Vernon's Memorial Wall stands immediately west of the Vernon cenotaph, which was initially erected as a World War I memorial. The wall is primarily a World War II memorial, but includes plaques for the Korean War, erected by the Korea Veterans Association, and plaques dedicated to members of both the Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Merchant Navy. The latter recognizes members of the Merchant Navy who participated in World Wars I & II and the Korean War.
The wall is a low, wide exposed aggregate concrete wall of about four feet by twenty feet in size. Atop the centre is a cross, representing a Canadian Soldier's grave, with the words "In Remembrance" below. On the west side of the wall is a mural of poppies and the opening lines of the
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae poem,
In Flanders Fields... The poppies blow...
between the crosses... Row on row
The Korean plaque reads as follows:
KOREA WAR
1950 - 1953