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City/Municipality
Thunder Bay
Memorial Number
35086-007
Type
Address
440 Syndicate Avenue S
Location
Thunder Bay Station
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.3781255, -89.2477108
Inscription

THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES THOSE IN THE SERVICE
OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY WHO
AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT
WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDSHIP, FACED DANGER
AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF SIGHT OF MEN BY THE
PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE. GIVING UP THEIR
OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT
THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN.

1914  YPRES  FESTUBERT  THE SOMME  VIMY  HILL 70  1918
PASSCHENDAELE  AMIENS  CAMBRAI  DROCOURT-QUEANT  MONS



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Canadian Pacific Railway Great War Tablet
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Body Content

The Canadian Pacific Railway Great War Tablet in the Thunder Bay Station was dedicated on April 28, 1922. 

To honour those who served and gave their lives during the Great War, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) erected a series of bronze memorial tablets in over twenty select locations along their railway system and offices in Canada, United States, England and China. The tablet depicts Britannia, the national personification of Britain, as a helmeted female warrior with a lion to her right and a shield at her feet, HMS Lion (Admiral Beatty's flagship during the Battle of Jutland) with airplanes above and a tank in front, Canadian Pacific Steamship RMS Empress of Russia (used during the war as an armed merchant cruiser and transport ship), Canadian troops, and a CPR locomotive in a nod to all those who travelled by train across Canada before heading overseas. The plaque was designed by Archibald Pearce, Chief Engineer's Department, Montreal, with its model and casting by the Bromsgrove Guild at Worcester, England.

Original location Current location
CPR Office, Saint John, New Brunswick McAdam Railway Museum, McAdam, New Brunswick
Du Palais CPR Station, Quebec City, Quebec Du Palais CPR Station, Quebec City, Quebec
Viger Station, Montreal, Quebec Exporail, Montreal, Quebec
Windsor Station, Montreal, Quebec Windsor Station, Montreal, Quebec
Angus Shops, Montreal, Quebec CPKC Archives, Calgary, Alberta (in storage)
North Toronto Station, Toronto, Ontario Union Station, Toronto, Ontario
West Toronto Station, Toronto, Ontario unknown
North Bay Station, North Bay, Ontario North Bay Memorial Park, North Bay, Ontario
Fort William Union Station, Fort William, Ontario Thunder Bay Station, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Weston Shops, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weston Shops, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Saskatoon Station, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Thomas Cook Restaurant, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw Station, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Old Moose Jaw Station, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Regina Station, Regina, Saskatchewan Casino Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
Calgary Station, Calgary, Alberta CPKC Headquarters, Calgary, Alberta
Calgary Natural Resources Building, Calgary, Alberta The Military Museums, Calgary, Alberta
Edmonton Station, Edmonton Alberta CPKC Archives, Calgary, Alberta (in storage)
Nelson Station, Nelson, British Columbia Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery, Nelson, British Columbia
Vancouver Station, Vancouver, British Columbia unknown
Steamship Office, Victoria, British Columbia Royal British Columbia MuseumVictoria, British Columbia
CPR Office, New York, New York, United States Exporail, Montreal, Quebec
CPR Office, Liverpool, England Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, England
CPR Building, Charing Cross, London, England unknown
CPR Office, Hong Kong, China Believed destroyed during the Japanese occupation in the Second World War.

All tablets were unveiled simultaneously on the same date along with three identical Winged Victory memorials in Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver.

City
Thunder Bay
Country
Type Description
Tablet - bronze
Photo Credit
CPKC Archives
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6567
City/Municipality
Thunder Bay
Memorial Number
35086-005
Type
Address
100 Princess St
Location
Thunder Bay Airport
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.37306, -89.31068
Inscription

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY
OF ALL LAKEHEAD DISTRICT
AIRMEN WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF
THE COMMONWEALTH AIR-
FORCES IN PEACE AND IN WAR
1959 - 501 WING RCAFA.

