A Shocking Revelation

To discover how quickly information and knowledge can get  lost.
Two weeks ago Council received a staff report recommending  a name be added to the Aurora War Memorial
An  ancestor of a soldier killed in the First World War, had done some research and decided his name  had inadvertently been left off the  Aurora Memorial. 
Staff accepted the contention, consulted with the Aurora Legion,. noted there was space for an additional name and recommended to Council  it be added.
My mother's brother , my grandmother's first born child, twenty-two  year old James Diamond's name  was chiselled into   the War Memorial of  our  home town.
After the  Second World War, my twenty-one year old brother, Patrick Finnigan's name was chiseled  into the same memorial.
For  eighty years ,War  Memorials have been sacred to the memory of  the names carved into history for the ultimate  sacrifice.
It is little enough.
In Aurora the Cenotaph is surrounded by green and  pleasant space.
A tree is planted for every name.Replaced immediately if it dies.
At  time of  planning a group  formed representing. King Whitchurch. and Aurora to create  the most  fitting memorial. Sir William Mulock at its head.
Funds were raised, land acquired and several years  later
the project  was  completed and pledged to the memory of sons who failed to  return.
It was a small community.
Names numbered in the twenties. 
Hardly likely a family would be slighted. A name overlooked.
Until almost the end of the century, a Board governed and cared for the Memorial. Norm Weller, town  parks keeper. in his time , provided care and  maintenance. 
Memorial Board Members grew  old.
They asked the Town  to accept responsibility.
The Town accepted. 
Ownership and assets were transferred.
Aurora Legion members, as veterans, are  committed  to keep the memory alive. They organize the annual parade and  service.
Aurora Legion does not own the Memorial. 
No jurisdiction or responsibility for its care and protection  falls on their shoulders.
The question  of adding a name to the  Aurora.,King and Whitchurch War Memorial  could not simply be a matter of adding a name  on the basis of  an  assumption of entitlement.
I have  received information, the fallen soldier's name appears  on the Memorial of Warkworth, Ontario.
I will provide  additional details  to those who should be concerned
 I thank the person who provided them to me.