54 FOCUS - SEPTEMBER 2016 54 FOCUS - NOVEMBER 2018 Remnants of the great war In January 1923 discussions were held in the community about erecting a memorial for war veterans near the GTR railway station. The memorial would feature a small wall with the big German gun mounted on a concrete base, and tablets with the names of those who served and died during the war. Planned memorial for vets featuring German gun Port Perry Council, in March 1942, decided to return the captured German guns from World War I to the Depart- ment of Defence to be used as scrap metal for World War II efforts. One year earlier, after the GTR railway was abandoned from Whitby, Port Perry and Lindsay, the tracks were torn up and melted down to be used to manufacture equipment for the war. Town returns German guns to helpWorldWar II efforts In 1919 Port Perry council petitioned the government for a share of suitable German guns and trophies, taken during the war, to be allotted to theVillage of Port Perry.Two German machine guns and a trench mortar, were received in November 1920. One was put on dis- play in front of the post office and the other in the park at the lakefront. Two German guns and a mortar presented to town by J. Peter Hvidsten Remnants of the great war In January 1923 discussions were held in the community about erecting a memorial for war veterans near the GTR railway station. The memorial would feature a small wall with the big German gun mounted on a concrete base, and tablets with the names of those who served and died during the war. Planned memorial for vets featuring German gun Port Perry Council, in March 1942, decided to return the captured German guns from World War I to the Depart- ment of Defence to be used as scrap metal for World War II efforts. One year earlier, after the GTR railway was abandoned from Whitby, Port Perry and Lindsay, the tracks were torn up and melted down to be used to manufacture equipment for the war. Town returns German guns to helpWorldWar II efforts In 1919 Port Perry council petitioned the government for a share of suitable German guns and trophies, taken during the war, to be allotted to theVillage of Port Perry.Two German machine guns and a trench mortar, were received in November 1920. One was put on dis- play in front of the post office and the other in the park at the lakefront. Two German guns and a mortar presented to town by J. Peter Hvidsten