Ontario

Province Code
ON
City/Municipality
Kingston
Memorial Number
35036-160
Type
Other
Address
15 Valour Drive
Location
Currie Hall, Royal Military College of Canada
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.23018, -76.46795
Inscription

In loving memory

2619 P/O T.L. Bennett, BSM 1940

Missing In Action North Africa 12 Jan '42

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Victoria Edwards
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Pilot Officer Thomas Bennett window at Royal Military College of Canada
War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Ontario
Body Content

The Alumni of the Royal Military College of Canada erected this memorial. The first light Stained glass window is featuring a desert scene with a sword. The window is dedicated to Pilot Officer Thomas Lloyd Bennett, an alumni of RMC, who was missing in action January 12, 1942 over the Mediterranean.

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Kingston
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Canada
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Stained glass window
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9426
City/Municipality
Kingston
Memorial Number
35036-159
Type
Other
Address
22 Amiens Avenue
Location
Royal Military College of Canada, on the side door of Yeo Hall
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.22946, -76.46928
Inscription

Bill and Alfie

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Victoria Edwards
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Old Bill & Alfie at RMC, Yeo Hall
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Old Bill at RMC, Yeo Hall
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Old Bill and an Officer Cadet, Yeo Hall 1936
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Ontario
Body Content

In 1934, the last, and the most unusual, Great War memorial was added to the Royal Military College. Two bosses (i.e. gargoyle-like) heads depicting the cartoon characters Old Bill and Alfie were placed over the side door of Yeo Hall, the newly constructed Cadet Dining Hall. Old Bill and Alfie were two of the several cartoon characters created during the War by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. These characters represented 'everyman' -the scruffy, but rock solid, front-line soldiers who, "coped with everything the enemy, their NCO's, their officers or the Staff could throw at them." The caption of his most famous cartoon, "Well, if you knows a better 'ole go to it," became the catch phrase of a generation.

Why Old Bill and Alfie found their way to RMC is unknown, but presumably the Commandant of the day was a fan (every RMC Commandant from 1919 to 1945 was a veteran of the Great War). A small officers' mess was tucked into a back corner of the second floor of this newly built Cadet Dining Hall. The stairs leading up to the Mess were accessed by the side entrance decorated with the two famous heads and the bar was called, "Bill and Alfie's". The RMC Officers' Mess was relocated long ago, but the original bar area, now incorporated into a greatly expanded Cadet Mess and Recreation Centre, is still known as 'Bill and Alfie's".

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Kingston
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Canada
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Type Description
Sculpture
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9416
City/Municipality
Kingston
Memorial Number
35036-158
Type
Other
Address
22 Amiens Avenue
Location
Inside Yeo Hall at the Royal Military College of Canada
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.22928, -76.46916
Inscription

'Lone Piper' by Joanne Gervais

‘Where have all the flowers gone’ artwork by Bruce Sherman

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Victoria Edwards
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‘Where have all the flowers gone’ by Bruce Sherman
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'Lone Piper' by Joanne Gervais
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War or Conflict Term
Afghanistan
Province
Ontario
Body Content

On September 28th, 2010 two pieces of artwork 'Lone Piper' by Joanne Gervais and ‘Where have all the flowers gone’ artwork by Bruce Sherman (2010) were formally accepted by 13987 Brian Bailey, President of the RMC Club as part of the alumni weekend festivities. The paintings commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Royal Military College of Canada band (1950-2010). The Lone Piper wears the distinctive uniform of a RMC band piper. The original painting 'Where have all the flowers gone' was gifted to 22621 Tara Dawe in memory of 22596 Capt Matt Dawe (RMC 2000) by the artist, a family friend of S150 LCol (Ret’d) Peter Dawe. Captain Matt Dawe, 27 years old, was killed along with five other Canadian soldiers and an interpreter by a roadside bomb on Wednesday, July 5th, 2007. He has left behind his parents Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Peter Dawe, his wife Tara and their son to grieve. The Commemorative paintings hang in the practice room(s) in Yeo hall. The donations were made by RMC alumni, Victoria Edwards and Gus Nelson.

