On 1 May 1917, an oak chair at St. Albans Cathedral was dedicated to Lieutenant Claude Castlemaine Temple. The dedication was conducted by His Grace George Thorneloe, Archbishop of Algoma, who was assisted by the Bishop of Toronto.
Claude was born in Quebec City in 1891, to Margaret and Charles Vesey Temple. His father, Charles, was a member of The Queen’s Own Rifles and accompanied the Prince of Wales during his visit to Quebec. An accountant by profession, Claude enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 18 September 1914 in Toronto. After arriving in Europe, he became a lieutenant in the 7th Battalion. He was reported missing on 2 October 1916 while engaged in operations at the Somme. Four months later, it was confirmed he had been killed by machine gun fire while storming a German trench.
The temple chair was located in the Chapel of St. Alban-the-Martyr in Royal St. George's College at 120 Howland Avenue and it is not known what happened to it.