Other

City/Municipality
Toronto
Memorial Number
35090-060
Type
Address
130 Queen Street
Location
Great Library, Osgoode Hall
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.652150192334, -79.385478695106
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Law Society of Upper Canada memorial
War or Conflict Term
Province
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The Ontario sculptor Frances Loring was commissioned to produce a Great War memorial for the Law Society of Upper Canada, in Toronto. Loring began by working on a clay model, which the committee then reviewed and, after suggesting a few modifications, approved before she made a full?sized plaster cast that would be used by the eventual marble carvers to create an exact copy with the help of calipers and precise measurements. The cast was shipped to Italy, and Loring herself went to Carrara after it to select the marble to be used for the sculpture, and to supervise its carving. The memorial lists 115 lawyers and law students who died in the war.

 

City
Toronto
Country
Type Description
Sculpture
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9835
City/Municipality
Toronto
Memorial Number
35090-059
Type
Address
188 Carlton Street
Location
St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Carlton
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.6634563, -79.3719152
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Photo Credit
Isobel Allen
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Lieutenant Dermont Alan Harris Plaque
Province
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The Lieutenant Dermont Alan Harris Plaque was unveiled on May 3, 1920. Maple leaves are prominently etched in the relief work, while the inscription 'Faithful Unto Death' affirms Harris as a soldier of Christ. Lieutenant Harris was killed in action on August 9, 1918, while serving with the 4th Battalion.

City
Toronto
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9828
City/Municipality
Toronto
Memorial Number
35090-058
Type
Address
18 Orde street
Location
Orde Street Public School
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.6582631, -79.3920259
Image
Photo Credit
Victoria Edwards
Caption
Orde Street Public School Plaque
War or Conflict Term
Province
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The Order Street Public School war memorial is a bronze plaque 1939-45 in honoured memory of the boys of Orde Street Public School.

City
Toronto
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9817
City/Municipality
Toronto
Memorial Number
35090-057
Type
Address
188 Carleton St
Location
St Peter's Anglican Church, Carleton at Jarvis
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.6634597, -79.3719123
Inscription

Saint Peter Anglican Church history

In memory of Lt Dermot Alan Harris

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Victoria Edwards
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Lt Dermot Alan Harris
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St Peter's Anglican Church
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St Peter's Anglican Church
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War or Conflict Term
Province
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The church has a rich history of Toronto soldier's and veterans. There are plaques honouring parishioner soldiers who were killed in action during the Great War.

City
Toronto
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9806
City/Municipality
Toronto
Memorial Number
35090-056
Type
Address
50 Carlton Street
Location
Maple Leaf Gardens, Gate 6
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.6617351, -79.3801554
Image
Photo Credit
Victoria Edwards
Caption
Colours retired to Maple Leafs Gardens
War or Conflict Term
Province
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The colours (flags) were retired at the Canadian Forces Appreciation Night in February 2018. The colours will be stored in a display case at gate 6 visible from the interior or exterior of Maple Leaf Gardens. The Colours honour the Maple Leafs military history. Wing Commander William George Baker, World War I ace, served as President of the Maple Leaf Club.

City
Toronto
Country
Type Description
Colours
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9795
City/Municipality
Toronto
Memorial Number
35090-055
Type
Address
165 St.George St
Location
Phi Delta Theta - Ontario Alpha Chapter
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.670691258649, -79.400803655136
Inscription

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF

 

Albert Edward Cuzer

James Henry Oldham

Robert Douglas Patterson

Harold Brant Preston

Colin Simpson

Kenneth Ian Somerville

Stewart Macon Goodeve

Gerald Edwin Wells

Frederick Arthur Huycke

 

MEMBERS OF ONTARIO ALPHA OF

PHI DELTA THETA FRATERNITY

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR

IN COELA QUIES EST

 

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Doug North
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Plaque
War or Conflict Term
Province
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This plaque commemorating the loss of nine Fraternity Brothers is located in the present day Chapter House of Phi Delta Theta at the University of Toronto at 165 St.George St.

