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The Memorial Wall was erected by the City of Greater Sudbury on October 31, 2004, in honour of 624 citizens of the Sudbury community who died while serving their country during war and peacekeeping missions. This 42 foot long, 6 foot high, black African granite wall is also etched with pictures.

The Memorial Wall Project - Corner of Brady Street and Minto Street - Memorial Park Sudbury, as part of the City of Greater Sudbury Memorial Park upgrade in 1992, the Greater City commissioned the building of an appropriate monument to honour the Citizens of the Greater Sudbury who made the supreme sacrifice. The Greater City of Sudbury organized a meeting with members of the Manitoulin-North Shore Branch of the Royal Canadian Naval Association, Royal Canadian Legion, Lockerby Branch 564, Royal Canadian Legion, Dr Fred Starr, Branch 76, Royal Canadian Legion Copper Cliff Branch 224, Royal Canadian Legion, Falconbridge Branch 336, the War Pensioners of Canada, Sudbury Branch and the Korean Veterans Association - Unit #19, and a small cross section of our Veterans community that represented the Canadian Navy, Army and Air Force Veterans, loosely known as the Veterans Advisory Committee. From that meeting and several more with the Presidents from local Legions a Memorial Wall Committee was formed consisting of: William H. Lee - Chairman, Past President of Manitoulin-North Shore Navy Vets President of the War Pensioners of Canada, Sudbury. Gary Costello - Past President of Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 76 President of KVA Unit #19. Gary Dale - President Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 224. Alex McCann - Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 336. Chris Nadjiwan - President Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 564. Harold Payne - Past President of the War Pensioners of Canada, Sudbury. Joan Payne - Koran Veterans, War Pensioners, Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 76. Hedley Williams - Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 76. Noreen Davidson - 1st Vice Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 564. Donald Pagnutti - Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 564. William Ranich - Past Sec/Treas. Manitoulin-North Shore Navy Vets. Bernard Andrews - President of Manitoulin-North Shore Navy Vets. Ron Robitaille - President Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 76. Mike Thomson - War Pensioners of Canada, Sudbury. Ted Durbacz - City of Greater Sudbury. Bonnie Lachapelle - City of Greater Sudbury. Al Sizer - City of Greater Sudbury.

The committee's mandate was to organize, develop eligibility criteria, gather, design, tender, build and unveil the monument for the citizens of Sudbury. A process and criteria was developed together and verify names of the men and women who were killed while under military service during any military action, a war, or peacekeeping mission, beginning the South African War to the present day who were residents of the City of Greater Sudbury. As well a protocol was established to update the wall if any names were missed, or if the situation occurs, during future actions.

The Memorial Wall project culminated in the dedication ceremony held in memorial Park on October 31, 2004. The total cost of the Memorial Wall was $62,000.00. There were 624 names originally inscribed on the 42 foot long 6 foot high Black African Granite panels of the Memory Wall with etched pictures drawn by the artist David Craig. Dominion Command of the Royal Canadian Legion granted their permission on August 24, 2004 to use the Poppy Trademark. Ellero Marble and Granite Mfg. Ltd helped design, manufacture and install this world class Memorial. Three more names were added to the Wall on June 17, 2009 during a re-dedication ceremony.

This memorial is dedicated the those who fought in the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and Peacekeepers. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 76 and the Korean Veterans.

This memorial is dedicated to those who fought in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by a cemetery company in the 1950s. The memorial is concrete and with a pea gravel covering on the obelisk. In March 2021, two swords were stolen from the memorial.

World War One Cenotaph constructed in 1928 in memory of those who gave their lives in the First World War. It is no longer used for Remembrance Day Services, but wreaths are placed there regularly by Legion members. This Cenotaph was unveiled and dedicated on August 20, 1928, by General A.H. Bell.

Memorial Park Cenotaph was constructed in 1957 in memory of the 575 citizens of Sudbury and area who paid the supreme sacrifice in the First and Second World Wars and Korea. The official unveiling and dedication took place November 10, 1957. The first wreaths were laid by the Honorable Randolph Pearkes Minister of National Defence, and Mrs. F.C. Lane, a Silver Cross Mother who lost two sons in World War II.

When plans were started for a new Cenotaph in Memorial Park, the area around the site was redesigned and landscaped as a project of the Sudbury Lions Club and the City of Sudbury. The Cenotaph was constructed by Branch 76, Royal Canadian Legion, at a cost of $16,000. It is made of granite, stands 19 feet tall, weighs 50 tons, and rests on a two-foot-thick, 18 feet square base. A poem composed by poet Laureate Rudyard Kipling for Branch 76, Royal Canadian Legion in 1928 is inscribed on the monument.

Remembrance Day ceremonies were held at this Cenotaph every year until 1985. Since then, services are held in the Sudbury Arena but wreaths are placed on the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day and throughout the year.

The Morewood Cenotaph Committee honored their fallen on the 100th anniversary of the original unveiling of the cenotaph - July 6, 2021, by installing 21 mini-monuments - ten along each side - one for each of those who had given their lives, and one by itself at the back representing all who returned. A portrait of George McLaughlin is etched into his memorial. He had a small pox mark on his left cheek, stood 5 foot 9 inches, had brown hair and hazel eyes.

