Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Ford Stuart Strathy – From The War Book of Upper Canada College, edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War.

Memorial Tablet – Flight Sub Lieutenant Ford Stuart Strathy is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario.

Appleby College Honour Roll – Ford Strathy came to Appleby in 1911. From the school history "The Appleby Story", "Strathy, a pilot, brought down his first German plane in a dog fight in the early morning of August 15, 1915. In a letter home to his mother; he described with pride the intricate maneuvering that the air battle called for." "On August 17, he took off on another mission, flying his familiar Camel. An hour later, two German planes attacked him. One came in from the front, the other dogged his tail. A hail of bullets caught Strathy's plane. The Camel fell from the sky and took Strathy to his death."

Grave marker – Strathy family monument lcoated at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario.

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Newspaper Clipping

St Thomas (Anglican) Church – St. Thomas (Anglican) Church, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario. The octagonal Baptistry (1917) houses a central baptismal font, and also serves as a World War One memorial for the war dead of this parish. The room includes stained glass windows by the Bromsgrove Guild. These show images of medieval knights, St. Michael the Archangel and St. George, and a wounded soldier in a circa 1914-1918 military uniform standing among red poppies. Individually inscribed wooden war memorial panels line the walls. Each panel includes the name of a war casualty in gilt lettering with rank, unit and date of death.

War Memorial Window – One of the sets of War Memorial stained glass windows in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry.

Memorial – A detail of the memorial panel dedicated to Flight Sub. Lt. Ford Stuart Strathy. Located in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry, Toronto, Ontario.