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Son of Maria Burgess, of 50A, Danforth Avenue, Toronto, Ont., and the late Solomon Lossing Burgess; husband of Edna S. Burgess, of 25, Bernard Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
Digital gallery of Captain Rosswell Morris Burgess
Digital gallery of
Captain Rosswell Morris Burgess
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Rosswell Morris Burgess
Digital gallery of
Captain Rosswell Morris Burgess
Digital gallery of
Captain Rosswell Morris Burgess
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
Digital gallery of
Captain Rosswell Morris Burgess
The Church of the Redeemer (Anglican), Bloor Street, Toronto, Ontario. Two
World War One memorial plaques are located in the west transept next to War Memorial stained glass windows (1920).
Digital gallery of
Captain Rosswell Morris Burgess
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918
published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto.
Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Captain Rosswell Morris Burgess
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen beside the Tower is that of Rosswell Morris Burgess. After the Second World War, the names of 557 more men and women were carved in the Memorial Arch underneath the Tower. Photo: K. Parks.
Digital gallery of
Captain Rosswell Morris Burgess
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Captain Rosswell Morris Burgess
From the Toronto Telegram January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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The Church of the Redeemer (Anglican), Bloor Street, Toronto, Ontario. Two World War One memorial plaques are located in the west transept next to War Memorial stained glass windows (1920).
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From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen beside the Tower is that of Rosswell Morris Burgess. After the Second World War, the names of 557 more men and women were carved in the Memorial Arch underneath the Tower. Photo: K. Parks.
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Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 377 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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