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My VAC AccountTO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THE MEMBERS OF
METROPOLITAN METHODIST CHURCH
WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
“I will give them an everlasting name.”
Isaiah 56:5
On September 9, 1923, a plaque was dedicated by Reverend Dr. G.H. Williams to the 20 members of the church who died in the First World War. It was unveiled by Lieutenant-Colonel A.H. Borden, DSO.
Metropolitan Methodist Church, known as the "Cathedral of Methodism" in Toronto, traces its roots to 1818. In 1925, it entered the United Church of Canada as Metropolitan United Church.
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It is not known when the Second World War Honour Roll was erected in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. This style of an Honour Roll was designed by A.J. Casson when he worked at Sampson-Matthews, a prominent midtown Toronto lithography and commercial art company.
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It is not known when the Second World War Honour Roll was erected in Saint Matthias Church.
"Greater love than no man has this, that a man lay down his life for his friends"
St. John 15, 13.
It is not known when the First and Second World Wars Plaque was erected in Saint Matthias Church. The congregation's published history states that about 150 members from Saint Matthias served in the First World War.
IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF
OUR BRAVE YOUNG MEN WHO
NOBLY DIED
FOR THE
CAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
IN THE WAR OF 1914 – 1918.
“Greater Love
Hath No Man This”
It is not known when the Jarvis Street Baptist Church First World War Tablet was erected. The present church was constructed in 1875 and much of the church building was destroyed by fire in 1938 after which an expanded church was rebuilt.
WAXED VALIANT IN FIGHT, TURNED TO FLIGHT THE ARMIES OF THE ALIENS.
Jarvis St. Baptist Church.
Roll of Honour.
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† Killed in action or died from wounds or ? ?
It is not known when the Jarvis Street Baptist Church First World War Roll of Honour was erected. The present church was constructed in 1875 and much of the church building was destroyed by fire in 1938 after which an expanded church was rebuilt.
TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF
LAURENCE PERCIVAL KENNEDY GIBSON
LIEUT. 19TH CANADIAN BATTALION
YOUNGEST SON OF GOODWIN AND EMILY GIBSON
BORN IN TORONTO JULY 29TH 1894
KILLED IN ACTION MARCH 7TH 1916
BURIED IN BAILLEUL MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE
It is not known when the Laurence Percival Kennedy Gibson Plaque was erected or which church it was erected in. Gibson's name is on the Westminster Presbyterian Church First World War Tablet, so he was a member of that congregation. Westminster-Central United Church, previously Westminster Presbyterian Church, joined Old St. Andrew's as St. Andrew's United Church in 1950 at the present site on Bloor Street.
1939 1945
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF THIS CONGREGATION WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
HE THAT LOSETH HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE,
SHALL FIND IT.
This tablet was unveiled at the Sunday morning worship in Westminster-Central United Church on November 6, 1949, by Lieutenant-Governor Ray Lawson. It was erected in memory of those from the congregation who fell in the Second World War. Westminster-Central United Church, previously Westminster Presbyterian Church joined Old St. Andrew's as St. Andrew's United Church in 1950 at the present site on Bloor Street, and the Old St. Andrew's site was sold.
In Memory
of
the men of this congregation
who made the supreme sacrifice
in the Great War.
1914 ∗ 1918
Honour and Liberty
Mills, Alexander
“Greater love hath no man than this, that
a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15, 13.
On October 3, 1920, a memorial tablet was unveiled to the 27 men from the congregation of Old St. Andrew's Church who made the supreme sacrifice in the First World War. The service was attending by Brigadier-General Ross, CB, CMB, who had charge of a unit in the first contingent. The tablet was unveiled by tow Highlanders in uniform.
In 1950, Old St. Andrew's and Westminster-Central joined as St. Andrew's United Church at the present site on Bloor Street, and the Old St. Andrew's site was sold.
In Memory
of the Men of
Old St. Andrews Church
who made the supreme sacrifice
in World War II,
1939 ∗ 1945
HONOUR and FREEDOM.
Kenneth Stickney Brenton
Archibald Grant Geddes
Virgin Charles Gunter
James Dickey Hall
Robert Samuel Kincaid
William Redington Macpherson
Roy MacRae Munro
Graham Paton Speirs
“Their name liveth for evermore.”
It is not known when the Second World War Tablet was erected in Old St. Andrew's United Church (previously Old St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, formed in 1876). In 1950, Old St. Andrew's and Westminster-Central joined as St. Andrew's United Church at the present site on Bloor Street, and the Old St. Andrew's site was sold.
