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This street, renamed after the First World War, is a memorial to the three local winners of the Victoria Cross -- Cpl Leo Clark, Sgt-Maj Frederick William Hall and Lt. Robert Shankland. All three of these men lived on Pine Street, which was renamed Valour Road. The plaque was erected by the Women's Canadian Club of Winnipeg in 1925.

In the triangular plaza adjoining the front steps of the Manitoba Métis Federation (formerly Bank of Montreal Winnipeg Main Office), the massive, nine-foot bronze statue of a Canadian soldier in First World War battle dress stands guard. Mr. A.F. D. MacGachen, manager of the branch, unveiled the Soldiers' Memorial on December 5, 1923. It was attended by next-of-kin of fallen staff heroes and present staff members. 1,409 men from the Bank of Montreal went to war, 230 did not return. Fifty-three men from the Winnipeg office went and nine did not return. 

The bronze soldier is modeled after Captain Wynn Bagnall who had served through the war and was awarded the Military Cross. The noted American sculptor James Earle Fraser, reproduced the identical uniform and equipment used in France. For the design, Fraser was awarded a gold medal of honour at the Exhibition of Architecture and Allied Arts held in New York.

When the Bank of Montreal decided to erect a memorial to the 230 members of its staff who had fallen in the Great War, it arranged an international design competition. The winner, James Earle Fraser, submitted two designs, both of which were accepted. One was for the allegorical figure of Victory and it stands in the atrium of the Bank of Montreal Head Office.

Grade 7 students from John Pritchard School researched local soldiers from the First World War. They were working on a project that was the brainchild of John Pritchard teacher Daniel Smith and Linda Kohut, a retired JP teacher who is now a school liaison for the Royal Canadian Legion on Henderson Highway. The resulting display was presented 01/15/2016 in John Pritchard School. On the Library and Archives Canada website, students looking for the scanned enlistment documents for these soldiers. From there, they collected information on each of the soldiers, including their name, address, occupation, rank, battalion and next of kin. Then they visited the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website to look up where these soldiers were buried, or in the case of those missing in action, commemorated. They created write-ups on each of the soldiers and provided them to the Canadian Fallen Heroes Foundation, which maintains a virtual memorial at www.canadianfallenheroes.com.

The Shaarey Zedek Cenotaph was unveiled on September 11, 1949 and was erected by the General Monash branch of the Royal Canadian Legion with assistance from the Canadian Jewish Congress.

It was designed by Lo'ons Stone Works Ltd. The center panel is polished rock of ages, dark grey; the columns and base are stanstead grey (axed).

These Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry plaques were erected in 1989, 1995 and 2014 in recognition of the infantry's 75 and 100 years of service and their freedom of the city.

The Sergeant Tommy Prince Memorial, unveiled by the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and the Lord Selkirk Association of Rupert's Land on 11 November 1989, is dedicated to the memory of Sergeant Thomas (Tommy) George Prince, soldier with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and winner of the Military Medal. The life-sized bronze bust of Tommy in military uniform and a beret, sits on a tall limestone block. The bust was sculpted by Otakar Pavlik. A statue of his great-grandfather, Chief Peguis is just a few steps away.

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. 

This memorial was erected through the efforts of Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 34 (Andrew Mynarski V.C.), Branch No. 13 of the Police Combatants Association, and the city of Winnipeg Parks and Recreation Department on 12 June 1994. Dedicated to the memory of Pilot Officer Andrew C. Mynarski, V.C., the plaque bears an inscription, a depiction of Mynarski, a maple leaf and the Polish eagle.

This memorial is a miniature replica of the cairn dedicated to the Fort Garry Horse at Saint Aubib-sur-Mer France, on 17 October 1965. Dedicated to the members of the 10th Armoured Regiment (Fort Garry Horse) who landed on the beaches of Normandy on 6 June 1944, this memorial was constructed for the regiment in 1965.

This monument, constructed by the members of the Senior Non-Commissioned Officers' Mess, is centred on two lances presented to the regiment by Warrant Officer R. Davies, a former Squadron Sergeant-Major with the Fort Garry Horse. The wall hanging incorporates the regimental motto and the battle honours won during the North West Rebellion and the First and Second World Wars. The plaque bears a large metal copy of the regimental cap badge.

This memorial, which used to mark the location of Martin Park, was erected by The Fort Garry Horse in memory of Lieutenant-Colonel G.J. Martin, the commanding officer of the regiment. He was killed on 9 June 1969 on a training accident on Mount Worthington. The park was dedicated to the members of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps killed in the line of duty.