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This memorial is dedicated to the veterans of the First World War, Second World War, Korea and to Peacekeeping.

The Sergeant Tommy Prince Mural was unveiled on 17 September 2011. Fred Thomas designed the mural and his co-worker at the time, Nereo Eugenio, painted the mural with the help of some youth at Graffiti Art Programming. From left to right, the images in the mural include:

1. Prince as one with the land. He is dressed in uniform, but still a warrior as represented in the image behind him;

2. Devil holding First Special Service Force (Devil’s Brigade) shoulder patch;

3. United States Combat Infantry Badge which Prince received with the First Special Service Force (Devil’s Brigade). 

4. Prince wearing a backwards beret as a Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) soldier in the Korean War. The PPCLI Cap Badge on his beret would either be the 1933 or 1948 version he wore in Korea;

5. Jump Wings - the basic style worn for basic Para Qualified personnel. Prince was Jump Qualified from the Second World War;

6. PPCLI Cap Badge, the 1965 pattern which is current from 1956 to today;

7. First Special Service Force shoulder patch worn by the combined Canadian/United States troops;

8. 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade badge worn by troops in Korea;

9. Medals that Prince was entitled to.

Donald Mackey, chair of the Tommy Prince Military Medal Memorial Fund Committee, first met Prince in 1953 when they were both stationed in Winnipeg. An existing mural of Prince, who lived in the North End, was the target of repeated vandalism over the years and to help sustain the memory of Prince, Donald began fund raising for the new mural. Donald founded the Tommy Prince Royal Army Cadet Corps, located at 200 Isabel Street, for inner city youth in October 1999. He was also instrumental in the Tommy Prince Veteran's Park being established in 2007.

Sergeant Tommy Prince was a prominent Anishinaabe activist who served in the Second World War and Korean War. His story is one of the most widely known examples of the wartime contributions of Indigenous soldiers in the mid-20^th century and the poor treatment they received upon their return to civilian life in Canada. His accomplishments attracted national media attention during his lifetime and earned him a great many posthumous tributes.

Prince was born in October 1915 in St. Peter's Reserve, Manitoba. He was the great-grandson of respected Ojibwa Chief Peguis, and one of eleven children born to Elizabeth and Henry Prince. In 1920, they moved to Brokenhead Ojibway Nation in Scanterbury, Manitoba. At age five, Prince was forced to leave his community and attend Elkhorn Residential School, where he joined the Cadet Corps. He suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder from the residential school before he joined the military.

In 1940, he volunteered to fight for Canada in the Second World War. He rose from sapper to lance corporal with the Royal Canadian Engineers before volunteering for the 1^st Canadian Parachute Battalion in 1942. Soon after, he was assigned to the elite 1^st Canadian Special Service Battalion, which was attached to the First Special Service Force (Devil’s Brigade). He reached the rank of sergeant by war’s end, and was one of three Canadians to receive both the Silver Star (United States) and the Military Medal. King George VI presented him with both honours during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in 1945, shortly before Prince’s discharge from the army. 

He wanted to prove his people were as good as any white man and restore their good name. One way to achieve this was to acquire as many medals as possible and he did so without putting his men at risk. Before any patrols he would ensure they were camouflaged and everything was secured. Often he would patrol alone because there would be less noise. Prince was a natural warrior and he excelled as the military developed the skills he learned on the reserve while living off the land. He loved the Devil's Brigade and was always praising his men, "If it wasn't for my men, I wouldn't be who I am today." He was a caring man who loved to joke around and make people laugh.

He was a prominent leader in the Indigenous rights movement of the 1940s. After the war, he served as spokesperson and vice-president of the Manitoba Indian Association, and appeared on its behalf before a Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons, tasked with studying the Indian Act. During his testimony in 1947, he advocated for the abolition of the Indian Act and respect for existing treaties, and presented submissions from Indigenous in Manitoba, which called for improved schools, better living conditions, and expanded hunting, trapping, and fishing rights.

In 1950, Prince re-enlisted in the Korean War. He contributed to the defence of Hill 677 in the Battle of Kapyong in 1951, for which the United States awarded the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry the Distinguished Unit Citation—the only time a Canadian unit has received this honour. Military service took a heavy toll on his health and, following his honourable discharge from the army, he faced a difficult return to civilian life in Manitoba. Prince endured discrimination, illness, and poverty in the years that followed and died in 1977. He fought many demons after residential school and the horrors of combat, but he never lost his humility, self-worth, sense of humour and pride of being Anishinaabe. 

A tablet in honour of members of the Law Society of Manitoba who served during First World War was unveiled by the Governor General Sir Julian H. G. Byng of Vimy at a ceremony on 15 October 1923. In addition to listing all who served, it identifies those who were killed in action or who died of wounds. Weighing 1,025 pounds and having a surface area of 55 square feet, the tablet was designed by C.W. Chivers and was manufactured by the Architecural Bronze and Iron Works of Toronto.  Lady Justice is depicted wearing a blindfold, carrying a sword in one hand and a balance, in the other.

A similar tablet for the Second World War members of the Law Society was added after that war.

Both are located in the Broadway Avenue entrance of the Law Courts Building.

The 11th Canadian Field Ambulance (CFA) was formed by men of the Manitoba Agricultural College, along with those mobilized from other Western Canada universities. The Tyndall-stone pillar stands about four feet tall and features the engraved names of fallen battalion comrades of the First World War who died during their time in the unit or subsequently elsewhere as part of the Great War. The north, east, and south faces bear the faded names, with the western facade adorned only by the Red Cross emblem. The eastern face also features the emblem of the Canadian Army Medical Corps, and the memorial was initially capped with a bronze sundial. It was designed by CFA serviceman Christopher Thomas “Chris” Best (1889-1969). The formal unveiling took place on 16 October 1927 along the Avenue of Elms (Chancellor Matheson Road), on the grounds in front of the Administration Building, and across from the Manitoba Agricultural College War Memorial. It was later relocated to a raised plaza between the University Centre and the Faculty of Nursing Building / Helen Glass Centre for Nursing.

The 100 Regiment Winnipeg Grenadiers regimental colour flag and the queen colours flag hang inside the church among many other memorials of this regiment.

The Parish of St Luke erected this memorial. It was unveiled in St Luke in around 1919 and is dedicated to Capt Hervé Murray Grant M.C. killed in action during the Great War. This Cross is the original cross from his grave from Lijssenthoek cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders.

This Chapel was erected by the Parish of St. Luke and unveiled in 1919. This memorial was dedicated to the Parishioners killed in action during The Great War.

This plaque was unveiled around 1918. It is known as the Piggery Memorial, dedicated to the four chums who shared accommodations on Cauchon Street and died in the First World War - Captain John Geddes, Lieutenant Charles Thurston Bowring, Major Gordon Ruthven Heron and Captain John Scatcherd Laycock.

The Parish of St Luke erected this memorial. This plaque was unveiled in around 1923 and is dedicated to Lieutenant Sydney Baker Harris from the 44th and 27th Battalion who fought during the Great War.

This memorial was unveiled in around 1918 and is dedicated to Lieutenant John Galt from the Lord Strathcona`s Horse, reported wounded and missing in action on 8th December 1915. This plaque was erected by his father and mother, members of the Parish of St Luke.