NEVER IN THE FIELD
OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS
SO MUCH OWED BY SO
MANY TO SO FEW.
1940 - CHURCHILL

"AND WHILE WITH SILENT,
LIFTING MIND I’VE TROD
THE HIGH UNTRESPASSED
SANCTITY OF SPACE
PUT OUT MY HAND, AND
TOUCHED THE FACE OF GOD."
- JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE.

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Terry MacDonald
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to all Lakehead District Airmen who died peace and in war. It was erected by 50 Wing RCAFA.

City
Thunder Bay
Country
Type Description
Two pylons supporting plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5677
City/Municipality
Thunder Bay
Memorial Number
35086-004
Type
Address
Waverley Street
Location
Waverley Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.4367598, -89.2265542
Inscription

COL. ELIZABETH SMELLIE 1884 – 1968

This celebrated Canadian army nurse and public health author-
ity was born in Port Arthur. In 1909 “Beth” Smellie became night
supervisor at McKellar General Hospital. Joining the Royal
Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1915, she served in France
and England. Elizabeth Smellie was demobilized in 1920 and
three years later became Chief Superintendent of the Victorian
Order of Nurses for Canada. She re-entered the army in 1940
and a year later supervised the organization of the Canadian
Women’s Army Corps. The first woman to attain the rank of
Colonel in Canada’s Armed Forces, Col. Smellie achieved many
honours, including Commander of the British Empire and the
Royal Red Cross Medal. After World War II she returned to the
V.O.N., and retired in 1947.

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John Kuemmel
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plaque
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Col. Smellie
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Body Content

This plaque was erected in 1975. It is dedicated to Colonel Elizabeth Smellie.

City
Thunder Bay
Country
Type Description
Provincial Military Plaque (metal)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4547
City/Municipality
Kakabeka Falls
Memorial Number
35086-003
Type
Address
Highway 590 & Loghrin Road
Location
O'Connor Cemetery
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.398363, -89.6453433
Inscription

IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE
TO THE COMRADES
ROYAL CANADIAN
LEGION
KAKABEKA FALLS
AND
RURAL DISTRICT
BRANCH NO. 225

LEST WE FORGET

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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to the fallen comrades of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 225. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Kakabeka Falls and Rural District Branch No. 225.

City
Kakabeka Falls
Country
Type Description
Stele
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6611
City/Municipality
Thunder Bay
Memorial Number
35086-001
Type
Address
125 North Algoma Street
Location
HMCS Griffon
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.44039, -89.22033
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

DEDICATED TO THE MEN IN BLUE
WHO ENLISTED AT THE LAKEHEAD
AND GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
WORLD WAR II

[left column/colonne de gauche]

ANSLEY W.C.
ASHLEY O.W.
BAIRD H.F.
BELL J.T.
BERNST R.W.
BRUZZESE A.V.
BUCZOUSKI P.M.
COLE A.L.
CORCORAN J.V.
CUMMINGS J.C.
DAWES J.C.
DELBRIDGE W.C.
DEVINS J.E.
EDWARDS C.
ELVISH J.
ELVISH J.J.
FAREWELL E.R.
FITZPATRICK W.
FORBES G.F.
GAETANO V.J.
GRANT J.A.
GREER R.S.
HATCHER A.M.
HENRY R.J.
HUKKANEN A.W.
JEACOCK R.G.
JONES H.B.

[right column/colonne de droite]

KENRAH W.R.
KONSMO O.B.
LANKTREE W.
LAWRENCE R.G.
LENNOX A.J.
MCCALLUM H.F.
MCCAULEY J.L.
MCKINNON J.G.
MEADWELL R.G.
NAYDO M.J.
NELSON H.J.
NICHOLAS J.R.
OSSACHUK J.
PAUL G.M.
PAYNE S.R.
PRATT W.R.
PRISKE S.R.
RYAN N.V.
SLATER J.A.
SMITH A.J.
SPENCER F.
STEPHENS W.D.
STEWART B.G.
STREY G.J.
SUTHERLAND R.
THOMAS R.C.
WILCOX R.H.

