At the highest point in Beechwood stands the Cemetery’s tallest monument. This monument marks the Booth Family plot, which is in a section of its own just north of the…

Three Canadian soldiers of the First World War, Private Harry Atherton, Corporal Percy Howarth, and Sergeant Richard Musgrave, were laid to rest with military honours at Loos British Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle,…

Section 50, Lots 119, 120, 128 Ella Hobday Webster was born on September 1, 1846 in Portsmouth, Virginia to Nathan Burnham Webster a prominent Southern American educator. The family moved…

Jenny Russell Simpson – Section 41, Lot 120 NW Jenny (Jeanette) Russell Simpson was born in Montreal in 1847 to Andrew Russell, commissioner of Crown Lands. She was an artist,…

Given life from Centennial Flame this commemorative torch was transported across Ottawa via a walk, run relay and march to the RCMP National Memorial Cemetery at Beechwood to light the…

The RCMP National Memorial Cemetery Pillars are special and unique addition to mark the sacred ground that holds fallen RCMP officers. On September 23rd, 2017, in celebration of Canada’s 150th…

The RCMP National Memorial Cemetery Pillars are special and unique addition to mark the sacred ground that holds fallen RCMP officers. On September 23rd, 2017, in celebration of Canada’s 150th…

At the centre of the RCMP National Memorial Cemetery stands the cenotaph with an RCMP member saluting those who have died in the line of duty and who are memorialized…

At the entrance of the RCMP National Memorial Cemetery sits two Bison Head Pillars. The origin of the North American bison as the symbol of the NWMP is unknown. One…

Originally installed and unveiling in 2004, the RCMP National Memorial Cemetery Main Monument is the central feature of the RCMP National Memorial Cemetery at Beechwood. The main monument has a…