It was originally installed at the fraternity house at 143 Bloor St. West in Toronto in the fall of 1919. When the University of Toronto purchased the property to make way for the bleachers at Varsity Stadium, it was relocated to the present house at 165 St. George St., two blocks north of Bloor. It has been located there since 1953.

It is illuminated with a light above it which is never to be turned off. We participate annually in the U of T Hart House Remembrance Day events and place a wreath at Soldiers' Tower.
City
Toronto
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9793
City/Municipality
Toronto
Memorial Number
35090-054
Type
Address
25 King Street West
Location
Commerce Court North
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.6488106, -79.3791502
Inscription

THIS SCREEN IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE OF OUR STAFF
WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR— 1914-1918.

"These laid the world away; poured out the sweet red wine of youth;
gave up the years to be of work and joy and that unhoped serene, that
men call age; and those that would have been their sons, they gave their
immortality."

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Photo Credit
Victoria Edwards
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Canadian Bank of Commerce Memorial Screen
War or Conflict Term
Province
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In 1931, a permanent memorial in the Canadian Bank of Commerce's new Head Office was dedicated to Canadian Bank of Commerce employees who died in the First World War. This memorial was carved in situ inside the banking hall and made from Hauteville and Belgian marble. Designed by Emmanuel Hahn, it features two angels with sheathed swords kneeling on either side of the altar of sacrifice. John Donnelly of New York carved this panel and the rest was carved by William Dawson of Montreal. The quote on the inscription is from a poem by Rupert Brooke.

The Canadian Bank of Commerce went to great lengths to commemorate its staff that served in the Great War including memorials commissioned for their branches and a two-volume book of staff profiles and accounts of their war experiences.

City
Toronto
Country
Type Description
Sculpture
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9788
City/Municipality
Toronto
Memorial Number
35090-052
Type
Address
Needs Research
Location
east end Toronto café
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
0, 0
Inscription

1914-1918 / Our comrades / Who / Sixty-three in all / "Played the game" / Even unto death / their lives they risked /and gave very soul /of life to save /and by their own great valour /and the grace of God they won

Gordon Applegath Charles McHenry

J. Russell Aikins Roy F. McMurtry

E. Lambert Bach Sidney McWhinney

Roy Bailey George H. Morang

Beverley Ball William Munro

Quintin W. Bannister Bertram T. Nevitt

E.O. Bath G. Courtland Noxon

Fred J. Blakey Donald Osborne

Edward B. Booth Paul Pettit

H. Stewart Boulter John H. Pipon

Wilfred Britnell John A. Proctor

Norman A. Brown William Proudfoot

J.P. Cavers Gaynor Reid

Duncan Chisholm George Renfrew

Walter W. Conyers Roy R. Riggs

Melville Crawford Francis Rolph

Beverley Crowther John E. Ryerson

Lindsay Drummond Alex W. Scott

Douglas Q. Ellis J. Murray Skeaff

George Evans Dr. Harry R. Smith

Thomas Freebairn Langley W. Smith

Eric Clarence Gardner W. Burton Tait

Percival Gibson W. Gordon Tait

Carl Heebner Geoffrey B. Taylor

Fred J. Hore Jack Topp

Francis C. Howard E.C. VanEeghan

Fred Hutty N. Eden Walker

Ralph Jones Frank Waltho

Herbert N. Klotz Arthur C. Williams

Basil R. Lepper Lynn Wright

C. Gordon Likens William B. Yuille

Richard L. Lyall

 

 

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Victoria Edwards
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Aura Lee Club WWI plaque
War or Conflict Term
Province
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The Aura Lee Club was founded in 1887. The competitive athletics part of the club began about 1903. In 1925, the property was turned over to the University of Toronto for use by its preparatory school (UTS). Hockey, canoeing, other sports and social events evoke the lighter side of a Toronto club’s life, but this memorial shows the darker side—naming 63 comrades who went from the playing fields to the battlefields and didn’t come back.

Names on a bronze plaque with dates (1914-1918) indicate a tribute to those members of the Aura Lee Club who died in the Great War.

