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This park is named in honour of Lieutenant-General Guy Granville Simonds, CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD, Commander II Canadian Corps and Acting Commander First Canadian Army during the Battle of the Scheldt in 1944 and Chief of the General Staff in 1951. It is located in Montgomery Place, an area developed in 1946 to house returning Second World War Veterans and their families. Most streets and parks in the area are named for prominent military members, famous battles, and military units.

In 2004, the Montgomery Place Community Association embarked on a project to explain the choice of names for Montgomery Place streets. The research and writing were undertaken by Kevin Gooding who was the Finance Director at the time, with help from President Jim Earle.

The signs were produced at Abe’s Sign Design Group of Saskatoon, with owner Gerry Tunicliffe giving the Association his whole-hearted support. Gerry even offered the Cassino Avenue sign free-of-charge, since his father had fought at the Battle of Monte Cassino. With interest and dedication, Gerry was also a great help to Kevin tracking down photos for the signs.

On September 22, 2007, Kevin, Jim and Vice-President Dave Price, along with Secretary Larry Rempel, Communications Director Gary Berg and resident Don Janzen, rented an auger and then dug, filled, tamped and installed the first 16 signs. Three more signs were installed later.

UNICORN’s CO at the time, Commander Tom Gordon, arranged for the anchor to be shipped from the dockyard in Esquimalt, the concrete pad was poured in 1989 and the anchor placed. The monument was consecrated by the unit Padre, Lieutenant Commander Russell in May 1990.

The plaque dedicating the monument to “the Prairie Sailor” was added for the Battle of the Atlantic in May 1990. In May 2009, the two side plaques were added in memorial to the Battle of the Atlantic.

This memorial was erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 184 (Delisle) and is dedicated to local veterans of Canada's wars. Those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice in World War I. Ralph, J.W. Blacklay, E.A. Kjelland, S. Kellon, Sam Those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice in World War II. Omar Olson Arthur Green Eddie Nugent M.A. Martin Elwood Glauser Wilf Hathway Wm. Earl Walter Gramson

The Battle of Batoche memorial was unveiled in the mid 1930s at the National Historic site. The church is in the background. 

The National Métis Veterans’ Memorial Monument was unveiled on July 19, 2014. It is the first memorial dedicated to Métis Veterans. The ceremony was part of the Back to Batoche festival of 2014. The monument includes eight blue granite slabs on a concrete base and panels with the names of over 5,000 Métis Veterans.

The Métis Memorial Gardens was unveiled in 2013. Twenty-five five-foot trees were planted in a U-shape and a flower garden was planted in the center. 

Fundraising was managed by the Gabriel Dumont Institute. Through the Community War Memorial Program, the Federal Government provided up to $50,000 of the $300,000 cost. Funding came from the Gabriel Dumont Institute, Veterans Affairs Canada, the Clarence Campeau Development Fund, the Saskatchewan Community Initiatives Fund and donations from individuals, businesses and service organizations.

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This memorial is dedicated to the men and women who trained and served at Dafoe Base. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Air Force Association No. 600 (Regina) Wing. The cairn is visible from Highway 6 and the Department of Highways has historical marker signs that point to the site. A cement structure, a cement target structure and an original hangar (now privately owned) are visible as well.

The Cairn was erected in 1980 in memory of the First and Second World War Veterans.

The Wadena, Saskatchewan Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion has dedicated an 8-by-24 foot mural named "Salute to Memories" on its wall facing Main Street. The two year volunteer project, dedicated to the men and women who fought to preserve Canada's freedom, is the work of Wadena Mural Images artists Rose Palechka, Lenora Hordos, Wendy Gauthier, and Betty MacPherson.

A memorial honouring the memory of those who served with the 46th Canadian Infantry Battalion (South Saskatchewan), Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First War, sits under a tree on the northeast corner of the Bowl. A plaque, designed by a woman sculptor in Winnipeg named M.J. Taylor, was presented to the University of Saskatchewan at a ceremony on November 11, 1933.  Seventy members of the battalion were in attendance, alongside numerous others. After the ceremony the plaque was put away until a stone on which to mount it was found and then the stone and plaque were installed next to the physics building.

The image on the plaque depicts a farmer on the left with a bundle of hay, and on the right, a soldier raising his helmet to the heavens. In fighting at the battles named on this plaque, the farmer had effectively been transformed into a patriotic citizen-soldier.

Formed in February of 1915, the 46th battalion was filled primarily with Saskatchewan youths, many from the University of Saskatchewan. Also known as the "suicide battalion,” it fought in some of the bloodiest encounters of the war. Reinforcements were constantly needed as battle after battle decimated its ranks. Of the 5,374 men in the 46th battalion, 4,917 were either killed or wounded. A particularly costly battle was Passchendaele, where there were 403 casualties from the battalion's strength of 600 men.

With the end of the war came demobilization and the end of 46th battalion. The soldiers became Veterans and returned to civilian life. Many re-enrolled or entered the university for the first time. Of the 336 students, faculty and staff who enlisted, 67 "passed out of the sight of man by the path of duty and self-sacrifice". More than 100 were wounded and 33 were awarded medals of valour. The School of Engineering closed its doors for the 1916-1917 session when the faculty and students enlisted en masse. 

Surviving members of the 46th believed it imperative that the memory of their brothers remain intact. Yet the decision to have it placed on campus reveals something even more significant. The battalion was born at Moose Jaw, but men of the 46th included Reginald Bateman, the university’s first Professor of English, and the battalion’s sole Victoria Cross recipient, Hugh Cairns. Among those honoured on the plaque are Harold Blair and Reginald Batemen, two members of faculty killed in France.