This memorial was erected in 1927 by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40 and dedicated to the local war dead of the First World War. A bronze plaque bearing the names of the local war dead of the Second World War was added to the west face after the war.
Francis Henry Portnall designed the Shaunavon War Memorial in 1926. Portnall held the post of President of the Saskatchewan Assoc. of Architects in 1928-29, and was nominated as a Fellow of the R.A.I.C. in 1945.