Manitoba

Province Code
MB
City/Municipality
Winnipeg
Memorial Number
46010-050
Type
Other
Address
Air Force Way
Location
Garden of Memories (GPS Location: N 49º 53.415 W 097º 14.162)
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.8905531, -97.2360914
Submitted By
Philip M. Lyons; Karen Nicholson; Gary Dickson
Inscription

[front/devant]

BRITISH
COMMONWEALTH
AIR
TRAINING
PLAN

HEADQUARTERS No. 2
TRAINING COMMAND

[back/arrière]

BRANDON
# 12 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL

CARBERRY
# 33 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL ROYAL AIR FORCE

DAUPHIN
# 10 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL

GIMLI
# 18 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL

MACDONALD
# 3 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL

NEEPAWA
# 26 ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL FORMERLY
# 35 ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL
ROYAL AIR FORCE

PAULSON
# 7 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE
# 7 AIR OBSERVER SCHOOL
# 14 ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL

RIVERS
# 1 CENTRAL NAVIGATION SCHOOL

SOURIS
# 17 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL # 8 MANNING DEPOT

VIRDEN
# 19 ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL

WINNIPEG
# 3 WIRELESS SCHOOL
# 5 AIR OBSERVER SCHOOL

[shaft/socle]

[left plaque/plaque de gauche]

BRITISH
COMMONWEALTH AIR
TRAINING PLAN
(B.C.A.T.P.)

On 17th, Dec. 1939, Australia,
Canada, Great Britain and New
Zealand approved a plan in
which aircrew required for the
duration of the war, would be
trained in Canada. Some
131,553 airmen graduated at the
various B.C.A.T.P. schools
across the country. With over
100 schools in Canada, Manitoba
had 12 major sites and 14
satellite airfields, and was the
Headquarters of No2 Training Command.

This memorial is dedicated to not
only those who came here to
be trained, but also to the
instructors and teachers, and
the civilian population of the
Province of Manitoba who
assistaed in making these young
men welcome in their cities
towns and villagers, as well as
in their homes.

[centre plaque/plaque de centre]

(Wording is not clear in photo/le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo)

[right plaque/plaque de droite]

PLAN D'ENTRAÎNEMENT
AÉRIEN DU
COMMONWEALTH

Le 17 décembre 1939, l'Australie, le Canada, la Grande-
Bretagne et la Nouvelle-Zélande
approuvèrent un plan selon
lequel les membres des forces
aèriennes du Commonwealth
devant servir pendant la guerre
seraient entraînes au Canada.

Quelque 131 553 jeunes
hommes, répartis dans plus de
100 écoles de pilotage à travers
le pays, obtinrent leur brevet. Il y avait 12 centres
d'entraînement principaux et 14
aérodromes satellites au
Manitoba, en plus du quartier
général du 2e Commandement
d'entraînement.

Ce jardin est dédié aux aviateurs
qui ont été formés au Manitoba,
à leurs instructeurs et
enseignants, et aux habitants
de la province qui les ont
chaleuresement accueillies dans
leur ville, leur bourg, leur village et leur foyer.

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Manitoba
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Body Content

The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Headquarters No. 2 Training Command memorial (cut in the shape of the Province of Manitoba) is dedicated to the airmen who came to be trained here, the instructors and the civilian population of the Province of Manitoba. (Refer to memorial number 46010-051.)

City
Winnipeg
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Granite stele and shaft
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7948
City/Municipality
Winnipeg
Memorial Number
46010-049
Type
Parks
Address
Selkirk Avenue and Battery Street
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.9215141, -97.1641803
Submitted By
Ken Holmes
Inscription

[slab front/devant de la dalle]

THE SGT. TOMMY PRINCE, MM.
VETERAN’S PARK

IN HONOR OF THE MEMORY OF
SGT. TOMMY PRINCE,
MILITARY MEDAL AND SILVER STAR.
CANADA’S MOST DECORATED
ABORIGINAL SOLDIER

OCTOBER 1915 – NOVEMBER 1977

[plaque]

SGT. TOMMY PRINCE, MM
VETERAN'S PARK

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War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Manitoba
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Body Content

A Tommy Prince boulder was unveiled on October 6, 2013, replacing the old monument that was vandalized. The 12 boulders placed around the circular plaza symbolize 12 warriors and the 12 trees behind them stand for each of Prince’s medals. The 13th boulder represents Tommy Prince.

