Tom Slater & Randy Evans

Not every Sarnian who enlisted and died as a result of the First World War is recorded on Sarnia’s Cenotaph. Though their names are not etched in granite, we remember them here:

BROOKS, ALBERT EDWARD, residing 117 Julia St. at enlistment, 9 Jan. 1918, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment), died 3 Feb. 1918, age 21. Buried Lakeview Cemetery.

BROWN, NELSON WILLIAM, born 6 June 1898 and raised in Sarnia, 462 N. Christina St., enlisted October 1918 in Royal Air Force, died 22 Oct. 1918, age 20. Buried Lakeview Cemetery.

CREIGHTON, THOMAS, residing 368 London Rd. at enlistment, married with one son, enlisted at Sarnia 16 Jan. 1915, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment), died 27 Feb., 1915, age 37. Buried OLM Cemetery.

CUNNINGHAM, ALEXANDER, residing 347 Cameron St. at enlistment, enlisted at Sarnia 10 Oct. 1917, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment), died of wounds 1 Oct. 1918, France, age 24.

GARROD, ANGUS, residing 122 Mary St., worked Imperial Oil Limited, enlisted at Sarnia 23 Oct. 1914, Canadian Infantry (18th Battalion), killed in action 10 April 1916, Belgium, age 28.

GRAY, GEORGE, born 30 Nov. 1888 and raised in Sarnia, enlisted Winnipeg 12 Dec. 1914, Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment), killed in action 30 May 1915, France, age 26.

HICKEY, FRANK, residing 312 Vidal St. at enlistment, enlisted at Sarnia 27 Jan. 1915, Canadian Infantry (11th Battalion), wounded Nov. 1915 in France, died 1 Sept. 1919 the result of his service, age 37.

LECKIE, NORMAN CHESTER, born in Sarnia 7 May 1889, enlisted Saskatoon 13 Dec. 1915, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment), wounded October 1916 in France, returned to Canada for hospitalization where he died of wounds 10 Oct., 1918, age 29. Buried Lakeview Cemetery.

LITTLEFIELD, THOMAS EDWARD, enlisted in Sarnia 16 Jan. 1915, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) killed in action 2 June 1916, Belgium, age 19.

MANNING, DANIEL EDWARD VINCENT, enlisted in Sarnia 27 Aug. 1915, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment), died of wounds 11 Sept. 1916, France, age 32.

McKENZIE, WALTER WAKE, born in Point Edward 28 April 1891, enlisted Niagara 8 Sept. 1915, Doctor in Canadian Army Medical Corps, died of disease 19 February 1917, England, age 25.

PLAYNE, LESLIE, enlisted in Sarnia 22 Sept. 1914, accountant at Canadian Bank of Commerce in Sarnia, Canadian Infantry then Royal Flying Corps, killed in action 27 March 1918, France, age 23.

PRINGLE, ALBERT STUART, born 18 June 1881 and raised in Sarnia, moved to Detroit, married with six children, enlisted in London 26 February 1918, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment), killed in action 27 Sept., 1918, France, age 37.

RAE, JOHN, residing at 121 John St. at enlistment, enlisted at Sarnia 13 April 1916, Sapper with Canadian Engineers, died in trenches 19 February 1918, France, age 29.

SIMMONS, EARL SYLVESTER, born Petrolia 1 May 1894, family moved to 112 Euphemia St., married and resided at 299 Vidal St., enlisted with brother Melville James in Sarnia 26 Jan. 1916 (Melville James Simmons was killed in action 6 April, 1918, France).  Earl Sylvester Simmons was medically discharged Oct. 1916 at Camp Borden and returned to Sarnia. Died 17 Dec. 1918 of “accidental poisoning” in Sarnia, age 24. Military funeral and buried Lakeview Cemetery.

TURNER, GEORGE, born London, Ont. 25 Jan. 1888, enlisted Niagara 31 May 1915, Canadian Infantry, his next of kin was his mother in Sarnia. Killed in action 11 Jan. 1916, Belgium, age 27.

WALTERS, JOSEPH JOHN, born in Sarnia 26 Sept. 1894, family moved to London, enlisted St. Thomas 22 April 1916, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment), killed in action 10 May 1917, France, age 21.

Wilson, John Alexander, born Oil Springs 27 January 1894, enlisted at Sarnia on 27 Jan., 1915, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment), killed in action 19 May 1916, Belgium, age 23.

Lest we forget.