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This memorial scroll was erected by Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish and is dedicated to the members who volunteered for active service with Canada's fighting forces during the Second World War.

Historical Note: Our Lady of Perpetual Help church (15 LeBreton Street North) was established in the late 1930's at the corner of LeBreton and Eccles streets. The church closed in the summer of 2005 and its records and artifacts transferred to St. Patrick's Basilica. The Our Lady of Perpetual Help building continues to be used as a place of worship under the Orthodox Church as the Annunciation Orthodox Cathedral.

This memorial, a pair of stained glass windows, was erected by the Holy Name Society and Tabernacle Society and is dedicated to the Parish members who returned from the Second World War and those who made the supreme sacrifice.

Erected by the Royal Engineers and the city of Ottawa, Wellington Street was unveiled in approximately 1826. Wellington Street was one of the first two streets (the other being Rideau Street) established by the Royal Engineers at the start of the construction of the Rideau Canal. It is named in honour of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG,KP,GCB,GCH,PC,FRS (1769-1852) who was an important supporter of the Rideau Canal as a military necessity in the event of another American invasion. Wellesley was one of the leading military figures of the 19th century. He was commissioned in the British Army in 1787, a Colonel by 1796, and saw action in the Netherlands and later India.

Wellesley rose to prominence as a General during the Peninsular campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, and was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal after leading the Allied Forces to victory against the French in 1813. He served as the ambassador to France and was granted a Dukedom. Wellesley commanded the Allied Army which defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. He fought in some 60 battles throughout his military career and remained Commander-in-Chief of the British Army until his death in 1852.

This memorial rock and plaque is situated next to the Hong Kong Memorial Wall and describes the Canadian role in the defence of Hong Kong. The memorial was erected by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, unveiled approximately on August 15, 2009. It is dedicated to all Canadians who participated and made the sacrifice of their lives in the defence of Hong Kong during the Second World War.

This memorial painting was erected by the St. Patrick's Basilica and is dedicated to the soldiers of the parish who fell during The Great War. The painting is a depiction of angels from the sky coming in the battlefield to a meet a dying soldier and Jesus Christ on the cross. In the painting wooden frame, at the bottom is the list of those soldiers.

This memorial plaque was erected by the commanding officer (from 19 Jun 1916 to 13 Sep 1916) Lieutenant Colonel D.R. Street, officers N.C.O.s. and Men of the (Ottawa) 77th Overseas Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force (C.E.F.). The plaque was unveiled on June 11, 1916 and is dedicated to St. Patrick's Basilica in appreciation for the privilege of worshipping in this church.

The 77th Battalion, which was authorized on 10 July 1915 as the '77th "Overseas" Battalion', CEF, embarked for Great Britain on 19 June 1916. It provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field until 22 September 1916, when its personnel were absorbed by the '47th' and '73rd "Overseas" Battalion, CEF' and the battalion was disbanded.

This memorial Celtic cross is dedicated to the workers and their famillies who died while building the Rideau Canal. It was constructed after the War of 1812 on fears of an American invasion of the St. Lawrence River, it served as an alternative shipping route between Montreal and Kingston.

The granite celtic cross has five engraved symbols:
centre - an Irish harp to symbolize the nationality of most of the workers
top - a pick and shovel to symbolize to tools used in the construction of the canal
right - a mosquito to symbolize the ever-present bug
bottom - a wheel barrow, another tool used in the construction
left - an explosion to symbolize the use of explosives during the construction.

The Sappers' Bridge memorial was erected by the Canadian Military Engineer Centennial 1903-2003 Committee and the National Capital Commission. The memorial bridge foundations and the plaques were unveiled on April 29, 2004 and are dedicated in honour of a century of contributing service by Canadian Military engineers.

Sappers' Bridge was built in 1827 to link the military barracks and hospital located on the present-day Parliament Hill to the engineering buildings in Lower Bytown. Sappers' Bridge was a great stone arch, with its eastern end connected to Rideau Street, while its western extremity joined a wagon trail winding towards Wellington Street. Sometimes after 1849, the wagon trail developed into Sparks Street with Sappers' Bridges linking Sparks Street and Rideau Street.

In 1872, Dufferin Bridge was built next to Sappers' Bridge, and connected Wellington Street directly to Rideau Street. These two bridges continued to serve Ottawa until 1912 when they were both demolished and replaced with what has become officially known as Plaza Bridge. It is said that Sappers' Bridge was so well built that initial attempts at blasting failed to damage the bridge and it had to be brought down by repeatedly dropping a large weight onto the bridgeworks.

