The Valiants Memorial

The Valiants Memorial is a collection of nine busts and five statues and a large bronze wall inscription that reads, “No day will ever erase you from the memory of time” (in Latin: “Nulla dies umquam memori vos eximet aevo”), from The Aeneid by Virgil. 

The Valiants Memorial reminds us how war has had a profound influence on the evolution of Canada. The fourteen individuals featured in the memorial are celebrated for their personal contributions, but they also represent critical moments in our military history. Presented together, they become a kind of pageant of our past, showing how certain key turning points in our military history contributed to the building of our country. The memorial is therefore intended to acknowledge and honour the role that military participation, and the men and women who contributed to that participation, have had on nation building.

The following are the fourteen Valiants and the era they represent.

French Regime (1534-1763)
Comte de Frontenac
Pierre le Moyne d’Iberville

American Revolution (1775-1783)
Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant)
Lieutenant Colonel John Butler

War of 1812 (1812-1814)
General Sir Isaac Brock, KCB
Lieutenant Colonel Charles-Michel d’Irumberry de Salaberry, CB
Laura Secord, UE

First World War (1914-1918)
Matron Georgina Pope, RRC
General Sir Arthur Currie, GCMG, KCB, VD
Corporal Joseph Kaeble VC, MM

Second World War (1939-1945)
Lieutenant Hampton Gray, VC, DSC
Captain John Wallace Thomas, CBE
Major Paul Triquet, VC
Pilot Officer Andrew Mynarski, VC

Artists and Fabrication Date

Marlene Hilton Moore and John McEwen, 2006 
Owner: National Capital Commission

Location

Northeast corner of Confederation Square, site of the National War Memorial, corner of Elgin and Wellington streets, Ottawa

Related Links

• The Valiants Memorial
• Street SmART - A Guide to Art on the Streets of Canada's Capital Region (pdf – 2.4 Mb)