Dedicated on October 6, 1946, Memorial Hall and the adjoining Memorial Pool were substantial gestures of remembrance at McGill University. The project was approved by the Board of Governors on October 23, 1944. With its marble and terrazzo finishes, bronze doors, stained glass windows, and commemorative artwork and plaques, the Hall became the central point of the McGill community’s collective memory of the First and Second World Wars.

Memorial Hall was officially opened by the Governor General of Canada on November 26, 1950. The interior was clad in black marble from Normandy and travertine from the Monte Cassino quarry in Italy. Major campaigns of both wars were inscribed on the wall nearest the Honour Roll, and the Hall was lit with indirect lighting to allow emphasis of the stained glass windows. A war memorial window (1950) by Charles William Kelsey depicts St. Michael and the dragon. The opening was attended by 1,200 family relatives and friends of the people listed in the Roll.  

A number of memorial plaques, battalion flags and a Roll of Honour containing the names of McGill fatalities of both World Wars in a single book were moved into the Hall. The illuminated Book of Remembrance records the names of the nearly 700 students, staff and faculty who lost their lives in both World Wars. Each name is handwritten in calligraphy and the parchment pages are illuminated with vibrant reds, blues or greens, as well as silver and gold. The Book is bound in red leather with the McGill University emblem emblazoned with silver and gold on the cover. The Book was first unveiled during the official opening of Memorial Hall on November 26, 1950. In February 2014, the Book of Remembrance was removed from its original casing in Memorial Hall and was restored and digitized. A replica of the Book was made and housed in a special display case in the pedway connecting the McLennan and Redpath Library Buildings. A digitized version is on the McGill Remembers website, and the original is located in the Rare Books and Special Collections, and Archives Reading Room on the fourth floor of the McLennan Library Building.

In addition the painting of the Quebec City conference, the Unknown Soldier portrait and other elements were added.  

From that point on, the Memorial Hall became the focal point of remembrance activities. Similarly, a memorial archway in the Raymond Building at Macdonald Campus was constructed, and a funds left over from the project were designated for the maintenance of the Hall and Pool as well as for an annual lecture at Macdonald. The last known McGill remembrance event was held at the Hall in the mid 1980s, and the concept of a Remembrance Day function at McGill was lost until resumed by McGill students in 1994.

New memorials to the Hall, honour the McGill women who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving as battlefield nurses, as well as the Canadian soldiers who lost their lives outside the two World Wars.

Charles William Kelsey (1877-1975) trained in England and emigrated to Montreal in 1922. His stained glass designs can be found in England, Australia, the United States and in over sixty-eight churches in Canada. His war memorial windows were commissioned between 1921 and 1956 including ten memorials for World War I, twenty-two memorials for World War II and ten memorials for both World Wars.

The World War I Baptistry poppy cross window is dedicated to Gunner Herbert James Rosevear of the Canadian Garrison Artillery. He was the son of James J. and Pearl E. Rosevear, of 63, Chesterfield Avenue, Westmount, P.Q., Canada. The window includes the Black Watch badge in the dedication panel. The window was commissioned in May 1923 for $45.

A World War I memorial window in the nave area depicting Christ enthroned in Majesty (1923) is dedicated to Gordon Hamilton Fowler. The window includes the Black Watch badge in the dedication panel. The window was commissioned in 1924 for $200.

Charles William Kelsey (1877-1975) trained in England and emigrated to Montreal in 1922. His stained glass designs can be found in England, Australia, the United States and in over sixty-eight churches in Canada. His war memorial windows were commissioned between 1921 and 1956 including ten memorials for World War I, twenty-two memorials for World War II and ten memorials for both World Wars.

A World War II congregational memorial window in the east transept was commissioned by Westmount Park United Church in January 1948 for $2000. The subject is the Last Supper of Our Lord. Above the main subject are angels holding up Dossal - emblems of the Passion foretelling the crucifiction - sponge, nails, cross and crown of thorns. Tracery at the top depicts the Lamb of God with a Chalice, Angels in white robes, and an open Book. In the circles at the top of the lights are religious symbols of crowns, rose, fleur-de-lys, stanrs and triangle. Three inscribed panels list the names of those who made the supreme sacrifice and those who served in the war of 1939-1945.