George was a banker at the Bank of Nova Scotia before the war and played hockey and softball on occasion. He had served in the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders as well as the Brockville Rifles. Passing his initial training June - July 1942 in Toronto, Ontario, he followed this with his Air Navigator’s course in London, Ontario August - December 1942. He was first listed as missing in action, and later presumed dead as of 18 November 1943. According to eyewitnesses, an aircraft crashed less than a mile North of the village of Herschwiesen. It had been shot down by an enemy night fighter.

George had five brothers enlisted in the war and a fiancée from Ottawa, Miss Frances M. Reid.

The 20 pillars representing individual soldiers are in alphabetic order. The 21^st pillar sits in the shadow of the cenotaph and between the two rows.

The Morewood Cenotaph Committee honored their fallen on the 100th anniversary of the original unveiling of the cenotaph - July 6, 2021, by installing 21 mini-monuments - ten along each side - one for each of those who had given their lives, and one by itself at the back representing all who returned. A portrait of Pember John Casselman is etched into his memorial. He had brown hair, blue eyes and was 5 foot, 6 inches in height. His occupation prior to the war was listed as Farmer. 

Pember embarked on 25 October 1916, arrived in England 31 October. While serving with the 4th Canadian Field Artillery, he was wounded in the left arm and head. Pember had tonsillitis and contracted diphtheria in France in October 1917 and was released back to service in April 1918. He was wounded in his face, right arm and right leg, broke his left tibia and died from his wounds on 28 May 1918.

The 20 pillars representing individual soldiers are in alphabetic order. The 21^st pillar sits in the shadow of the cenotaph and between the two rows.

The Morewood Cenotaph Committee honored their fallen on the 100th anniversary of the original unveiling of the cenotaph - July 6, 2021, by installing 21 mini-monuments - ten along each side - one for each of those who had given their lives, and one by itself at the back representing all who returned. A portrait of Herbert Carl Empey is etched into his memorial. He stood 5 foot 10 inches, had black hair and blue eyes and scars on his left forearm and inside of his right knee.

His occupation was listed as labourer, but he was unemployed at time of enlistment. He enlisted as a wireless operator or air gunner standard and trained in Brandon, Manitoba; Calgary, Alberta, and “Y” depot at Dafoe Saskatchewan before departing from Halifax in October 1941. He served with the Royal Air Force from 14 November 1941 until his aircraft was lost in an air operations over Germany on 27 August 1942.

The 20 pillars representing individual soldiers are in alphabetic order. The 21^st pillar sits in the shadow of the cenotaph and between the two rows.

The Morewood Cenotaph Committee honored their fallen on the 100th anniversary of the original unveiling of the cenotaph - July 6, 2021, by installing 21 mini-monuments - ten along each side - one for each of those who had given their lives, and one by itself at the back representing all who returned. A portrait of Bernice Wilburn Fetterly is etched into his memorial. He stood 5 foot 6 ½ inches, had black hair and blue eyes. He had a small circular scar on his left ear.

Wilburn was a Farmer before the war. He departed Halifax aboard the RMS Missinabie on 19 June 1916 and was transferred to the 73rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Royal Highlanders on 3 July 1916. He had asked a friend who had enlisted with him to write home in case of his death which his friend did on 5 November 1916. The letter was published in the Chesterville Record on 30 November:

“The boys are good and it was great the way they helped me carry him to the dressing station under the rain of shells…

Those who looked on said it was a wonder we were not all blown to bits, but we never thought of that, and my object was to get him to a dressing station as quickly as possible. I knew he had been hit pretty badly but he seemed so strong and wanted to sit up and did three or four times, that I thought he would be all right.

One other poor fellow lost his life getting Wilburn in. He got hit in the thigh and died at the dressing station, so you see what one comrade will do for another here. The same sniper nearly got the other fellow also, but missed. I was about fifty yards from where it happened and it all occurred in a time you could count three.” 

The 20 pillars representing individual soldiers are in alphabetic order. The 21^st pillar sits in the shadow of the cenotaph and between the two rows.

The Morewood Cenotaph Committee honored their fallen on the 100th anniversary of the original unveiling of the cenotaph - July 6, 2021, by installing 21 mini-monuments - ten along each side - one for each of those who had given their lives, and one by itself at the back representing all who returned. Unable to locate a photograph of Alfred, the general list cap badge which was a standard badge worn by soldiers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War, is etched into his memorial. 

Alfred stood 5 foot 8.5 inches, had dark brown hair and gray eyes and was a labourer before the war. He departed Halifax aboard the RMS Mauritania on 25 October 1916. He arrived in France 29 November 1916, joined the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion on 10 December 1916, and was subsequently posted to Canadian Corps for Agricultural work on 13 March 1917. Alfred rejoined his unit on 7 May 1918 and was reported killed in action on 31 August 1918.

The 20 pillars representing individual soldiers are in alphabetic order. The 21^st pillar sits in the shadow of the cenotaph and between the two rows.