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In 2020, a Bridge of Remembrance was erected to honour the 119 fallen soldiers from Transcona who died during the First and Second World Wars and were buried overseas. The bridge connects the older Field of Honour area with the newly expanded area to the west. 

The military section of the Transcona Cemetery was established on June 18, 1918 when the Town Council of Transcona set aside Block 3 for the sole use of members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The military section was properly named Field of Honour in the 1980s.

Day Street was named in honour of Arthur H. Day in 1963. Little is known regarding his active military service during the Second World War. Following the war, Day worked as a school trustee in Transcona. 

Bradley Street was named in honour of Private Charles Edmund Bradley, Sergeant Hugh J. Bradley and Harold Bradley.

Private Charles Edmund Bradley served with the 8^th Battalion (90^th Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. He was killed in action in 1917 at 19 years of age. Prior to enlistment, Charles worked as an Apprentice Machinist.

Sergeant Hugh J. Bradley served in the Canadian Army during the Second World War.

Little is known regarding Harold Bradley’s military service during the First World War. He enlisted prior to March 1916 and served with the 190^th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Bradley died in 1963.

This Honour Roll is dedicated to the members of the Knox Presbyterian Church who were killed in action during the First World War. It was originally installed in Knox Presbyterian Church on Harvard Avenue and donated to the Transcona Historical Museum in 1998 by the Transcona Memorial United Church.

This Honour Roll was dedicated to members of Central School – Transcona who served in the Second World War. It was created by Alice Angus, a student as Central School. The Honour Roll was given to the Royal Canadian Legion Transcona Branch No. 7 by the Transcona-Springfield School Division and later presented to the Transcona Museum on 15 February 1994.

This Honour Roll was dedicated to members of Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption who served in the Second World War. It was donated to the Transcona Museum in 2022 following the demolition of the church.

This Honour Roll was dedicated to members of the Canadian National Railways who volunteered for service in the Second World War. When the stores department closed an employee saved the Honour Roll and later gave it to another individual who was instructed to donate it to the Transcona Museum in 2019.

This Honour Roll was dedicated to the men from the Car Department of the Canadian National Railway Transcona Shops who left their jobs, their families and their friends to serve in the defence of Canada during the Second World War. It was created by Jim Potter of the Car Department, Canadian National Railway Transcona Shops during or after the Second World War.

Pilot Officer Wilfred Lawrence Warner enlisted with the Royal Air Force in 1935. He died during a demonstration exercise near Methwold, England on 27 April 1937. Warner is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

A plaque in the Yale Avenue West Park was unveiled by Warner’s parents in 1948. Warner played in this area during his childhood.

Lance Corporal Roger Joseph “Sonny” Firman enlisted in 1940 and served with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. He took part in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, was taken a prisoner of war and executed near Caen as an unarmed prisoner of war on 8 June 1944 by the 12^th SS Hitler Youth Division. He was 21 years old at the time of his death.

To commemorate the 63^rd anniversary of Firman’s death, a plaque was unveiled at the Transcona Fire Hall Station No. 25 by his comrade and friend Paul Martin on 8 June 2007. The location of the fire hall was once Firman’s childhood home in Transcona.