With the construction of Plaza Bridge came the re-development of the Sappers'/Dufferin Bridge area. Parts were filled in, the old Post Office demolished and replaced, slightly more to the west, by the present-day Main Post Office, roads were realigned and the National War Memorial built on the old Post Office site, to create Confederation Square.

Sappers Staircase is also located here.

In 1988, Leslie Gault, nephew of Brigadier Hamilton Gault the founder of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, approached the Regiment with the idea of erecting a heroic-size bronze statue of his uncle. The Regimental Guard at its meeting of 19 March 1989, agreed and committed to its realization. The project was coordinated by Colonel J.D. Joly, and later by Colonel G.A.P. Lachapelle. 

This bronze statue was created by renowned bronze sculptor Don Begg of Studio West Bronze Foundry Ltd. in 1990 and unveiled on 9 May 1992. Three statues in honour of a great Canadian war hero, philanthropist, industrialist, public servant and founder of the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry were commissioned to accurately portray him and his strict military demeanour.  Careful attention to detail and authenticity place Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Hamilton Gault in the uniform and rank, complete with regimental badges and war service medals, as he welcomed his soldiers returning to Ottawa from the First World War. The other two statues are in Calgary and Wainwright.

Andrew Hamilton Gault was born in England on 18 August 1882. He was descended from Scottish-Irish of Ulster who immigrated to Canada from Northern Ireland in 1842 and settled in Montreal. In 1900, at the age of 18, he was commissioned into the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles and served with distinction as a subaltern until the end of the South African War in 1901. He was awarded the Queen's medal with three clasps.

After the war he continued military service with the Canadian Militia, eventually becoming a Captain with the 5th Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry was raised in Ottawa in August 1914 as the result of an offer by Captain Andrew Hamilton Gault, by now a prominent business man, to provide $100,000.00 to finance and equip a regiment for overseas service. The Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry was founded for service in the First World War on August 10, 1914, and paraded for the first time at Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, Ontario, on August 23, 1914. It was the last privately raised regiment in Canada.

Gault was appointed Senior Major and Second-in Command of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. He was the first Canadian to receive the Distinguished Service Order for gallantry in the field during the First World War when he was wounded while retrieving casualties under fire at St. Eloi on 28 February 1915. He was wounded again at the Battle of Frezenberg on 8 May 1915 and again for the third time at the Battle of Sanctuary Wood on 2 June 1916, ending his field service with the Regiment. Despite losing his left leg, he refused repatriation to Canada and returned to duty as a Staff Officer with the 3rd Canadian Division until the end of the war.

On 28 March 1918, Major Gault was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and rejoined the Regiment as Commanding Officer in November. Gault and the surviving members of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry left France for England on 7 February 1919. The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry returned to Ottawa 19 March 1919 for their victory parade, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Gault. For his service in the Great War, Gault was also awarded the Order of the British Empire, the 3rd Class Russian Order of St. Anne with Crossed Swords and the Belgium Order of the Crown. He was Mentioned in Despatches four times and made Honourary Lieutenant-Colonel in 1920.

In 1939, Hamilton Gault was recalled for active duty with the Canadian Army in England and was promoted to the rank of Colonel in 1940 and to Brigadier-General in 1942. He commanded a Canadian Army Reinforcement Holding Unit until ill health forced him to retire later that year. He returned to Canada and his Canadian home at Mount St. Hilaire in Quebec in 1944. In 1947, Gault founded the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Association and served as the first National President. He always maintained his connection with the Regiment and gave advice on Regimental matters which were always referred to him. Gault was appointed honourary Lieutenant-Colonel in 1948 and visited the Regiment in Calgary in 1953 and in Germany in 1954. He was appointed the first Colonel of the Regiment shortly before his death 28 November 1958. 

McNaughton Avenue was erected by the city of Ottawa and unveiled in approximately 1943. The avenue memorial is dedicated to General Andrew McNaughton, CH, CB, CMG, DSO, CD, PC (1887-1966).

McNaughton joined the Militia in 1909 and went overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. By the end of the war he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and in command of the Canadian Corps Artillery.

In 1920 he enlisted in the Army and in 1922 was promoted to Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Chief of the General Staff in 1929. He returned to civilian life and from 1935 to 1939 became head of the National Research Council of Canada.

In 1939 McNaughton led the 1st Canadian Infantry Division into the Second World War and took command of the 1st Canadian Corps upon its formation in 1940. General McNaughton was appointed Commander of the 1st Canadian Army when the latter was created in 1942 and took the brunt of the blame for the Dieppe Raid. Due to pressure by critics and weakened by health problems, McNaughton resigned his command in December 1943. In 1944, prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King appointed McNaughton as Minister of National Defence.