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Military service
Age:
32
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Death:
April 23, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Maj. Gen. G. Sterling Ryerson, of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Captain George Crowther Ryerson
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of George Crowther Ryerson
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. George Crowther Ryerson is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 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. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Honour Roll
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping (2)
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Newspaper Clipping
The Varsity War Supplement, University of Toronto, July 1915. -
Newspaper Clipping (4)
Lt. Arthur Connaught Ryerson was the brother of Captain George Crowther Ryerson. The Varsity War Supplement, University of Toronto, July 1915. -
Honour Roll
Honour Roll from The Varsity War Supplement, University of Toronto, July 1915. -
Family Monument
Captain George Crowther Ryerson is remembered on the Ryerson family monument located in St. James Cemetery, Parliament Street, Toronto, Ontario. -
Royal Canadian Yacht Club Memorial
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario. Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918". -
Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Newspaper Clipping
Captain George C. Ryerson's father and sister. Surgeon General George Sterling Ryerson survived the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7th, 1915. His mother, Mary Amelia Crowther (Mrs. Ryerson) was drowned when her lifeboat capsized. Her daughter Laura, shown in this photo, was saved. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of April 30, 1915. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11561799/Daily-Telegraph-April-30-1915.html -
Memorial Plaque
Memorial Plaque – Lt. George Crowther Ryerson is remembered on this bronze memorial plaque. It is found in the foyer of the Alpha Delta Phi Chapter House at 94 Prince Arthur Avenue -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
The Golden Book : The Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press); -
Memorial
The Golden Book : The Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press); -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Brantford Expositor 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Captain George Crowther Ryerson
Digital gallery of
Captain George Crowther Ryerson
Digital gallery of
Captain George Crowther Ryerson
Digital gallery of
Captain George Crowther Ryerson
Digital gallery of
Captain George Crowther Ryerson
Digital gallery of
Captain George Crowther Ryerson
Digital gallery of
Captain George Crowther Ryerson
Digital gallery of
Captain George Crowther Ryerson
Digital gallery of
Captain George Crowther Ryerson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 35 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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