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This memorial was erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 15

This mountain was named in 1918 in honour of Lt. General Sir Richard Ernest William Turner. Mount Morrison (48025-032) and Mount Turner stand together. This is no coincidence as Morrison and Turner fought side by side in 1900 with the Royal Canadian Dragoons during the South African War. They were under the command of Brigadier-General Horace Smith-Dorrien. The Dragoons were a cavalry unit and had been ordered to cover the retreat of a British “search and destroy” column which was operating in the Komati river basin. The retreat was a slow operation. With only a single colt machine gun, the Dragoons were not in a strong position to defend the column. Lt. Morrison wrote, “I turned in my saddle and . . . Square across our rear a line of Boers a mile long was coming on at a gallop over the plain, firing from their horses. It looked like a spectacular finale in a wild west show. They were about 1500 yards away, but coming on rapidly and shooting at our gun, most of them, to try and stop it . . . I thought indeed we saw our finish.” Two troops of the Dragoons, one under the command of Lt. Turner, dismounted to try to hold off the attack. For his part in the action Lt. Turner was awarded the Victoria Cross, the citation reading, “When the guns were in danger of being captured, Lt. Turner, although he had already been twice wounded, dismounted and deployed his men at close quarters and drove off the enemy, thus saving the gun.” During the First World War, Lt. General Turner commanded the Canadian troops who held their positions during the first poisonous gas attacks at Ypres in 1915. Later, he became responsible for the training of all Canadian troops in Britain.

This certificate is a list of the members of Olds who enlisted in the Canadian military during the Second World War.

This memorial to the local war dead and veterans of the First and Second World Wars was erected by Branch No. 83 of the Canadian Legion British Empire Service League (the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Legion).

This mountain was named in 1918 in honour of Lt. Sir Henry James Warre. Lt. Warre crossed the Rockies with Lt. Mervin Vavasour in 1845-46 on a reconnaissance to determine what military action should be taken if there should be a war with the U.S. Lt. Warre of the 14th Regiment and Lt. Vavasour of the Royal Engineers were ordered by the Governor General to cross the rockies disguised as private adventurers and evaluate the mountain passes from a military point of view. They concluded that “the idea of transporting troops . . . with their stores, etc. through such an extent of uncultivated country and over such impracticable mountains would appear to us quite infeasible.”

This memorial, erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 76, is dedicated to the war dead.

Erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 179, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars.

This mountain was named in 1918 in honour of Major-General M.S. Mercer. Major-General Mercer commanded the Third Division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action near Zillibeke, Flanders in France in 1916.

This memorial was erected by the town of Beiseker in memory of local veterans who served on land, at sea, and in the air. The monument was moved to its current site from the old Memorial Hall which burned down in 1991.

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