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The Stonewall Lodge No. 12 First World War Plaque was erected in 1919 and unveiled on 3 February 1920.

This memorial to local veterans and pioneers was initiated by Ms. Edna McIvor.

This memorial to the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War was erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 52.

This memorial is dedicated to the local war dead and veterans of the First World War and the veterans of the Second World War.

The Hodgson War Memorial was erected in honour of soldiers from the Hodgson Legion Branch who died and those who served in the First and Second World Wars. Later, the Korean War inscription was added.

The Union Bank of Canada War Memorial at Camp Morton was previously located at Lakeside Fresh Air Camp for Children. It was erected in July 1922 by the Union Bank of Canada in commemoration of its employees killed during the First World War and unveiled by Lieutenant-Governor J. A. M. Aikins.

On July 11, 1922, the Union Bank of Canada War Memorial was dedicated. In attendance were Col. Borden, Major-General Ketchen, Major Hennesy, W.A. Allan, president of the Union Bank and Louis Northrup, vice-president of Lakeside Camp.

The Gimli Cenotaph was erected as a Centennial Project (1967) by the Gimli Legion. It is dedicated to the memory of the fallen in the two World Wars and the Korean War. It was designed and built by local artisan Leonard Ciszewski and was unveiled as part of the 1967 Remembrance Day service. 

The Sergeant Tommy Prince School is dedicated to Thomas George “Tommy” Prince, MM ( 1915 – 1977). He was one of Canada’s most decorated Indigenous soldiers, serving in the Second World War and the Korean 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. 

Tablet to the left of the building.

This memorial is dedicated to the local veterans and to the pioneers who settled this area. The cairn was built by a local farmer / stonemason named Willie Sonenholl and the concrete base was formed and poured by volunteer members of Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 57, the memorial being unveiled in 1984 or 1985.