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The Woodbridge War Memorial Tower was constructed in 1924 by volunteer members of the community in honour of the supreme sacrifice made by the 26 men from the Woodbridge area killed in the First World War. The Council of Woodbridge secured Major Gibson of The Queen's Own Rifles to design a watch tower. John Johnston of Woodbridge donated the fieldstone for the tower's construction and the gravel and sand was from Robert Huston's pit. Fred Barret, a stone mason from Humbervale, near Weston (south of Woodbridge), built the Tower. It was unveiled by Colonel Harry Cockshutt, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario on November 16, 1924.

The site is designed in four stepped levels; the highest level is occupied by the tower. At the apex of the Tower there is a domed beacon light decorated with crenellated stonework and small window openings encircling its base. The beacon light once illuminated the surrounding area at night and could be seen from Highway No. 7. Each level is supported by a retaining wall of cut stone. The cut stone found at the highest level was salvaged from what was known as the old Humber Bridge, demolished with the widening of Highway No. 7 in 1924. The base level consists of a stone gateway and staircase, featuring an engraved stele and two plaques added later, one to commemorate Canada's 1967 Centennial Year, and the other erected by the politicians of the City of Vaughan in 1996 for agreeing to spend the funds to update and landscape the park.

Three field guns are located at the site. Two guns flank the Tower on its north and south sides and the third gun sits on the second stepped-level, next to a flag pole. The Department of Defense donated the "German Whiz Bang." The City of Toronto donated the two 6' Field Guns. These guns were made by "Krupp" in 1901 as Naval Guns and, when the British Navy bottled up the German Navy, the guns were removed from the ships and converted to field use. The council negotiated with the Canadian Pacific Railway to transport these guns to Woodbridge and, with the assistance of Mr. Snider, a local house mover, and a number of local people, enough plank sand timbers were brought to the site to build a ramp for landing the guns. The railroad then hauled the guns to the village on two flat cars.

Mr. Snider erected a ramp at the tracks. The railway company sent an engine to the village and when the tracks were clear, moved the first car to the ramp and, with the aid of Mr. Snider's winch, landed the gun on the ramp. The gun was moved to the top of the cut to clear the ramp so the second gun could be unloaded. Three or four days later another engine arrived and the second gun was moved and installed. 

The British Royal Family, to show their appreciation for the loyalty of the Canadian people, offered Oak saplings from The Green Forest. Major MacKenzie secured five of these Royal Oaks and they were carefully planted along the west boundary line.

Major Alexander A. MacKenzie was born on November 1, 1885, to Donald and Lydia Ann MacKenzie in an area of Woodbridge known as Brownsville. As a young man, Alexander enlisted in the Governor-General's Body Guards. When the war broke out in 1914, he transferred to the Fourth Canadian Rifles and, in 1915, he went overseas. In less than two years, he rose to the rank of Major because of the bravery and leadership he displayed in action at the Somme in 1916 and at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917 where he was severely wounded. The Woodbridge Memorial Tower and the Woodbridge Memorial Arena, built in 1951, were two projects he felt very deeply about. His brother, Donald Ross, died in the First World War.

Unveiled on 3 October 1925, this memorial was dedicated to the local war dead and Veterans of the First World War. The Aurora War Memorial, formerly known as the Aurora-Whitchurch-King War Memorial, was provided jointly by three municipalities of King, Whitchurch and Aurora.

The Scottish Baronial base is 30 feet square and sits on a massive concrete foundation. Height to the top of bronze lantern is 73' 5" and the width across the face above base is 12'. It is an overall tapered square tower form with buttresses at each corner of the base and battlement. The battlement at the top is a little over 6' square. It is made of Stanstead grey granite in heavy blocks with solid concrete fill for 20 feet above foundation, and the central shaft 2-1/2' square from this point reaching to the top. The lantern is of solid bronze, carrying four electric lamps of high wattage and the steps leading up to the memorial are also of granite. The names are engraved in lead.

The flagpoles on either side are 20 paces out at an angle from the memorial's terraced north and south sides. On the left is Canada's national flag; on the right is the provincial flag of Ontario, which incorporates the Union Jack under which these men fought. Each November, wreaths are laid at the memorial by the next of kin and the Reeves of the three townships represented. 

The Aurora War Memorial Board, a non-profit organization which was incorporated in 1925 takes full responsibility for the upkeep, financial records and promotion of the Aurora War Memorial and Altar of Sacrifice. The Aurora Hydro and the Aurora Parks Department maintain the grounds and the lantern.

At an early age, Sir William Mulock was influenced by the sight of British regiments marching throughout Ontario. Born at Bond Head and raised in Newmarket, this Grand Old Man of Canada was instrumental in the erection of the memorial to those who fell during the First World War. The cost to erect the memorial was $24,500.00. Sir William contributed $11,500.00. The balance was raised through general subscription by the people of King, Whitchurch and Aurora. The impressive Aurora War Memorial, including the Altar of Sacrifice, was designed and constructed by the McIntosh Granite Co., Toronto, Canada.

