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Digital gallery of Captain Edward Basil Gowan Morton
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Basil Gowan Morton
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921.
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Basil Gowan Morton
World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: "IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE", and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: "And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content."
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Basil Gowan Morton
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Basil Gowan Morton
Barrie, Ontario
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Basil Gowan Morton
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Basil Gowan Morton
Barrie street named in honour of Captain Edward Basil Gowan Morton with a poppy.
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Basil Gowan Morton
Captain Edward Basil Gowan Morton....(British Home Child)......KIA July 16th 1918......From the Barrie Examiner c.1918.........
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"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921.
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World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: "IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE", and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: "And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content."
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Barrie, Ontario
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Barrie street named in honour of Captain Edward Basil Gowan Morton with a poppy.
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Captain Edward Basil Gowan Morton....(British Home Child)......KIA July 16th 1918......From the Barrie Examiner c.1918.........
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ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France
The Arras Flying Services Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras, near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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