[bottom/en bas]

WE WILL NOT FORGET UNTIL WE, TOO, ARE PIPED OVER THE SIDE FOR THE LAST TIME

ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY BY N.O.A.C. (LKD) BRANCH AND FRIENDS IN H.M.C.S. GRIFFON
1967

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Body Content

Erected in 1967 by the Lakehead Branch of the NOAC and members of HMCS Griffon, this memorial is dedicated to local sailors killed during the Second World War.

City
Thunder Bay
Country
Type Description
Stone stele, cast iron anchor and naval gun
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2297
City/Municipality
Sudbury
Memorial Number
35084-011
Type
Address
Brady and Minto Streets
Location
Memorial Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.4896384, -80.9928882
Inscription

CITY OF GREATER SUDBURY
MEMORIAL WALL
TO HONOUR OUR WAR DEAD

THIS MEMORIAL WALL IS ERECTED TO HONOUR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE DIED IN WAR OR DURING
PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS. IT COMMEMORATES THE HEROIC SACRIFICES OF ALL CITIZENS ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE
(NAVY, ARMY, AIR FORCE, MERCHANT NAVY, PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS) THAT WERE EITHER BORN IN OR A RESIDENT OF THE
CITY OF GREATER SUDBURY WHOSE NAME IS AMONG THE WAR DEAD.

CE MUR DU SOUVENIR EST CRÉE EN L'HONNEUR DES MEMBRES DE NOTE COMMUNAUTÉ QUI SONT MORTS À LA GUERRE
OU QUI SONT PERDU LA VIE DANS LA CADRE DES OPÉRATIONS DE MANTIEN DE LA PAIX. IL PERMETTRA DE COMMÉMORER
LES SACRIFICES HEROIQUES DE TOUT CITOYEN QUI EST NÉ OU QUI HABITAIT DANS LA VILLE DU GRAND SUDBURY AU
MOMENT DE SENRÔLER DANS LA MARINE, LARMÉE DE TERRE, LA FORCE AÉRIENNE, LA MARINE MARCHANDE OU LES
OPÉRATIONS DE MAINTIEN DE LA PAIX ET DON’T LE NOM SE TROUVE PARMI CEUX MORTS À LA GUERRE

LA VILLE DU GRAND SUDBURY
MUR DU SOUVENIR
EN L'HONNEUR DES MORTS À LA GUERRE

CE MUR DU SOUVENIR EST CRÉE EN L'HONNEUR DES MEMBRES DE NOTE COMMUNAUTÉ QUI SONT MORTS À LA GUERRE
OU QUI SONT PERDU LA VIE DANS LA CADRE DES OPÉRATIONS DE MANTIEN DE LA PAIX. IL PERMETTRA DE COMMÉMORER
LES SACRIFICES HEROIQUES DE TOUT CITOYEN QUI EST NÉ OU QUI HABITAIT DANS LA VILLE DU GRAND SUDBURY AU
MOMENT DE SENRÔLER DANS LA MARINE, LARMÉE DE TERRE, LA FORCE AÉRIENNE, LA MARINE MARCHANDE OU LES
OPÉRATIONS DE MAINTIEN DE LA PAIX ET DON’T LE NOM SE TROUVE PARMI CEUX MORTS À LA GUERRE

THIS MEMORIAL WALL IS ERECTED TO HONOUR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE DIED IN WAR OR DURING
PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS. IT COMMEMORATES THE HEROIC SACRIFICES OF ALL CITIZENS ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE
(NAVY, ARMY, AIR FORCE, MERCHANT NAVY, PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS) THAT WERE EITHER BORN IN OR A RESIDENT OF THE
CITY OF GREATER SUDBURY WHOSE NAME IS AMONG THE WAR DEAD

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William H. Lee
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William H. Lee
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William H. Lee
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Body Content

The Memorial Wall was erected by the City of Greater Sudbury on October 31, 2004, in honour of 624 citizens of the Sudbury community who died while serving their country during war and peacekeeping missions. This 42 foot long, 6 foot high, black African granite wall is also etched with pictures.

