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This brass plaque at Dominion-Chalmers United Church is dedicated to the memory of Alexis Hannum Helmer, whose death was the inspiration for John McCrae’s poem, “In Flanders Fields”. It was erected by the parishioners of Dominion Methodist Church (now Dominion-Chalmers United Church), sometime after the First World War.

This bronze plaque was erected by Werner Dietz, the Mayor of Lahr, Germany, on May 6, 1994. It is dedicated to the Canadian Forces for the contribution to Peace, Security, and harmonious relations between Canadian and German populations of Lahr/Schwarzenwald during their presence from 1967 to 1994.

The plaque is located in the main concourse of the Pearkes Building. It is engraved in German and features the Lahr’s coat of arms. There is an additional plaque providing translation in English and French.

This metal plaque commemorates the construction of the Rideau Canal under the supervision of the Royal Engineers. The construction of the 200 km-long Rideau Canal (1826 – 1832) was a preventive military measure undertaken after a report that during the War of 1812 the United States had intended to invade Upper Canada via the St. Lawrence River.

The initial purpose of the Rideau Canal was military, as it was intended to provide a secure supply and communications route between Montreal and the British Naval Base in Kingston. Westward from Montreal, travel would proceed along the Ottawa River to Ottawa, then southwest via the canal to Kingston, and out into Lake Ontario. The objective was to bypass the stretch of the St. Lawrence bordering New York; a route which would have left supply ships vulnerable to an attack or a blockade of the St. Lawrence. The plaque was erected by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada & Parks Canada in 2014.

Colonel By Valley, also known as Entrance Valley, is named in honour of Lieutenant-Colonel John By, Royal Engineers and is located at the first eight locks of the Rideau Canal. The valley was named on August 18, 1976 by the Government of Ontario.

John By was born in Lambeth (London) England in 1779 and graduated from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in 1799. He joined the Royal Engineers on December 20 of the same year and in 1802 was posted to Canada for the first time, where he worked on the fortification of Quebec City and on the construction of a canal at Iles aux Cascades. During the Napoleonic wars he returned to Europe, where he served in Spain under the Duke of Wellington from 1811 until 1815. In 1826, he returned to Canada to supervise the construction of the Rideau Canal. His first task was the construction of a town to house the men who were to work on the canal. The resulting settlement, called Bytown, would later be named Ottawa. The 200 km canal was completed in 6 years, and was acclaimed as an engineering triumph. However, Colonel By was recalled to London to face accusations that he had made a number of unauthorized expenditures. The charges were spurious and a parliamentary committee exonerated him. He died in 1836 and is buried in the village of Frant in East Sussex, southeast of England.

This memorial, erected by the Glebe Collegiate Institute, consists of two bronze plaques and is dedicated to former members of Glebe Collegiate Institute who lost their lives in the Second World War.

In 1950, a year after the Carlington Reservoir officially opened, a sundial was placed on a circle of flagstones in the center of the reservoir and two bronze plaques were attached to the hexagonal base. The City had intended to create a park with symmetrical pathways on top of the reservoir. The renaming of Carlington Heights as Memorial Heights in tribute to Second World War Veterans never stuck.

At some point, the memorial was moved to the north-west side of the Richmond Road-Roosevelt Avenue intersection. Its remains were found in 1952 in a city owned yard. The city rebuilt the monument at Carlington Heights with the remnants of the old memorial and replaced the commemorative plaque which had disappeared.

By 1984, vandalism took its toll on the memorial, so Charley Timms and a dozen other members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 480 looked into relocating the memorial. Regional Council gave permission for the vandalized monument on Carlington Heights to be dismantled and the plaque was moved to the Branch 480 building.

This statuette was sculpted by Colonel (Retired) André D. Gauthier OMM, CD. It was presented to the Artillery Section by LCol NH Connolly, Maj HP Mundell, Maj MD Capstick and CWO (Mr Gnr) CM Bowden in July 1985.

It is stored on the 2nd floor of the Army Officers Mess in Ottawa. The statuette is dedicated to the Ottawa Gunners.

The Luftwaffe Sword and hilt is contained in a glass case located in Observation Post de Hart (Op de Hart) on the 2nd floor of the Officers Mess in Ottawa. The sword and case were presented to the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery at the Air O.P. Pilots Reunion Dinner in Ottawa on October 19, 1991.

The Luftwaffe Sword was "Liberated" from Wangerooge, Frisian Island in May 1945 by "B" Flight, 664 RCAF Air OP Squadron, Capt G.E. Nixon (KIA), Capt R.L. Morton, Capt J.M. Sutherland, Capt W.B. Hagarty and Capt G.M. Henderson. It is dedicated to the honour of the Officers and Men of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery who served during the Second World War.

The Royal Military College Gunnery Trophy was unveiled in 1979. Brigadier General W. W. Turner, CD, RMC 2816, Colonel Commandant The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, 1 September 1979 - 31 August 1986, provided this trophy for the Ottawa Gunners to present to the best third year Artillery Cadet at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston.

It is stored in the Observation Post de Hart (Op de Hart), on the 2nd floor of the Army Officers Mess in Ottawa. The statuette (which depicts a cannon) is engraved with the names of the award winners.

The Royal Military College Gunnery Trophy is currently at the Royal Canadian Artillery Museum as part of the W.W. Turner, former Commandants display. 

The Justices Table is a wooden table with 6 inset glass plaques and Royal Canadian Artillery pins, which is located in Observation post de Hart (Op de Hart), on the 2nd floor of the Army Officers Mess in Ottawa. It was presented to the Ottawa Gunners by the Gunners of the Supreme Court of Canada in October 1986, in honour of all Canadian Gunners.