Ryerson and Crowther Plaque

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE STERLING RYERSON
M.D., C.A.M.C.
A KNIGHT OF GRACE OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
FOUNDER OF THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY.

BORN IN TORONTO 1855. SON OF THE REVEREND GEORGE
RYERSON AND ISABELLA DORCAS STERLING. SERVED IN THE
FENIAN RAID OF 1870. GRADUATED TRINITY MEDICAL COLLEGE
1875. SERVED IN THE NORTHWEST REBELLION OF 1885 AS
SURGEON OF THE TENTH ROYAL GRENADIERS. IN 1892 FOUNDED
THE ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF CANADIAN MILITIA
WHICH RESULTED IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CANADIAN
ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. MEMBER OF THE ONTARIO LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY FOR TORONTO 1893 - 1898. FOUNDED IN 1895 THE
ONTARIO CENTRE OF ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION OF THE
GRAND PRIORY OF THE BRITISH REALM OF THE VENERABLE ORDER
OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. THE FIRST CENTRE
FORMED IN CANADA TO WHICH FOR FIFTEEN YEARS GAVE MUCH
OF HIS TIME AS GENERAL SECRETARY. FOUNDED THE CANADIAN RED
CROSS SOCIETY 1896. CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
1896-1914. CANADIAN RED CROSS COMMISSIONER SOUTH AFRICA
1900-1901. PRESIDENT 1914-1916 CO-FOUNDER OF UNITED EMPIRE
LOYALISTS' ASSOCIATION OF CANADA 1896. HE WAS A 33RD DEGREE
MASON AND ACTIVE IN ALL BRANCHES OF THE CRAFT. HE SERVED
HIS COUNTRY WITH DILIGENCE AND HONOUR. DIED IN TORONTO
MAY 20TH 1925.
AND OF HIS WIFE
MARY AMELIA CROWTHER,
BORN IN TORONTO 1855. MARRIED 1882. LOST AT SEA BY
THE TORPEDOING OF THE R. M. S. LUISITANIA, MAY 5TH, 1915.