3-735: Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg, Manitoba holds more than 6500 servicemen and women, includes 470 war graves. The Stone of Remembrance, which was unveiled in 1960 by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission honours the sailors, soldiers and airmen of the Commonwealth who served in both wars and who are buried in Canada. Brookside Cemetery may also refer to: Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg , Manitoba ,
6-441: Is the largest cemetery in western Canada , containing the graves of more than 200,000 people. With the first interment taking place in 1878, it is one of the oldest cemeteries in Winnipeg. Brookside has been used in some films, such as Bride of Chucky (1998). The Brookside Cemetery houses a municipal Military "Field of Honour," which was opened in 1915 and is one of Canada's largest and oldest. The Field of Honour houses
9-603: The only Stone of Remembrance in Canada, unveiled in 1960 by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to honour "sailors, soldiers and airmen of the Commonwealth who lie buried in Canada," having served in either of the world wars . Since 1915, Brookside Cemetery has interred 11,000 veterans, servicemen, and women, and includes 470 war graves . Brookside also includes a section dedicated to those who donated their bodies to medical research and teaching at
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