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Military service
Age:
22
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, R.C.A.C.
Death:
December 15, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV, G, 8.
Additional information
Son of Bruce Fulford Howson and Edna Laura Howson, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Roderick Bruce Howson
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Photo of Roderick Howson
From: University of Toronto Memorial Book Second World War 1939-1945. The book was published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto. <P> Submitted with permission, by Operation Picture Me. -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 31 reads: “Lt Roderick Bruce HOWSON 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards. Former student in Applied Science and Engineering – Metallurgy, 1941-42. Died of wounds received in the Italian Campaign, 15 December 1944. Buried in the Argenta Gap War Cemetery, Italy.” -
Memorial Arch
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “Lt R. B. HOWSON C.I.C.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Soldiers' Tower Memorial
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Photo of RODERICK BRUCE HOWSON
While a student, Howson served as the 1st year metallurgical rep in the Mining and Metallurgical Club Executive at the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 1941-42. From: Torontonensis yearbook 1942. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1045. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Roderick Bruce Howson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Roderick Bruce Howson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Roderick Bruce Howson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Roderick Bruce Howson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Roderick Bruce Howson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Roderick Bruce Howson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Roderick Bruce Howson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Roderick Bruce Howson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Roderick Bruce Howson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 339 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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