Remembering

War Memorial Children's Hospital

The War Memorial Children's Hospital of London, Ontario, opened in 1921, issued a report and plea for donations each year.

War Memorial, Dundas, Ontario

The monument in Dundas honoured the dead of the South African War as well as the First World War, and featured a soldier figure by sculptor Hamilton MacCarthy.

Vimy Pilgrims in London

This memorial service, at the Cenotaph in London, was convened as part of the Vimy Pilgrimage of 1936.

The 240th Battalion re-forms

Survivors of the 240th Battalion, formed in 1916 in eastern Ontario, came together in Renfrew, Ontario, thirty-two years after the end of the First World War.

War memorial, Sudbury, Ontario

A memorial service at the cenotaph in Sudbury, Ontario, c1930.

Canadian Pacific Railway war memorial

The CPR erected three identical war memorials in its main stations in Montreal, Winnipeg, and Vancouver. A hand-written note on the back of this postcard reads "Folks who have lost put fresh flowers on in memory."

Colours of the 115th Battalion

The last act in the life of a military unit is the laying up of its colours, an honour that is done with great ceremony.

Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, war memorial

The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, unveiled its war memorial at this service in 1937.

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A Vimy Pilgrim writes home

In 1936, a Canadian veteran sent this postcard to a friend in Windsor, Ontario, to describe the unveiling of the memorial on the site of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

War memorial, Canning, Nova Scotia

The war memorial in Canning, Nova Scotia, c1930.