On 1 May 1917, a choir stall at St. Albans Cathedral was dedicated by the officers of the 3rd Battalion to honour Captain George Leycester Ingles who died in the First World War. The dedication was conducted by His Grace George Thorneloe, Archbishop of Algoma, who was assisted by the Bishop of Toronto.
Born 23 April 1886 to Reverend Charles L. and Frances Helen Oates 'Nettie' Ingles in Toronto, George was a graduate of Trinity College Divinity School and a member of The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada militia when he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 24 September 1914. He became a chaplain in the 3rd Battalion before contracting spinal meningitis while attending to pastoral duties with infected soldiers. He succumbed to the disease and died on 1 January 1915.
