Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of William Jonathan Wright – Lt WJ Wright Lt Wright is commemorated on the St Marys Memorial at Town Hall on Queen Street East, St Marys, Ontario and on a bronze plaque in the St Marys and District Collegiate on James Street South in St Marys.

Roll of Honour – University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918, 1921.

Newspaper Clipping

Roll of Honour – "This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable."

Photo of William Wright – From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.