Sergeant Tommy Prince was a prominent Anishinaabe activist who served in the Second World War and Korean War. His story is one of the most widely known examples of the wartime contributions of Indigenous soldiers in the mid-20th century and the poor treatment they received upon their return to civilian life in Canada. His accomplishments attracted national media attention during his lifetime and earned him a great many posthumous tributes.

Prince was born in October 1915 in St. Peter's Reserve, Manitoba. He was the great-grandson of respected Ojibwa Chief Peguis, and one of eleven children born to Elizabeth and Henry Prince. In 1920, they moved to Brokenhead Ojibway Nation in Scanterbury, Manitoba. At age five, Prince was forced to leave his community and attend Elkhorn Residential School, where he joined the Cadet Corps. He suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder from the residential school before he joined the military.

In 1940, he volunteered to fight for Canada in the Second World War. He rose from sapper to lance corporal with the Royal Canadian Engineers before volunteering for the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in 1942. Soon after, he was assigned to the elite 1st Canadian Special Service Battalion, which was attached to the First Special Service Force (Devil’s Brigade). He reached the rank of sergeant by war’s end, and was one of three Canadians to receive both the Silver Star (United States) and the Military Medal. King George VI presented him with both honours during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in 1945, shortly before Prince’s discharge from the army. 

He wanted to prove his people were as good as any white man and restore their good name. One way to achieve this was to acquire as many medals as possible and he did so without putting his men at risk. Before any patrols he would ensure they were camouflaged and everything was secured. Often he would patrol alone because there would be less noise. Prince was a natural warrior and he excelled as the military developed the skills he learned on the reserve while living off the land. He loved the Devil's Brigade and was always praising his men, "If it wasn't for my men, I wouldn't be who I am today." He was a caring man who loved to joke around and make people laugh.

He was a prominent leader in the Indigenous rights movement of the 1940s. After the war, he served as spokesperson and vice-president of the Manitoba Indian Association, and appeared on its behalf before a Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons, tasked with studying the Indian Act. During his testimony in 1947, he advocated for the abolition of the Indian Act and respect for existing treaties, and presented submissions from Indigenous in Manitoba, which called for improved schools, better living conditions, and expanded hunting, trapping, and fishing rights.

In 1950, Prince re-enlisted in the Korean War. He contributed to the defence of Hill 677 in the Battle of Kapyong in 1951, for which the United States awarded the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry the Distinguished Unit Citation—the only time a Canadian unit has received this honour. Military service took a heavy toll on his health and, following his honourable discharge from the army, he faced a difficult return to civilian life in Manitoba. Prince endured discrimination, illness, and poverty in the years that followed and died in 1977. He fought many demons after residential school and the horrors of combat, but he never lost his humility, self-worth, sense of humour and pride of being Anishinaabe. 

City
Winnipeg
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Park, plaza, stele, plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6920
City/Municipality
Winnipeg
Memorial Number
46010-047
Type
Other
Address
Memorial Boulevard and Portage Avenue
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.8907956, -97.1505592
Submitted By
Tamara Wally. Victor Jarman. Victoria Edwards
Inscription

[stone wall, northwest corner of building at 450 Portage Avenue/mur de pierre, coin nord-ouest de l'édifice, 450 avenue du Portage]

MEMORIAL BOULEVARD
NAMED IN COMMEMORATION
OF THE CITIZENS OF WINNIPEG
MEN AND WOMEN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

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Memorial Boulevard has a broad median which features the Winnipeg Cenotaph. The beautiful treed boulevard was a more fitting symbol than a traditional stone monument.

In November 1918, Canadians turned to the duty of commemorating the dead. Some promoted practical memorials like Roads of Remembrance. These linear tree-lined avenues had trees that were typically a single species, regularly spaced along each side of the avenue that would grow tall and stately. American elms were chosen for many of these avenues. A small plaque was used to assign a particular tree to a specific fallen soldier. In some cases, the next-of-kin was involved in purchasing the tree and/or plaque for the deceased soldier.

Roads of Remembrance were based on two symbol-laden images. The first was France’s tree-lined country avenues: “long straight roads, with large elms on either side, beautiful and useful, and loved by the Canadians overseas.” The second symbol was a living memorial: trees represented the victory of life over death. Memorial trees became living symbols of the sacrifices made in France and Belgium.

