Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of HUGH CHARLES MCFADDEN – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of HUGH CHARLES MCFADDEN – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of HUGH CHARLES MCFADDEN – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Biography

Newspaper Clipping – From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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 H. C. McFADDEN 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 on page 43 reads: “F/O Hugh Charles McFADDEN  RCAF, 168 Sqn RAF. Graduate Mathematics (Honours), University of Manitoba, MA, Economics, 1942. Killed as a result of an aeroplane crash in Scotland, 2 April 1944. Buried in the Monkton and Prestwick Cemetery, Ayrshire County, Scotland.”