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The Honour Roll is in proud and grateful memory of all those who died and all those who served in the Great War 1914-1919.

This brass plaque was erected by the parishioners of the church in memory of members who gave their lives during the Second World War. The plaque was unveiled in 1945.

This brass plaque is located in St Paul’s United Church, erected by the teacher of the Sunday School in memory of members of the Sunday School who gave their lives during the First World War. The plaque was unveiled in 1919, and was saved in the fire that destroyed most of the old church on August 4, 1931. On Sunday, November 12, 1933, the new St’ Paul’s structure was opened and officially dedicated by the Rev. Francis Vipond.

This stained glass window at St. Paul’s United Church depicts a 3-paneled scene which commemorates fallen soldiers who lost their lives in various battle of the First World War. It is referred to as the First World War Memorial Window. The panels include (1) Christ Knocking at the Door, (2) The Scene at Emmaus, and (3) Sowing the Seed.

The memorial window occupies the first high window on the south side of the building. The original window, which was complete in 1919, only includes the first and second panels – they were saved from a fire on August 4, 1931 that destroyed most of the old church. On Sunday, November 12, 1933, the new St’ Paul’s structure was opened and officially dedicated by the Rev. Francis Vipond.

This memorial recalls a historic injustice Canadians should pause to remember, as we recall the First World War and the valour of all those Canadian men, and some women, who served. It is a tribute to mark the memory of the thousands of "enemy aliens" who had their civil rights stripped, and were subsequently imprisoned during Canada's first national internment operations of 1914-1920, following the implementation of the War Measures Act. 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the War Measures Act - adopted on August 22, 1914 during the First World War. It was used to imprison Ukrainian-Canadians, and other ethnic groups, including German, Hungarian, Serbian, Croatian, and Armenian communities, into one of Canada's 24 internment camps.

Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, a professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and former chair of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA), had taken it upon himself to lead the way and organize the memorial. In the CTO ("One Hundred") project, 100 aluminum plaques were simultaneously unveiled at 100 different locations across the country at 11:00am local time on August 22, 2014. The first plaque was unveiled in Amherst, Nova Scotia, followed by a wave of plaque unveilings moved west, from province to province, culminating in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The plaques, which cost $1,000 to make, were funded by the generosity of the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Interment Recognition Fund.

Each plaque features a photo of internment prisoners confined behind a wire fence at the Castle Mountain Internment Camp in Banff, Alberta. The Castle Camp, which was built in 1915 at the base of Castle Mountain, was a Canadian internment camp which held immigrant prisoners of Ukrainian, Austrian, Hungarian, and German descent.

Starting its active service in May 2012, the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Private Robertson V.C. is a mid-shore patrol vessel. It is one of nine Hero-class patrol vessels ordered by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans/Canadian Coast Guard, in September 2009. Each of the nine Hero-class patrol vessels will be named for personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP Officers), Canadian Coast Guard (sailors, aircrew), Department of Fisheries and Oceans (fisheries officers) and Canadian Forces (soldiers, sailors, and aircrew) who are credited with performing exceptional or heroic acts during their service.

CCGS Private Robertson V.C. is named in honour of Private James Peter Robertson, V.C., born in Pictou County, Nova Scotia in October 1883. As a child Robertson moved with his family, first to Springhill, Nova Scotia, then to Medicine Hat, Alberta. He joined the Canadian Army Expeditionary Force in 1915. Robertson earned the Victoria Cross during the final assault on Passchendaele, Belgium, November 6, 1917, with the 27^th Infantry Battalion. His platoon was held up by barbed wire and a German machine gun. He was able to dash round to an opening on the flank of the enemy position and rush the gun. After a desperate struggle, Robertson killed four of the crew, and then turned the enemy gun on the remainder. This enabled his platoon to continue towards its objective, with Robertson still firing the captured gun at the enemy as it retreated. Later, when two of his own snipers were wounded in front of their trench, he went out and carried one of them in under severe fire. When he returned for the second sniper, he was killed by a bursting shell.

Waterdown Memorial Hall was dedicated at a Memorial Service on January 14, 1923. During the service, a commemorative tablet containing the names of all villagers who had enlisted in the First World War and the 19 who had died was unveiled. A second plaque was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 551 to the honour those who served in the great wars.

The building is one of three buildings to serve as a Veterans memorial in the City. The other two are located in Binbrook and Carlisle. When built, it was one of 12 such buildings in Canada.

This memorial was erected by the Bertram Family, date of unveiling is unknown. This memorial is a vertical granite stele approximately 8 feet high on which a bronze Crusader's Cross is embedded. At the base of the stele there are individual markers with the names of the family members including the family patriarch, Sir Alexander Bertram, the first Chairman of Sir Sam Hughes Shell Committee.

Included are the names of two family members who were killed in the First World War. Captain James Knowles Bertram, killed in action September 22, 1916 and Lieutenant Aimers Stirling Bertram, killed in action July 10, 1917.

Canadian Great War Project - Lieutenant Stirling Bertram, 1888 - 1917. Stirling Aimers Bertram born in Dundas, Ontario, on August 19th, 1888, the second son of Henry Bertram and Jennie Graham. Aimers attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in order to obtain an engineering degree, and received his Bachelor of Science in April of 1912. This degree would have been beneficial in his future role at the Bertram Works. After graduation, he went to Montreal and took a position as a foreman in the C.P.R. shops to gain more experience.

In 1916, two years after war broke out, Aimers enlisted with the 58th Westmount Rifles and was shipped overseas the following year after being commissioned a Lieutenant. Two months later, on June 28, 1917, he was severely wounded in both the arm and the leg but it was reported that he was doing well. He was shipped to London and while undergoing an operation on the leg, he died on July 10, 1917, at the age of 28. He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in London.

In Lachine, Quebec, can be found a tablet dedicated to his memory and his father and other members of the Bertram family were able to attend the service in his honour. He was also issued with the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. His mother, Jennie Bertram, was awarded the Cross of Sacrifice, and this can be seen in the Dundas Historical Society Museum, along with that awarded to the mother of James Knowles Bertram, his cousin.

The war letters written by Aimers and his brother Lennard Halliday Bertram as well as those written by James Knowles Bertram are available at the Dundas Museum.

 - Contributed by Jean A. Freeman (Bertram and Pirie Descendant) From the "McGill Honor Roll, 1914 - 1918. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.

James Knowles Bertram - Medicine, 1911-15 - Born at Dundas, Ont., December 6th, 1889. Appointed Captain and Adjutant in the 20th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (C.E.F.), November 1st, 1914. Transferred to the 1st Infantry Brigade with the rank of Staff Captain. Served in France. Killed in action. September 22nd, 1916, near Albert, on the Somme.

This memorial is dedicated to those who gave their lives in major conflicts and in all branches of the service. This memorial consists of two parts, erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 551. First is the stone memorial, found near the sidewalk, dedicated to those who gave their lives in major conflicts and in all branches of the service. Second and beside the front doors of the Legion, is an Ontario Historical Plaque dedicated to Leo Clarke, awarded the Victoria Cross in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. Also beside the plaque is an anti-aircraft gun, with no plaque or markings.

This memorial was erected by the 102nd Light Anti-Aircraft Btty. Assn. It was dedicated to the 102nd Wentworth Field Battery.

One of two plaques is dedicated to those who died in the First World War. It was erected in 1971 by the Community League of the Village of Waterdown. The second plaque is dedicated to those who died in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 551.