Volunteer Monument

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Type

Other

The Volunteer Monument was originally erected by the citizens of Winnipeg in 1886 on the grounds of the Winnipeg City Hall. Designed by architect Samuel Hooper, it was unveiled on September 28, 1886, in memory of the 90th Winnipeg Battalion killed at the Battles of Fish Creek and Batoche during the North-West Rebellion. It was moved to this location in 1963 and rededicated on May 26, 1968, when members of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles were given the “Freedom of the City”. When the monument was moved, it was turned so that the rifleman is facing Batoche.

Inscription

[west side/côté ouest]

ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF WINNIPEG
1886
IN MEMORIAM
FISH CREEK
BATOCHE

[north side/côté nord]

SWINFORD
CODE
ENNIS
FERGUSSON
FRAZER
HUTCHINGSON
HARDISTY
WHEELER
WATSON

[east side/côté est]

TO COMMEMORATE ITS INSTALLATION AT THE MANITOBA CENTENNIAL CENTRE, THIS VOLUNTEER MONUMENT WAS RE-DEDICATED BY COLONEL THE HONOURABLE DUFF ROBLIN, R.C., ON THE OCCASION OF THE GRANTING OF "THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY" TO THE ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES (LITTLE BLACK DEVILS) BY HIS WORSHIP, MAYOR STEVEN JUBA
MAY 26, 1968

[south side/côté sud]

IN HONOUR OF ALL WHO HAVE SERVED WITH THE ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES THIS VOLUNTEER MONUMENT IS RE-DEDICATED
FIRST ERECTED IN 1886 ON THE CITY HALL GROUNDS BY THE CITIZENS OF WINNIPEG
THE MONUMENT WAS MOVED TO THIS SITE IN 1963
UNVEILED 10 NOVEMBER, 1963 IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HONOURABLE DERRICK F. WILLIS, Q.C., LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF MANITOBA BY HIS WORSHIP MAYOR STEPHEN JUBA ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF WINNIPEG