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The 93 year old complex now known as the Asper Jewish Community Campus is best remembered as Fort Osborne Barracks, the former center of Manitoba's military activities for nearly 50 years. The original Fort Osborne Barracks, named after Lieutenant-Colonel William Osborne, Commander of Military District Number 10, had been situated on the eastern part of the Legislative Grounds since 1872. When the new Legislative Building was completed in 1920, the barracks were moved to the Tuxedo location and the hospital was transferred to Deer Lodge.

With construction of the new barracks, now known as Kapyong Barracks, at Kenaston Boulevard and Grant Avenue in 1957, followed by integration of the Armed Forces in the mid-sixties, Fort Osborne Barracks became redundant. The site was turned over to the Province of Manitoba in 1968 and was used as office space by various government departments.

On 5 September 1997, two days before the campus was officially opened, a monument commissioned by the Princes Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regimental Heritage Committee to perpetuate the Regiment's occupation of Fort Osborne Barracks was erected in front of the old headquarters building by the Winnipeg firm of Eden Memorials Incorporated. The rough-cut granite slab is approximately four feet high, two and one half feet wide, almost two feet thick, and weighs about 3,800 pounds.

On 10 July 1998, the 55th Anniversary of the Landing in Sicily, members and friends of the Regiment returned to the site to witness an impressive ceremony featuring a Hundred Man Guard of Honour, Colours and Drum Line from Second Battalion. Drums were piled and, following a brief introduction by Rod Middleton, Chairman, Chairman of the Regimental Heritage Committee, the Fort Osborne Monument was unveiled by Major-General Bill Hewson (Ret'd), Colonel of the Regiment, and Doug Bedford, National President of the Princes Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Association. A dedication service was conducted by Second Battalion's Chaplain, Lieutenant (Navy) Steve Merriman.

It must not be forgotten that for half a century encompassing two World Wars and the Korean War, it was an important centre of military activity in the Province of Manitoba. Thousands of young men and women enlisted, trained and left here to fight for peace and freedom in foreign lands. Many did not return. This monument will serve as a memorial to them and perpetuate a significant era in the histories of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, the City of Winnipeg and the Province of Manitoba.

This memorial stained glass window is dedicated to the memory of the members of the Second Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry who gave their lives in the service of Canada and the United Nations in Korea. This memorial was unveiled on March 28, 1976, in conjunction with the Second Battalion's commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong, by Colonel-in-Chief, Lady Patricia Brabourne. Also in attendance was her father, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and Colonel J.R. Stone, Commanding Officer of 2 PPCLI in Korea. This memorial depicts the Regimental Cap Badge and the United States Presidential Unit Citation.

The Glen Eden Memorial is dedicated to the memory of those who served their country in time of war. Erected by the Glen Eden Funeral Home on November 12, 1994.

Unveiled in September 1987 by his son, family members and St. James-Assiniboia Councillors, this memorial is dedicated to the memory of Mr. A. W. Hanks who dedicated much of his life to public service in the community of St. James-Assiniboia and also served his country with the 44th Battalion C.E.F. in the First World War.

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. 

Erected by the Charleswood Historical Society, this memorial is dedicated to the men of Charleswood/South Headingly who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars.

This memorial is dedicated to members of the City of Winnipeg Police Department who lost their lives in the First World War. It was erected by the City of Winnipeg Police Department. See also memorial 46010-045.

This memorial plaque was erected June 4, 1983, to commemorate The Royal Winnipeg Rifles' 100 years of service and association with the City of Winnipeg.

The Polish Combatants Association Memorial was erected by the Polish Combatants Association Branch No.13 on August 21, 1988. Dedicated to their fallen comrades on land, sea and air in the Second World War and to their deceased members to whom it was not given a return to a free Poland.

The Medical Corps Memorial was erected by the Manitoba Medical Alumni Association, dedicated to the memory of the graduates and students of the University of Manitoba Medical College, who laid down their lives in Wars of the Empire.