Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of PHILIP BENTINCK BOYD – In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

Photo of Phillip Bentinck Boyd – Originally 27012 Private in the 15th Battalion. Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Gordon Highlanders and transferred to the RFC where he was KIA. Submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath

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

Memorial Tablet – Second Lieutenant Philip Bentinck Boyd is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario.

Photo of Philip Bentinck Boyd – From "The War Book of Upper Canada College", edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War.

Wedding Announcment – Second Lieutenant Boyd's wedding announcement was published in the Toronto Star on November 18th, 1916.

Newspaper Clipping

Newspaper Clipping 2

Press Clipping

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.

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

Memorial – A detail of the memorial panel dedicated to 2nd Lt. Philip Bentinck Boyd. Located in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry, Toronto, Ontario.

Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me