Newfoundland & Labrador

Erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 47 and dedicated on 11 November 1963, this memorial is dedicated to all veterans of all wars.

Erected by the local Women's Patriotic Association, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the Second World War - Donald Luther, Wallace Luther and Robert B. Snook.

This bench was made by sculptor Morgan McDonald and unveiled on July 19, 2019, commemorating the 500 volunteers who formed the Newfoundland Forestry Corps. The non-combatant military unit built a 900-metre-long chute that quickly moved the logs from the top of the hill to a pond at the bottom, where they were then floated to the sawmill. The log chute was widely believed to have been the longest in the world at the time. The corps cleared more than 1,200 acres of timberland, a supply that was critical to the Allied war effort.

The bench also commemorates some 3,600 loggers Newfoundland and Labrador sent overseas during the Second World War. The British government suggested making the unit a civilian one, because there would not be enough time to recruit, equip, and train a military company. These volunteers formed the Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit and helped supply timber products critical to British coal mining operations. 

Some 2,150 volunteers, between the ages of 18 and 55, agreed to six months’ labour and the first draft of 350 men sailed from St. John’s to Liverpool on 13 December 1939. After completing six months of service, many foresters returned home or joined the British armed forces. The British government asked Newfoundland to recruit an additional 1,000 volunteers, but this time requested that the contract last for the duration of the war. Some foresters were injured on the job and 34 died. In addition to logging, the unit also produced telegraph poles, pulpwood, and lumber used in shipbuilding, the rebuilding of bombed structures, and the construction of air raid shelter bunks.

Danger Tree was unveiled on June 28, 2016, and dedicated by Princess Anne to mark 100 years since the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel. Princess Anne is the Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment.

The bronze artwork, by Newfoundland sculptor and Memorial alumnus Morgan MacDonald, depicts the tree where many members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment died by enemy fire during the Battle on July 1, 1916. As the Newfoundlanders advanced toward the enemy, a tree partway down the slope marked the spot where German fire seemed to become particularly intense. This gnarled tree was nicknamed the "danger tree" by the Newfoundland troops and it marked the spot where many of them would fall that morning. As they walked into the hail of machine gun and artillery fire, it was said that many of them tucked their chins in, almost like they were walking into the teeth of a blizzard back home. But this time it was not snow flying all around them—the Newfoundland Regiment would be practically decimated in less than half an hour of intense German fire.

The First World Artifacts that are incorporated into the Danger Tree are items sourced from the Somme battlefields near Beaumont-Hamel and were found in farmers barns after it was turned over in the plowed fields. The Danger Tree Memorial Site is a collaboration between the Forget-Me-Not Campaign and Grenfell Campus.

Dave Higdon, chair of Corner Brook's Forget Me Not Committee, has committed years of his life to preserving the memories of fallen soldiers through the installation of a series of commemorative statues. During a Remembrance Day ceremony in 2010, a mother of a fallen solider laid a small wreath in her son's memory. Dave was saddened to watch her lay it on the small block of granite that was built on the ground and served as a memorial plaque. He thought a small wreath on a small block was not good enough and that's where the idea for the monuments began.

Three statues of remembrance have been placed in Corner Brook. A caribou representing the Newfoundland Regiment and two soldiers – one representing a First World War solider and a second representing an Afghanistan solider of today – are installed at Remembrance Square. 

In 2012, the committee decided to gift The Danger Tree, the latest in the monument statue collection, to Grenfell Campus when Dr. Mary Bluechardt, vice-president (Grenfell Campus) was involved in unveiling of the caribou statue at the war monument. The committee garnered the necessary financial support, which included an investment from the university’s Living Memorial Commemoration Fund, and a wide range of individual and corporate donations.

Morgan has completed many military pieces across the province:  The Homecoming, One Hundred Portraits of the Great War and Caribou Memorial Veterans Pavilion, St John's; Private Hugh McWhirter Statue, Corner Brook; Monument of Honour, Conception Bay South; Cox's Cove War Memorial; and Sergeant Gander and his Handler Memorial; Gander.

