St. Paul's Anglican Church has more than 30 memorials from the First World War, including windows, chancel screens, tablets, panels and artifacts. Almost every person who was able to enlist served in the military by the time the war ended. Of the more than 500 men and dozens of female Nursing Sisters who served from St. Paul’s Church during the First World War, 76 died.
There is a memorial window for the 76 who served in the First World War and fell and for the 507 who served in the First World War and lived. The stained glass memorial windows are known as Window for the Fallen and Window for the Living. The windows were unveiled by Governor General Sir Julian Byng of Vimy on February 27, 1927 on the east wall of the nave. They were manufactured by John Hardman & Co. in Birmingham, England. The names and dates of death were printed in the order of service for the unveiling of the grand windows above the altar.
A year after unveiling the windows, Governor General Sir Julian Byng returned to St. Paul's to dedicate yet another window to the fallen. The window includes around 700 pieces of glass from 70 destroyed/damaged churches/buildings in the war zones of France, Belgium and Italy. The pieces were found among the ruins by Brig.-Gen. Charles Mitchell, who as a senior intelligence officer, was able to move around behind the lines.
In 1910, St. Paul’s became the regimental church for The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. Outside of St. Paul’s stands the Cross of Sacrifice, built after the First World War to commemorate members of Queen's Own Rifles who died in combat.