 

 

 

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Kingston
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Canada
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Type Description
Painting
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9415
City/Municipality
Kingston
Memorial Number
35036-157
Type
Other
Address
6 Brock Street
Location
Confederation Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.2301946, -76.4794504
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards
Inscription

[plaque]

In memory of the men and women of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Merchant Navy who served their country in War and Peace "We will remember them"

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Victoria Edwards
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surroundings
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

Royal Canadian Navy and Merchant Navy memorial anchor and plaque on stone base.

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Kingston
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Canada
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Anchor and Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9401
City/Municipality
Kingston
Memorial Number
35036-156
Type
Other
Address
61 Ontario Street
Location
Navy Memorial Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.2256601, -76.484012
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards
Inscription

[plaque]

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE
ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
AND THE
MERCHANT NAVY WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
IN WAR AND PEACE
"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

[plaque]

1939 BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1945
ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY LOSSES
HIS MAJESTY'S CANADIAN SHIPS(23 NAMED)
HIS MAJESTY'S CANADIAN MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS (7 LISTED)
CANADIAN MERCHANT NAVY LOSSES 67 MERCHANT SHIPS
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE COSTAL COMMAND LOSSES 151 AIRCRAFT

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front
War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

The Royal Canadian Navy and Merchant Navy Memorial is located at the foot of the Historic Kingston Dry Dock in Navy Memorial Park. The monument has an anchor on a stone base and two plaques. In the pathway are stones with the names of the Royal Canadian Navy ships built here during the Second World War.

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Kingston
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Anchor
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Victoria Edwards
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9400
City/Municipality
Kingston
Memorial Number
35036-155
Type
Other
Address
Barrie Street & King Street East
Location
City Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.2230781, -76.4897272
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards
Inscription

[plaque]

UBIQUE QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT

DEDICATED
TO FALLEN GUNNERS
BY R.C.H.A. BRIGADE ASSOCIATION
AND KINGSTON GUNNERS ON
THE OCCASION OF 125TH ANNIVERSARY ROYAL
REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY
1871-1996

THIS 25 POUNDER GUN USED
BY CANADIAN ARTILLERY
1943-1955

 

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Victoria Edwards
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plaque
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Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
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artillery
1 of 2 images
War or Conflict Term
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

The Fallen Gunners Monument is a 25-Pounder QF Mk. I Field Gun, Serial No. 1230345, Manufacturers Mark: G. & J. W. 1943, Saddle, 25 Pr No. 3 Mk. I. The monument is in front of the National Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Memorial.

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Kingston
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Canada
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Atillery and plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9399
City/Municipality
Kingston
Memorial Number
35036-154
Type
Other
Address
130 Clergy Street East
Location
Inside Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.2328323, -76.4889496
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards
Inscription

[plaque]

HONOUR ROLL
OF
St ANDREW'S CHURCH
ON ACTIVE SERVICE 1914-1918

 

