Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Flying Officer Edward Walter Smith is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flying Officer Edward Walter Smith 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 Edward Walter Smith – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Record of Service – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Edward Walter Smith – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Other – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Attestation paper – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Attestation paper – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of EDWARD WALTER SMITH – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Memorial Plaque – This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto.

Photo of Edward Walter Smith – From the Toronto Telegram January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Ed Smith