Wellington County pays tribute to the fallen on Remembrance Day

November 11, 2022 @ 11:05 amNews

Updated On November 11, 2022 @ 3:35 pm

St. Mary Catholic School kindergarten students from Szczepko Weber's classroom wave Canadian flags outside before a Remembrance Day ceremony begins on Nov. 11. Photo by Jordan Snobelen
Members of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters infantry reserve regiment are seen at a Remembrance Day ceremony in Mount Forest. Photo by Jordan Snobelen
A Mount Forest Legion Colour Party member is framed by a saluting Legion member during a Remembrance Day ceremony in Mount Forest. Photo by Jordan Snobelen
A member of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters infantry reserve regiment places a poppy at the Mount Forest cenotaph on Remembrance Day. Photo by Jordan Snobelen
Veteran Robert (Bob) Proctor, 96, salutes as the Colour Party moves past him at the Remembrance Day service in Elora. Photo by Duncan Hossack
Cadets took part in the Remembrance Day ceremony in Elora. Photo by Duncan Hossack
Members of the Centre Wellington Fire Rescue and Wellington County OPP attended the Remembrance Day service in Elora. Photo by Duncan Hossack
Reservist and local Legion member Greg Oakes leads the parade to the Elora cenotaph on Nov. 11. Photo by Duncan Hossack
A piper played during the Elora Remembrance Day service. Photo by Duncan Hossack
Legion Colour Party members lower their flags in Salem on Nov. 11. Photo by Duncan Hossack
Wellington-Halton Hills MP Michael Chong lays a wreath on behalf of the Government of Canada at the Salem service on Nov. 11. Photo by Duncan Hossack
Legion members lead the parade to the cenotaph in Fergus on Nov. 11. Photo by Mary Johnston
Fergus - Chaplain Canon Fran Darlington delivers a prayer at the Fergus cenotaph during the Remembrance Day service. Photo by Mary Johnston
The Legion Colour Party and local residents at the Fergus cenotaph on Nov. 11. Photo by Mary Johnston
Grand River Mustangs players paid their respects at the Fergus Remembrance Day service. Photo by Mary Johnston
Students from nearby Rockwood Centennial Public School took part in a Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph in Rockwood on Nov. 11. Photo by Stephanie De Grandis
A young Cadet salutes in front of the cenotaph in Rockwood on Nov. 11. Photo by Stephanie De Grandis
A view of the Rockwood cenotaph during the Remembrance Day service. Photo by Stephanie DeGrandis
County councilor Jeff Duncan, left, placed a wreath at the Erin cenotaph on Nov. 11. Photo by Tristan Clark
FSgt. Margaret Hood stood guard at the Erin cenotaph on Nov. 11. Photo by Tristan Clark
People left their poppies on wreaths and the cenotaph following the Erin Remembrance Day service. Photo by Tristan Clark
The Erin Cenotaph. Photo by Tristan Clark
Legion members parade to the cenotaph for the Remembrance Day service in Harriston. Photo by Patrick Raftis
Legion Colour Party leads the parade from the cenotaph following the Remembrance Day Service in Palmerston. Photo by Patrick Raftis
Students attended the Remembrance Day ceremony in Palmerston. Photo by Patrick Raftis
The Palmerston cenotaph. Photo by Patrick Raftis
The Palmerston Army Cadets stood guard at the Drayton Cenotaph during the Remembrance Day service. Photo by Sue Hogenkamp
Members of the Drayton Legion lay a wreath during the Remembrance Day service. Photo by Sue Hogenkamp
For over 25 years, Gerard Helmond of the Waterloo Regional Police Band has played his trumpet at Remembrance Day services. Here he plays "The Last Post" at Drayton's cenotaph on Nov. 11. Photo by Sue Hogenkamp
Somewhere between 150 and 200 people attended the service at the Puslinch Community Centre in Aberfoyle on Nov. 11, the first time since the pandemic the service was held indoors until everyone moved outside to mark a minute of silence. Photo by Joanne Shuttleworth
Officials laid wreaths by the cenotaph during the Aberfoyle service. Twenty-eight men from Puslinch died in the First and Second World Wars and their names were read by Mayor James Seeley. Photo by Joanne Shuttleworth
Sophie Zak, left, and Ana Hita Mohile, Grade 8 students from Aberfoyle Public School, read "In Flanders Fields." Photo by Joanne Shuttleworth
A large number of students from local schools joined the crowd at Arthur's cenotaph for the Remembrance Day service. Photo by Sue Hogenkamp
With the return of in-person services this year, a huge crowd was on hand at the Arthur cenotaph for Remembrance Day. Photo by Sue Hogenkamp
Legion members salute at the Arthur cenotaph after laying one of 51 wreaths in memory of the community's war dead. Twenty-five local residents died in action in the Second World War alone. Photo by Sue Hogenkamp
Over 500 markers representing the war dead from Wellington County were aglow with candle light on the evening of Nov. 10 on the lawn of the county museum in Aboyne. Photo by Bill Longshaw
Over 500 markers representing the war dead from Wellington County were aglow with candle light on the evening of Nov. 10 on the lawn of the county museum in Aboyne. Photo by Bill Longshaw

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Communities across the county took time to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in war on Nov. 11.

On Remembrance Day services were held in Aberfoyle, Arthur, Drayton, Fergus, Elora, Erin, Harriston, Mount Forest, Palmerston, Rockwood and Salem.

For many, it marked the return to full traditional services after two years were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The previous evening, on Nov. 10, the Wellington County Museum and Archives held its annual candle light ceremony in Aboyne.

*This photo gallery will be updated throughout the day on Nov. 11 as various ceremonies are held.

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