Memorial Boulevard, in front of the Manitoba Legislature is the only provincially owned road in the City of Winnipeg. The boulevard was reconstructed and repaved in 2019 as part of improvements before the 2020 Manitoba 150 celebrations.

City
Winnipeg
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Street, plaque (tyndall stone)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5269
City/Municipality
Winnipeg
Memorial Number
46010-046
Type
Other
Address
Memorial Boulevard and York Avenue
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.8877227, -97.1488592
Submitted By
Tamara Wally; Victor Jarman; Philip M. Lyons; Karen Nicholson; Gary Dickson
Inscription

[front/devant]
YPRES
FESTUBERT
ST. ELOI
MOUNT SORREL

(top plaque/plaque du haut)
ERECTED
IN HONOUR OF
OUR CITIZENS WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN LOYAL AND
NOBLE SERVICE
IN THE
WORLD WAR
1914 - 1918
"THEIR BODIES ARE
BURIED IN PEACE BUT
THEIR NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE."

(bottom plaque/plaque en bas)
1914-1918 1939-1945 1950-1953
KNOW ALL YE WHO PASS BY
THAT FOR YOUR TOMORROW
WE GAVE OUR TODAY

PEACEKEEPING
SERVICE DE LA PAIX

(bottom/bas)
1918

[right side/côté droit]
SOMME
HILL 70
VIMY RIDGE
PASSCHENDEALE

(top plaque/plaque du haut)
THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945
R.C.N. / R.C.N.V.R. / MERCHANT NAVY

  • (column 1/colonne 1)
  • RIVER PLATE 13 DEC. 39
  • NARVIK 10 AND 13 APR. 40
  • NORWAY 1940-45
  • FLEET AIR ARM ATTACKS
  • DUNKIRK 26 MAY - 4 JUNE 40
  • CALABRIA 9 JULY 40
  • SPADA 19 JULY 40
  • TARANTO 11 NOV. 40
  • SPARTIVENTO 27 NOV. 40
  • MATAPAN 28 AND 29 MARCH 41
  • AFAX 15 AND 16 APRIL 41
  • CAPE BON 13 DEC. 41
  • LIBYA SEPT. 1940 TO JUNE 42
  • "TIRPITZ"
  • "BISMARCK" 23 TO 27 MAY 41
  •  
  •  
  • (column 2/colonne 2)
  • SIRTE 22 MARCH 42
  • ST. NAZAIRE 28 MARCH 42
  • DIEGO SUAREZ 5 TO 7 MAY 42
  • CORAL SEA 7 MAY 42
  • SAVO ISLAND 9 AUG. 42
  • DIEPPE 19 AUG. 42
  • BARENTS SEA 7 MAY 42
  • GUADALCANAL AUG. 42 TO FEB. 43
  • NORTH AFRICA 8 NOV. 42 TO 20 FEB. 43
  • SICILY 10 JULY TO 17 AUG. 43
  • KULA GULF 13 JULY 43
  • SALERNO 9 SEPT. TO 6 OCT. 43
  • ALGEAN 7 SEPT. TO 28 NOV. 43 AND 44
  • NORTH CAPE 26 DEC. 43
  • ADRIATIC 44
  • ANZIO 22 TO 31 JAN. 44
  • NORMANDY 6 JUNE TO 3 JULY 44
  • (column 3/colonne 3)
  • SABANO 25 JULY 44
  • SOUTH FRANCR 15 TO 27 AUG. 44
  • LEYTE GULF 23 TO 27 OCT. 44
  • WALCHEREN 1 NOV. 44
  • MALAYA 1942-45
  • BURMA OCT. 44 TO APR. 45 MAY TO AUG. 45
  • LINGAYEN GULF 5 TO 9 JAN. 45
  • OKINAWA 26 MARCH TO 25 MAY 45
  • JAPAN 16 JULY TO 11 AUG. 45
  • ATLANTIC 1939-45
  • ENGLISH CHANNEL 1939-45
  • NORTH SEA 1939-45
  • BISCAY 1940-45
  • MEDITERRANEAN 1940-45
  • MALTA CONVOYS 1941-42
  • ARCTIC 1941-45

(centre/centre)
R.C.A.F.

