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This memorial is dedicated to Commonwealth Forces who served in Burma. It was erected by the B.C. Branch of the Burma Star Association.

This memorial is dedicated to the Royal Canadian Artillery from the Second World War.

The Air Force Garden of Remembrance, also known as the Air Force Grove, was established by the Women’s Auxiliary to Air Services in 1948 to commemorate the airmen who gave their lives in the Second World War. It is a shade garden, contributing to the contemplative tone of the memorial. It is also a rock garden, and features the planting of various species of flowers and shrubs around a small stream and pond, set off by flagstone steps and path. The garden is a living memorial, symbolic of the sacrifice of the armed forces. There are a variety of plaques placed throughout the garden.

Winged Victory was erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway in the memory of its employees who were killed during the First World War. It was unveiled by Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, W.S. Nichol on 28 April 1922.

The Canadian Pacific Railway commissioned three Winged Victory statues from Montreal sculptor Coeur de Lion MacCarthy to commemorate the 1,116 employees it lost in the First World War. All three statues were unveiled simultaneously on the same date. The statue depicts an angel carrying a deceased soldier to heaven at the moment of his death. The angel originally held a laurel wreath, the symbol of victory, in her upraised hand. The other two identical memorials are in Montreal and Winnipeg. 

After the Second World War, the dates 1939 - 1945 were added.

When bronze is placed outside, like this statue is, over the years it gradually acquires a patina. Exposure to air gradually changes the bronze to green; sea air and pollution hasten the process. Rain, saturated with chemicals, shows up as streaks on the bronze. Such a patina is either valued or, if not appreciated, can be prevented from the beginning by regularly washing and waxing the statue. In 1967, some concerned citizens were horrified by what they called a "dirty" statue and with wire brushes and detergent tried to scrub the dirt off. Scratch marks from their cleaning tools can still be seen.

Coeur de Lion MacCarthy, the son of sculptor Hamilton McCarthy, produced numerous commemorative works after the First World War, including: Winged Victory in British Columbia; Great War Memorial and Lethbridge Cenotaph in Alberta; Winged Victory in Manitoba; County of Brome War Memorial, Verdun Victory Memorial, Monument to the Brave and Winged Victory in Quebec; Clifton Hill War Memorial and Woodstock Cenotaph in Ontario.

This Cenotaph commemorates those who were among the men who, at call of King and Country, left all that was dear, endured hardship, faced danger, and finally passed from the sight of men by the path of duty, giving their own lives that others might live in freedom. Let those who come after see to it that their names be not forgotten. The war memorial in Vancouver is a gray granite obelisk, thirty feet high, at the foot of a gentle slope in a small park, Victory Square, on nine-tenths of an acre of green lawn, with ornamental trees and flower beds. Victory Square is bounded by Hastings Street, a busy principal thoroughfare, Cambie, Pender and Hamilton streets and, due to its central location and keystone shape, has been styled the keystone of Vancouver, now, 1944, a metropolis ten miles wide by five deep, of 400,000 people. The Cenotaph was erected by public subscription in 1924, is of Nelson Island granite engraved with suitable inscriptions, and is kept continuously banked high with wreaths of flowers and adorned with national flags. The monument has three, not four, sides; one side faces Hastings Street, the others Pender and Hamilton Streets, and was designed thus by Major G.L. Thornton Sharp, architect, town planner, and park commissioner, to conform to the triangular shape of the park. It is so placed that, when approached from the east, it appears in the distance centrally at the end of busy Hastings Street. The granite was supplied by the Vancouver Granite Co., Ltd., and the erecting contractors were Messrs. Stewart and Wylie; Mr. Stewart died from the effects of an accident whilst preparing the memorial. The Vancouver War Memorial Committee of twenty-four, of which twelve represented the Canadian Club of Vancouver, and twelve the Civic War Memorial Committee, the whole under the chairmanship of F.W. Rounsefell, Esq., pioneer, and with J.R.V. Dunlop, Esq., of the Canadian Club, as honorary secretary, were the public-spirited sponsors. The Cenotaph cost $10,666.000. The first, commencing "Their name", is from Ecclesiasticus, 44th chapter, 14th verse, and, the second, commencing "Is it nothing", from Lamentations, chapter 1, verse 12. The word, "cenotaph" is derived from the Greek, "kenos", empty, and "taphos", a tomb, and means a tomb in memory of one buried elsewhere, i.e., an empty tomb. The ornamentations on the stone include one long sword and two wreaths, one of laurels, the other of poppies; both entwined with maple leaves. A stone replica of the steel helmet, as used in the war of 1914-1918, adorns three corner buttresses. A larger wreath of laurels surrounds the numerals "1914-1918" at the base of the front. Slots in a receptacle of three bronze maple leaves hold the staffs of the Union Jack, the White and Canadian Ensigns, always flying, which are placed there by the Canadian Legion, British Empire Service League, and renewed four times each year. The Cenotaph was unveiled by His Worship W.R. Owen, Mayor of Vancouver, in the presence of an assemblage of 25,000 persons, naval, military and civilian, and including the Old Contemptibles, 7th British Columbia, 29th Vancouver, 72nd Seaforths, 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, 47th New Westminster, and 102nd North British Columbian Battalions, C.E.F., and others, on Sunday, 27th April, 1924. It was dedicated by Hon. Major the Rev. Cecil C. Owen, M.B.E., V.D., D.D., chaplain of the 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, C.E.F., "To the Glory of God, and in thankful remembrance of those who served their King and Country overseas in the cause of truth, righteousness and freedom." The 24th Psalm was read by Hon. Lt.-Col. the Rev. G.O. Fallis, C.B.E., E.D., D.D., of the Methodist Church, and the music included "O Canada" (Buchan); "O God, Our Help in Ages Past"; "Lochaber No More" (bagpipes); "For All the Saints"; "Last Post" and "God Save the King". The first wreath, being the tribute of the Corporation and Citizens of Vancouver, was reverently placed by Mrs. W.R. Owen, wife of His Worship the Mayor. In his valedictory address, Major the Rev. Mr. Owen said: "Those whose sacrifices this Cenotaph commemorates, were among the men who, at call of King and Country, left all that was dear, endured hardship, faced danger, and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty, giving their own lives that others might live in freedom. Let those who come after see to it that their names be not forgotten." J.S. Matthews, City Archives, City Hall, Vancouver, 1944.

