| Red Deer, Alberta
The Red Deer Memorial Hospital was opened in 1904. It was built to commemorate four Red Deer men who lost their lives in the South Afican War. Several additions have been made in later years and the building is now part of the west wing of the Municipal Hospital.
The inscription of the dedication plaque in the Hospital reads.
RED DEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
TO
COMMEMORATE THE PATRIOTISM
OF
CHARLES CRUIKSHANK
ARCHIE MCNICHOL
ANGUS JENKINS
MEMBERS OF THE STRATHCONA HORSE
WHO FELL IN DEFENSE OF THE EMPIRE
IN SOUTH AFRICA
1901
Lord Strathcona gave $1000 to Red Deer for the building of a Memorial to the memory of the three men listed, who were from the Balmoral District. The fund led to the opening of the Red Deer Memorial Hospital in 1904 at a cost of $2500.
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