This memorial, erected by the citizens of Calgary, is dedicated to the local war dead of the First World War and the Korean War.
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PASS NOT IN SORROW BUT WITH PRIDE
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PASS NOT IN SORROW BUT WITH PRIDE
This memorial, erected by the citizens of Calgary, is dedicated to the local war dead of the First World War and the Korean War.
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TO COMMEMORATE 100 YEARS SERVICE DONATED BY CALGARY VETERANS JUNE 11 1967
This flame was erected by Calgary veterans on 11 June 1967 in honour of one hundred years of military service.
TO THE MEMORY
OF
THOSE OF THE
50TH BATTN.
WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914 — 1918
Erected by the
50th Battn. C.E.F.,
their Ladies' Auxiliary
and the 2nd Battn.
Calgary Regiment
The 50th Battalion Fountain was erected in 1930 to honour those of the 50th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, who died during the First World War. It was erected by the battalion, its Ladies' Auxiliary and the 2nd Battalion, The Calgary Regiment.
The 50th Battalion, which was authorized on 7 November 1914 as the 50th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, embarked for Britain on 27 October 1915. The battalion disembarked in France on 11 August 1916, where it fought as part of the 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.
IN MEMORY OF THE
BRAVE MEN OF THE
PROVINCE OF ALBERTA
WHO IN THE SOUTH
AFRICAN WAR OF
1899-1902 GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR THEIR
COUNTRY'S HONOUR.
THIS MONUMENT IS
ERECTED BY THE
CITIZENS OF CALGARY
1914
The South African War Memorial was unveiled on June 20, 1914. Only Veterans and their families were allowed in the park, while non-military citizens packed the streets. Boy scouts, fire fighters, and cadets were mobilized to guard the flower beds at the park. The memorial was unveiled by the District Officer Commander Colonel Cruickshank. R.B. Bennett, KC, MP, addressed the crowd.
In 1909, a man was found on the outskirts of city, frozen to death. The only documentation found on him were papers identifying him as a Veteran of the South African War, having been discharged from the Lord Strathcona’s Horse Regiment. The Veterans of Calgary raised funds and provided the man with a proper soldier's funeral and burial.
Word of the soldier's death reached his family in England and they insisted the Veterans be reimbursed the cost of the funeral. When the money arrived, the Veterans decided that it was more important that the memories of their brethren be remembered, and so the reimbursed funeral expenses became the beginning of a fundraising campaign to build a memorial to the fallen of the South African War.
A committee was formed with representatives from the Western Veterans Association, the Canadian Club, Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, and the City of Calgary. In 1911, the committee approached the world famous French-Canadian sculptor Louis-Phippe Hebert in 1911 to design a memorial.
Hebert himself decided that the Central Memorial Park site was the best location for the statue. He went to great lengths to ensure the accuracy of his first and only equestrian monument. Hebert had a genuine Calgary Quarter Horse sent by train to his Montreal studio and came to Calgary periodically to study the Calgary Horses in their natural environment.
Hebert requested a “typical Canadian army man type” to be sent to him from the Canadian Army, but was given a new recruit fresh off the boat from the United Kingdom instead of an Albertan soldier. Captain Thomas Henry Johnson posed for the statue. When Hebert came to Calgary to make the final arrangements for the monument, he decided to take the opportunity to see “the western horse in its own setting” and make a few alterations to the horse and rider. Hebert had Eneas McCormick dress as a South African War soldier to model for the piece.
On the left side is a bronze plate with King Edward VII's profile and on the right side is a bronze plate with a profile of Queen Victoria. The memorial was completed in 1914. It was the last major piece of artwork Louis-Phippe Hebert completed and the only equestrian statue he ever made.
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THEY
SHALL NOT
DIE WHILE
MEMORY
FULFILS
ITS TASK OF
GRATITUDE
THIS MEMORIAL
ERECTED IN 1928
BY THE CITIZENS
OF CALGARY AND
DISTRICT
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THOSE WHO DIED
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
KOREA
1950 - 1953
Erected in 1928 by the citizens of Calgary and area, this large memorial shaft was originally dedicated to the local war dead of the First World War. Inscriptions and plaques to the war dead of the Second World War and the Korean War were added later.
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To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of the Members of this Congregation who gave Their Lives in the War
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"Be Thou Faithful Unto Death and I Will Give Thee a Crown of Life"
Revelation 2:10
This memorial is dedicated to the members of the congregation killed during the Second World War.
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE OF THIS CHURCH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR HUMANITY
IN THE GREAT WAR,
1914 - 1919
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."
This memorial was dedicated to the memory of the members of Wesley Methodist Church who killed during the First World War. The church at 1315 7 Street SW closed in 2003 and it is not known what happened to the plaque.