The Japanese Canadian War Memorial was funded by the community and dedicated on April 9, 1920, the third anniversary of the opening day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The Canadian Japanese Association, who also funded the training of 227 soldiers in Vancouver from January to May 1916, erected the memorial in memory of the victory at Vimy Ridge, the loss of 54 men and the 168 surviving Japanese Canadian Veterans who returned to Canada. 

The memorial was placed on gravel in an open field. It was designed by James Anderson Benzie in 1919. On top of the memorial is a Japanese lantern which symbolizes unification between Canada and Japan. The lantern is reminiscent of the ancient Kasuga lanterns at the great shrine at Kyoto, albeit on a larger scale. At the top of the fluted classical central column is a Shinto pagoda form containing the lantern. The 12 “polygons” of the base suggest radiating chrysanthemum petals, emblematic of the Japanese imperial family, but also a symbol of lamentation or grief. 

After the memorial was dedicated, cherry trees were planted, including the shirofugen in 1920, ojochin in 1925, and shirotae in 1932. The cherry trees serve many symbolic interpretations that relate to the fallen soldiers. On May 10, representatives of the Japan Society of Vancouver, the Canadian Japanese Society, the Japanese Consulate, and the Park Board dedicated additional flowering cherry trees. In 1958, as a symbol of the friendship between Canada and Japan, 300 additional cherry trees were donated by the Japanese consul Muneo Tanabe. In 1977, two of the last surviving Japanese Canadian Veterans of the First World War planted akebono cherry trees at the memorial.  

In addition to differences of colour, the cherries selected for the memorial displayed a variety of tree shapes. They also follow a different blooming sequence. The ojochin tree displays evidence of manipulation through the Japanese art of niwaki entailing the pruning, training, and shaping of trees. The tree was trained in the manner of the flowing or streaming branch style of giant bonsai practice, known as Nagare Eda Shitate, and its horizontal orientation specifically suggests the Monkan Shitate, or Branch-Over-Gate form of niwaki. The training of the tree to form an arch of flowering cherry blossoms extending virtually to the monument has produced a canopy that completely envelops visitors standing on the west side of the memorial with cherry blossoms in the spring. 

Its landscape incorporates symbols of regeneration of traumatized humanity reinforcing the remembrance and reverence for the war dead.  Drawing on trees as powerful symbols of identity and renewal, it offered solace and healing to survivors and it holds the potential to continue to resonate with visitors who have been made aware of the profound messages this landscape was intended to convey. 

Among the more remarkable features of the landscape is the relationship of the seasonal cycle to traditions of honouring the war dead. The cherry trees bloom every year around the time of the anniversary of the dedication of the Japanese Canadian War Memorial on 9 April 1920, and of the Battle of Vimy Ridge on the same date in 1917. Almost as quickly as they bloom, the cherry blossoms wither and fall off the trees, symbolic of the fleeting character of life. Yet the foliage and blossoms of the trees return every year in a perpetual renewal of life in the spring. This landscape speaks eloquently to the devotion of Japanese Canadians to the memory of the brave soldiers who fought and died on behalf of their compatriots, and the obligation of survivors to honour their service and sacrifice through these moving symbols of death and restored life.