The Memorial Wall Project - Corner of Brady Street and Minto Street - Memorial Park Sudbury, as part of the City of Greater Sudbury Memorial Park upgrade in 1992, the Greater City commissioned the building of an appropriate monument to honour the Citizens of the Greater Sudbury who made the supreme sacrifice. The Greater City of Sudbury organized a meeting with members of the Manitoulin-North Shore Branch of the Royal Canadian Naval Association, Royal Canadian Legion, Lockerby Branch 564, Royal Canadian Legion, Dr Fred Starr, Branch 76, Royal Canadian Legion Copper Cliff Branch 224, Royal Canadian Legion, Falconbridge Branch 336, the War Pensioners of Canada, Sudbury Branch and the Korean Veterans Association - Unit #19, and a small cross section of our Veterans community that represented the Canadian Navy, Army and Air Force Veterans, loosely known as the Veterans Advisory Committee. From that meeting and several more with the Presidents from local Legions a Memorial Wall Committee was formed consisting of: William H. Lee - Chairman, Past President of Manitoulin-North Shore Navy Vets President of the War Pensioners of Canada, Sudbury. Gary Costello - Past President of Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 76 President of KVA Unit #19. Gary Dale - President Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 224. Alex McCann - Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 336. Chris Nadjiwan - President Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 564. Harold Payne - Past President of the War Pensioners of Canada, Sudbury. Joan Payne - Koran Veterans, War Pensioners, Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 76. Hedley Williams - Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 76. Noreen Davidson - 1st Vice Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 564. Donald Pagnutti - Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 564. William Ranich - Past Sec/Treas. Manitoulin-North Shore Navy Vets. Bernard Andrews - President of Manitoulin-North Shore Navy Vets. Ron Robitaille - President Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 76. Mike Thomson - War Pensioners of Canada, Sudbury. Ted Durbacz - City of Greater Sudbury. Bonnie Lachapelle - City of Greater Sudbury. Al Sizer - City of Greater Sudbury.

The committee's mandate was to organize, develop eligibility criteria, gather, design, tender, build and unveil the monument for the citizens of Sudbury. A process and criteria was developed together and verify names of the men and women who were killed while under military service during any military action, a war, or peacekeeping mission, beginning the South African War to the present day who were residents of the City of Greater Sudbury. As well a protocol was established to update the wall if any names were missed, or if the situation occurs, during future actions.

The Memorial Wall project culminated in the dedication ceremony held in memorial Park on October 31, 2004. The total cost of the Memorial Wall was $62,000.00. There were 624 names originally inscribed on the 42 foot long 6 foot high Black African Granite panels of the Memory Wall with etched pictures drawn by the artist David Craig. Dominion Command of the Royal Canadian Legion granted their permission on August 24, 2004 to use the Poppy Trademark. Ellero Marble and Granite Mfg. Ltd helped design, manufacture and install this world class Memorial. Three more names were added to the Wall on June 17, 2009 during a re-dedication ceremony.

City
Sudbury
Country
Type Description
Black granite wall (panels)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
8129
City/Municipality
Sudbury
Memorial Number
35084-010
Type
Address
1553 Weller Street
Location
Needs further research
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.4885687, -80.9487033
Inscription

needs further research/recherche incomplète

Province
Body Content

This memorial is dedicated the those who fought in the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and Peacekeepers. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 76 and the Korean Veterans.

