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War Memorial Project Inventory Wpg Part 2 SEVEN OAKS MEMORIAL WINNIPEG Main Street Commemorating the Battle of Seven Oaks, 1816, a STONE PILLAR. Inscription ERECTED IN 1891 BY THE MANITOBA HISTORICAL SOCIETY THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF THE COUNTESS OF SELKIRK ON THE SITE OF SEVEN OAKS WHERE FELL GOVERNOR ROBERT SEMPLE AND TWENTY OF HIS OFFICERS AND MEN JUNE 19, 1816 323 324 SHAAREY ZEDEK CEMETERY WINNIPEG Armstrong Avenue at Main Street. Kildonan Park UPRIGHT STONE with two flagpoles, located in a separate area of the cemetery. Inscriptions TO THE HALLOWED MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES WHO OFFERED THE SACRIFICE SUPREME WORLD WAR I (8 Names) WORLD WAR II (68 Names) THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH I WILL FEAR NO EVIL FOR THOU ART WITH ME ERECTED BY GENERAL MONASH BRANCH NO CANADIAN LEGION B.E.S.L. 325 326 ST. AUGUSTINE UNITED CHURCH WINNIPEG River Avenue MEMORIAL STONE in front of the Church. Inscription TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE OF THIS CHURCH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR (2 columns of Names) 327 328 ST. BONIFACE - BELGIAN VETERANS MONUMENT WINNIPEG Provencher and Des Meurons STATUE of SOLDIER standing over a fallen comrade. Inscriptions. (Side) BELGIE (Side) BELGIQUE 1914 - 1918 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945 1950 - 1953 HISTORICAL WAR MEMORIAL RESTORED SEPTEMBER 17TH 1995 BELGIAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION UNVEILED OCT. 1ST 1938 RESTORATION FUND DONORS MANITOBA HERITAGE COUNCIL RIEL COMMUNITY BELGIAN CREDIT UNION THE THOMAS SILL FOUNDATION INC. ANONYMOUS DONORS BELGIAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION BRANCH 107 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION 329 (Photo Courtesy Manitoba Historical Society) 330 ST. BONIFACE CATHEDRAL WINNIPEG Rue De La Cathedral and Tache Boulevard STATUE of a SOLDIER, with mounted PLAQUES. Inscription: AUX FRANCAIS DE L'OUEST MORTS POUR LEUR PATRIE 1914 - 1918 (180 Names) 331 (Photo Courtesy Manitoba Historical Society) 332 ST. BONIFACE CORONATION PARK WINNIPEG Bounded by St. Mary's Road, Tache Avenue, Eugenie Street OBELISK within landscaped park. Inscriptions (back to back) IN HONOUR OF EN HONNEUR DE THOSE WHO SERVED AND TOUT LES COMBATTANTS TO THE MEMORY OF ET A LA MEMOIRE DE 1914 THOSE WHO GAVE ALL 1918 CEAUX QUI FIRENT THAT WE MAY LIVE LA SUPREME SACRIFICE 1939 IN FREEDOM 1945 A FIN QUE AND IN PEACE NOUS PUISSIONS JOUIR 1914 DE LA LIBERTE 1918 KOREA ET VIVRE EN PAIE 1950 - 1953 1939 1945 333 334 ST. PHILIP’S ANGLICAN CHURCH WINNIPEG Southeast Corner of Tache Avenue and Eugenie Street OBELISK beside the church. Inscription (on small carved shield) In Sacred Memory THE BOYS OF ST. PHILIP’S CHURCH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 16 names 335 336 ST. JAMES ARMY NAVY AND AIR FORCE VETERANS WINNIPEG Portage Avenue, Opposite Unicity Mall MARBLE STONES shaped to form a CROSS, in flower bed, with three flagpoles. Inscription THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO OUR FALLEN COMRADES OF TWO WORLD WARS 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945 THE KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953 THE GULF WAR 1991 AND THOSE WHO HAVE SINCE PASSED ON THERE IS NO WEALTH ONLY LIFE THESE COMRADES GAVE EVERYTHING 337 338 ST. JAMES BRUCE PARK WINNIPEG Portage Avenue Tall COLUMN, central feature of PARK, with swords engraved on two faces. Inscriptions: 1914 1918 THEIR NAMES