  • (column 1/colonne 1)
  • BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940
  • DEFENCE OF BRITAIN 1940-45
  • ATLANTIC 1939-45
  • ENGLISH CHANNEL AND NORTH SEA
  • 1939-45
  • BALTIC 1939-45
  • FORTRESS EUROPE 1940-44
  • DIEPPE
  •  
  •  
  •  
  • (column 2/colonne 2)
  • FRANCE AND GERMANY 1944-45
  • BISCAY PORTS 1940-45 NORMANDY 1944
  • RUHR 1940-45 ARNHEM
  • BERLIN 1940-45 WALCHEREN
  • GERMAN PORTS 1940-45 RHINE
  • BISCAY 1940-45
  • EGYPT AND LIBYA 1940-43
  • EL HAMMA
  • NORTH AFRICA 1942-43
  • SICILY
  •  
  • (column 3/colonne 3)
  • ITALY 1943-45
  • SALERNO GUSTAV LINE
  • ANZIO AND NETTUNO GOTHIC LINE
  • CEYLON 1942
  • EASTERN WATERS 1941-45
  • BURMA 1944-45
  • ARCTIC 1940-45
  • NORTH WEST ATLANTIC
  • PACIFIC COAST 1941-45
  • ALEUTIANS 1942-43

(centre/centre)
KOREA 1950-1953 CANADIAN ARMY

  • (column 1/colonne 1)
  • PUSAN 1 AUG.-15 SEPT. 50
  • NAKTONG BRIDGEHEAD
  • 16-25 SEPT. 50
  • SONGJU CHONGJU
  • YONGJU
  •  
  •  
  • (column 2/colonne 2)
  • CHONGCHON I 11-25 NOV. 50
  • CHONGCHON II 25-30 NOV. 50
  • YONGWON-NI
  • HUNGHAM 27 NOV.-24 DEC. 50
  • UIJONGBU
  •  
  •  
  • (column 3/colonne 3)
  • SEOUL 2-4 JAN. 51
  • CHUNCHUNG-DONG THE IMJIN HILL 227 II
  • OCHUAM-NI KAPYONG HILL 355
  • HILL 327 CHALL-LI THE HOOK 1952
  • HILL 419 KOWANG-SUN POCHON-NI
  • MAEHWA-SUN MARYANG-SUN THE HOOK 1953
  • KAPYONG-CHON HILL 227 I THE SAMICHON

(bottom plaque/plaque en bas)
1914-1918 1939-1945 1950-1953
KNOW ALL YE WHO PASS BY
THAT FOR YOUR TOMORROW
WE GAVE OUR TODAY

(bottom/bas)
1914

[flagpole plaque/plaque de mât]
1988
WINNIPEG CENOTAPH
MEMORIAL FUND
THE FOLLOIWNG DONORS CONTRIBUTIONS
ARE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED
CITY OF WINNIPEG
PROVINCE OF MANITOBA
JAMES RICHARDSON AND SONS, LIMITED
INVESTORS GROUP INC.
THE GREAT-WEST LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

[back/arrière]
SOMME
AMIENS
ARRAS
DROCOURT-QUEANT

(top plaque/plaque du haut)
THEY SHALL
NOT GROW OLD,
AS WE THAT ARE
LEFT GROW OLD.
AGE SHALL NOT
WEARY THEM,
NOR THE YEARS
CONDEMN.
AT THE GOING DOWN
OF THE SUN AND
IN THE MORNING
WE WILL
REMEMBER THEM.

(bottom plaque/plaque en bas)
1914-1918 1939-1945 1950-1953

KNOW ALL YE WHO PASS BY
THAT FOR YOUR TOMORROW
WE GAVE OUR TODAY

(bottom/bas)
1914

[left side/côté gauche]
CANAL DU NORD
CAMBRAI
VALENCIENNES
MONS

(top plaque/plaque du haut)
THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945

