Community of Alderville Holds Remembrance Service
The community of Alderville, north of Cobourg held their Remembrance Day ceremony on November 7, 2021.
Community members, dignitaries marched from the Alderville Community Centre at 1 p.m. to the cenotaph.
Dignitaries including Alderville veterans, Anishinabek Nation Grand Chief Reg Niganobe, Regional District Grand Chief Jim Bob Marsden, MP Philp Lawrence, MPP David Piccini, Alnwick/Haldimand Township Mayer Gail Latchford, members of the Cobourg Legion Branch 133, Cobourg Legion Pipes and Drums and members of the Northumberland OPP.
Alderville First Nation Chief Dave Mowat read the names of the fallen before the laying of the family wreaths including, Beaver, Bigwin, Blaker, Comego, Chase, Chubb, Tobico, Crowe, Franklin, Gray, Loukes, Marsden, Simpson, Smoke and Sunday.
Then after members of the Federal, Provincial and local government also placed wreathes at the cenotaph.
Word War I Enlisted
John Beaver, Edward Beaver, Ross Beaver, Isaac Beaver, Clarence Blaker, Henry Comego, A. Comego, Peter Comego, Smith Comego, Alex Comego, David (Madden) Crowe), S. Crowe, Jos. Chubb, A. Chubb, Moses Marsden, Norman Marsden, Robert Franklin, S. Hagar, Noah Smoke, S. Smoke, M. Smoke, Wm Stevenson, D. Wheeler, Alan Tobico, J. Tobico.
Killed in Action
Wm Blaker, Joshua Blaker, Victor Blaker, Austin Beaver, Samp[son Comego, Wm. Hagar, W. Franklin, Arch Simpson, Robert Tobico.
World War II Enlisted
Alvin Beaver, Edward Beaver, Ivan Beaver, William Bigwin, George Blaker, Lawson Chase, Stewart Comego, Gerald Gray, Alvin Hagar, Amos Marsden, Thomas Marsden, Everett Simpson, Eldon Smoke, Reg Smoke, Roy Smoke, George Gray, Sames Smoke, John Sunday, Wilfred Sunday Sr., Wilfred Sunday Jr., Clarence Sunday, Cecil Tobico, Arthur Wheeler, Alfred Loukes, Danial Simpson, William Stevenson, Ephriam Blaker, John Beaver, Oliver Crowe, Walter Crowe, Robert Franklin, Fred Marsden, Lawrence Marsden, Bruce Marsden, Ben Chubb, Norman Marsden Sr., Norman Marsden Jr., Raymond Blaker, Leslie Marsen, Howard Smoke, Robert Marsden, Leonard Smoke, Albert Bigwin, Clifford Smoke, Earl Smoke, Stewart Smoke, Donald Smoke, Elver Beaver, Beatrice Smoke, James Marsden, Percy Marsden.
Killed in Action
Wilburn Chubb, Arthur Beaver
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