LIVE ON FOR EVER 1939 - 1945 1950 - 1953 ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF STREET JAMES WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR Plaque THIS MEMORIAL IS A TRUE REPLICA OF THE CENOTAPH ERECTED ON THIS SITE AND DONATED TO THE CITY OF STREET JAMES JUNE 30TH 1936 BY THE STREET JAMES MEMORIAL COMMITTEE. DUE TO THE EXEMPLARY WORKMANSHIP IT SERVED THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY THE NEW CENOTAPH WAS BUILT WITH FUNDING FROM THE STREET JAMES BRANCH #4 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF WINNIPEG STREET JAMES ASSINIBOIA PARKS AND RECREATION BRANCH Plaque This Cenotaph was built and erected in 1990. It was dedicated on Sept. 30th 1990 to the memory of Those who died in World War I, II, and Korea. 339 (Photo Courtesy Manitoba Historical Society) 340 ST. JOHN'S PARK WINNIPEG Main Street and Mountain Avenue UPRIGHT STONE Inscription. IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THE MEN OF THE GENERAL SIR SAM STEELE LEGION BRANCH NO. 117 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN TWO WORLD WARS AND IN EVERLASTING GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO DARING TO DIE, SURVIVED. 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945 341 342 ST. VITAL WINNIPEG At Guay Park, St. Mary's Road UPRIGHT STONE with flagpole in park located on bank of Red River, looking towards downtown Winnipeg. Inscription. DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF STREET VITAL WHO BY THEIR NOBLE DEEDS AND SACRIFICES HELPED TO PRSERVE OUR COUNTRY'S FREEDOM WHO MORE THAN SELF THEIR COUNTRY LOVED AND MERCY MORE THAN LIFE 1914 1939 1918 LEST WE FORGET 1945 1950 KOREA 1953 343 (Photo Courtesy Manitoba Historical Society) 344 TRANSCONA PARK CIRCLE WINNIPEG Wabasha Street and Ravelston Avenue UPRIGHT COLUMN with flagpole in park. Inscriptions Both Sides IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE (Names) GIVE PEACE IN OUR TIME O LORD 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945 KOREA (61 Names) (31 Names) 1950 - 1953 345 346 UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE WINNIPEG University Crescent and Chancellor Matheson Rd. UPRIGHT STONE right in the intersection marks the AVENUE OF ELMS. Inscriptions. MANITOBA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOR FARM AND HOME IN FAITH AND GRATITUDE THIS AVENUE OF ELMS IS DEDICATED AS A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE MEN FROM M.A.C. WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. 1914 - 1918 NOTHING IS HERE FOR TEARS, NOTHING TO WAIL -- -- -- -- NOTHING BUT WELL AS FAIR AND WHAT MAY QUIET US IN A DEATH SO NOBLE 347 348 ST. JAMES LEGION WINNIPEG 1755 Portage Avenue Two UPRIGHT STONES and flagpoles Inscription: ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED WE WILL REMEMBER THEM 349 UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WINNIPEG Inside the University Administration Building, two MEMORIAL PLAQUES with names. On the Plaza Roof of the University Centre, above the west entrance, a STONE PILLAR, with CROSS, inscription faded. 