Saskatchewan

The Memorial Tower is graced with murals created by Ken Lochhead, Director of Art at Regina College from 1950 to 1964. Tracing Saskatchewan’s military history, the murals are divided into eight wall sections and were officially presented in a special service by his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor W.J. Patterson in 1954.

All services from all conflicts are depicted gathered together in this section. It is a remembrance of and a tribute to those who served.

The Memorial Tower is graced with murals created by Ken Lochhead, Director of Art at Regina College from 1950 to 1964. Tracing Saskatchewan’s military history, the murals are divided into eight wall sections and were officially presented in a special service by his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor W.J. Patterson in 1954.

"That all was not in Vain” is the theme for this section. Peace is illustrated through the portrayal of men, women and children during Thanksgiving in the prairie, and the role of the Legion Member in building an everlasting peace.

The Memorial Tower is graced with murals created by Ken Lochhead, Director of Art at Regina College from 1950 to 1964. Tracing Saskatchewan’s military history, the murals are divided into eight wall sections and were officially presented in a special service by his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor W.J. Patterson in 1954.

This section is a tribute to the fallen comrades depicted by the playing of Taps at a Flanders Field burial at the end of the First World War.

The Memorial Tower is graced with murals created by Ken Lochhead, Director of Art at Regina College from 1950 to 1964. Tracing Saskatchewan’s military history, the murals are divided into eight wall sections and were officially presented in a special service by his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor W.J. Patterson in 1954.

This section represents the Second World War and Korean War. Depicted are uniformed members of the three branches of the Canadian Armed Forces including the Women’s Divisions. The Korean War is represented by an officer looking at a map of Korea.

The Memorial Tower is graced with murals created by Ken Lochhead, Director of Art at Regina College from 1950 to 1964. Tracing Saskatchewan’s military history, the murals are divided into eight wall sections and were officially presented in a special service by his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor W.J. Patterson in 1954.

This section depicts uniformed First World War airmen, sailors and soldiers with a sea vista and setting of ruins in the background.

The Memorial Tower is graced with murals created by Ken Lochhead, Director of Art at Regina College from 1950 to 1964. Tracing Saskatchewan’s military history, the murals are divided into eight wall sections and were officially presented in a special service by his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor W.J. Patterson in 1954.

This section was designed on the theme “Lest We Forget” which relates to the Memorial Tower and its purpose. Depicted is a military prairie burial ground leading up to and surrounding a group of figures on Remembrance Day. Members of the three branches of the Canadian Armed Forces stand in uniform with their hands resting on the butt end of a reversed rifle. Sitting nearby on the ground are the grieving next of kin of the fallen.

The Memorial Tower is graced with murals tracing Saskatchewan’s military history by Ken Lochhead, Director of Art at Regina College from 1950 to 1964. The murals are divided into eight wall sections and were officially presented in a special service by his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor W.J. Patterson in 1954.

This section represents the South African War. Depicted are men of the Canadian Roughriders as well as the 5th Regiment "Royal Scots of Canada, Highlanders". Around the time of the deployment of the elements of Canada’s second contingent to the South African War, some Canadian press reports referred to some of the troops as being former “rough-riders,” i.e., cowboys, but this was just popular journalistic language of the day. Members of the 5th Regiment "Royal Scots of Canada, Highlanders" did serve in the war, but as members of the composite battalions formed for the war. The Table Mountains at Cape Town and the Navy Transport are in the background.

Canadian soldiers are depicted from units that participated in the campaign in their various original garrison orders of dress. While the troops actually deployed would not have been dressed in this manner, the mural evokes the range of units that were drawn upon to form the Canadian Contingents for the war.

The war memorial window war originally erected by parishioners of the former Carmichael United Church. The window featuring Christ and a dying soldier was moved to the Regina Armouries in time for Remembrance Day 1996.

The Albert Memorial Bridge was Saskatchewan’s first war memorial erected on behalf of the public. It was constructed in 1930 as a make-work project at the start of the Depression, and many of the 1,302 men who built it were unemployed Veterans of the First World War. The bridge cost $250,000 to build at nearly two and a half times over budget. The memorial is dedicated to Saskatchewan’s fallen soldiers of the First World War.

The 850 feet long and 74 feet wide bridge spans Wascana Creek and was designed by James Henry Puntin of Puntin, O'Leary & Coxall. The Art Deco-influenced architectural style elements include the obelisk-like entry towers adorned with portraits of Queen Victoria, lamp posts adorned with images of bison heads, and terra cotta balusters decorated with lotus flowers and papyrus plants. The bridge, is noted for its Egyptian ornamentation, lamp standards and glazed terra-cotta balusters and buffalo heads.

The Albert Memorial Bridge was dedicated on November 10, 1930, and re-dedicated on October 2, 1988, after a $1.4 million restoration. Thanks to powerful lobbying of Albert Memorial Bridge Vigilantes, City council hired Structural' Division of Reid Crowther & Partners Ltd. Manager D. L. Harrison, P. Eng, found ways to reinforce the structure while restoring the bridge's artistic components to their original splendor. The recesses in the pylons remain empty today. 

This bronze plaque at Balfour Collegiate is dedicated to the students of Balfour Technical School who gave their lives in the Second World War.