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Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 32
Additional information
Son of William Henry and Caroline Ireland. Formerly on the Staff of Homewood Sanatorium, Guelph, and Toronto General Hospital.
Digital gallery of Captain Richard Alfred Ireland
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Memorial
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of RICHARD ALFRED IRELAND
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Photo of Richard Ireland
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo of Richard Ireland
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. -
Newspaper Clipping
In honoured memory. -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Funds were raised by the Alumni Federation (now called the University of Toronto Alumni Association.) The name of "Capt. R. A. IRELAND C.A.M.C." is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Inscription on Menin Gate
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Menin Gate
Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Richard Alfred Ireland
Digital gallery of
Captain Richard Alfred Ireland
Digital gallery of
Captain Richard Alfred Ireland
Digital gallery of
Captain Richard Alfred Ireland
Digital gallery of
Captain Richard Alfred Ireland
Digital gallery of
Captain Richard Alfred Ireland
Digital gallery of
Captain Richard Alfred Ireland
Digital gallery of
Captain Richard Alfred Ireland
Digital gallery of
Captain Richard Alfred Ireland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 261 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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