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Beginning in 1914 and lasting until the fall of 1918, Malvern Collegiate students volunteered to enter the carnage of what would be the greatest and most catastrophic war in this country's history. Malvern students fought in all engagements of the Canadian Corps. A total of 25 Malvern students made the supreme sacrifice.

On May 19, 1922, after much effort and fundraising, a monument was raised by the local community in memory of the Malvern students who died in the First World War. The statue was sculpted by Emanuel Hahn for the Thomson Monument Company of Toronto. Toronto’s own Ned Hanlon modelled for the statue, which depicts a soldier draped in cloth, holding a down turned sword in one hand symbolic of the end of conflict and broken chains in the other, symbolic of freedom. 

When the school’s west-facing, front entrance was renovated in 1987, the cenotaph was moved from its original location on the front lawn and placed on a raised platform as a design feature in front of the library window on the second floor.

At some point after it was moved, vandals broke off the statue's right hand and the sword went missing. The hand was found on the ground and deposited for safekeeping in the school vault. Lengthy exposure to weather caused some deterioration to the monument: hand-carved lead letters were falling off and the support below the base was crumbling. The surface was stained with rust from an exposed iron pin, paint and egg splatter.

A successful fund-raising effort led by the Malvern Red and Black Society enabled the statue to be renovated in October 2011. The Toronto District School Board committed to cover the cost of repairs to the support below the base, while donations from the community and a grant from Veterans Affairs Canada allowed the hiring of a professional conservator to ensure a careful and historically accurate restoration.

Conservator Susan L. Maltby of Maltby & Associates was brought in to begin the work. The statue had a twin in Alvinston, Ontario, which was used as a reference to create a copy of the missing sword. Brett Davis and sculptor Frank Anjo were brought in to replicate it and Neil Sanderson of Sanderson Monument Company assisted with the refitting. The iron pin that originally held the hand was removed – it had been staining the stone for a number of years – and a new one in stainless steel was inserted.

Originally adorned with hand-carved lead letters, the memorial had been restored at some point using cast white metal letters attached with a variety of silicone sealants which smeared onto the stone. Some letters were put on upside down and the original spacing was not respected. A number were now missing or bent. The decision was made to retain all of the cast letters that were securely fastened to the stone. Those in danger of falling off were removed and retained for the archive. Carver Eric Schop drilled holes to receive the new lead replacements, which were carved in place by hand.

The cenotaph was re-dedicated at a ceremony on November 4, 2011. Within 36 hours of the ceremony, vandals climbed the cenotaph, scraping off some of the letters from Cecil Annis' name, and wrapped it in blue tape. On August 23, 2014, more vandals stole the newly replaced sword. 

Additional restoration work and improved security measures were made in 2022, the 100^th anniversary of the memorial’s dedication.

Emanuel Hahn moved to Toronto at the age of seven with his family of artists and musicians from Germany, in 1888. He studied commercial design and model-making at Toronto Technical School and Ontario College of Art and Industrial Design. At 25 years old Hahn began a nearly lifelong contract with Thomson Monument Company of Toronto. Two years later, he also started work as a studio assistant to sculptor Walter Seymour Allward. Part of his duties included assisting on Allward’s significant works such as the South African War Memorial in Toronto.

In 1912 Hahn began an association with the Thomson Monument Company of Toronto. It was there, along with several assistants, he made the many war memorials that are found across Canada: Fernie, British Columbia; Killarney and Russell, Manitoba; Alvinston, Bolton, Cornwall, Hanover, Lindsay,  Malvern, Milton, Petrolia and Port Dalhousie, Ontario; Gaspe, Quebec; Moncton, New Brunswick; Springhill and Westville Nova Scotia; Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

Hahn is probably most famous as the designer of the Bluenose on the back of the Canadian dime and the Caribou on the back of the Canadian quarter. He was a victim of anti-German sentiment in the years following the Great War, when his design for the Winnipeg Cenotaph was rejected in 1925. 

The Corporal Michael William Simpson Plaque was dedicated on 9 August 2022. Corporal Simpson enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1965, aged 16.

