A good news story here in Tillsonburg and perfect timing as this week we honour our fallen.
Back in 2013, Frank Moore with the Tillsonburg Military History Club and the Tillsonburg Legion Branch 153 did some research in regards to the fallen from Tillsonburg from World War One and Two. There were no local names on the Cenotaph, and eventually that was completed a year later. However Moore tells OxfordToday that there was still an issue.
The concern was that the local names of the fallen were on the back of the Cenotaph, so this new project to make a memorial stone is underway and it will be placed in the veterans memorial walkway area and not at the Cenotaph.
Moore adds they were originally looking for a donation but the Tillsonburg Lions Club stepped up to the plate and have donated the entire cost of the project valued at just over $5500, as we hear from Lions Club President Dave Pipher (PIE-fur).
Pipher adds, this sort of thing is simply what the Lions Club does.
Target timeline for the unveiling of the Memorial Stone will be spring of 2027.