*F. STRANGE

J. HENRY FISHER

*J. DUFF STUART

DOUGLAS GRAY

*DALE CARR-HARRIS

H. FOWLER

F. F. CARR-HARRIS

†THOMAS GRAY

*HEW RAMSAY DUFF

WILLIAM GILBERT

GRANT CARR-HARRIS

DAVID A. VOLUME

*STANLEY GUILD

†GEORGE S. GORDON

*JOHN DALL

A. W. MEIKLE

*HARRY S. MINES

WM L. GRANT

L. C. LOCKETT

THOMAS DUNLOP

*J. MC. D. MOWAT

FRANK W. HAROLD

JAMES CAMPBELL

JAMES ATKINS

*STUART LANG

EDGAR HISCOCK

WILLIAM H. MOWAT

HARRY McLEOD

*ARCHIE SINCLAIR

E. C. HUBLEY

†ARNOTT J. MINNES

*FARQUHAR FRASER

JAMES ADAMS

W. ST. P. HUGHES

JAMES ROSS BELTON

†JOHN RAMSAY

ALEX AIKEN

LAUGHLIN HUGHES

†ARTHUR FOWLER

†W. STEWART DOBBS

*GEORGE ALCROFT

C. A. LOWE

J. M. COCKBURN

HAROLD PHILLIPS

W. H. BALLANYNE

ALEX MACPHAIL

†W. BROUN MACKIE

†DOUGLAS NICKLE

ANNIE BAILLIE

BRUCE McLAUGHLIN

R. J. McDOWALL

MARY B. SANDERSON

HENRY BOAK

JOHN McNAB

*DAWSON McCLELLAN

KARL C. FOLGER

WILLIAM BORLAND

JOHN MENZIES

C. A. ALLAN

FRANK B. WILSON

HELEN BRYDON

ELEANOR E. MERCER

HIBBERT DONNELLY

*LIONEL B. O’GRADY

BRUCE CANNON

MARG ITE CARR-HARRIS

J. HUTTON

CHARLES CUNNINGHAM

NELLIE CHRISTIE

DOUGLAS N. McCALLUM

JOHN MARSH

WILLIAM A. FAIRLIE

REV S.J.M. COMPTON

*HARRY FISHER

†WILLIAM G. MINNES

G. A. ADAMS

W. H. CRAIG

VICTOR MINNES

*WARD McLELLAN

ALLAN G. HOPKIRK

O.J. CURRY

†WILLIAM M. NICKLE

CHARLES V. WILKINS

GEO RUSSELL REID

HAROLD DONNELLY

*WILLIAM RAMSAY

GRACE McLENNAND

FRED G. KING

WM. G. ELDER

WILLIAM G. SCOTT

ARTHUR WHYTOCK

*ALEX A. HALKETT

WM. McMASTER

WILLIAM H. JAMES

MCKAY MEIKLE

G. O. CARR-HARRIS

F. H. LOUGHER

W. P. WILGAR

GRACE F. BAJUS

HELEN S. DUFF

W. SANDS

STEWART J. WILSON

H. M. POLLIE

*LEONARD BOSWELL

FRANK ALDRIDGE

R. R. CARR-HARRIS

R. H. CONNORS

JAMES CUNNINGHAM

GEO DAVID McLEOD

 

 

 

 

*KILLED        †WOUNDED         - PRISONER

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Victoria Edwards
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First World War Honour Roll
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

First World War Honour Roll: 1914-1919 In memory of the men of St. Andrew's Church who fell in the Great War and in honour of those who served overseas.

 

City
Kingston
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Canada
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Honour Roll
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9398
City/Municipality
Kingston
Memorial Number
35036-153
Type
Other
Address
212 Barrie Street
Location
Inside Chalmers United Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.2289235, -76.4909094
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards
Inscription

[plaque]

1914     1919
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF CHALMERS CHURCH WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR

AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED OVERSEAS

AND IN HONOUR OF SEVENTY FIVE MEMBERS
OF THIS CONGREGATION WHO ALSO SERVED

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Victoria Edwards
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plaque
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Ontario
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The Chalmers Church First World War Plaque honours the men who fell and those who served during the First World War.

The Chalmers Church Second World War Plaque is also located here.

Note: In 1890, the Chalmers Free Presbyterian Church was planned at the triangle of land formed by Barrie Street, Clergy Street and Earl Street. In anticipation of the union of the Congregational Church, Methodist Church and Presbyterian Church, the Congregationalist Church of Kingston elected to join Chalmers in 1922. The Union of the churches officially took place in 1925 with the formation of the United Church of Canada.

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Kingston
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Canada
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Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9397
City/Municipality
Kingston
Memorial Number
35036-152
Type
Other
Address
216 Ontario Street
Location
Inside the Kingston City Hall
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.2297945, -76.480204
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards
Inscription

[plaque]

CITY OF

KINGSTON ONTARIO

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL
1914   -   IN THE GREAT WAR   -   1918
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