In late 1973, Canadian Forces took part in the Second United Nations Emergency Force, to supervise the ceasefire between Egyptian and Israeli forces. Included in Canada's commitment to the mission were two Canadian Forces Buffalo aircrafts and crew. The unit was stationed in Ismailia, Egypt, a small city next to the Suez Canal.

The single highest loss of Canadian lives since Canada began to participate in international peace missions involved their presence in Syria. Nine Canadian Armed Forces members with the United Nations peace mission in Egypt were killed on 9 August 1974 when their Buffalo aircraft 115461 was shot down in a Syrian missile attack while making a routine supply run to the mission in the Golan Heights. For this reason, August 9 has been declared National Peacekeepers' Day in Canada. Corporal Simpson, 26, was one of the nine Canadian Forces members killed. 

In January 1913, S.S. No. 14 opened to serve the rapidly growing community of Agincourt (Toronto). In 1916, Form II (grade 9) was added, thus starting Agincourt Continuation School.

As this Canadian War memorial includes a Canadian Maple Leaf flag, which was officially adopted in 1965, the memorial was likely made in 1965 or later.

(WWII): wooden plaque with attached slim metal panels: Students and staff of / Agincourt Continuation School / Who served in / the Allied Armed Forces / During World War II / 1939 – 1945. Also on metal backing: on the left side of this inscription is a Union Jack (in colour); on the right side of this inscription is a Canadian Maple Leaf flag (in colour). Six columns, consisting of six slim metal panels with names engraved in black. Given names followed by surnames. All names are in upper case letters. Key: Killed in the service of their country / “Lest we forget.” On each side of the “key,” a cross encircled by a wreath. After the Z names, four names appear to have been added at a later date.

Oakridge Public School Honour Roll

This plaque was dedicated by Sault Ste. Marie employees of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada in honour of their comrades who gave their lives in the Second World War.

This island honours the ‘sapper’.

The history of the War Memorial stone at the head of Gore and Wellington Streets is interesting, and has some unusual aspects. It was erected as a tribute to their fallen comrades by the New Ontario soldiers, and was unveiled at a memorial parade held on Sunday, August 12, 1923 (Sault Star).

The uncut stone is unique. It was quarried and brought down to Sault Ste. Marie, from up along the ACR, either by, or at the instigation of William Merrifield VC, who was a locomotive engineer on the railway at that time. The plot of land on which the monument was erected was deeded to the City of Sault Ste. Marie by James Dawson, who was then mayor of the city. It had come into his father's estate from a John Dawson.

Interestingly, at the time of the making over of the deed, the property was actually still in the Township of Korah, having been overlooked when the Town Of Steelton was surveyed. It is not known when this discrepancy was corrected. Note: At the time of this event, Northern Ontario was known as New Ontario.

The Algoma Steel Corporation laid the foundation and it was transferred to the site by the Northern Foundry where stonecutters from the Lake Superior Paper Company shaped it. The steps were installed by D.P. McPhail. Source: Sault Star, June 21, 1923.

Over the years, the land surrounding the memorial was reduced to accommodate traffic. The Legion has mounted a campaign to improve the landscaping around the memorial. Miss Kathy Smith, landscape architect, drew up the design.

This memorial is dedicated to the Airmen from Algoma district. It was erected by 432 Wing RCAF Association.

Excerpts from newspaper name unknown: Memorial Erected at Airport. A grey granite memorial, topped with a replica of the famed Lancaster bomber, will be dedicated Sunday at the Sault Ste. Marie airport. It will stand five feet, six inches tall before the flagpole, opposite the main entrance to the airport building. The bomber replica is of cedar and aluminium, camouflaged and made to scale with a 27-inch wingspan. It was dedicated September 12, 1965.

The Sault Locks Memorial is dedicated to the memory of Canadians who died overseas in the service of their country and so preserved our heritage.

The memorial cairn is located in the Parks Canada Soo Locks park, quite close to the canal. Local sandstone was used in the construction of the monument.

The lock is used by recreational boaters, no commercial shipping. The area is also an excellent picnic spot for those so minded.

This plaque was erected in 1970.