
Lat. 42°56’49.21″ / Long. 81°38’10.84″ (C.9.6 – 1/2 way)
McConnell, Hubert C,
Lat. 42°56″46.90″ / Long 81°38’19.90″ (N.7.6)
McDonald, Jack T.,
Lat. 42°56’49.94″ / Long. 81°38’09.64″ (A.11.5)
McGeary, James (Private # )
Lat. 42°56″45.51″ / Long 81°38’14.30″ (H17.22)
McIntyre, Stormont
Lat. 42°56.798′ Long. 81°38.248′ (H.4.8)
McLellan, Mabel
Lat.42°56.816′ Long. 81°38.195′ (C.9.3 flat)
McLellan, Francis B., (Sapper # )
Lat. 42°56″ 48.91″/ Long 81°38’11.94″ (C.9.3)
McMeekin, Alexander (Warren Office 2 # )
Lat. 42°56″40.86″ / Long 81°38’19.58″ (K.41.2)
McPherson, Allen C. (Sapper # )
Lat. 42°56.713′ / Long 81°38.319′ (K.19.2)
Milliken, Thomas Whyte, (Private # 802200)
Lat. 42°56″ / Long 81°38′ (G.2.7)
Mills, James A., (Sergeant #123519)
Lat. 42°56’49.98″ / Long. 81°38’11.78″ (C.1.6)
Moore, Henry Percival, (Private #802116)
Lat. 42°56″49.74″ / Long 81°38’11.34″ (C.2.10)
Morrison, James B., June/11/1972 (PFC U.S. Army)
Lat. 42°56’49.48″ / Long. 81°38’11.30″ (C.6.9)
Murphy, Frank Alexander, (Petty Office RCNVR O/STWD # V32532)
Lat. 42°56″49.48 / Long 81°38′”08.50″ (A.19.8)
Murphy, Roy D., (Sergeant # )
Lat. 42°56’49.47″ / Long 81°38’08.86″ (A.19.8E)
Muxlow, Roy T. (Private # )
Lat. 42°56’48.34″ / Long. 81°38’08.70″ (A.28.6N)
Noble, John (pre WWI)
Lat. 42°56.724′ Long. 81°38.229′ (H.25.15 – at end)
O’Connor, Joseph (U.S. Army)
Partridge, Horace C.,
Lat. 42°56’51.35″ / Long. 81°38’10.26″ (B.11.2)
Patterson, George Wm., (Private # )
Lat. 42°56’46.21″ / Long. 81°38’13.32″ (F.14.1)
Payne, Arden Leroy, (# )
Lat. 42°56’49.79″ / Long. 81°38’08.46″ (A.18.5 – at end)
Pedden, John A., (Private # )
Lat. 42°56’48.48″ / Long. 81°38’08.98″
Penprase, Leonard C., (Private # )
Lat. 42°56’49.46″ / Long. 81°38’09.88″ (A.11.1)
Pugsley, George, (Captain # )
Lat. 42°56’46.01″ / Long. 81°39’09.60″ (C.32.9 – beside cairn)
Raithby, William,(Sergeant # )
Lat. 42°56’45.67″ / Long 81°38’19.42″ (J.1.10)
Ramey, Errol Russell
Lat. 42°56.832′ Long. 81°38.208′ (E.15.1)
Rawlings, Alfred E., (Gunner # )
Lat. 42°56′ 38.09″/ Long 81°38’20.48″ (K3W.2.6)
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Reed, Thomas M.
Lat. 42º56’71.8″/ Long 81º38’33.3″ (M.41.10 flat)
Robson, Robert ( R.C.A. C.N.R. # )
Lat. 42°56.758′ / Long 81°38321′ (J.4.8)
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Scott, Walter, (# )
Lat. 42°56.734′ / Long 81°38.313′ (K.1.5)
Sexton, Edgar Zephania (Second Lieutenant # 7-4-3 S 124? )
Lat. 42°56’50.93″ / Long. 81°38’13.72″ (D.4.3)
Smalley, Bert D., (Private # )
Lat. 42°56″ 46.50/ Long 81°38’20.18″ (G.5.5b)
Smith, Donald Montrose, (Trooper # )
Lat. 42°56′ / Long. 81°38’32.50″ (J.9.5)
Smith, Isaac A., (Private # )
Lat. 42°56’41.81″ / Long. 81°38’19.76″ (K.27.2)
Smith, John S.,
Lat. 42°56’49.63″ / Long. 81°38’11.74″ (C.2.6)
Smith, Norman S.
