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This memorial is dedicated to those from Trinity Church who volunteered for active service. It was erected by Trinity Church.

This memorial is dedicated to those from Courtright Public School who volunteered for active service. It was erected by the Courtright Public School.

This memorial is dedicated to the Brigden War Service. It was erected by Brigden.

This memorial is dedicated to the members of the Courtright United Church who fought in the war. It was erected by the Courtright United Church.

This memorial is dedicated to P.O. William J. Glass and Pte. Donald L. Neal. It was erected by the community of Courtright.

This memorial is dedicated to the Pte. Frank Japp. It was erected by his relatives.

In April of 1921, the site for the cenotaph was chosen, on the west end of Victoria Park, near Christina Street. The construction of its foundation began that same month. The cenotaph has a large granite foundation which supports a huge rectangular granite block weighing several tons. The cenotaph had three bronze tablets. On one tablet were inscribed the names of sixty Sarnia men who paid the supreme sacrifice in the First World War. On two larger bronze tablets were the names of over 1,000 Sarnians who served with the Allied Forces during the war. The statue of a soldier that sits atop the current cenotaph was not part of the original cenotaph.

The planned unveiling of Dominion Day, July 1, 1921, was delayed when Sarnia Mayor George Crawford visited the Toronto plant of Wm. A. Rogers Company in June and learned that the bronze tablets would not be ready in time. Though the stone monument had been in position for some months, the unveiling was postponed until Labor Day, September of 1921, but again, the tablets were not yet completed. The Sarnia Cenotaph was erected by citizens of the City of Sarnia and officially unveiled by Mayor George Crawford on a cloudy, chilly Thanksgiving Day morning, November 7, 1921. The date of unveiling was inscribed as November 11, 1921, on the cenotaph. 

In July 1922, Mayor George Crawford secured a soldier statue for the top of the cenotaph. The bronze statue depicts a Canadian “Tommy”, a man in the full uniform worn by Canadian soldiers in the First World War. The statue was sculpted in 1921 by Mr. J.G. Tickle of Toronto. On November 11, 1922, the cenotaph was rededicated and on the east side a new bronze tablet was attached bearing the names of forty-two Sarnia men who had died in the Great War, but had been inadvertently omitted from the original tablets.

Before the end of the Second World War a memorial was discussed to acknowledge the returning soldiers and commemorate the fallen. For several reasons the plans were aborted. In April of 1950, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent visited Sarnia and was surprised there was no cenotaph dedicated to Second World War fallen soldiers. In October 1950, Mayor W.C. Nelson, Aldermen Paul Blundy and Iven Walker and representatives of local Veterans organizations (Canadian Corps Association, Canadian Legion and Sarnia Wing 403 Air Force Association) formed a committee to plan for some type of Sarnia Second World War memorial.

The new renovated Sarnia Cenotaph, which is the one that currently exists in what is now called Veterans Park, was re-dedicated on November 11, 1955, ten years after the conclusion of Second World War. The grey marble was enlarged with two wings, inscribed with the names of Sarnia’s fallen soldiers from the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. The four original bronze tablets were removed and located on the outside west wall of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 62 on Front Street.

In June of 2013, the Royal Canadian Legion Sarnia Branch 62, with financial assistance from the Federal Government, completed a restoration project on the cenotaph. In the spring of 2019, Tom Slater brought his Sarnia War Remembrance Project research to the Sarnia Historical Society. The Sarnia Historical Society, led by Ron Reale Smith, and the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 62 concluded that 26 names would be added to the Sarnia cenotaph (10 First World War, 10 Second World War, 3 Korean War, 2 Afghanistan and 1 In Service of Canada).

In the fall of 2019, the Sarnia Legion Branch 62 and Sarnia Historical Society completed a refurbishing of the plaques on the cenotaph, along with refinishing the plaques and monument in front of the Sarnia Legion. Carving the new names into the cenotaph stone was completed in November 2019 with the financial support of the Sarnia Legion Branch 62, the Sarnia Historical Society, the Imperial Sarnia Site and Bluewater Power. On November 11, 2019, as part of the Remembrance Day ceremony the 26 names were officially unveiled.

When the rifle from the Tommy statue's back was discovered missing it was sent to Georgetown, Ontario, for repairs in early 2021. The statue was removed from the cenotaph on June 28, 2021, to be shipped.