City
Sudbury
Country
Type Description
Stele (Granite)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4714
City/Municipality
Sudbury
Memorial Number
35084-009
Type
Address
379 Horobin Street
Location
Parklawn Cemetery
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.4841426, -81.0123329
Inscription

[front/devant]
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY
OF THE VETERANS
WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY

LEST WE FORGET

[back/arrière]
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY
OF THE VETERANS
WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY

LEST WE FORGET

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Parklawn Cemetery/Cimetière Parklawn
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to those who fought in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by a cemetery company in the 1950s. The memorial is concrete and with a pea gravel covering on the obelisk. In March 2021, two swords were stolen from the memorial.

City
Sudbury
Country
Type Description
Obelisk
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4709
City/Municipality
Sudbury
Memorial Number
35084-004
Type
Address
Lorne and Elm Streets
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.4931355, -81.0007495
Inscription

[front/devant]
THEY DIED THE
NOBLEST DEATH THAT
MAN MAY DIE
FIGHTING FOR GOD AND
RIGHT AND LIBERTY
AND SUCH A DEATH IS
IMMORTALITY

IN GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE OF
OUR
GLORIOUS
DEAD
"THEY BRACED THEIR BELTS ABOUT THEM
AND CROSSED IN SHIPS, THE SEA.
THEY FOUGHT, AND FOUND SIX FEET OF GROUND
AND DIED FOR YOU AND ME."

YPRES   1914 - 1918   MONS

[right side/côté droit]
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS
DROCOURT - OUEANT
CAMBRAI
VALENCIENNES

[left side/côté gauche]
ST. JULIEN
FESTUBERT
SOMME
VIMY
HILL 70

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Body Content

World War One Cenotaph constructed in 1928 in memory of those who gave their lives in the First World War. It is no longer used for Remembrance Day Services, but wreaths are placed there regularly by Legion members. This Cenotaph was unveiled and dedicated on August 20, 1928, by General A.H. Bell.

City
Sudbury
Country
Type Description
Stele
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4715
City/Municipality
Sudbury
Memorial Number
35084-003
Type
Address
Brady and Minto Streets
Location
Memorial Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.48985, -80.9923867
Inscription

[front/devant]
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
OUR VALIANT DEAD

WORLD WAR I
WORLD WAR II
KOREA

WE GIVING ALL GAINED ALL NEITHER LAMENT US
NOR PRAISE ONLY IN ALL THINGS RECALL
IT IS FEAR NOT DEATH THAT SLAYS

[back/arrière]
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
OUR VALIANT DEAD

WE GIVING ALL GAINED ALL NEITHER LAMENT US
NOR PRAISE ONLY IN ALL THINGS RECALL
IT IS FEAR NOT DEATH THAT SLAYS

[left side/côté gauche]
LE DON DE SOI FAIT TOUT
GAGNER NE NOUS PLEUREZ
NI LOUANGEZ SONGEZ
PLUTÔT QU'EN TOUTE CHOSE
LA CRAINTE RESTE
MAIS LA MORT PASSE

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Body Content

Memorial Park Cenotaph was constructed in 1957 in memory of the 575 citizens of Sudbury and area who paid the supreme sacrifice in the First and Second World Wars and Korea. The official unveiling and dedication took place November 10, 1957. The first wreaths were laid by the Honorable Randolph Pearkes Minister of National Defence, and Mrs. F.C. Lane, a Silver Cross Mother who lost two sons in World War II.

When plans were started for a new Cenotaph in Memorial Park, the area around the site was redesigned and landscaped as a project of the Sudbury Lions Club and the City of Sudbury. The Cenotaph was constructed by Branch 76, Royal Canadian Legion, at a cost of $16,000. It is made of granite, stands 19 feet tall, weighs 50 tons, and rests on a two-foot-thick, 18 feet square base. A poem composed by poet Laureate Rudyard Kipling for Branch 76, Royal Canadian Legion in 1928 is inscribed on the monument.

Remembrance Day ceremonies were held at this Cenotaph every year until 1985. Since then, services are held in the Sudbury Arena but wreaths are placed on the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day and throughout the year.

City
Sudbury
Country
Type Description
Stele - granite
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4716