A tablet at Grace Church on-the-Hill was dedicated to the memory of Second-Lieutenant William Cecil Hutson who was killed in the First World War. Hutson was born in 1897 to Harry and Annie Hutson of Toronto, Ontario. He attended the Upper Canada College, then the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario from which he was gazetted into the 51st Brigade, of the British Royal Field Artillery. He was killed on 21 March at Second Picardy, during the Spring Offensive.
Toronto, Ontario
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM CECIL HUTSON
SECOND LIEUTENANT ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY
BATTERY 51ST BRIGADE, 9TH DIVISION
KILLED IN ACTION AT FINS
NEAR AMIENS, FRANCE, MARCH 21ST, 1918.
IN HIS TWENTIETH YEAR
THE FAITHFUL SHALL ABIDE IN LOVE
THE ? OF THEM IS WITH THE MOST HIGH
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Second-Lieutenant William Cecil Hutson Plaque
300 Lonsdale Road
Toronto
Ontario
Second-Lieutenant William Cecil Hutson Plaque
300 Lonsdale Road
Toronto
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 43.6891648
Long. -79.4103719
Lat. 43.6891648
Long. -79.4103719