On January 2, 2008, the Aurora War Memorial and Peace Park were designated to be of cultural heritage value or interest.

At Christ Church in Deer Park, Toronto a brass tablet memorial was dedicated to the memory of Corporal Charles Hubert Bligh who had died in the First World War. Bligh was born in Mirzapur, India on 5 October 1881 to William George and Ellen Bligh. Before enlisting in with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 21 September 1914 he served in South Africa with the South African Military Police. While serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Europe he became a corporal in the 8th Battalion. On 25 April 1915  he was killed after being shot in the head while leading an advance with his company.

On 30 September 1923 Reverend Canon H.F.D. Woodcock unveiled and dedicated a stained glass window to honour Lieutenant Norman Eden Walker. Dedicated by Walker’s parents, it is a north facing window made of antique English glass. It depicts an image of Jesus Christ in the center, a youthful soldier on his right, and an angel holding a crown on his left. 

Born on 5 October 1896 in Toronto, Norman worked as a clerk and was member of the Governor General’s Body Guard militia before enlisting on 8 December 1915. He became a Lieutenant in the 124th Battalion before being killed in action at Vimy Ridge on 13 April 1917.

On 25 April 1920 Reverend Canon Frederick George Scott conducted a ceremony for the unveiling of a bronze memorial tablet dedicated to the memory of 27 parishioners of Christ Church who died in the First World War. 

At Christ Church in Deer Park, Toronto a bronze flower vase was unveiled to honour the memory of Lieutenant Philip Edward Williams, and was dedicated by Williams’ mother. Philip Edward Williams was born on 9 July 1897 to Roland Williams and Constance Maude Williams in Toronto, Ontario. He was a student at the University of Toronto and a member of the 9th Mississauga Horse militia when he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 30 November 1915. He was placed in the 124th Battalion before being transferred to the Royal Air Force on 25 November 1917. On 22 October 1918 he died after contracting pneumonia.

At Christ Church in Deer Park, Toronto a brass tablet memorial was dedicated to the memory of Sub-Lieutenant Alfred Irving Hutty. Alfred Irving Hutty was born to Alfred and Dinah Lowthian Hutty in Toronto, Ontario on 19 February 1887. He attended Harbord Collegiate and worked as a stock broker with Ryerson & Co. before joining the Royal Naval Air Services branch of the Royal Navy. He was made Sub-Lieutenant in the 2nd Naval Squadron, which was responsible for carrying out reconnaissance and bombing missions on the French and Belgian northern coastline. On 21 August 1917 he was killed in action.

Major Villiers Sankey was born at Brookeboro, County Fermanagh, Ireland, on October 3, 1854. He was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, and in 1872 passed his examinations for the India Civil Service. In Canada, he entered the firm of Wadsworth, Unwin & Brown, afterwards becoming a partner. Major Sankey laid out the new rifle ranges in Toronto, was an authority on military matters and supplied the Government with special maps, particularly of the Toronto and Niagara districts.

Major Sankey's military service with The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada:
December 26, 1879 – 2nd Lieutenant (Provisional)
January 28, 1880 – Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant
November 26, 1880 – Lieutenant
1881 – Organized the new regimental Signal Corps
December 22, 1882 – Captain
September 27, 1889 – Major
April 13, 1895 – Retired

On December 24, 1888, he was appointed City Surveyor for Toronto. From 1890 - 91, he served as the President of the Association of Provincial Land Surveyors of Ontario. He resigned as City Surveyor on January 20, 1905, and on July 10 of that year, he drowned during engineering work near Kenora.

Major Sankey had five daughters and two sons. During the First World War, his son Nisbett served in the 32nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force as a Captain. His youngest son, Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Sankey commanded the 3rd Battalion (Canadian Active Service Force), The Queen’s Own Rifles during the Second World War.

Villiers Street was named in honour of Major Villiers Sankey on 15 May 1919. He was born at Brookeboro, County Fermanagh, Ireland, on October 3, 1854, educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, and in 1872 passed his examinations for the India Civil Service. In Canada, he entered the firm of Wadsworth, Unwin & Brown, afterwards becoming a partner. Major Sankey laid out the new rifle ranges in Toronto, was an authority on military matters and supplied the Government with special maps, particularly of the Toronto and Niagara districts.

Major Sankey's military service with The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada:
December 26, 1879 – 2nd Lieutenant (Provisional)
January 28, 1880 – Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant
November 26, 1880 – Lieutenant
1881 – Organized the new regimental Signal Corps
December 22, 1882 – Captain
September 27, 1889 – Major
April 13, 1895 – Retired

On December 24, 1888, he was appointed City Surveyor for Toronto. From 1890 - 91, he served as the President of the Association of Provincial Land Surveyors of Ontario. He resigned as City Surveyor on January 20, 1905, and on July 10 of that year, he drowned during engineering work near Kenora.

Major Sankey had five daughters and two sons. During the First World War, his son Nisbett served in the 32nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force as a Captain. His youngest son, Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Sankey commanded the 3rd Battalion (Canadian Active Service Force), The Queen’s Own Rifles during the Second World War.

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.