Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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

Photo of Hugh Ince – 941 Acting Major Hugh Ethelred McCarthy Ince R.F.A. (RMC 1911-14) was the only son of James and Ethelreda Ince of Toronto. He was educated at Trinity College School, Port Hope. At the Royal Military College, Kingston his nickname was Hughie. He was the likeable, conscientious, king-hearted captain of the football team. Since he had a passion for horses he expected to go in for the cavalry. He served in Egypt. Captain Ince was in England when the war broke out and immediately applied for a commission in the Royal Field Artillery of the Imperial Service. He went to France in November 1914 and served on the fighting line with the exception of a short interval. He served in the Royal Field Artillery 53rd Battery 2nd Batallion. He was killed in action at the Somme while in command of the 53rd Battery R.F.A. Nov 4. 1916 at 23 years of age. He was buried at Guards Cemetery (Lesboeufs) Grave Reference: X. Y. 4. in the Somme, France. He was commemorated on Page 572 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. He is listed on the Osgoode Hall War memorial. There is a dedication on the front panel of the Ince family monument at St. James Cemetery, Parliament St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Stone Frigate, 1914 http://www.archive.org/details/stonefrigate191400kinguoft

Photo of Hugh Ince – 941 Acting Major Hugh Ethelred McCarthy Ince R.F.A. (RMC 1911-14) was the only son of James and Ethelreda Ince of Toronto. He was educated at Trinity College School, Port Hope. At the Royal Military College, Kingston his nickname was Hughie. He was the likeable, conscientious, king-hearted captain of the football team. Since he had a passion for horses he expected to go in for the cavalry. He served in Egypt. Captain Ince was in England when the war broke out and immediately applied for a commission in the Royal Field Artillery of the Imperial Service. He went to France in November 1914 and served on the fighting line with the exception of a short interval. He served in the Royal Field Artillery 53rd Battery 2nd Batallion. He was killed in action at the Somme while in command of the 53rd Battery R.F.A. Nov 4. 1916 at 23 years of age. He was buried at Guards Cemetery (Lesboeufs) Grave Reference: X. Y. 4. in the Somme, France. He was commemorated on Page 572 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. He is listed on the Osgoode Hall War memorial. There is a dedication on the front panel of the Ince family monument at St. James Cemetery, Parliament St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Stone Frigate, 1914 http://www.archive.org/details/stonefrigate191400kinguoft

Newspaper Clipping – Stone Frigate 1914 Royal Military College of Canada 941 Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince (RMC 1912) was the son of James and Ethelreda Ince of Toronto. He served in Egypt. He served with the Royal Field Artillery, 53rd Bty. 2nd Bde. He died on 4 Nov 1916. He was buried in the Guards Cemetery (Lesboeufs), Somme, France.

Photo of HUGH ETHELRED MCCARTHY INCE – From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince

Newspaper Clipping (2) – From the Toronto Globe for 9 November 1916.

Newspaper Clipping – From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping

Photo of HUGH ETHELRED MCCARTHY INCE – Memorial Arch, Royal Military College of Canada

Photo of HUGH ETHELRED MCCARTHY INCE – Memorial Arch, Royal Military College of Canada

Memorial Stained Glass – 941 Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince (RMC 1912) was the son of James and Ethelreda Ince of Toronto. He served in Egypt. He served with the Royal Field Artillery, 53rd Bty. 2nd Bde. He died on 4 Nov 1916. He was buried in the Guards Cemetery (Lesboeufs), Somme, France.

War Memorial Window – One of the sets of War Memorial stained glass windows in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry.

Osgoode Hall War memorial

St Thomas (Anglican) Church – St. Thomas (Anglican) Church, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario. The octagonal Baptistry (1917) houses a central baptismal font, and also serves as a World War One memorial for the war dead of this parish. The room includes stained glass windows by the Bromsgrove Guild. These show images of medieval knights, St. Michael the Archangel and St. George, and a wounded soldier in a circa 1914-1918 military uniform standing among red poppies. Individually inscribed wooden war memorial panels line the walls. Each panel includes the name of a war casualty in gilt lettering with rank, unit and date of death.

Family Monument – Major Hugh Ethelred McCarthy Ince is remembered on the Ince family monument at St. James Cemetery, Parliament St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Inscription – Dedication on the front panel of the Ince family monument at St. James Cemetery, Parliament St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Memorial – A detail of the memorial panel dedicated to Major Hugh Ethelred McCarthy Ince. Located in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry, Toronto, Ontario.

War Memorial – 941 Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince (RMC 1912) was the son of James and Ethelreda Ince of Toronto. He served in Egypt. He served with the Royal Field Artillery, 53rd Bty. 2nd Bde. He died on 4 Nov 1916. He was buried in the Guards Cemetery (Lesboeufs), Somme, France.

Memorial Doll – 941 Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince (RMC 1912) was the son of James and Ethelreda Ince of Toronto. He served in Egypt. He served with the Royal Field Artillery, 53rd Bty. 2nd Bde. He died on 4 Nov 1916. He was buried in the Guards Cemetery (Lesboeufs), Somme, France.

Grave Marker – 941 Acting Major Hugh Ethelred McCarthy Ince (RMC 1911-1914) was the son of James and Ethelreda Ince of Alexandra Palace Rooms 663 University Avenue Toronto Canada. He was a member of the class of 1914 at the Royal Military College of Canada. He served with the 53rd Bty. 2nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He was killed in action at the Somme while in command of the 53rd Battery R.F.A. Nov 4. 1916 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Guards' Cemetery Lesboeufs, Somme, France. He is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. Photograph and details by volunteer/s: TWGPP 2009 http://www.twgpp.org/information.php?id=2808870