The central three panels show symbolic figures holding shields with the insignia of the Navy, Army

This memorial is dedicated to the members of 34 Combat Engineer Regiment who gave their lives serving in the First World War and Second World Wars. The plaques were manufactured in 2019 by Master Corporal Bégin and the inauguration was in August 2021

In 2006, 34 Combat Engineer Regiment (34 CER) was created through the merging of 3 Field Engineer Regiment (3 FER) and 9^e Escadron de genie, in Rouyn-Noranda. At that time, 3 FER was composed of 4th Field Squadron and 16th Field Squadron. All field squadrons of 34 CER, served overseas during the Second World War while 4th and 16th Field squadrons also served during the First World War.

4th and 16th Field squadrons were previously known as field companies. 34 Combat Engineer Regiment Bailey Bridge Monument has more history of the regiment.

The main monument was erected by the Association of Jewish Members of the Canadian Armed Forces in 1947. Two additional monuments were dedicated on November 11, 2013. It is Canada’s largest monument to the military service of Canada’s Jewish community. 

The names of 579 Jewish Canadians, who died while serving their country in uniform, are inscribed in black on the monument’s light grey stone. These fallen heroes include those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. A Star of David is near the top of the monument.

The initiative to erect an expanded Jewish war monument in the Baron de Hirsch Cemetery was spearheaded by Larry G. Rosenthal, whose older brother, Gunner William Guy Rosenthal (Willy), was killed in action during the Second World War.

In 1919, a panel of three stained glass windows were installed in the main entranceway of what was then McGill's Strathcona Medical Building (it is now the Anatomy and Dentistry Building). Each panel of the window commemorates a McGill doctor who died during the war.

The left panel is dedicated to Lt. Col. Roland Playfair Campbell, who served with 6th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps when he was killed in September 16, 1916. The panel shows an image of the Thiepval Front, where he was killed, as well as a surgeon's knife, scissors and bandages.

The right panel is dedicated to Lt. Col. Henry Brydges Yates, who volunteered to serve at the age of 47 and died of bronchitis in January 22, 1916. His panel shows Boulogne, France, where he served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps in a military hospital.

The centre panel, festooned with bright red poppies, is dedicated to Lt. Col. John McCrae. The bottom section features his poem, In Flanders Fields. On January 28, 1918, after an illness of five days, he died of pneumonia and meningitis. The day he fell ill, he learned he had been appointed consulting physician to the First British Army, the first Canadian so honoured.

de Salaberry Street was named in memory of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles-Michel d’Irumberry de Salaberry, CB (November 1778 – February 1829).

Charles-Michel d’Irumberry de Salaberry was born in Beauport, near Quebec City, in November 1778. He enlisted in the British Army in 1792 at the age of 14, and saw action with the 60th Regiment in the West Indies and in the Netherlands. He was given a company command in 1803, continuing to serve in Europe and the West Indies. In 1810, de Salaberry was recalled to Canada with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He served as aide-de-camp to Major General Francis de Rottenburg, but in 1812 he was appointed to command a new corps of volunteers, the Canadian Voltigeurs (light infantry). Les Voltigeurs were essentially militia men, but de Salaberry trained them as regulars similar to the Fencible units raised in Upper Canada. In November 1812, de Salaberry commanded the advance guard of the force that turned away an American attack at La Colle Mill. Later, some Voltiguers took part in the decisive Battle of Crysler’s Farm. In October 1813, he confronted the Americans threatening Montreal. Colonel de Salaberry, at the head of some 300 Voltiguers and Canadian and Indian volunteers, repulsed several thousand American troops. In 1817, he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He later became a legislative councilor for Lower Canada until his death in February 1829.

This monument, based on a Bailey Bridge panel, is a tribute to 34 Combat Engineer Regiment and its predecessor units.

Montreal Standard's publishings of Canada's "Aid to the Allies" includes the Great War Roll of Honour for the Colonial Hide Company. 

Canada's "Aid to the Allies" highlights what various provinces, people, and companies helped the Allied cause during World War I. The Quebec Family History Society is in possession of a copy of this document. The copies are not on display. 

Montreal Standard's publishings of Canada's "Aid to the Allies" includes the honour roll for A.C. Leslie & Co. Limited.

Canada's "Aid to the Allies" highlights what various provinces, people, and companies helped the Allied cause during World War I. The Quebec Family History Society is in possession of a copy of this document. The copies are not on display.