Alberta

Province Code
AB
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48010-017
Type
Address
11410 Kingsway Ave T5G 0X4
Location
Alberta Aviation Museum
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.56, 113.51
Inscription

We will remember them

sic itur ad astra

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www.infoedmonton.com
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Aviation Heritage Monument
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Aviation Heritage Monument
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This monument located outside of the Alberta Aviation Museum honours the Royal Canadian Air Force’s connection to Edmonton. In 2015 at the Aviation Heritage Memorial, the 700 Wing Air Force Association honoured 12 Canadian aviators who will had their names added to the memorial at a stone-laying ceremony.

The "Sic Itur" stones are engraved with the names of people who worked in aviation or were part of one or more of the three air services at the Blatchfield Field Airport. "Sic Itur" is Latin for "thus, go," used in the phrase "sic itur ad astra," or "thus, go to the stars," which dates back to the Roman poet Virgil and his work, the Aeneid. The RCAF adopted this phrase as their motto, and translate it alternatively as "such is the pathway to the stars."

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Granite
Photo Credit
Victoria Edwards
Memorial CF Legacy ID
10400
City/Municipality
Lamont County
Memorial Number
48010-016
Type
Address
Hwy #16 T6A3R1
Location
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village - Alberta Provincial Museum
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.568611, -112.798889
Inscription

IN MEMORY OF ALL CANADIAN VETERANS / OF UKRAINIAN ORIGIN WHO SERVED / IN THE ARMED FORCES OF CANADA

A LA MEMOIRE DE TOUS VETERANS / CANADIENS D'ORIGINE UKRAINIENNE QUI ONT / SERVEE DANS LES FORCES ARMEES DU CANADA

 

WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

 

Dedicated June 14th, 1986 / BY THE / ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION / NORWOOD BRANCH #178 EDMONTON, ALBERTA

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN VETERANS BRANCH #141 / WINNIPEG, MANITOBA / PHILIP KONOVAL V.C. BRANCH #360 / TORONTO, ONTARIO

MAZEPPA BRANCH #183 / MONTREAL, QUEBEC

FUNDED & ERECTED BY / NORWOOD BRANCH #178 EDMONTON, ALBERTA

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN VETERANS BRANCH #141 / WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

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Roman Petriw
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Ukrainian Canadian War Veterans Memorial, Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village (AB provincial museum)
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Lena Maryniak
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Annual memorial service at the monument with veterans attending (August 2018)
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Stone slab with maple leaf silhouette and full length image of veteran standing beside a low cross grave marker with sunset in the background and trilingual inscription, official Royal Canadian Legion logos.

City
Lamont County
Country
Type Description
Monument
Photo Credit
Lena Maryniak, Roman Petriw
Memorial CF Legacy ID
10288
City/Municipality
Lamont
Memorial Number
48010-015
Type
Address
5303 - 50 Avenue
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.75975, -112.78702
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Heather Atkinson
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Marble column engraved on both sides - one for First World War and the other for Second World War.

City
Lamont
Country
Type Description
Column
Photo Credit
Heather Atkinson
Memorial CF Legacy ID
8660
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48010-014
Type
Address
11305 - 64th Street, Edmonton, AB
Location
Highlands United Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.56704, -113.43702
Inscription

Brettville, France
Rindern, Germany
Xanten, Germany
Frasselt, Germany
Bertin, Germany
Cleve, Germany
Calcar, Germany
Arnhem, Holland

Katwyk, Holland
Duffelmarch, Germany
Louisendorf, Germany
Marienbaum, Germany
Fontenay, France
St. Andre-sur-Orne, France
Fleury-sur-Orne, France
May-sur-Orne, France

Gouvix, France
Lisieux, France
Bremen, Germany
Gronigen, Holland
May-sur-Orne, France
Norden, Germany
Ifs, France
Caen, France
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The stained glass window at Highlands United Church is made of glass collected from ruined church on the European battlefields. Reverend T.R. Davies, MA, BD, DD, was minister to Highlands United Church and Chaplain to the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Winnipeg during the Normandy campaign in the Second World War. As he travelled with the battalion through the battlefields of Europe, he began picking up fragments of glass from the rubble of bombed-out churches. He carefully recorded the history of each piece and they were later put together to create Highland’s Memorial Window. Rev. Davies suffered a wound in the field and was transported to hospital in England. But the truck carrying his luggage and the collection of glass was blown up and it appeared the fragments had met their fate. However, a soldier had searched the debris for his collection and, when Rev. Davies returned to the regiment at Christmas, his package of glass was waiting for him. In all, he had accumulated fragments from the ruins of 24 churches in France, Holland, and Germany and he brought them home and gave them to his congregation.

The memorial window was dedicated by Alberta Lieutenant Governor J.C. Bowlen on Sunday, November 7th, 1948, in memory of the parishioners who served, especially those who died during military service.

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Windows; stained glass
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9122
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48010-013
Type
Address
10800 - 97 Avenue
Location
Alberta Legislature Building
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.53356, -113.5066
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

CANADIAN MERCHANT NAVY
MARINE MARCHANDE CANADIENNE
1914-18 1939-45 1950-53

[left column/colonne de gauche]
THE
LIFE LINE
OF THE
WORLD

[right column/colonne de droite]
POUR LA
SURVIE
DU MONDE
LIBRE

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THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED ON THE 52ND ANNIVERSARY
OF THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC, MAY 5TH 1996, BY HIS HONOUR
R.A. OLSON, P.C. CD, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA.
"THERE IS SORROW ON THE SEA; IT CANNOT BE QUIET."
JERIMIAH 49:25

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Kevin Evans
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front
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front
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surroundings
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This memorial is dedicated to the Canadian Merchant Navy who were "the life line of the world".

