Annual Remembrance Road Service in Front of Yonge

The annual Mallorytown Legion Branch 484’s Remembrance Road Ceremony is being held on Friday, November 6th in Front of Yonge starting at 11:00 am.

It is held at the corner of County Road 5 and County Road 2, the southern entrance to Remembrance Road. It honors 19 local servicemen from the Front of Yonge area who died in service.

World War I (6 casualties): Frank Bennet, Morton Hodge, R.L. McGiham, Fred Cook, George W. Mallory, and Fred Salter.

World War II (12 casualties): Jack D. Buell, Donald R. Gardiner, Morris Lambert, Charles Massey Jr., William McKee, Wm. L.N. Simpson, Irvine L. Donevan, George H. Howard, Hugh Lynch, Douglas Moulton, Donald M. Running, and Jack Tennant.

Afghanistan Conflict (1 casualty): Randy Joseph Payne.

Each fallen serviceman is commemorated with an individual red maple tree and a cross along the roadside. Held annually in partnership with students from Front of Yonge Elementary School, who help place flags and honor the local heroes.

The annual service is held each year on the Friday before Remembrance Day, which is on Wednesday, November 11th.