Located in Germain Park is Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial. Along with an RCAF memorial plaque, there is an F-86 MkV Sabre Golden Hawk fighter jet, serial number 23164. The plane was a surplus jet, one that had come to Sarnia when purchased by members of Sarnia’s air force association from a London, Ontario hanger in 1970. Originally it had been stored in a warehouse and was almost burned beyond repair in a fire in 1970, while in storage. It was restored in 1971 by the 403 Wing Sarnia RCAF. In September of 1973, the restored F-86 Golden Hawk was put up on the mount over the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial in Germain Park, as a memorial to honour the airmen who died in the Battle of Britain of World War II. In 1985, the Golden Hawk underwent a second on-site restoration.

The Germain Park jet is a Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mark 5, a variant of the North American F-86 Sabre, manufactured by Canadair Limited in Montreal. The first Canadair CL-13 Sabre flight took place in 1950. Production of the jet increased during the Korean War, and they were produced until 1958. They were used by the RCAF and also exported to several NATO allies. Canada did not send any fighter squadrons to Korea, but it did supply sixty F-86 Mk 2 Sabres to the United States Air Force. Canadian pilots were also sent there on “exchange” with the United States Air Force, where they flew in 1,036 sorties in Korea. For the United States Air Force, the F-86 was used very successfully as its primary air-to-air fighter jet against the Soviet-built MiG-15s. The F-86 was the RCAF’s principal fighter during the first decade of the Cold War, with 12 squadrons based in Europe and several stations in Canada. The Royal Canadian Air Force retired the F-86 Sabre from fighter operations in 1963.

The F-86 jet in Germain Park is painted in the metallic gold and red colours of the RCAF “Golden Hawks” aerobatics flying team. The “Golden Hawks” were a Canadian military aerobatic flying team established in 1959 to celebrate the R.C.A.F.’s 35th anniversary and the “Golden” 50th anniversary of Canadian flight. The initial six-plane team flew Mk V aircraft, later the Mk VI, and the team was very popular, doing many shows a year across North America. The Golden Hawks were the predecessors of the modern-day Canadian Forces “Snowbirds” aerobatics flying team. The Golden Hawks team continued in operation until February 1964.

In the fall of 2013, Sarnia’s Golden Hawk was removed from its Germain Park pedestal to undergo an extensive third restoration thanks to the efforts of a volunteer team of aeronautic enthusiasts, including the 403 Wing Sarnia RCAFA, the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA Flight 7) and members of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets 44 Sarnia Imperial Squadron. The volunteer team dedicated thousands of hours to restore the plane to its original state, and support and donations were received from individuals and businesses across the community. Sarnia’s Golden Hawk was remounted on its pedestal in Germain Park in December 2014. The Sarnia F-86 Golden Hawk Memorial was rededicated in May 2015 as part of a tribute in honour of all of the RCAF pilots and personnel who have served for this country, past and present, and also in honour of the Golden Hawks aerobatic team, including the pilots, crew chiefs, and ground personnel. The Sabre jet's most notable Golden Hawk pilot, F/L Jim McCombe and his flight crew--LAC Harnum and LAC Campbell—were honoured by having their names lettered beneath the canopy trim in the tradition of the Golden Hawks. Among those in attendance at the May 2015 rededication ceremony were; Lt. Col (Ret) Joseph “Fern” Villeneuve, the first leader of the Golden Hawks aerobatics team in 1959; Ferne and Karyn McCombe, the wife and daughter of F/L Jim McCombe; and Sarnia-born former Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who remembered being inspired to dream big as a child, after watching the Golden Hawks aerobatic team in action.

In 1902, a contingent of Veterans of the Boer War came to Sarnia, from Windsor, Ontario, with the express purpose of creating a monument to commemorate those men from Lambton County who had served in the Boer War. In January of 1902, at a meeting held in Sarnia, the South African Club, comprising Windsor men who saw service in the Boer War, opened subscription lists for funds for a memorial for their fallen comrades. Public collections would be supplemented by the proceeds from a number of concerts to be given, with the goal to raise $1500 for the purpose. It was suggested that the memorial would probably take the form of a public drinking fountain to be located near the post office.

The Boer War Memorial Fountain was erected in Victoria Park in 1908, having been made possible through donations by both citizens and school children of Lambton County over a six-year period. Around 1960, the memorial was damaged during the demolition of the original Sarnia Carneige Library. It was later repaired and in 1998, received heritage designation. The names of the men from Lambton County who served in the Boer War are engraved on the cap of the monument. Also engraved are the South African locations where they served. The Memorial lists sixteen men from Lambton County who participated in the South African War. Of the sixteen names on the memorial, only one man, Daniel Crone, died while serving.

In the spring of 1922, Governor General Lord Byng, who had commanded Canadian troops at the famous Battle of Vimy Ridge, unveiled this unique memorial in Point Edward. The memorial was erected by the citizens of Point Edward.