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Military service
Age:
20
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Death:
June 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. A. 25.
Additional information
Son of Dyce W. Saunders, K.C., and Amy Percival Saunders (nee Brehaut), of 72, Walmer Rd., Toronto.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Thomas Brehaut Saunders
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Thomas Brehaut Saunders
From The War Book of Upper Canada College, edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War. -
Memorial Tablet
Lt. Thomas Brehaut Saunders is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Press Clipping
This letter was sent to the father of Lt. Thomas Brehaut Saunders by Lieutenant Colonel Victor Carl Buchanan, DSO, 13th Battalion, Quebec Regiment. He was later killed in action on September 26th, 1916. -
St Thomas (Anglican) Church
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. -
War Memorial Window
One of the sets of War Memorial stained glass windows in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry. -
Memorial
A detail of the memorial panel dedicated to Lt. Thomas Brehaut Saunders. Located in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry, Toronto, Ontario. -
Photo of Thomas Brehaut Saunders
Lt. Thomas B. Saunders and Isobel Taylor Saunders -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Entrance
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Cemetery
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Grave marker
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Brehaut Saunders
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Brehaut Saunders
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Brehaut Saunders
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Brehaut Saunders
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Brehaut Saunders
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Brehaut Saunders
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Brehaut Saunders
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Brehaut Saunders
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Brehaut Saunders
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 159 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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