Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram April 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Honour Roll – From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. (PLEASE NOTE THAT HIS FIRST NAME ON THIS RECORD IS NOT CORRECT. It should be "George William Bruce" and not Commanding.)

Photo of George William Bruce – From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.

Acta Victoriana War Supplement – Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919.

Photo of George William Bruce – Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919.

The Soldiers' Tower – The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen beside the Tower is that of George William Bruce. After the Second World War, the names of 557 more men and women were carved in the Memorial Arch underneath the Tower. Photo: K. Parks.

Memorial Room – Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.

Memorial – Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXII is dedicated: "The Alumni Association and friends of Victoria College". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.

Newspaper clipping – Source: The Globe Toronto Monday April 24 1916