CANADIAN ARMY

  • (column 1/colonne 1)
  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA 8 DEC. 41-9 MAR. 42
  • HONG KONG
  • NORTH-WEST EUROPE 10 MAY 40-19 AUG. 42
  • DIEPPE
  • SICILY 9 JUL. 43-17 AUG. 43
  • LANDING IN SICILY 9-12 JUL. 43
  • GRAMMICHELE ASSORO
  • PIAZZA ARMERINA LEONFORTE
  • VALGUARNERA AGIRA
  • ADRANO 29 JUL.-7 AUG. 43
  • CALENAUOVA TROINA VALLEY
  • REGALBUTO PURSUIT TO MESSINA
  • CENTURIPE
  • THE SANGRO 19 NOV.-9 DEC. 43
  • CASTEL DI SANGRO ORTONA
  • THE MORO VILLA GRANDE
  • SAN LEONARDO S. NICOLA - S. TOMMASO
  • THE GULLY POINT 59
  • CASA BERNARDI
  • MONTE CAMINO 5 NOV.-9 DEC. 43
  • MONTE LA DIFFENSA MONTE LA REMETANCA
  • MONTE MAJO
  • ANZIO 22 JAN.-22 MAY 44
  • CASSINO II 11-18 MAY 44
  • GUSTAV LINE PIGNATARO
  • ST. ANGELO IN TEODICE
  • LIRI VALLEY 18-30 MAY 44
  • HITLER LINE CEPRANO
  • AQUINO TORRICE CROSSROADS
  • MELFA CROSSING
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  • (column 2/colonne 2)
  • ROME 22 MAY-14 JUN. 44
  • ADVANCE TO THE TIBER
  • TRANSIMENE LINE 20-30 JUN. 44
  • SANFUTICCHE GABBIANO
  • AREZZO 4-17 JUL. 44
  • TUORI
  • ADVANCE TO FLORENCE 17 JUL.-10 AUG. 44
  • CERRONE
  • GOTHIC LINE 25 AUG.-22 SEP. 44
  • MONTECICCARDO MONTE LURO
  • MONTECCHIO BORGO SANTA MARIA
  • POINT 204 OR TOMBA DI PESSARO
  • POZZO ALTE RIDGE
  • LAMONE CROSSING 2-13 DEC. 44
  • MISANO RIDGE
  • RIMMI LINE 14-21 SEP. 44
  • SAN MARTINO- FUSSON MUNIO
  • SAN LORENZO CONVENTELLO-
  • SAN FORTANATO COMACCHIO
  • CASALE GRANAROLA
  • SANT ANGELO MARRADI
  • IN SALUTE MONTE DE CASTELNUOVO
  • BULGARIA VILLAGE MONTE CASSALINO
  • CESENA MONTE CECC
  • PISCIALEBA MONTO LA PIEVE
  • SAVIO BRIDGEHEAD MONTO SPADURO
  • CAPTURE OF RAVENNA MONTE SAN BARTOLO
  • NAVIGLIO CANAL FOSSO VECCHIO
  • NORTH-WEST EUROPE 6 JUN. 44-5 MAY 45
  • SOUTHERN FRANCE 15-28 AUG. 44
  • NORMANDY LANDING 6 JUN. 44
  • MERVILLE BATTERY BRETTEVILLE
  • AUTHIE L'ORGUEILLEURS
  • PUTOT-EN-BESSIN LE MESNIL-PATRY
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  • (column 3/colonne 3)
  • THE ODON 25 JUN.-2 JUL. 44
  • CAEN 4-18 JUL. 44
  • CARPIQUET
  • THE ORNE OR THE ORNE (BURON)
  • BOURGEBUS RIDGE 8-25 JUL. 44
  • FAUBOURGE DE VAUCELLES MALIOT
  • ST. ANDRE-SUR-ORNE VERRIERES RIDGE-
  • TILLY LA CAMPAGNE
  • FALAISE 7-23 AUG. 44
  • FALAISE ROAD THE SEINE
  • QUESNAY WOOD MOERBRUGGE
  • CLAIR TISON DUNKIRK 1944
  • THE LIASON LE HAVRE
  • CHAMBOIS BOULOGNE 1944
  • ST. LAMBERT-SUR-DIVES CALAIS 1944
  • DIVES CROSSING MOERKERKE
  • FORET DE LA LONDE WYNEGHEM
  • ANTWERP-TURNHOUT
  • CANAL
  • THE SCHELDT 1 OCT.-8 NOV. 44
  • LEOPOLD CANAL WALCHEREN CAUSEWAY
  • WOENSDRECHT THE LOWER MAAS
  • SAVOJADS PLANT KAPELSCHE VEER
  • BRESKENS POCKET THE ROER
  • SOUTH BEVELAND
  • THE RHINELAND 8 FEB.-10 MAR. 45
  • THE REICHSWALD GOCH-CALCAR ROAD
  • WAAL FLATS THE HOCHWALD
  • CIEVE XANTEN
  • MOYLAND WOOD VEEN
  • THE RHINE 23 MAR.-1 APR. 45
  • EUMMERICH-HOCHEITEN APELDOORN
  • TWENTE CANAL LISSELMEER
  • ZUTPHEN KOATEN CANAL
  • DEVENTER IEER
  • ARNHEM 1945 DELFZIJL POCKET
  • GRONINGEN BAD ZWISCHENAHN
  • FRIESOYTHE OLDENBURG


(bottom plaque/plaque en bas)
1914-1918   1939-1945   1950-1953

PEACEKEEPING
SERVICE DE LA PAIX

KNOW ALL YE WHO PASS BY
THAT FOR YOUR TOMORROW
WE GAVE OUR TODAY

(bottom/bas)
1914

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First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Manitoba
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When Winnipeg's first temporary cenotaph in front of the Bank of Montreal at Portage and Main was removed in 1923 due to its condition, the time had come to create a new, permanent cenotaph. The city created a Cenotaph Committee chaired by former Mayor R. D. Waugh and held a national design competition that received 48 proposals. The design by Toronto artist Emanuel Hahn was chosen.

The choice was protested by several groups because Hahn was born in Germany, had come to Canada in 1892 at the age of eleven and was a naturalized Canadian. On February 25, 1926, it was decided to hold a new competition and Hahn was paid the five hundred dollars despite the rejection. The new competition was re-opened to persons British-born or born in countries which were allies of Britain during the war. The winning design by Elizabeth Wyn-Wood of Toronto, who happened to be the wife of Emmanuel Hahn, was rejected by the citizens. She was paid for her design and Gilbert Parfitt was chosen.

Parfitt's design was a column of stone with a bronze sword, cross and small lion heads. Construction began in December 1927 and the cenotaph was officially dedicated on November 7, 1928.

City
Winnipeg
Country
Canada
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Shaft - tyndall stone
Memorial CF Legacy ID
1792
City/Municipality
Winnipeg
Memorial Number
46010-045
Type
Other
Address
151 Princess Street
Location
Public Safety Building
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.899720803743, -97.140263106418
Submitted By
Tamara Wally; Victor Jarman
Inscription

HONOUR ROLL

ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THOSE MEMBERS OF
THE CITY OF WINNIPEG POLICE DEPARTMENT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
WORLD WAR 1939-1945

LAWRENCE E. EDDIE
ARTHUR D. HAMMILL
JOHN S. KIDD
NORMAN A. MC KENZIE
JOHN C. SPROTT

"FOR THE WHOLE EARTH IS THE SEPULCHRE OF
BRAVE MEN, AND THEIR STORY IS NOT GRAVEN
ON STONE OVER THEIR NATIVE EARTH, BUT
LIVES ON FAR AWAY, WITHOUT VISIBLE SYMBOL,
WOVEN INTO THE STUFF OF OTHER MENS LIVES."
PERICLES.

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This memorial is dedicated to members of the City of Winnipeg Police Department who lost their lives in the Second World War. It was erected by the City of Winnipeg Police Department. See also memorial 46010-060.

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Winnipeg
Country
Canada
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Memorial CF Legacy ID
5272
City/Municipality
Winnipeg
Memorial Number
46010-044
Type
Other
Address
555 Main Street
Location
Centennial Centre Complex
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.8998481, -97.1374491
Submitted By
Gerry Woodman; Victor Jarman
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ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF WINNIPEG
1886
IN MEMORIAM
FISH CREEK
BATOCHE

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SWINFORD
CODE
ENNIS
FERGUSSON
FRAZER
HUTCHINGSON
HARDISTY
WHEELER
WATSON

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TO COMMEMORATE ITS INSTALLATION AT THE MANITOBA CENTENNIAL CENTRE, THIS VOLUNTEER MONUMENT WAS RE-DEDICATED BY COLONEL THE HONOURABLE DUFF ROBLIN, R.C., ON THE OCCASION OF THE GRANTING OF "THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY" TO THE ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES (LITTLE BLACK DEVILS) BY HIS WORSHIP, MAYOR STEVEN JUBA
MAY 26, 1968