When the church opened in 1911, it was as the Wesley Methodist Church. In 1925, with the uniting of Methodist, Congregational, and Presbyterian churches in Canada it became known as the Wesley United Church.
Dedicated to the Soldiers of the
103rd Regiment (Calgary Rifles),
10th Canadian Infantry
Battalion (C.E.F.)
and
The Calgary Highlanders
Who Have Served Canada In
War and Peace.
Dedicated to the soldiers of the 103rd Regiment (Calgary Rifles), 10th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Canadian Expeditionary Force) and The Calgary Highlanders who have served Canada in war and peace.
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THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES THOSE IN THE SERVICE
OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY WHO
AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT
WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDSHIP, FACED DANGER
AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF SIGHT OF MEN BY THE
PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE. GIVING UP THEIR
OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT
THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN.
1914 YPRES FESTUBERT THE SOMME VIMY HILL 70 1918
PASSCHENDAELE AMIENS CAMBRAI DROCOURT QUEANT MONS
1914-1918 1939-1945
FOR VALOUR
Employees of the Canadian Pacific Railway awarded the Victoria Cross for Gallantry and Valour
The Canadian Pacific Railway Great War Tablet in the Calgary Station was dedicated on April 28, 1922. The tablet then moved to their head office at Gulf Canada Square (9th Avenue SW) and eventually to its current location at the new Headquarters at Ogden. Following the Second World War, a small crest was added under the tablet, now honouring employees who served in either conflict. The tablet and crest were mounted on a cairn around 2017 and the For Valour plaque was added on Remembrance Day 2021.
To honour those who served and gave their lives during the Great War, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) erected a series of bronze memorial tablets in over twenty select locations along their railway system and offices in Canada, United States, England and China. The tablet depicts Britannia, the national personification of Britain, as a helmeted female warrior with a lion to her right and a shield at her feet, HMS Lion (Admiral Beatty's flagship during the Battle of Jutland) with airplanes above and a tank in front, Canadian Pacific Steamship RMS Empress of Russia (used during the war as an armed merchant cruiser and transport ship), Canadian troops, and a CPR locomotive in a nod to all those who travelled by train across Canada before heading overseas. The plaque was designed by Archibald Pearce, Chief Engineer's Department, Montreal, with its model and casting by the Bromsgrove Guild at Worcester, England.
| Original location | Current location |
| CPR Office, Saint John, New Brunswick | McAdam Railway Museum, McAdam, New Brunswick |
| Du Palais CPR Station, Quebec City, Quebec | Du Palais CPR Station, Quebec City, Quebec |
| Viger Station, Montreal, Quebec | Exporail, Montreal, Quebec |
| Windsor Station, Montreal, Quebec | Windsor Station, Montreal, Quebec |
| Angus Shops, Montreal, Quebec | CPKC Archives, Calgary, Alberta (in storage) |
| North Toronto Station, Toronto, Ontario | Union Station, Toronto, Ontario |
| West Toronto Station, Toronto, Ontario | unknown |
| North Bay Station, North Bay, Ontario | North Bay Memorial Park, North Bay, Ontario |
| Fort William Union Station, Fort William, Ontario | Thunder Bay Station, Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Weston Shops, Winnipeg, Manitoba | Weston Shops, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Saskatoon Station, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Thomas Cook Restaurant, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Moose Jaw Station, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | Old Moose Jaw Station, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| Regina Station, Regina, Saskatchewan | Casino Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Calgary Station, Calgary, Alberta | CPKC Headquarters, Calgary, Alberta |
| Calgary Natural Resources Building, Calgary, Alberta | The Military Museums, Calgary, Alberta |
| Edmonton Station, Edmonton Alberta | CPKC Archives, Calgary, Alberta (in storage) |
| Nelson Station, Nelson, British Columbia | Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery, Nelson, British Columbia |
| Vancouver Station, Vancouver, British Columbia | unknown |
| Steamship Office, Victoria, British Columbia | Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia |
| CPR Office, New York, New York, United States | Exporail, Montreal, Quebec |
| CPR Office, Liverpool, England | Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, England |
| CPR Building, Charing Cross, London, England | unknown |
| CPR Office, Hong Kong, China | Believed destroyed during the Japanese occupation in the Second World War. |
All tablets were unveiled simultaneously on the same date along with three identical Winged Victory memorials in Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver.
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TO THE IMPERISHABLE GLORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PROVINCE WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
ERECTED BY COL. MACLEOD CHAPTER, I.O.D.E.
Erected by the Colonel MacLeod Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.), this memorial is dedicated to the Albertan war dead of the First World War. The plaque on the front of the shaft bears the images of a soldier, an angel carrying a trumpet, and the crest of the IODE.