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In 1924 St. Catharines formed a committee and began collecting funds for a war memorial through public donation. People entered St. Catharines by way of the Burgoyne Bridge, so the land adjacent to the bridge was chosen as home to Memorial Park and the cenotaph. The location was fitting since the Merritt House, also known as Oak Hill, was located nearby. It had previously been used as a Military Convalescent home for wounded First World War soldiers. 

McIntosh Marble and Granite Company of Toronto was hired to create the cenotaph. It is comprised of a large column constructed out of brick and granite, mounted atop a concrete plinth, set on terrace level steps. At the top, front of the column is the St. Catharines crest and on the reverse side is a maple leaf. A Crusader’s sword runs down the front of the column, symbolizing struggle and represents the cross of Christ. The sword is placed above discarded soldier’s equipment, which includes a canteen, pack and helmet, signifying items the soldier no longer needs and the end of a struggle.

A scroll-like ornamentation is at the base of the column. A furled flag and maple leaf grace each side of the cenotaph, and the symbols of the different units that fought in the Great War are found encircling the structure. On the bottom plinth are two carved crosses. Originally there was a large reflecting pool at terrace level in front of the cenotaph, but it was removed in late 1930. 

It was unveiled at a grand ceremony held on August 7, 1927, by Brigadier General W.B.M King, who commanded the 10^th Brigade of the third Canadian Field Artillery Battery during the struggle for St. Julien at the second battle of Ypres in 1915. Morning church services were held at 10 am instead of the usual 11 am and were followed by a Lincoln Regiment parade. The march began at the armories and ended at Memorial Park where the regiment (under command of Capt. Fred Collins) lined up as an honour guard for Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), who attended to perform the wreath laying ceremony. The Prince had been accompanied by a royal party which included: Prince George, British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, and the Right Honourable Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada.

Masses of people gathered, lining the streets and sidewalks. War Veterans and family members of fallen soldiers were given a special section to observe the ceremony. W.B.M. King, Commander of the St. Catharines unit first under fire in 1915, was given the honour of unveiling the cenotaph by pulling a cord to release the large Union Jack flag.

Inscriptions recognizing the Second World War, Korean War, Peacekeeping (2006) and the Merchant Navy were added later. In July 2009 a heritage conservator hired by the City of St. Catharines revealed that the St. Catharines Cenotaph was in need of significant restoration. In the fall of 2012, a team was hired to remove its top to review the interior condition. It was a solid core, concrete with very little wear, which meant what looked like slightly shifted granite blocks were in fact, intact. Those granite blocks have been slightly out of plumb since the original build of the cenotaph in the 1920s.

The masonry work required was completed in time for Remembrance Day Ceremonies in 2012. In 2013, the final repointing was done on the cenotaph stairs, as part of the accessibility work and the landscaping completed. The costs to repair the St. Catharines Cenotaph were significant, but community support assisted in offsetting the costs to taxpayers. 

These trees were planted on April 19, 2018, by the 10th Field Battery Association and dedicated to the men and women of St. Catharines that served in the military.

Veterans' Memorial Park honours those who died in both World Wars. A metal plaque dated 1920 is mounted on the front of the white granite stone. 

The Sir Sam Steele Memorial Building was originally a customs house and post office, built between 1892 and 1894. The architect of this neoclassical building was Thomas Fuller. In 1994, the building was named in honour of Major-General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, KCMG, CB, MVO (5 January 1849 – 30 January 1919), a distinguished Canadian soldier and police official. He was born in Purbrook, Ontario, the son of a retired Royal Navy Captain.

The Fenian raids of 1866 drew Sam into the militia. He served with the 35th (Simcoe) Battalion of Infantry. In Clarksburg, he raised and trained a company for the 31st (Grey) Battalion of Infantry. In 1870, Steele volunteered for an expedition to maintain order at Red River, Manitoba. On May 1, 1870, he joined the 1st (Ontario) Battalion of Rifles at Barrie where he chose to serve as a private even though he was offered non-commissioned rank. Shortly after the expedition had settled, he was promoted corporal.

Steele was assigned to Toronto to reorganize the battery there. After a year he was posted back to Kingston as an instructor for the artillery school of the Canadian Permanent Force. He served with the North-West Mounted Police from 1873 until enlisting in the South African War. During the Klondike Gold Rush, Steele was sent north to police the mountain passes connecting the Alaskan seacoast and the Canadian gold fields. His exploits in the Klondike are legendary.

In January 1900, he was offered command of the Lord Strathcona's Horse. in January 1901, he earned a divisional command in the South African Constabulary. After the war, he remained in South Africa to command the Transvaal Section of the South African Mounted Constabulary.

After the war he spent eight months in England as Adjutant to Baden-Powell, then returned with his family to Canada, where in 1907 he was appointed commanding officer of Military District No.13 (Alberta and the District of Mackenzie). In 1910, he was transferred to command the Military District No. 10 in Winnipeg. He worked there until enlisting in the First World War at the age of 66. In 1914, he became Inspector General for Western Canada, responsible for the training of western troops for the Second Contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He commanded the 2nd Canadian Division and accompanied it to England, but did not go to the front. He remained as commander of the Shorncliffe Area and retired on July 15, 1918.

The Brechin cenotaph honours those who served and those who died during the First and Second World Wars.  It was dedicated by the Township of Mara, before they combined with Rama Township.

These scrolls are a tribute to the members of St. James Anglican Church who volunteered for service during the Second World War.

In April 1907, John Dunn sold his large home facing Dunedine Street for $3,750 to be used as a hospital for Orillia. The site was two-and-a-quarter acres and accommodated an old brick-clad dwelling with 10 rooms. After a nine-month long renovation the Orillia General Hospital officially opened on May 28, 1908 with approximately 25 beds.

By 1916, Charles Harold Hale, publisher of the Packet and Times, became concerned with the number of soldiers returning from the war with severe health problems. Hale recommended that a hospital should be Orillia's unique war memorial, and that this hospital provide free medical care to soldiers and war Veterans form Orillia for as long as they lived. The leading doctors in the town, Arthur Ardagh and A.R. Harvie, agreed with the idea and convinced the other doctors with hospital privileges to provide free medical treatment to war veterans in gratitude and remembrance of their war service.

On November 26, 1921, the name of the hospital was changed to Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital and the new building was completed in 1922 with a capacity of 70 beds. At this time, the original hospital became the Queen Mary Maternity Wing.

In 1966, a cenotaph was erected in front of the hospital and now serves as the location for Orillia's annual Remembrance Day ceremonies. The hospital is also home to a commemorative listing of those from Orillia who died in the First and Second World War.

The Memorial Park Cenotaph was erected by The Women's Institute of Penetanguishene in 1949 at the intersection of Poyntz and Main Streets, honouring soldiers from Penetanguishene who lost their lives in the First World War (1914 - 1918), Second World War (1939 - 1945) and the Korean War (1950 - 1953).

This plaque is dedicated to Captain John Moberly, R.N. It was erected in 1960.

This scroll was done by A.J. Casson, the artist with the Group of Seven. This scroll lists the names of men and women from Medonte and part of Tay who enlisted for active service during the Second World War. The list was prepared by the Medonte Red Cross Society while the war was still in progress and was hung at the Community Hall at Moonstone.