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Slab and plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7360
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48010-012
Type
Address
10800 - 97 Avenue
Location
Alberta Legislature Building
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.53356, -113.5066
Inscription

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IN HONOUR OF THOSE ALBERTANS
WHO FOR GOD, THE SOVERIGN, AND
COUNTRY HAVE SERVED IN THE CANADIAN
NAVAL SERVICE SINCE ITS INCEPTION ON
MAY 4TH, 1910.
PLACED BY
HMCS NONSUCH
ON THE OCCASION OF TEH
75TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE FOUNDING OF THE
NAVAL SERVICE
ON
MAY 4TH, 1985
A CAMPIS AD MARIA

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plaque
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This memorial was erected by HMCS Nonsuch on 4 May 1985 to honour Albertans who have served in the Navy.

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Slab and plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7325
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48010-011
Type
Address
10800 - 97 Avenue
Location
Alberta Legislature Building
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.53357, -113.50657
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

ABORIGINAL VETERANS SOCIETY
OF ALBERTA

DEDICATED TO THE ABORIGINAL VETERANS
OF ALBERTA WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
IN TIMES OF PEACE AND WAR.
A GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN OR WOMAN
THAN TO LAY DOWN THEIR LIFE
FOR THEIR FRIENDS AND COUNTRY

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Kevin Evans
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front
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This memorial was erected by the Aboriginal Veterans Society of Alberta.

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Slab and plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7323
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48010-010
Type
Address
Township Road 544, Sturgeon County, AB T0A 2H0
Location
Patton Building
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.68498, -113.48218
Inscription

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Province
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The 1 Combat Engineer Regiment Building in Edmonton is named the Patton Building to honour Captain J.M.S. Patton, RCE. Lieutenant Patton was awarded the George Cross for removing an unexploded bomb from a Hawker Hurricane plant in England in September 1940 with Captain D.W. Cunnington.

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Building
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6915
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48010-009
Type
Address
10035 - 103rd Street
Location
All Saints Cathedral (inside)
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.53973, -113.49706
Inscription

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS CONGREGATION WHO GAVE UP
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914-1918

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ROBERT PEPLER
FREDERICK PRATLEY
E. RAWSON
FREDERICK ROBERTS
HAROLD ROBINS
CHARLES ROSE
WALTER SIMPSON
A. SORBY
LESLIE STORY
NORMAN SURREY
PETER TALBOT
THOMAS TICKNER
WILFRED TRIMMING
WILLIAM TURNER
C. UPTON
EDWARD WAGNER
NORMAN WESTON
REGINALD WILKINS
CHARLES A. WILSON
EDWARD DE WIND V.C.(SHOULD BE EDMUND)
CEDRIC WOOD
A. WOOLGAR
JAMES WORMALD
ERIC WORSLEY
NAMES UNKNOWN.

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Terry MacDonald
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This memorial is dedicated to the men of the congregation who died in the First World War.

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5213
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48010-008
Type
Address
10102 Jasper Avenue
Location
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.5409747, -113.4940404
Inscription

IN MEMORY OF 1701 MEN OF
THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919

  • PTE S BADLEY
  • PTE C H BAKER
  • LT C T BALDWIN
  • PTE R W BEAIRSTO
  • LT W S BOCVE
  • B C BROOKE
  • LT R W CHIPMAN
  • SGT C M CHRISTIE
  • LT F C COLEMAN
  • CPL A J CRAIG
  • PTE A DAVIDSON
  • 2ND LT E DE WIND V C
  • R S M R T FOWLER
  • SGT C J FOX
  • SGT J H GALBRAITH
  • LT W J GRAY
  • LT R P HUGHES
  • PTE J J A KING
  • LT E C MEE
  • 2ND LT A R MC FARLAN
  • LT J A MC KENZIE
  • GNR J D MC NULTY
  • LT F W PATON
  • PTE A I PONTON
  • CSM C C SAUNDERS
  • LT A C SCOTT M C
  • CPL A C M SHANNON
  • R S M N F SINCLAIR
  • PTE M N SMITH
  • CPL V D SOPER
  • PTE J W THERMAENIVS
  • LT W C TOOMEY
  • CAPT H P WILLIAMS M C
  • PTE E J WRAY

EDMONTON - BRANCH

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Terry MacDonald
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Canadian Bank of Commerce Edmonton Branch First World War Plaque
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In addition to the monument at its head office in Toronto, the Canadian Bank of Commerce honoured employees from each branch who served in the First World War. This plaque was commissioned shortly after the war and dedicated to the bank's 1701 employees who served in the war, 321 laid down their lives. The names of 34 employees of the Edmonton Canadian Bank of Commerce who served in the war are listed on the plaque.

The plaque features the caduceus logo of the bank - two snakes winding around a winged staff at the upper left. The Canadian Bank of Commerce went to great lengths to commemorate its staff that served in the war including a two-volume book of staff profiles and accounts of their war experiences.

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5209