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This sculpture, “WINTER PATROL”, depicts an infantryman in winter gear with his rifle at the ready as he is trudging through snow on snowshoes. The uniform, weapons, and accoutrements are circa 1975. This sculpture was unveiled in March 2013 by the Royal Military College of Canada, and is dedicated to current and past members of the Canadian infantry.

This sculpture, “PARA DROP” depicts a Drop Zone in winter with a jumper collapsing his chute in the foreground, other jumpers at various stages of parachute descent, and a Hercules C-130 aircraft in the distant sky dropping another string of jumpers into the Drop Zone. It was unveiled in March 2013 and is dedicated to current and past paratroopers/members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment.

This sculpture, “AIR DEFENCE GUNNER”, depicts an Air Defence Gunner holding a seven-round, 35mm ammunition clip he is about to load into the rack of the twin barrel Low Level Air Defence gun mount. This sculpture was unveiled in March 2013 by the Royal Military College of Canada, and is dedicated to current and past members of the Royal Canadian Artillery (Air Defence).

This sculpture, “SAPPER”, depicts a Combat Engineer Sapper with a mine detector. It was unveiled in March 2013, and is dedicated to current and past Combat Engineers.

This sculpture, “VEHICLE MECHANIC”, depicts a Vehicle Mechanic cleaning a Jeep cylinder head before re-installing it on the Jeep’s engine. The model was a vehicle mechanic (Master Corporal) from the Electrical Mechanical Engineering (EME) workshop at Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg. This sculpture was unveiled in March 2013 by the Royal Military College of Canada, and is dedicated to current and past members of the Electrical Mechanical Engineering Branch.

This stained glass window (on the passageway leading to Sir Arthur Currie Hall at the RMC), the Dieppe Window, is a memorial dedicated by Ex-cadets who participated in the Dieppe Raid in memory of others from the College who lost their lives as a result of the Raid. It was unveiled in 1967, the 15^th anniversary of the graduation of the Class of 1952 and the 25^th anniversary of Dieppe.

Following the Remembrance Service of 1967, this memorial stained glass window was unveiled by the Commandant, 2576 Commodore W. P. Hayes, CD. The Dieppe Window was presented to the College by 1620 Lt Col. Bob Labatt, DSO, ED, President of the RMC Club in 1953 – 1954, on behalf of the donors. The funds were raised by the survivors of the Dieppe Raid.

This stained glass window (on the passageway leading to Sir Arthur Currie Hall at the RMC), the Colonel E. G. Brooks Window, is a memorial to 2517 Colonel E. Geoffrey Brooks DSO, OBE, CD (RMC 1952). It was unveiled in 1967, the 15^th anniversary of the graduation of the Class of 1952.

Following the Remembrance Service of 1967, this memorial stained glass window was unveiled by the Commandant, 2576 Commodore W. P. Hayes, CD. The Colonel E. G. Brooks Window was presented to the College by 2859 Dr. John Pike, a member of the New One Hundred, on behalf of the donors. The funds for the Brooks window came from the Class of 1952 (otherwise known as the New One Hundred). 2517 Colonel E. Geoffrey Brooks DSO, OBE, CD (1918 – 1964)(RMC 1952) was a gallant officer, stern but fair, decorated for leadership during the Second World War, and later in Korea. Brooks lived at Panet House while serving as RMC’s Staff Adjutant 1948 – 1950 and is still well remembered by those who knew him, especially from the first post-war Class. Brooks went from the RMC to Korea to command the “Guns” and for that was awarded his OBE. His appointment as Director of Artillery was for the Canadian Army.

These twelve illustrated story boards were erected by the Royal Military College of Canada Museum Committee (Marine Museum) on September 5, 2013. It is dedicated to the memory of the officers and seamen of the Royal Navy and Provincial Marine; and the officers and soldiers of the Royal Marines, Royal Newfoundland, Kings 8^th, and 100^th Regiments, who served on Lake Ontario in Defences of Canada in 1812 – 14.