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IN HONOUR OF ALL WHO HAVE SERVED WITH THE ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES THIS VOLUNTEER MONUMENT IS RE-DEDICATED
FIRST ERECTED IN 1886 ON THE CITY HALL GROUNDS BY THE CITIZENS OF WINNIPEG
THE MONUMENT WAS MOVED TO THIS SITE IN 1963
UNVEILED 10 NOVEMBER, 1963 IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HONOURABLE DERRICK F. WILLIS, Q.C., LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF MANITOBA BY HIS WORSHIP MAYOR STEPHEN JUBA ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF WINNIPEG

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The Volunteer Monument was originally erected by the citizens of Winnipeg in 1886 on the grounds of the Winnipeg City Hall. Designed by architect Samuel Hooper, it was unveiled on September 28, 1886, in memory of the 90th Winnipeg Battalion killed at the Battles of Fish Creek and Batoche during the North-West Rebellion. It was moved to this location in 1963 and rededicated on May 26, 1968, when members of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles were given the “Freedom of the City”. When the monument was moved, it was turned so that the rifleman is facing Batoche.

 

City
Winnipeg
Country
Canada
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Shaft - limestone
Memorial CF Legacy ID
279
City/Municipality
Winnipeg
Memorial Number
46010-035
Type
Other
Address
60 Osborne Street N
Location
Canada Life
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.8838477, -97.1489685
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards
Inscription

THE
GREAT-WEST
LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY

IN MEMORIAM
1939   1945

HUNTLEY D. BRANDER
THOMAS L. BRANDSON
RICHARD C. HOLMES
J. CAMPBELL LAWRENCE
JAMES F. MAGUIRE
W. VAUGHAN MITCHELL
ROBERT R. PERRY
JOHN S. RITCHIE
ARTHUR E. SNELL
ERROL H. TRELEAVEN
WILLIAM R. WILLARD
GEORGE D. WOODCOCK

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The Great-West Life Assurance Company Second World War Plaque
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Second World War
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Manitoba
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The Great-West Life Assurance Company Second World War Plaque was unveiled on 11 November 1948 in honour of their staff that died in the war.

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Winnipeg
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Canada
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Memorial CF Legacy ID
11621
City/Municipality
Winnipeg
Memorial Number
46010-034
Type
Other
Address
1755 Portage Avenue
Location
Legion Building
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.8790276, -97.2100981
Submitted By
Tamara Wally; Philip M. Lyons; Karen Nicholson; Gary Dickson
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ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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Erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 4, this memorial is dedicated to Canada's veterans.

City
Winnipeg
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Canada
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two granite stelia
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2707
City/Municipality
Winnipeg
Memorial Number
46010-033
Type
Other
Address
Corner of Weston and McKelvey Streets
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.92055, -97.19147
Submitted By
Tamara Wally
Inscription

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THEY SERVED TILL DEATH

ERECTED BY THE BROOKLANDS AND WESTON BRANCH CANADIAN LEGION B.E.S.L. 1935

1914 1918
1939 1945

1950 KOREA 1953

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Erected by the Royal Canadian Legion in 1935, this memorial was originally dedicated to honour the local war dead of the First World War. The memorial was later expanded to include the local losses of the Second World War and the Korean War.

City
Winnipeg
Country
Canada
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Fieldstone cairn
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2710
City/Municipality
Winnipeg
Memorial Number
46010-032
Type
Other
Address
510 Main Street
Location
City Hall, underground tunnel between Council Chambers and Admin Building
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.8991265, -97.1387972
Submitted By
Murray Peterson
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THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA

1910 - 2010

In recognition of Manitoba's citizen soldiers of many origins who
served with the Regiment, in peace and war, since it was raised by
the Scottish community of Winnipeg, February 1, 1910. Cameron
battalions served with valour and distinction in World War I and
World War II. Other volunteers have served with United Nations
and NATO missions in Korea, Cyprus, Middle East, the former
Yugoslavia and Afghanistan. At home, Camerons helped fight the
1950, 1979, and 1997 Red River floods, contribute to the cultural
life of Manitoba and continue the Regiment's tradition of unassuming
service, dedication and loyalty to Canada.

"Ullamh"

23 October 2010

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The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada Plaque was erected on October 23, 2010, to recognize their service and dedication.

City
Winnipeg
Country
Canada
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Murray Peterson
Memorial CF Legacy ID
10869
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