New Brunswick

This memorial is dedicated to the local veterans.

Erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 11, this memorial is dedicated to all veterans.

The New Brunswick Naval Memorial was unveiled on 24 June 2022 and commemorates the long and storied history of New Brunswick’s significant role in the naval and maritime heritage of Canada. It provides a constant reminder of all those who lost their lives while serving their country at sea in the cause of peace. The memorial was erected by HMCS Brunswicker and the New Brunswick Royal United Services Institute.

The main monument resting on Plaza Maris recalls the bow of HMCS Saint John adorned with anchors. The imprint of waves in the pavement indicates the “waves over wave” that are their “crosses row upon row.” Embedded in the pavement, port side and aft of the monument, is the shadow of a Canso aircraft, such as those which flew escort over the convoys. At starboard, is a silhouette of a Cyclone helicopter, mindful of the loss of this aircraft o the Saint John-built frigate, HMCS Fredericton.

Stone benches shaped in the format of nautical bollards have been installed around the site. A nautical staff flag pole crowns the site.

This plaque was dedicated by Saint John employees of the New Brunswick Telephone Company Limited in honour of their comrades who served in the Second World War. It is not known where the plaque is located now.

This plaque was dedicated by Saint John employees of the New Brunswick Telephone Company in honour of their comrades who gave their lives in the First World War and those who served. It is not known where the plaque is located now.

Stairway to Service was unveiled on June 3, 2022. It features a set of 13 granite steps and a walkway which memorializes those who performed military service for Saint John and Canada. When the Royal Canadian Legion Jervis Bay Memorial Branch No. No. 53 had to put a new set of stairs in the park, Harold Wright, Legion president, came up with the idea to make the stairs a monument.

More than 200 names of people who served from the First World War to the present are featured, with room for 200 more names. Engraved on the top of the stairway are boots and shoes prints of two Saint John Veterans who served during the Second World War: the late George O. Kelley, who died in December at age 103, and Glennis (Boyle) Boyce. One side of the steps has outlines of boot prints going down, representing those going off to military service. The other side of the steps has outlines of boot prints going up, representing those returning home from military service. Three of the steps have hand prints of children engraved in the center to represent families waiting for their loved ones to return from service.

Royal Canadian Air Force Plaque

HMCS Niobe, an aging British cruiser, was one of the first two ships purchased for the Royal Canadian Navy in 1910. Its weapons were removed when it was decommissioned in 1915 and its 6-inch guns were used to form a battery on Partridge Island in defence of the Saint John's harbour during the Second World War. One of these guns, a 6-inch H.E.D.C. Mark II with the serial number 749 (1898) is on display at the entrance to HMCS Brunswicker.

Nursing Sister Agnes Louise Warner served during the First World War in support of the French Army in France from August 1914 to January 1917. She received the Medaille D’Honneur in bronze, Medaille des Epidemies – L’Insigne Special en Or, and the Croix de Guerre. Agnes died on 23 April 1923 in Saint John and is buried in Fernhill Cemetery.

The front pew on the left side of St. John’s (Stone) Church has a plaque to indicate that it is the Garrison Officers’ Pew. It was named a Garrison Church in 1824, when the Lieutenant-Governor donated £600 to help defray the cost of building. The church is still used by the military to this day for special church services.