Smith, William Ray, (Private # )
Lat. 42°56’41.81″ / Long. 81°38’19.76″ (K.27.2)
Such, Arthur, (Corporal # )
Lat. 42°56’74.90″ / Long 81°38′ 32.30″ (J.3.6)
Sullivan, Wilfred Vernon
Lat. 42° 56.775′ N / Long. -81° 38.178′ W (C.26.7)
Talmey, Albert G., (Private # )
Lat. 42°56′ 43.87″/ Long 81°38’19.14″ (K.6.1)
Taylor, Edmund H. J., (Private # )
Lat. 42°56’50.54″ / Long. 81°38’08.68″ (A3.14 – far end)
Thomson, Donald A., (W/O – 2 # )
Lat. 42°56’47.57″ / Long. 81°38’12.06″
Thompson, Albert, (Private #A106259)
Lat. 42°56’47.81″ / Long. 81°38’07.06″ (A.41.10)
Thompson, James A. (Sergeant # )
Lat. 42°56″74.40″ / Long 81°38’33.10″ (J.10.3)
Tofflemire, Beverley S., (Corporal # )
Lat. 42°56″40.25″ / Long 81°38’21.04″ (M.45.4)
Urquhart, George Robert Alexander, (Sapper # 203167)
Lat. 42°56″43.45″ / Long 81°38’18.12″ (I.21)
Wallace, George E. (Private # )
Lat. 42°56’48.48″ / Long. 81°38’11.42″ (C15.7)
Watkinson, F.J., (Private # )
Lat. 42°56’45.95″ / Long. 81°38’11.52″ (F.19.5)
Welch, George Edwin (Sergeant #A3610)
Lat. 42°56’48.07 / Long. 81°38’07.38″ (A.38.5 – far end)
Welch, Sidney,(Corporal # )
Lat. 42°56’51.17″ / Long. 81°38’09.44″ (B.14.7)
Welch, Sydney, (Sergeant #A44098)
Lat. 42°56’47.84″ / Long. 81°38’07.30″ (A.40.10)
Welch, Thomas Baird (Lieutenant Colonel # )
Lat. 42°56’50.66″ / Long. 81°38’13.62″ (D.5.9 – centre)
Wood, James R. (Canadian Guards )
Lat. 42°56’39.64″ / Long 82°38’21.34″ (M.53.13)
Strathroy All Saints Roman Catholic Cemetery
Norman, Thomas Edgar (Private #3134500)
Lat: / Long: (Matthew.3.2S)
O’Connor, Joseph Leo, Private U.S. Army, WWII
Lat: 42º56’22.53″ / Long: 81º38’38.72″ (Luke.8.7)
Regan, Elizabeth, Nursing Sister, Canadian Medical Corps
Lat: 42º56’23.40″ / Long. 81º38’36.64″ (Matthew.10.5)
Wiley, Harold, Corporal, 1994, age 65
Lat: 42º56’22.75″ / Long: 81º38’35.34″ (John.5.21)
If you know of more veterans (served in WWI, WWII, Korea or Afghanistan) who were citizens of Strathroy, or have family in Strathroy, are interred or have a memorial marker in one of the Strathroy Cemeteries, and are not mentioned here, contact me via email at strathroycaradoclions@bell.net.
If you have more information, including names of local veterans not yet discovered, or have a story to tell about a veteran in your family or you have come to know (who may have fought for any country not just Canada), or just have a story to tell about “life during wartime”, please tell me about it at: strathroycaradoclions@bell.net