In the latter part of the Eighteenth Century, the Provincial Marine established a shipbuilding facility on the Point Frederick, making it the first Canadian naval establishment in Canada, which might, therefore, be claimed as the birthplace of the Royal Canadian Navy.

Richardson Stadium is named in honour of Captain George Taylor Richardson, student and athlete at Queen’s University and member of the 2^nd Battalion, who was killed in action on February 9, 1916.

The original Richardson Stadium, known as George Taylor Richardson Memorial Stadium, was opened in 1921 on the site now occupied by Mackintosh-Corry Hall and Tindall Field, at the corner of Union Street West and University Avenue, on the Queen’s University main campus. The stadium included a football field and running track, as well as a grandstand accommodating 1,900 people and bleachers for an additional 1,500 fans. The stadium was dedicated in the presence of Mr. James Richardson, Queen's alumni and brother of Captain Richardson.

Shortly after its inauguration, the stadium played host to the 1922 Grey Cup which saw Queen’s defeat the Edmonton Elks 13-1.  In the late 60’s- early 70’s, Queen’s University acquired the West Campus lands (between Johnson and Union streets, and Sir John A. MacDonald Blvd) and built a new, larger stadium which opened in 1971. To perpetuate the memory of Captain Richardson’s selfless sacrifice, the university retained the name of the original stadium and named the new facility “Richardson Stadium”. In 2015, the stadium underwent an important renovation, but steadfast work allowed the facility to be ready for the 2016 football season.

George Taylor Richardson was born in 1886 in Kingston and after completing his early education, he entered Queen’s University, graduating in 1909. By then he had already joined the 14^th Princess of Wales Own Regiment (1907) and was well known as an excellent athlete and hockey player. With his BSc in hand, he joined the family business and assumed increasing responsibilities.

On the outbreak of the First World War, he volunteered for service overseas and was assigned to the 2^nd Canadian Infantry Battalion. After training at Valcartier and on Salisbury Plain, the battalion landed in France in February 1915, and then entered the trenches around Armentieres. Shortly thereafter it advanced to Ypres where it suffered losses amounting to “virtual annihilation.” Having already experienced the most intense conflict, Richardson, now a Captain, led a courageous but ultimately futile attempt to retake Saint-Julien before emerging as the sole surviving officer of No. 2 Company, of which he then assumed command.

Richardson was known as a man who would never give an order he would not readily obey himself, and often used his own money to buy extra supplies, such as warm boots, for his troops. On the night of February 8-9, 1916, having entered No Man’s Land near Wulverghem, Belgium to supervise the withdrawal of a raiding party, Richardson was shot through the hips and died shortly thereafter. He is buried in Bailleul, France, and was posthumously awarded the “Legion d’honneur Croix de Guerre” by the President of the French Republic in March, 1916.

The Memorial Room commemorates the 351 Queen's students and alumni who died in the First and Second World Wars. It features two large bronze plaques inscribed with the names of those who died, a stone altar, stained glass windows, and seven oil paintings of men and women from each branch of the Canadian Forces, painted by Toronto artist Marion Long.

In 1929, Queen’s University inaugurated their student union building, naming it the “Students’ Memorial Union Building” as a war memorial to Queen’s university soldiers. The building was destroyed by fire in 1947, but reconstructed shortly afterwards on the same site. Following extensive renovations and expansions in the mid 1970’s, it was renamed for former Principal John Deutsch, a renaming that has been controversial among some alumni over the years. Nevertheless, the “memorial” function of the student union building was never lost, and was perpetuated over the years through the Memorial Room and Remembrance Room, within the John Deutsch University Centre. The Memorial Room is the original Union building Memorial Hall. Intended as a quiet room where the memory of the fallen would be preserved, it houses the brass scrolls of names of Queen’s university causalities from the armed forces during the First and Second World Wars, a stone altar, stained glass windows, and seven oil paintings of men and women from each branch of the Canadian Forces. The Remembrance Room houses photos of the 177 members of the Queen’s community who died in active service in the Second World War. The room also has a display case holding a Union Jack, and the flag of the Canadian Officers Training Corps, which was an important part of Queen’s life during the Second World War.