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Son of Herbert Hardie Wetmore and Mary Isabel Wetmore of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Hastings Deblois Wetmore
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hastings Deblois Wetmore
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hastings Deblois Wetmore
St. Thomas (Anglican) Church, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario. The octagonal
Baptistry (1917) houses a central baptismal font, and also serves as a World
War One memorial for the war dead of this parish. The room includes stained
glass windows by the Bromsgrove Guild. These show images of medieval
knights, St. Michael the Archangel and St. George, and a wounded soldier in
a circa 1914-1918 military uniform standing among red poppies. Individually
inscribed wooden war memorial panels line the walls. Each panel includes
the name of a war casualty in gilt lettering with rank, unit and date of
death.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hastings Deblois Wetmore
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hastings Deblois Wetmore
A detail of the memorial panel dedicated to Lt. Wetmore. Located in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hastings Deblois Wetmore
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hastings Deblois Wetmore
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hastings Deblois Wetmore
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hastings Deblois Wetmore
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hastings Deblois Wetmore
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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St. Thomas (Anglican) Church, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario. The octagonal Baptistry (1917) houses a central baptismal font, and also serves as a World War One memorial for the war dead of this parish. The room includes stained glass windows by the Bromsgrove Guild. These show images of medieval knights, St. Michael the Archangel and St. George, and a wounded soldier in a circa 1914-1918 military uniform standing among red poppies. Individually inscribed wooden war memorial panels line the walls. Each panel includes the name of a war casualty in gilt lettering with rank, unit and date of death.
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A detail of the memorial panel dedicated to Lt. Wetmore. Located in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry, Toronto, Ontario.
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From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 521 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ONTARIO CEMETERY, SAINS-LES-MARQUION Nord, France
Sains-les-Marquion is a village and it lies approximately 2 kilometres south of Marquion, which lies on the main straight road from Arras to Cambrai. The Ontario Cemetery lies to the south of the village. The cemetery was made after the capture of Sains-les-Marquion by the Canadian Division on September 27, 1918. The Cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice and now covers an area of 949 square metres. It is enclosed by a rubble wall.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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