Memorials
On 11 August 1989, Right Honourable Countess Mountbatten of Burma, the Colonel-in-Chief of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry dedicated a memorial consisting of a granite base, metal bowl and two metal plaques to the memory of the war dead of the founding regiments of the museum: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians); King's Own Calgary Regiment; Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and The Calgary Highlanders.
A Brass Plaque memorial, erected by the Manitoba Association of the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), is dedicated to the members of the regiment killed since 1900. A certificate lists the officers killed during the Second World War while serving with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians).
A brass plaque, erected by local Jewish servicemen, is dedicated to the memory of local Jewish war dead of the First and Second World Wars.
The Canadian Peacekeepers Roll of Honour at the Museum of the Regiments's Southern Alberta Gallery lists the names of Canadians killed on peacekeeping duty from 1939 to 1993
The Naval Museum of Alberta Society and the Calgary naval community erected a memorial dedicated to all Royal Canadian Navy sailors who served, and particularly to those who died, during the Korean War. The memorial was officially unveiled on 25 June 2000 by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta and the Chief of the Maritime Staff.
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