Newfoundland & Labrador

The memorial is within the Gander War Cemetry which contains 100 burials. Most of the airmen buried in Gander Cemetery were killed in aircraft which crashed in this area during the Second World War.

On December 29, 1942, citizens of Grand Bank gathered in Frazer Hall to consider a memorial to those who paid the supreme sacrifice in the First World War and those who were destined to do so before the end of the Second World War. After several meetings the group went public with the proposal that a library would be a fitting tribute. By February 1943, the committee had a location, two rooms in the Western Marine Insurance Building on Water Street. The temporary library opened on May 5, 1943.

The library remained in a temporary site until 1950 when a new building opened on January 25, 1950. Grand Bank Memorial Library was officially opened on November 11 commemorating the end of the First World War. G & A Buffett donated the land next to the War Memorial for the library.

In time, a bronze plaque honoring the 14 airmen, soldiers, and seamen who died in World Wars was placed in the main floor of the library.

The Codroy Valley War Memorial honours those who served and especially the fallen of the First and Second World Wars, Korean War and Afghanistan. The memorial was erected on March 28, 2016. Codroy Valley is a collection of 15 communities in western Newfoundland.

On November 11, 2017 residents from the southwest coast gathered to see the official dedication of its first war memorial. The ceremony included a parade, with members of two local cadet corps, Legion Branch 11 members, Girl Guides of Canada, Canadian Rangers, Fish and Wildlife officers, RCMP and Knights of Columbus marching to St. Ann's Church in Upper Ferry.

Volunteers in the community set up an adhoc committee under the Codroy Valley Area Development Association and fundraised to see the memorial put in place.

The monument was originally installed in 1919 by members of the Loyal Orange Lodge, in memory of three World War I soldiers from the area. Winston Dominie, who noticed the chalice was missing in 2015, applied for funds to restore the monument through the Canadian monument restoration fund. Dominie worked with the Legion, local residents and ministers, to plan a rededication service that saw the addition of 44 more names to the monument. Cpl. Shawn Hatcher, who is the last known soldier recorded having died, and his name will be added to the monument. The rededication ceremony took place on Aug. 7, 2016 at 3 p.m., part of it inside the church and part of it outside for the unveiling. The details included a parade, invites to dignitaries, readings and the laying of a wreath.

The Echoes of Valour memorial, erected in 1992 by world renowned sculptor Luben Boykov, stands as a tribute to the victims of the devastating mining disease, the sailors who tragically died in the USS Truxtun and USS Pollux disaster on February 18, 1942, at Chamber Cove and Lawn Point, and a memorial of remembrance to the valiant men who fought and died for our freedom during the World Wars. A War and Workers Cenotaph approved by the Government of Newfoundland & Labrador as a Workers Monument.

On February 18, 1942, two United States Navy ships, the USS Truxtun and the USS Pollux, heading to the United States Naval Base in Argentia, Newfoundland, were caught in a violent Atlantic storm and shipwrecked off the coastline of southern Newfoundland at Chambers Cove and Lawn Point. Prospects were dim for the sailors until one sailor from the USS Truxtun managed to reach Iron Spring Mine, St. Lawrence. The miners rushed to the scene risking their lives on ice-covered cliffs and in the raging sea, and managed to save 186 of the sailors. Despite the courageous and heroic acts displayed by these men, 203 American sailors lost their lives.

Fluorspar was first discovered on the west side of St. Lawrence Harbour in 1843. Commercial mining began in 1928, with the first ore being extracted in 1933. The shafts at Iron Springs Mine eventually reached 970 feet. It was down in the shafts that radiation first began to take its toll on the miners. The miners were also subjected to constant dust which filled their lungs and, along with the lack of oxygen in the shafts, caused them great difficulty in breathing. Many of the miners got sick with tuberculosis and more with lung cancer. By the 1950s, when the issue was brought to the attention of the Department of Health, it was too late for the hundreds of miners who had been exposed for so long to the deadly radon gas.

This memorial, a copy of the nearby First World War memorial, is dedicated to the local war dead of the Second World War.

The Harbour Breton War Memorial was constructed in June 1999 in memory of the veterans of the First and Second World Wars. The memorial will be moved from its temporary location in the spring of 2000 and the upkeep and maintenance will be the responsibility of the local Lions Club.

This memorial is dedicated to the First and Second World War veterans of Burin. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 29 in approximately 1963.

Erected by the Churchill branch of the RCSCC, the Ramea War Memorial was constructed in 1960 in memory of the First World War and Second World War Veterans. The monument is a single square structure with an open book on the top. It measures 12" square and is 5' high. It is on a concrete platform measuring 6' square. The Memorial is presently maintained by the #29 RCSCC Churchill and the Town Council of Ramea. It has been moved several times over the years but it is now on its original site. The monument has been visited by a number of Lieutenant-Governors over the years and is used yearly for Remembrance Day Services and Battle of the Atlantic Sunday Parades. The sea cadets use it regularly for parades and cadet inspection ceremonies.

The St. Alban's Cenotaph was erected in the the 1970s and designed by the Executive Members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 53. It is made of granite and depicts a Caribou to honour First World War Veterans of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and two badges representing air and sea elements.

The Korean War and Afghanistan dates were added in later years.