During the Second World War, the lantern was extinguished. Canada detained 21,000 Japanese-Canadians living in BC under the War Measures Act. Their homes and businesses were sold by the government to pay for their detention. The lantern was not relit until August 2, 1985. In a ceremony, 98 year old Sergeant Masumi Mitsui, who served in the First World War and fought in the Battles of Vimy Ridge and Hill 70, relit the lantern. Sergeant Mitsui was awarded a Military Medal for his leadership at Vimy and Hill 70. The monument was restored and a fence was built around the monument.

The Japanese Canadian War Memorial Committee has subsequently added the names of Japanese Canadians who died in the Second World War,  Korean War and Afghanistan.

In October 2014, the memorial was refurbished, the dedication plaque was replaced, the limestone polished white and the petals on the base cleaned. In February 2015, with funding from Heritage BC's Heritage Legacy Fund, cracks on the marble lantern were filled in and the glass windows were replaced with custom made panes to match the design of their originally established era. The Centenary of Enlistment was installed in 2016.

Today, the cherry blossom trees have grown out and the monument is enclosed by a chain link and a tidy, cement flooring.

This life-size bronze sculpture depicts a First World War soldier seated on a bench with a newspaper on his lap and a duffle bag at his feet. It portrays and honours Lance Corporal Arthur Thomas Fleetwood, who served in France with the 47th Canadian Infantry Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces and died there of battle wounds in 1917.

The sculpture, a donation by the Fleetwood Community Association, is intended to inspire pride in the community by marking an aspect of its history and remembering one of its pioneers and soldiers. The memorial had been a vision of the Association’s for 10 years and was unveiled at a dedication ceremony on 6 September 2008. The community of Fleetwood was named in honour of Thomas Fleetwood shortly after his death.

In 1907, newcomers Edith and James Francis settled on land in the vicinity of what is now Fraser Highway and 160th Street. A few years later, other members of Edith’s immediate family, the Fleetwoods, joined them from England. On 18 August 1915, Edith’s brother, Arthur Thomas (Tom) Fleetwood, enlisted with the 47th Canadian Infantry Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces and was shipped overseas to France. On September 8, 1917, just two days after his 39th birthday, Lance Corporal Arthur Thomas Fleetwood died of wounds received in battle.

This Roll of Honor was erected by Christ Church for the members of their congregation who were killed in the First World War. 

A 300 year old Douglas Fir tree was named "Charlie's Tree" after a World War I veteran Charlie Perkins planted ivy at its base and lay wreaths on it to honour his fallen First World War pilot friends. Charlie Perkins, who died in 1986, moved to the Fraser Valley from Vancouver around 1907, but subsequently joined the Royal Flying Corp and returned home from the First World War in 1919. First World War flight instructor Charlie Perkins, who after returning to Canada in 1919 planted ivy around the base of the 300-year-old Douglas fir — then on the Perkins property, but for several decades later a common sight on the south side of Highway 1 just west of 192nd Avenue — in memory of the veterans. Wreaths, flags, a white cross and other mementoes were placed at the site.  When plans were announced decades later for the Surrey leg of the Trans-Canada Highway (now Hwy. 1) to run through the glade where the tree stood, Charlie began a fight to save it — a fight that was ultimately successful when ‘Flying’ Phil Gaglardi, head of the highways department at the time, agreed to build around the tree, thus saving it and a small park around it. The tree fell onto Highway 1 near 200th St and caused a minor accident and traffic backup Saturday night, in Surrey, BC., August 1, 2016.

After Charlie Perkins, Great War pilot, centuries old Douglas fir fell in 2016, the Friends of Old Canada Society erected a stone marker:

"The Ivy planted at the base of the great Douglas fir on this site was a memorial to North American World War Royal Flying Corps pilots. The pilots trained in Canada and US by British Columbian Charlie Perkins, the man behind the memorial.

A replacement Douglas fir was planted by the roadside on Highway 1 near 192 Avenue as a Memorial to fallen soldiers in 2018.

The tree is maintained by Royal Canadian Air cadets.

This mural was created by Sullivan Heights Secondary School in 2005 as part of the Spirit of Youth Mural Project. "Lest We Forget," is a photo-realist montage of Second World War land, air and sea elements, designed by art teacher, Marc Pelech and his students, Carmen Bright, Nick Castoro and Taryn Sudul. The mural's eclectic mix of vivid hues, sepia-tone and shades of gray is a visual metaphor for the fleeting nature of war memories.

The mural at Heritage Square was demolished in 2018 when the Museum of Surrey expanded. Museum volunteers digitized the mural before its demolition.