Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Michael McCarthy Bolan – In memory of the students from Midland High School who served during World War 11 and did not return. Photos submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me, on behalf of Midland Legion Branch 80 190 Queen St. Midland, Ontario.

Newspaper Clipping

Memorial – Bayeux Memorial - August 2012

Inscription – Inscription on the Bayeux Memorial - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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

Memorial Arch West – 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 “Sgt J.H. COOPER R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, 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 6 reads: Sgt Michael McCarthy BOLAN, The Algonquin Regt. Former student at St Michael’s College, 1926-28. Killed in action in Normandy, 10 August 1944. Name inscribed on the Bayeux Memorial, France.

Memorial – St. Michael’s College Memorial Introduction – Inscriptions in the stone walls of the slype between More and Fisher Houses on the University of Toronto campus commemorate the men of St. Michael’s College (University of Toronto)and St. Michael’s College School (a private Catholic high school) who died in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean conflict.

Memorial – St. Michael’s College Memorial Introduction – Inscriptions in the stone walls of the slype between More and Fisher Houses on the University of Toronto campus commemorate the men of St. Michael’s College (University of Toronto)and St. Michael’s College School (a private Catholic high school) who died in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean conflict.

Memorial – Detail of St. Michael’s College Memorial – Showing some of the Second World War names including McCarthy Michael Bolan [sic].