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The Peacekeeper sculpture depicts a typical Canadian Infantryman on United Nations (UN) duties. He is dressed with protective vest, UN beret and shoulder patch, with a portable radio on his back and C7 rifle slung. On his chest are a pair of binoculars, and two water bottles on his equipment belt indicates he is serving in a hot climate area. The model for this work was Master Corporal Landry, Company “D”, 2e Battalion, Royal 22^nd Regiment. This sculpture was unveiled in 1990 and is dedicated to current and past Canadian Peacekeepers.

The Mobile Command sculpture depicts a paratrooper of the Canadian Airborne Regiment in the foreground with the HUEY helicopter taking off in the background. Andre Gauthier gifted the copy of this sculpture in 1989, and it is dedicated to current and past members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment.

Clegg Street is named in honour of William Clegg of the Royal Engineers. Born in Ireland, William T. Clegg (1796 – 1894) was a Clerk with the Royal Engineers during the construction of the Rideau Canal. Clegg arrived in Canada with the Royal Engineers and remained with them until 1845. He was also somewhat of an artist, and documented some of the work through his sketches. Clegg remained in Ottawa until his death in 1894.

Byng Drive is named in honour of Field Marshall Lord Julian Byng, 1^st Viscount Byng of Vimy, GCB, GCMG, MVO, DCO, and Commander of the Canadian Corps during the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Field Marshall Byng (Sept 1862 – June 1935) was born in England and upon graduation, was commissioned in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in 1879, but transferred to the 10^th Royal Hussars 4 years later. He served in India, Egypt and Sudan before attending the Staff College at Camberley in 1892 following which he became a squadron commander in his Regiment. In 1899, he deployed to South Africa and tasked with raising and commanding the South African Light Horse.

He returned to England in 1902, but was soon sent back to India to command the 10^th Royal Hussars. Between 1904 and 1906, he commanded successively the Cavalry School, the 2^nd and 1^st Cavalry Brigades, before being promoted to Major General in 1909.

At the outbreak of the First World War, Byng was Commander of the 3^rd Cavalry Division and saw action at Ypres in Oct-Nov 1914. In early 1915, Byng was sent to Gallipoli to command IX Corps in their withdrawal from the ill-fated campaign. By June 1916, he was in command of the Canadian Corps and, along with his subordinate officer, Major-General Arthur Currie, led the Canadians to victory in April 1917 at the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Shortly afterwards, Byng was appointed Commander of the 3^rd Army until the cessation of hostilities. Following the First World War, he was appointed Governor General of Canada in 1921, a position he held until 1926.

The Animals in War Dedication honours animals that served alongside their human comrades in war. It is symbolically set next to the South African War Memorial, a battle for which Canada supplied 50,000 horses for mounted troops. The footprints of dogs, horses and mules are stamped into the concrete of the Animals in War Dedication, representing the marks they left on the battlefield.

A bronze, life-sized statue of a medical service dog stands guard over the dedication. It is wearing an authentic replica of a medical backpack that war dogs used during the First World War. Canada’s military still employs dogs to this day. The Animals in War Dedication was created in 2012 by Canadian artist and sculptor David Clendining.

Three bronze plaques depict animals in war and provide interesting facts about their roles, their sacrifices, and their unwavering loyalty. Among the roles animals have played in war:

• Mules: carried panniers and artillery.
• Horses: carried mounted troops and hauled field guns.
• Carrier pigeons: delivered messages to specific destinations.
• Dogs: used as messengers, medical assistants, bomb detectors, and search and rescue workers.

This stone inscription on the west side of Centre Block on the Parliament Buildings is dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Dundonald Park is named in honour of Lieutenant-General Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, 12^th Earl of Dundonald, KCB, KCVO, the last British officer to command the Canadian militia. The park was dedicated in 1905 by the City of Ottawa, who maintains it.

Lieutenant-General Cochrane was born in 1852 and commissioned in the Life Guards in 1870. He served in the Nile Expedition, Desert March and Relief of Khartoum in 1885. In 1895, he was appointed Commanding Officer of 2^nd Battalion, Life Guards. He served in the Second Boer War where in 1899 he was appointed Commander of the Mounted Brigade, part of the South Natal Field Force. He took part in the Relief of Ladysmith in February 1900. He was appointed General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada in 1902. He served in the First World War in the British Admiralty Office. Lieutenant-General Cochrane, 12^th Earl of Dundonald, died in 1935 at the age of 82.

Lebreton Street is named in honour of Captain John Lebreton, born in 1779 in England, moving to Newfoundland with his parents as an infant. In 1795, he joined the Royal Newfoundland Fencible Regiment as an ensign and became a lieutenant in 1798. Between 1809 and 1812, he held the position of Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General in Quebec, followed by an appointment as adjutant of the Voltigeurs Canadian.

Lebreton participated with distinction in nine actions during the War of 1812. In October 1813, he was sent to Detroit under truce to request the humane treatment of prisoners taken by the Americans, but secretly he was to assess the American’s strength at Detroit and on Lake Erie. He was severely wounded and disabled at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane in July 1814. Promoted captain in the 60^th Foot in 1816, he went on half pay soon after.

In 1819, he was granted a parcel of land in Nepean Township, an area that he called Britannia but which later would become known as Lebreton’s Flats. Settling on his land and erecting mills, he was the subject of a controversy when the Governor accused him of acting on privileged information about the government’s intention to build a new depot at Richmond Landing (near the present-day Supreme Court building), and a possible starting point for the Rideau Canal.

Following the death of his wife, Lebreton moved to Toronto where he died a year later in 1848.

Havelock Street is named in honour of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, KCB. He was born in England in 1795 and was the second of four brothers, all of whom entered the army. At the age of 20, he obtained a post as a second-lieutenant in the 95^th Regiment of Foot, Rifle Brigade. Seeing little prospect of advancement in England, in 1822 he transferred to 13^th Regiment (Light Infantry) and embarked for India. He served with distinction in the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824 – 1826) and the First Afghan War in 1839, where he remained until 1842. He saw further service in India and the Sikh Wars but he returned to England in 1849, returning to India in 1852. By 1854 he had been promoted to colonel and given command of a division in 1857. He and his forces were heavily engaged in the Indian Mutiny of 1857. For his valiant efforts during the Indian Mutiny, he was rewarded with a promotion and a baronetcy, but died of dysentery at the end of 1857. 

This bronze statue is dedicated to the memory of Lieutenant-Colonel George Harold Baker, MP, who was killed in action at the Battle of Sanctuary Wood, June 2, 1916. The statue was produced by Robert Tait McKenzie in 1923 and unveiled in 1924. The sculpture is part of the House of Commons Heritage Collection, item O-865.

George Harold Baker was born in 1877 in Sweetsburg, QC (now a part of Cowansville). Upon graduation from McGill University with a law degree in 1900, he worked in Sweetsburg but returned to Montreal in 1907. In 1911, he was elected to Parliament as MP for Brome County in the Quebec Eastern Townships and remained an MP until his death in 1916. Interested in military matters, he joined the 6^th Hussars (based in Montreal) in 1903 but transferred to the Scottish Light Dragoons, based in Waterloo QC when this unit was formed in 1904, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

At the outbreak of war, he was asked to raise the 5^th Canadian Mounted Rifles. He deployed with his unit to England, arriving in July 1915 and a few months later in France. He was killed in action at the Battle of Sanctuary Wood, June 2, 1916, and is the only MP to ever die in combat.