  • ACKLEY, GEORGE
  • AIKINS, VINCENT
  • ALDCROFT, GEORGE
  • ALLEN, ERVIN L.
  • ALLEN, OLIVER H.
  • ANDREWS, E.
  • ASHLEY, PERCY
  • ASSELSTINE, L. W.
  • ATKINSON, J.
  • ATTWOOD, H.
  • BARRY, EDWARD J.
  • BATESON, MATTHEW
  • BAWDEN, PHILIP R.
  • BEADIS, JOHN
  • BEARDSELL, HARRY
  • BEEVOR, VERNON
  • BELL, JOSEPH F.
  • BERTRAND, DENIS
  • BICKHAM, WILLIAM J.
  • BILLINGS, JAMES
  • BOCKING, THOMAS H.
  • BOSWELL, LEONARD
  • BOUCHER, CHARLES
  • BOYD, HARRY
  • BRIAN, F. O.
  • BRIDEN, GEORGE M.
  • BRISTLON, FRANK
  • BROUSE, HARVEY
  • BROWN, ALFRED S.
  • BROWN, JOHN
  • BROWNLEE, ARCHIBALD
  • BRYANT, A. R.
  • BURKE, CECIL PARKER
  • BURNS, PATRICK
  • BUSE, JOSEPH
  • BUTCHER, ROBERT L.
  • BYRON, STANLEY ROY
  • CARMAN, ALBERT
  • CARMAN, ARTHUR
  • CARR-HARRIS, DALE
  • CARRUTHERS, K. B.
  • CARTER, F. A.
  • CHARLES, ROBERT S.
  • CLANCY, MICHAEL
  • CLARKE, B. W.
  • CLARKE, EWART G.
  • CLARKE, R.
  • CLARKE, R. W.
  • CLEARY, JERRY
  • CLIFT, JAMES A.
  • COCKBURN, R. J.
  • COLE, EDWARD
  • COLLINS, JOHN
  • CONLEY, I. M.
  • CONNELLY, EDWARD
  • CONNOLLY, THOMAS P.
  • CONWAY, HERBERT A.
  • COUGHLIN, JOE.
  • CURRAN, JOHN T.
  • CRAWFORD, JAS. WILSON
  • CREIGHTON, STANLEY
  • CROMIEN, LAURENCE
  • CUNNINGHAM, S. L.
  • DALGLEISH, J.
  • DALL, JOHN
  • DALY, FRANKLIN G.
  • DAY, CALVIN W.
  • DOOLAN, EDWARD
  • DRAKE, WALTER CHAS.
  • DUFF, HEW RAMSAY
  • DUNLOP, HARRY
  • DWYER, WILFRED
  • EARLE, WALLACE S.
  • EASSON, JOHN
  • EASTWELL, GEORGE E.
  • EATON, D. I. V.
  • EDGAR, WILLIAM R.
  • ELLIS, SIDNEY E.
  • EVA, JACK
  • EVES, LEO. JOSEPH
  • EDWARDS, A.
  • EDWARDS, LEONARD
  • FARMER, JOHN S.
  • FARQUHARSON, J.
  • FARRAR, HAROLD J.
  • FERGUSON, NEIL
  • FERGUSON, RODERICK M.
  • FILTZ, JOHN
  • FLANNAGAN, THOMAS
  • FLEET, WILLIAM
  • FLEMING, GORDON A.
  • FORNERI, AGNES F.
  • FORTESCUE, DAISY
  • FRANCKLYN, GEOFFREY E.
  • FRASER, FARQUHAR C.
  • GARRETT, WILLIAM G.
  • GODMAN, WALTER
  • GODWIN, HARVEY ALEX
  • GOODEARLE, FRANCIS R.
  • GOW, J. ECKFORD
  • GREEN, WALTER JOHN
  • GUILD, STANLEY
  • HAGON, G. T.
  • HALKETT, ALEX. A.
  • HAMILTON, ARCHIE
  • HANNAFORD, H. J.
  • HANSON, W. H.
  • HARRISON, A. ROSS
  • HAWKINS, JAMES
  • HAWLEY, ROBT. HAROLD
  • HAZLETT, FOSTER
  • HAZLETT, W. M. GEORGE
  • HONEYSETT, WILLIAM
  • HORA, TRAVERS
  • HOWARD, W.
  • HUNTER, STANLEY
  • JACKSON, RUFUS IRWIN
  • JAMES, WILFRED L.
  • JAMIESON, HARRY H.
  • JENKINS, ALLAN ROSS
  • JOHNSON, JAMES R. W.
  • JONES, FRANK
  • KELSO, WM. ALEX.
  • KEMP, RUSSELL G.
  • KENNEDY, JOHN
  • KENNEDY, PAT.
  • KING, E. A.
  • LAING, STUART
  • LANOS, JULES
  • LATTION, CHAS. WM. H.
  • LATURNEY, FREDERICK F.
