Newfoundland & Labrador

This memorial was erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 21 in memory of the local men and women who served during the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. The first War Memorial in Twillingate was the original Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital. Movement for construction of the hospital began at a public meeting held at the Court House in Twillingate in 1918 as the First World War was coming to an end. Many men from Notre Dame Bay had lost their lives in the war and, besides fulfilling the great need for medical facilities; the hospital would also serve as a memorial to those gallant young men. Construction got under way in June, 1921, on the south side of Twillingate Harbour and the hospital was officially opened by Governor W.L Allardyce on September 20, 1924. Over the next 52 years, the hospital served thousands of people, not only from the immediate area, but also from other areas of Newfoundland. In 1976, it was replaced by an ultra-modern facility which is also known as the Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital. After the old hospital was dismantled in 1981, Twillingate Branch 21 of the Royal Canadian Legion spearheaded a drive to have a War Memorial erected on the same site. This drive received wide-spread community support, the new memorial became a reality, and was unveiled on Memorial Day, July 1, 1985, by the late Comrade Edgar Dove, a veteran of the First World War and Comrade Alfred Jenkins, a veteran of the Second World War. Branch 21 has recently been instrumental in having the cornerstone from the old hospital set up on the new War Memorial site adjacent to the Memorial, and in having a plaque from the old hospital, placed in one of the wards at the new hospital which designated ward 9 as the Veteran's ward. Hung in the waiting room of the old hospital, was a framed list of names. It now hangs in the lobby of the new hospital, and contains 203 names.

The Lewisporte War Memorial was constructed in memory of the soldiers who have protected our country during the First and Second World Wars. This memorial was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 31. Each year on November 11th, the Town of Lewisporte and the local Legion Association hold a Memorial Service.

Dedicated to the members of the 107th Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, who served at Hann's Point during the Second World War, this memorial was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion. The Hann's Point Memorial was constructed in June 1996. Hann's Point was the location of a look-out that soldiers used who were stationed in Lewisporte during the Second World War. It served to protect Lewisporte and the oil storage tanks that serviced the military operating out of Gander. On June 25, 1942, an accidental explosion at the site killed five soldiers and injured 35 more.

The memorial is within the Gander War Cemetry which contains 100 burials. Most of the airmen buried in Gander Cemetery were killed in aircraft which crashed in this area during the Second World War.

On December 29, 1942, citizens of Grand Bank gathered in Frazer Hall to consider a memorial to those who paid the supreme sacrifice in the First World War and those who were destined to do so before the end of the Second World War. After several meetings the group went public with the proposal that a library would be a fitting tribute. By February 1943, the committee had a location, two rooms in the Western Marine Insurance Building on Water Street. The temporary library opened on May 5, 1943.

The library remained in a temporary site until 1950 when a new building opened on January 25, 1950. Grand Bank Memorial Library was officially opened on November 11 commemorating the end of the First World War. G & A Buffett donated the land next to the War Memorial for the library.

In time, a bronze plaque honoring the 14 airmen, soldiers, and seamen who died in World Wars was placed in the main floor of the library.

The Codroy Valley War Memorial honours those who served and especially the fallen of the First and Second World Wars, Korean War and Afghanistan. The memorial was erected on March 28, 2016. Codroy Valley is a collection of 15 communities in western Newfoundland.

On November 11, 2017 residents from the southwest coast gathered to see the official dedication of its first war memorial. The ceremony included a parade, with members of two local cadet corps, Legion Branch 11 members, Girl Guides of Canada, Canadian Rangers, Fish and Wildlife officers, RCMP and Knights of Columbus marching to St. Ann's Church in Upper Ferry.

Volunteers in the community set up an adhoc committee under the Codroy Valley Area Development Association and fundraised to see the memorial put in place.

The monument was originally installed in 1919 by members of the Loyal Orange Lodge, in memory of three World War I soldiers from the area. Winston Dominie, who noticed the chalice was missing in 2015, applied for funds to restore the monument through the Canadian monument restoration fund. Dominie worked with the Legion, local residents and ministers, to plan a rededication service that saw the addition of 44 more names to the monument. Cpl. Shawn Hatcher, who is the last known soldier recorded having died, and his name will be added to the monument. The rededication ceremony took place on Aug. 7, 2016 at 3 p.m., part of it inside the church and part of it outside for the unveiling. The details included a parade, invites to dignitaries, readings and the laying of a wreath.

The Echoes of Valour memorial, erected in 1992 by world renowned sculptor Luben Boykov, stands as a tribute to the victims of the devastating mining disease, the sailors who tragically died in the USS Truxtun and USS Pollux disaster on February 18, 1942, at Chamber Cove and Lawn Point, and a memorial of remembrance to the valiant men who fought and died for our freedom during the World Wars. A War and Workers Cenotaph approved by the Government of Newfoundland & Labrador as a Workers Monument.

On February 18, 1942, two United States Navy ships, the USS Truxtun and the USS Pollux, heading to the United States Naval Base in Argentia, Newfoundland, were caught in a violent Atlantic storm and shipwrecked off the coastline of southern Newfoundland at Chambers Cove and Lawn Point. Prospects were dim for the sailors until one sailor from the USS Truxtun managed to reach Iron Spring Mine, St. Lawrence. The miners rushed to the scene risking their lives on ice-covered cliffs and in the raging sea, and managed to save 186 of the sailors. Despite the courageous and heroic acts displayed by these men, 203 American sailors lost their lives.

Fluorspar was first discovered on the west side of St. Lawrence Harbour in 1843. Commercial mining began in 1928, with the first ore being extracted in 1933. The shafts at Iron Springs Mine eventually reached 970 feet. It was down in the shafts that radiation first began to take its toll on the miners. The miners were also subjected to constant dust which filled their lungs and, along with the lack of oxygen in the shafts, caused them great difficulty in breathing. Many of the miners got sick with tuberculosis and more with lung cancer. By the 1950s, when the issue was brought to the attention of the Department of Health, it was too late for the hundreds of miners who had been exposed for so long to the deadly radon gas.

This memorial, a copy of the nearby First World War memorial, is dedicated to the local war dead of the Second World War.

The Harbour Breton War Memorial was constructed in June 1999 in memory of the veterans of the First and Second World Wars. The memorial will be moved from its temporary location in the spring of 2000 and the upkeep and maintenance will be the responsibility of the local Lions Club.