The Winnipeg Grenadiers Cross was erected at Vimy Ridge (France) in 1921 by surviving members of The Winnipeg Grenadiers as a memorial to comrades who fell in the famous battle. The cross was made of oak from Carency, France and stood on a base made from wooden shell cases. For two years it stood on Vimy Ridge beside a crater where Sergeant St G.O. Lloyd blew up an enemy mine on February 19, 1917, sacrificing his life and causing heavy losses on the enemy.
The cross was brought back to Winnipeg in 1923 to The Parish Church of St. Luke where it was erected outside the west doors in the driveway. It was dedicated there to the 78th Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers. In 1957, the cross was restored by parishioner Walter Monson and moved in the nave and later into the narthex.