  • LAYZELL, PERCY G.
  • LEE, JOSEPH
  • LEIGHTON, FREDERICK K.
  • LERONGE, FRANK
  • LITCHFIELD, THOMAS
  • LIVINGSTON, WM. ED.
  • LOISEAU, ULDERIQUE
  • LOWE, JAMES
  • MACDOUGALL, B.
  • MACDONALD, DONALD
  • MACDONALD, JOHN
  • MACKENZIE, THOMAS W.
  • MACKNEY, W. H.
  • MACPHAIL, DONALD
  • MACPHERSON, H. W.
  • MACTAVISH, ROSWELL M.
  • MADDEN, JEROME J. J.
  • MADDIGAN, MICHAEL
  • MARTIN, H. C.
  • MATIER, JAMES E.
  • MAUND, FREDERICK
  • MCCAIG, EARLE
  • MCCORMACK, J. S.
  • MCCORMICK, H. H.
  • MCCUTCHEON, BERNARD
  • MCDOUGALL, BALDWIN
  • MCGALL, HUGH J.
  • MCKAY, HUGH EMERSON
  • MCKENZIE, KENNETH
  • MCMAHON, BRUCE
  • MCMAHON, THOMAS
  • MEPSTEAD, S. J.
  • METCALFE, PERCY L.
  • MILLS, JOHN SALTER
  • MILTON, CHARLES
  • MITCHELL, RICHARD A.
  • MINNES, HARRY S.
  • MOORE, PETER
  • MORAN JAMES
  • MOWAT, J. MCDONALD
  • MUCKLE, JOHN
  • MURRAY, FREDERICK J.
  • MURRAY, GEORGE W.
  • MYERS, HENRY
  • NELLIS, JOHN J.
  • NORTON-TAYLOR, H.
  • O'GRADY, LIONEL B.
  • OLDRIEVE, EWART
  • PARSONS, BERNARD W.
  • PARTRIDGE, ERNEST WM.
  • PEPIN, A.
  • PERRIN, LAWRENCE
  • PIERCE, BENJAMIN C.
  • POFFLEY, THOS. R.
  • POLLITT, THOMAS
  • POWERS, HARRY
  • PRESTON, G. E., JR.
  • PURTELL, VINCENT E.
  • QUIRT, ALBERT E.
  • RAMSAY, WILLIAM
  • RAVENSCROFT, WALTER
  • REA, STUART HENRY
  • RICHARDS, B.
  • RICHARDSON, GEORGE T.
  • RINGWOOD, DUNCAN T. J.
  • ROADHOUSE, LEWIS W.
  • ROBERTS, WILLIAM E.
  • ROBINSON, W. HARTLEY
  • ROGERS, GARFIELD R. 
  • ROLEAU, WILLIAM H.
  • RYDER, EDWARD
  • SANDS, ERNEST
  • SANSOUCIE, OVILA
  • SAUNDERS, GEORGE D.
  • SAUNDERS, H. C.
  • SAVAGE, WILLIAM
  • SAWYER, ALFRED
  • SCANLAN, JOSEPH
  • SCOTT, HARRY
  • SHANGROW, J. LAWRENCE
  • SHEA, ALLAN
  • SHORTT, ALLEN LOWE
  • SINCLAIR, ARCHIE
  • SMITH, ALF. W.
  • SMITH, CLARENCE
  • SPENCE, ROBERT THOMAS
  • SPENCER, WILLIAM
  • STEACY, WILLIAM E.
  • STEPHENSON, THOMAS
  • STEWART, ANDREW R.
  • STINSON, WILLIAM
  • STRANGE, FRANK
  • STUART, J. DUFF
  • SUTTLE, GARNETT
  • SWAINE, H. M.
  • SWALLOW, A. E.
  • TAYLOR, DAN MCC
  • TAYLOR, C. G. R.
  • TETT, ARTHUR HOPKINS
  • TIERNEY, MICHAEL
  • THOMAS, EDWIN
  • TROTMAN, DAVID
  • TRYON, FRED HAROLD
  • TWORT, GEORGE
  • UGLOW, HENRY WRIGHT
  • VIVIAN, HENRY CHARLES
  • WALDRON, STANLEY M.
  • WALKER, ALFRED
  • WALKER, FRED
  • WALKER, WILLIAM
  • WALTON, THOMAS
  • WATTS, WILLIAM
  • WELLS, HERBERT C.
  • WHALEN, JOHN W.
  • WILLIAMS, KENNETH F. J.
  • WILLIAMS, WILLIAM J.
  • WILKINSON, JOHN
  • WILSON, EDWARD
  • WILSON, ERIC VICTOR
  • WILSON, HAROLD S.
  • WILSON, HENRY
  • WILSON, NORMAN
  • WOOD, E.
  • WOOD, S. J.
  • WOOD, W. E.
  • WRIGHT, MATTHEW
  • YOUNG, CLARENCE