City
Toronto
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Photo Credit
Victoria Edwards
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9700
City/Municipality
Toronto
Memorial Number
35090-051
Type
Address
711 Lake Shore Boulevard W
Location
Coronation Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.6335144, -79.4070353
Inscription

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  • A living memorial, the groves of Coronation
    Park commemorate the service and sacrifice
    of Canada's military. The tree at the center of the
    circle behind you, known as King's Oak, is
    the park's symbolic heart. Surrounding the King's
    Oak is a ring of maple trees representing the
    former British Empire's dominions and colonies.
    Trees in other groves commemorate Canada's
    military units, principally of the First World War.
  • The park's plan reflects a move away from
    elaborately planted Victorian gardens to stands
    of trees that would mature into a structured
    landscape in the decades to come. Symbols
    of life, Coronation Park's trees embody the spirit
    of idealism that emerged following the horrors
    of the First World War.
  • Designed by members of the Toronto chapter of
    Men of the Trees and the Toronto Ex-Servicemen's
    Coronation Committee, the park opened on the
    day of King George VI's coronation, May 12, 1937.
    Threatened by development in the 1960s and
    1970s, the park has endured as an important
    commemorative landscape.
  • Un monument vivant, dédie à la guerre, les boisés
    du parc Coronation commémorent le service et
    le sacrifice des militaires canadiens. L'arbre au
    centre du cercle derriee vous, connu sous le nom
    de King's Oak (chêne du roi), représente le cœur
    symbolique du parc. Le chêne du roi est entouré
    par un anneau d'érables représentant les dominions
    et les colonies de l'ancien Empire britannique.
    Les arbres d'autres boisés commémorent les
    unités des forces canadiennes, principalement
    de la Première Guerre mondiale.
  • Le plan du parc traduit un départ des jardins
    victoriens richement plantés vers des peuplements
    d'arbres qui finiraient par créer un paysage
    structuré dans les décennies à venir. Symboles
    de vie, les arbres du Coronation Park incarnent
    l'esprit idéalisme qui a émergé à la suite des
    horreurs de la Première Guerre mondiale.
  • Conçu par des membres de la section de
    Toronto de Men of the Trees et du Comité
    du couronnement des anciens combattants de
    Toronto, le parc a ouvert ses portes le jour du
    couronnement du roi George VI, le 12 mai 1937.
    Menacé par le développement dans les annéees
    1960 et 1970, le parc a ??

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Groves of Coronation Park
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City of Toronto
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storyboard
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War or Conflict Term
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A living memorial, the groves of Coronation Park commemorate the service and sacrifice of Canada's military. The tree at the center of the circle, known as King's Oak, is the park's symbolic heart. Surrounding the King's Oak is a ring of maple trees representing the former British Empire's dominions and colonies. Trees in other groves commemorate Canada's military units, principally of the First World War.

The park's plan reflects a move away from elaborately planted Victorian gardens to stands of trees that would mature into a structured landscape in the decades to come. Symbols of life, Coronation Park's trees embody the spirit of idealism that emerged following the horrors of the First World War.

Designed by members of the Toronto chapter of Men of the Trees and the Toronto Ex-Servicemen's Coronation Committee, the park opened on the day of King George VI's coronation, May 12, 1937.

In 1939, granite stones were added to each tree to identify the military units.

City
Toronto
Country
Type Description
Trees, stones
Photo Credit
Victoria Edwards
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9598
City/Municipality
Toronto (Scarborough)
Memorial Number
35090-050
Type
Address
941 Progress Avenue
Location
Centennial College - Various Locations
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
43.784886995272, -79.227621822118
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Photo Credit
Victoria Edwards
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Canada 150 tree initiative Centennial College
Province
Body Content

Planting trees along the 170 km Highway of Heroes, Highway 401 from CFB Trenton and Keele Street

A tree planting at Centennial College in 2016

City
Toronto (Scarborough)
Country
Type Description
150 tree initiative
Photo Credit
Victoria Edwards
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9517