The Soldiers' Memorial was erected by residents and ex-residents of Pugwash and Poling district No. 7 to the memory of the brave boys who fell in the Great War.
At the end of the Victory Loan Campaign in 1919, the committee in charge of district No. 7 decided to use the fund for a memorial to those from the area who died in the Great War. In June 1919 a public meeting was held in the Presbyterian Church which was addressed by Colonel C.E. Bent and Colonel J.L. Ralston. It was unanimously decided to adopt the Victory Loan Committee's suggestion and that the committee be responsible for erecting the monument.
Contracts were awarded to David Sharp of the Colonial Granite Works at New Glasgow for the pedestal and to S.F. McCann & Sons Co. of Boston for the bronze statue. R.L. McDonald furnished the stones for the pipe posts on the fence free of charge. The memorial was unveiled by Private J.V. Clarke on July 1, 1922.
Additions were made to honour those who lost their lives in the Second World War.
