Language selection


Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Wilfred Burt Tait

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant Wilfred Burt Tait

July 16, 1918

Military Service


Age:

19

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Division:

43rd Wing (Leaside, Ont.),

Additional Information


Son of Dr. Nelson Tait, M.D., and Eva Shepherd Tait, of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 594 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

TORONTO (MOUNT PLEASANT) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

B. Sec. 16. Lot 1.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Memorial– Aura Lee Club Toronto
  • Honour roll– This tablet is in honour of 
those members of the staff
of National Trust Company Limited
who from its several offices at
Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Edmonton
Saskatoon and Regina enlisted for 
service in the defence of the empire
1914 X 1918
James Rodger Buik
Francis Cyprian Crummey
Michael Flynn
Gordon Budd Irving
Percival Molson
William Dickson Robertson
Herbert Boyd Symonds
Wilfrid Burt Tait
James Wilson
Gordon Stevenson Winnibrith
  • Grave Marker– Grave marker for Second Lieutenant Wilfred B. Tait.  Located in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario.  Photo taken in 2003.
  • Inscription
  • Commemorative Plaque– 1914-18 Memorial Plaque, The University Schools, University of Toronto, 371 
Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario.  Erected by the U.T.S. Hockey Club, 
1919-20.
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Newspaper Clipping 2
  • Newspaper Clipping 3
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Toronto Star for 23 July 1918.
  • Royal Canadian Yacht Club Memorial– The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario.  
Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side 
panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were 
presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918".
  • Plaque– 1914-1918 Memorial tablet, Bloor Street Presbyterian Church, 300 Bloor St. 
West, Toronto, Ontario.  This congregation was established in 1887, and in 
1925 became the Bloor Street United Church.  The tablet was unveiled on May 
16th, 1920.  It was inscribed:  "In memory of the men of Bloor Street 
Presbyterian Church who went out to battle and died for Freedom's cause.   
They feared not Death and meeting it they won the Victor's Crown."

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: