Event Date : Monday, May 28, 1945 Event Type : In Memoriam Municipality : Community : Bradford Street : Lot : Concession : 0 Description : Memoriam for Sgt. Pilot A. Scott Neilly, who died at Chatham N.B. on May 28th 1942, from his family.
Event Date : Thursday, May 28, 1942 Event Type : Death
Description : Son to Louis A. and Florence C. Neilly of Gilford, brother to Louis, Isabella, Carrie, Allen and Billie died in his 27th year as a result of a flying accident. The Sergeant-Pilot instructor will be interred at St. John's Cemetery in Coulson's Hill.
"Many people may be curious why this huge ship's anchor was left stranded at Holland Landing. The anchor, a relic of the war of 1812, was forged in Chatham, England for a ship-of-war built at Penetang, then an upper lakes naval station. The anchor was being drawn by a sleigh to Penetang when the hauling party was overtaken by a courier with news that the war was over. The laborers unceremoniously dumped the anchor off the sled, where it remains in what is now Anchor Park, and returned to Toronto, or York as it was then known."