At St. Edmund’s Church, a bronze plaque was unveiled on the baptistry wall in memory of Private Garnet Blenkhorn who lost his life in the First World War. The plaque was dedicated to the church by his family.
Garnet was born on August 13, 1894, in Birmingham, England to Matthias and Louisa Blenkhorn and the family moved to Toronto, Ontario when he was young. He worked as a machinist when he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on December 20, 1915. He was placed in the 19th Battalion and was killed at Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917.
