Military service
Age:
33
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
49th Bn.
Birth:
October 2, 1884
Whitby, Ontario
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of John Ball Dow and Mary A. Dow, of Brighton, England; Whitby, Ontario. Reverted from Captain in 151st Bn., Edmonton, Alberta, in order to go overseas.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Robert John Gunn Dow
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Photo of Robert Dow
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Osgoode Hall War Memorial
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Commemorative Plaque
Memorial Plaque commemorating barristers and students, members of the Alberta law society, who died while serving in the First World War. -
Photo of Robert Dow
Torontonensis 1906 (University of Toronto Yearbook), pg. 125. Caption: Robert John Gunn Dow. Courses - Political Science and Honour History. Member Athletic Assoc. Executive; Capt. Assoc. Football Team; II. Rugby Team; 1906 Rugby Team. -
Photo 2 of Robert Dow
Torontonensis 1906 (University of Toronto Yearbook), pg. 139. Caption: R. J. G. Gow / T.C.A.A.A. Executive Committee 1905-06. -
Photo 3 of Robert Dow
Torontonensis 1906 (University of Toronto Yearbook), pg. 141. Caption: R. J. G. Dow / 1906 Rugby Team. -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, 2010. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of "Lt. R. J. G. Dow 49th Bn" is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, shown at photo left. Photo: K. Parks -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 601 of 1076.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert John Gunn Dow
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert John Gunn Dow
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert John Gunn Dow
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert John Gunn Dow
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert John Gunn Dow
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert John Gunn Dow
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert John Gunn Dow
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert John Gunn Dow
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert John Gunn Dow
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 230 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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