Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Soldiers' Tower Memorial – The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations.

Memorial Arch – The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “F/O J.N.R. Redpath R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.

Memorial Room – Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations.

Memorial Book – University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry reads: F/O John Norman Ralston REDPATH 405 Sqn RCAF. College of Pharmacy, PhmB 1939. Killed in an air operation over Leipzig, Germany, 20 October 1943. Buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany.

Photo of John Redpath – Photograph of Redpath from Torontonensis, University of Toronto yearbook, 1939.

Memorial – Flying Officer John Norman Ralston Redpath is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flying Officer John Norman Ralston Redpath is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Photo of JOHN NORMAN RALSTON REDPATH – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of JOHN NORMAN RALSTON REDPATH – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of JOHN NORMAN RALSTON REDPATH – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Certificate – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me