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A large brass plaque was dedicated to the memory of Trooper Reginald James Wiley who was killed on 7 September 1961 while serving with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) in Egypt.

Drop Zone Buxton was named in honour of Chief Warrant Officer Richard George Buxton who was killed in a freefall parachute descent on this drop zone on 30 July 1971. A cairn was erected at the Buxton Drop Zone in May 1973.

First Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (1 PPCLI) building #403 is named after former Colonel of the Regiment, Major-General George Grenville Brown, CD. It was officially opened on 17 October 1997. George was born on 17 June 1922 at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and later attended Royal Military College, Kingston, from 1940 to 1942. He was commissioned in the Seaforth Highlanders and served in Canada, the United Kingdom and North Africa. In 1943, he joined the Loyal Edmonton Regiment in Italy. He was wounded in 1944 and rejoined the Seaforth Highlanders in April 1945 in Holland.

In 1946, he was transferred to Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) and served with the 2nd Battalion in Germany. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1962, he commanded the 1 PPCLI in Victoria and Germany until 1965. George was promoted to Colonel and Chief of Infantry at Mobile Command headquarters in 1966. He was promoted to Brigadier-General in 1970 and appointed Chief of Staff for Operations, Mobile Command.

From 1972 – 74 Brigadier-General Brown was Commander 1 Combat Group, in Calgary. In 1974, he was promoted to Major-General and appointed Chief of Land Operations at National Defence Headquarters, and in 1975 he was appointed Deputy Commander, Mobile Command. Major-General Brown retired from the Army in 1977, and served a six-year honorary term with the PPCLI as Colonel of the Regiment. In 1983, he became Vice-Patron of the PPCLI Association. He died on 14 March, 1995.

On June 26, 2018, the City of Edmonton's Naming Committee approved the name "Canadian Forces Trail" to a portion of 97 Street - a major coordiator that runs between Edmonton and the Garrison Military Base. 

On November 4th, Councillor Jon Dziadyk (who proposed the idea and made the original submission) unveiled the new signs with Edmonton's Mayor Don Iveson and various military personnel. 

Northern Lights Cemetery, which is surrounded by oak trees, features a Vimy Wall of Remembrance in memory of our military veterans. Some of the funeral plaques, which families purchased and the city had installed in the cemetery, date back to the 1980s. This north Edmonton cemetery was unofficially known as Sturgeon Cemetery before being named Sturgeon Heights Memorial Park in 1986. In 1987, it was renamed Northern Lights Cemetery.

On one side of the Wall of Remembrance, there is space for funeral plaques to be erected in what looks like two pages of a giant book.  On the other side of the Wall, there is a battlefield scene featuring a serviceman holding his helmet at a military grave marked with a bayonet and helmet. The serviceman stands in the middle of two tanks, two ships, underneath three airplanes and three bombs. There are plaques on stones along the walkway.

Seven funeral plaques were stolen from the military memorial section of the Northern Lights Cemetery sometime between July 3 and 6, 2018. The thefts were reported to Edmonton Police Services July 7, 2018. The plaques were removed off the back monument and stones along the walkway.

This street commemorates those who fought at Arras in the First World War.

This cairn on the grounds of the Legislature Building is dedicated to all Korean War veterans, in particular the Albertans killed in action during the Korean War (1950-1953). The cairn was unveiled when the Korea Veterans Association held their national reunion in Edmonton in 1991.

Edmund Wright designed the Great War Veterans Association Memorial Hall 1918-19. The Memorial Hall remembered comrades who gave up their lives during WWI. The building was demolished.

The Memorial Chapel and hall, 1950-5, commemorates the dead from both World Wars. The stained glass memorial windows in the chapel were made by R. McCausland.

Pilot Officer Allen Stuart MacDonald born 1918, lost at sea, April 1945 erected by his family and in memory of Flight Lt High Munro Hope born 1918 kia Feb 22 1945 and in loving memory of their fallen comrades.

Major-General Griesbach School is named in honour of Major-General Griesbach. The school was originally attended by the children of military families stationed at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton, but is now a part of the Edmonton Public School Board. A new school, retaining the name, was opened on September 4, 2012, and is situated near the former school.

William Antrobus Griesbach was born in 1878 in Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan and moved to Edmonton with his family in 1883, graduating from St. John’s College in Winnipeg in 1895. He enlisted in the Canadian Mounted rifles in 1899 to fight in the Second Boer War and was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal with four bars. Upon his return in 1901, he opened a law office and was successfully elected to Edmonton Town Council in 1904. He tried his hand at federal politics in 1905, but returned to municipal politics and was elected mayor of Edmonton in 1906.

In 1906, Griesbach was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 19^th Alberta Dragoons. He was promoted to captain in 1907. When the First World War began, the Dragoons volunteered as a unit. In December of that year, Griesbach was promoted to major and assigned to command the 49^th Battalion. The unit served in various engagements, including the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the Battle of Arras, the Third Battle of Ypres, and the liberation of Mons. In 1917, Griesbach was promoted to Brigadier-General and assigned command of the 1^st Canadian Infantry Brigade of the 1^st Canadian Division. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order twice and the Victorian Decoration for long service. He was also made a Companion of the Order of Bath, and a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. During the Second World War. He was made Inspector General of the Canadian Army for Western Canada and was promoted to the rank of Major-General. He retired from that position in 1943 and died in 1945.