Memorials

The oldest is the Ridgeway tablet in the Memorial United Church, Ridgeway, Ontario. Ridgeway is also commemorated in a stained glass window in University College, a tablet in the Provincial Parliament buildings, the Canadian Volunteers Monument in Queen’s Park (west side of Queen’s Park Crescent) and a cairn at Ridgeway.

The North-West Rebellion, 1885, is remembered by the North-West Rebellion Monument in Queen’s Park (east side of Queen’s park Crescent), the Battleford Column tablet in Moss Park Armoury and a cairn at Battleford, Saskatchewan

The South African War occasioned the most graceful memorial of all. It is on University Avenue and there is also a tablet in Denison Armoury.

The First World War is commemorated by the Cross of Sacrifice and the Shrine containing the Book of Remembrance at our Regimental Church, St Paul’s Anglican Church. In addition, a tablet is mounted at Moss Park Armoury. The QOR fallen are also remembered in The Buffs Memorial window, Warrior’s Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England.

A plaque was erected to the fallen in the Second World War at the site of the D-Day landing, Bernieres-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. A tablet was also placed of a farm building at Mooshof, Germany, where Sergeant Aubrey Cosens, VC, won his decoration.

There are also significant memorials at Le Mesnil-Patry, Anguerny, Anisy (France) and Wons, Rha, Sneek, Doorn, Oostburg, Zutphen (Holland). Other lesser memorials also exist.