Victoria College First World War Plaque

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First World War Plaque

Photo credit: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University Advancement, University of Toronto.
First World War Plaque

Photo credit: Mana Sadeghipour, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University Advancement, University of Toronto.

Municipality/Province: Toronto, ON

Memorial number: 35091-022

Type: Plaque - bronze

Address: 91 Charles Street W

Location: Victoria University in the University of Toronto

GPS coordinates: Lat: 43.666715 Long: -79.3918637

Submitted by: S.M. Drummond. Soldiers’ Tower Committee. Kathy Parks, University of Toronto.

The Victoria College First World War Plaque was erected by the Alumni and Alumnae Associations and dedicated on October 12, 1923, to the students of Victoria College who lost their lives in the First World War.

Inscription found on memorial

THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH
[crest with Latin motto:] ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES

ERECTED
TO THE MEMORY
OF THE STUDENTS OF
THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT
WAR 1914-1918

THIS TABLET WAS PRESENTED TO VICTORIA COLLEGE
BY THE ALUMNI AND ALUMNAE ASSOCIATIONS AND
DEDICATED OCTOBER 12TH 1923

[Inscribed by artist:] ALFRED HOWELL 1923

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Date modified:: 2022-04-25