 

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City of Kingston/Ville de Kingston
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plaque
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

The bronze memorial plaque is located in Kingston City Hall's Memorial Hall.

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Kingston
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Memorial CF Legacy ID
9396
City/Municipality
Kingston
Memorial Number
35036-151
Type
Other
Address
13 General Crerar Crescent
Location
Royal Military College of Canada, Crerar Entrance
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
44.22959, 76.46682
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards
Inscription

ENTREE CRERAR ENTRANCE

  • CETTE ENTREE DU ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA
    EST DEDIEE A LA MEMOIRE DU
    749 GÉNÉRAL L'HONORABLE H.D.G. CRERAR
    PC, CH, CB, DSO, CD, ADC (GEN), DCL, LLD, DSCMIL
  • ELEVE-OFFICIER AU RMC DE 1906 A 1909
    MEMBRE DU PERSONNEL DE 1928 A 1930
    COMMANDANT DE 1938 A 1939
    CHEF D'ETAT-MAJOR GENERAL DE 1940 A 1941
    GENERAL COMMANDANT EN CHEF DE LA
    PREMIERE ARMEE CANADIENNE DE 1944 A 1945
  • CETTE PLAQUE EST UN DON DE LA PROMOTION ENTREE EN 1935
  • THIS ENTRANCE TO THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA
    IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
    749 GENERAL THE HONOURABLE H.D.G. CRERAR
    PC, CH, CB, DSO, CD, ADC (GEN). DCL, LLD, DSCMIL
  • RMC CADET 1906-1909
    STAFF MEMBER 1928-1930
    COMMANDANT 1938-1939
    CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF 1940-1941
    GOC-IN-C FIRST CANADIAN ARMY 1944-1945
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  • PLAQUE DONATED BY THE CLASS ENTERING IN 1935

OCTOBRE 1985 OCTOBER

War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Ontario
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The plaque at the Crerar Entrance to the Royal Military College of Canada was donated by the class of 1935 in October 1985. It is dedicated to the memory of General H.D.G. Crerar.

Henry Duncan Graham Crerar was born in Hamilton, Ontario, on April 28, 1888. He was educated at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, from 1906 to 1909. During the First World War he served with distinction as a Canadian Field Artillery officer on French and Flanders battlefields and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.

During the Second World War, Crerar was Brigadier General Staff at the Canadian Military Headquarters in London, then Chief General Staff in Ottawa where he improved the efficiency of National Defence Head Quarters, set up emergency recruitment and training programs for territorial defence, and a training program for officers and soldiers slated to serve overseas.

In 1941, Crerar returned to England and was appointed General Officer Commanding, I Canadian Corps. He was in the middle of the crisis that followed the Dieppe Raid and drew lessons from the failure. In March 1944, he took over the command of the 1st First Canadian Army, replacing General McNaughton.

Under Crerar’s command the First Canadian Army played a major role in the Falaise Gap in August 1944. Because of severe illness, Crerar was temporarily replaced by Major-General Guy Simonds during the Battle of the Scheldt. In February 1945 Crerar was back and during the Rhineland campaign he found himself in command of a 450,000-men army, including Allied units under First Canadian Army command. After the war, he was in charge of the demobilization process.

City
Kingston
Country
Canada
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Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
10785
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