350 UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA ENGINEERING BUILDING WINNIPEG Engineering Department, Macdonald Wing, has two PLAQUES inscribed: TO THE HONOUR AND MEMORY OF THE ENGINEERING GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA WHO GALLANTLY GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 (3 Names on one plaque and 17 Names on the other) AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. HOW CAN A MAN DIE BETTER THAN FACING FEARFUL ODDS FOR THE ASHES OF HIS FATHERS AND THE TEMPLES OF HIS GODS? ERECTED BY THE ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA 351 352 UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA MEDICAL COLLGE WINNIPEG Medical College, Bannatyne Avenue, a PLAQUE at the entrance: Inscription: IN ENDURING REMEMBRANCE OF THE GRADUATES AND STUDENTS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN WARS OF THE EMPIRE, THEIR NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED BY THE MANITOBA MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 1885 NORTH WEST REBELLION (1 Name) 1900 SOUTH AFRICAN WAR (1 Name) 1914 - 1918 (7 Names) TO YOU FROM FALLING HANDS WE THROW THE TORCH. BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH. (Detailed information on the University Memorials in Alumni Journal, Autumn 1994, Vol 54 #4) 353 354 VALOUR ROAD (1) WINNIPEG Just north of Portage Avenue on Valour Road, a PLAQUE mounted on street lamp. Inscription THIS STREET HAS BEEN RENAMED TO PERPETUATE THE CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY OF THREE MEN WHO WON’ THE VICTORIA CROSS IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1919. THEY LIVED IN ONE BLOCK IN THIS STREET WHEN THEY ENLISTED IN THE\ CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. C.S.M. FREDERICK WILLIAM HALL, V.C 8TH BATTALION (W.R.) I./SGT. LEO CLARKE, V.C. 2ND BATTALION BOTH KILLED IN ACTION AND CAPT.ROBERT SHANKLAND, V.C. 43RD BATTALION (C.H. OF C.) ERECTED BY THE WOMEN’S CANADIAN CLUB OF WINNIPEG 1925 355 356 VALOUR ROAD (2) WINNIPEG SCULPTURAL FIGURES, PLAQUES, METAL BANNERS and SMALL PARK On PLAQUE describing the Victoria Cross. Three PLAQUES for each of the Valour Road Victoria Cross winners: C.S.M. FREDERICK WILLIAM HALL, V.C I./SGT. LEO CLARKE, V.C. AND CAPT.ROBERT SHANKLAND, V.C. 357 358 VIMY RIDGE MEMORIAL PARK (1) WINNIPEG Portage Avenue STONE TABLET, with CROSS on top, PLAQUES ON EACH FACE. Inscriptions: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 44TH CANADIAN INFANTRY WHO FELL IN THE ATTACK ON VIMY RIDGE THE TRIANGLE AND LA-COULOTTE APRIL, MAY AND JUNE 1917 (Some 300 Names on this Monument) THIS MONUMENT WAS DESIGNED AND ERECTED ON VIMY RIDGE IN THE YEAR 1917 BY THE OFFICERS NCOS AND MEN OF THE 44TH BATTALION C.E.F. THE ORIGINAL SITE HAVING BEEN SELECTED FOR THE DOMINION NATIONAL CROSS OF SACRIFICE THIS MEMORIAL WAS REMOVED FROM FRANCE IN 1924 AND RE ERECTED HERE BY THE MEMBERS OF THE 44TH BATTALION ASSOCIATION AND THE NEXT OF KIN JUNE 1926. THIS MEMORIAL RESTORED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY OF WINNIPEG 359 360 VIMY RIDGE MEMORIAL PARK (2) WINNIPEG Portage Avenue Elsewhere in Vimy Ridge Park, a MARBLE STONE MONUMENT: CANADA ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES LITTLE BLACK DEVILS THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE TO THE MEMORY OF THE 529 MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION, DIED OF WOUNDS OR DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE DURING THE 1939 - 1945 WAR (There follows a list of battles) On another face of the monument: CANADA TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES WHO WERE MURDERED WHILE PRISONERS OF WAR AT LE CHATEAU D. AUDRIEU NEAR MESNIL PATRY AND AT LE HAUT DU BOSQ, FRANCE ON 8, 9 AND 11 JUNE 1944 ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES LITTLE BLACK DEVILS (2 Columns of names) ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES ASSOCIATION 6 JUNE 1992 361 362 MEMORIALS REPORTED INSIDE BUILDINGS WINNIPEG EATONS downtown.
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