The Veterans Window was dedicated in August 2017. This beautiful, modern window portrays symbols related to war and peace - poppies growing in fields, coiled barbed wire and a stylized cross in a vortex spiraling toward heaven. It was given to the St. George of England Anglican Veterans Church by the family of the late Doris Sheppard. Doris contacted families of Veterans for the photo display.

There is a beautiful display prominently placed in the St. George of England Anglican Veterans Church foyer. The display, dedicated on July 23, 1995, consists of an oak shield bearing the names of all the Veterans who have resided in Cormack. The shield is flanked by both the Union Jack and the Canadian flag. Surrounding the shield are photos of Cormack Veterans from the Second World War. Also included are photos of Cormack Veterans who have served since that time.

A bronze of Private Hugh Walter McWhirter, sculpted by Morgan MacDonald, was unveiled on July 24, 2019. Richard Wayne McWhirter, grand-nephew of Hugh, was involved in the unveiling. Private McWhirter was the first soldier from the First Battalion of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment to be killed in combat. 

The bronze statue was not completed in time for the Royal Visit unveiling of the Danger Tree in June 2016, so a clay maquette of Private Hugh McWhirter by sculptor Morgan MacDonald was used and removed after the Royal Visit. Sculptor Morgan MacDonald is a Corner Brook native and alumnus of Memorial University.

Dave Higdon, chair of Corner Brook's Forget Me Not Committee, has committed years of his life to preserving the memories of fallen soldiers through the installation of a series of commemorative statues. During a Remembrance Day ceremony in 2010, a mother of a fallen solider laid a small wreath in her son's memory. Dave was saddened to watch her lay it on the small block of granite that was built on the ground and served as a memorial plaque. He thought a small wreath on a small block was not good enough. Here's where the idea for the monuments began.

Three statues of remembrance have been placed in Corner Brook. A caribou representing the Newfoundland Regiment and two soldiers – one representing a First World War solider and a second representing an Afghanistan solider of today – are installed at Remembrance Square. 

Morgan has completed many military pieces across the province:  The Homecoming, One Hundred Portraits of the Great War and Caribou Memorial Veterans Pavilion, St John's; Danger Tree, Corner Brook; Monument of Honour, Conception Bay South; Cox's Cove War Memorial; and Sergeant Gander and his Handler Memorial; Gander.

A cenotaph was erected in Buchans to the memory of those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice in the 1st and 2nd World Wars. The cenotaph was funded by local citizens of Buchans.

When the Royal Canada Legion Branch #19 Buchans was closed, momentos were placed on a wall of honour in the Red Ocre Inn.

Wilfred Williams served with the Canadian Army for 10 years as a combat medic and then 18 years as a vehicle technician. He wanted the younger generation to know who served in the wars and started a committee, including his wife, his father-in-law Ivan Sheppard, Barry Park, Richard Boisvert and Jean Murrin.

Cox’s Cove War Memorial is a tribute to all who have served and was unveiled during a dedication ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on November 11, 2017. The granite monument has a plaque with the names of 40 people from the community, some still living and some whose lives have been lost.  On the top of the monument is a bronzed Battlefield Cross, made by sculptor Morgan MacDonald who used a pair of boots that belonged to Wilfred. Around the site are three benches that were ordered from Scotland.

The project cost about $65,000. Half the money came from Veterans Affairs Canada, the Town of Cox’s Cove contributed $10,000 and the rest came from donations from businesses, individuals and fundraising.

Morgan has completed many military pieces across the province:  The Homecoming, One Hundred Portraits of the Great War and Caribou Memorial Veterans Pavilion, St John's; Danger Tree and Private Hugh McWhirter Statue, Corner Brook; Monument of Honour, Conception Bay South; and Sergeant Gander and his Handler Memorial; Gander.

Cormack is a small farming town in Western Newfoundland, established for the settlement of Veterans returning from the Second World War. The St. George of England Anglican Church was dedicated to the War Veterans on April 28, 2006.

There is a beautiful Veterans Tribute and Veterans Window in the foyer of the church and the Cormack Cenotaph is located outside.