Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Cenotaph – Cenotaph Barrie, Ontario

Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc

Circumstances of Death – Circumstances of Death- Lieutenant Frederick Norman Grandy.

Newspaper clipping – Orillia Times, September 12, 1918

Newspaper clipping – Orillia Times, September 19, 1918

Memorial – Canadian Buffs Memorial, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent “IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS OF THE CANADIAN BUFFS WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1914-1919, ERECTED BY COMRADES”

Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Memorial – This plaque was installed, following World War I, on an interior wall of Collier Street Methodist Church in Barrie, Ontario, to commemorate members of the congregation who died in the war, including Frederick N. Grandy. Note: Since church union in 1925, this church has been known as Collier Street United Church. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2019.)

Newspaper clipping – This article appeared in the Northern Advance newspaper (Barrie, Ontario) on September 12, 1918, at page 1.

Roll of Service – From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.

Roll of Honour – "This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable."

Photo of Frederick Grandy – From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.

Grave marker

Cemetery

Cemetery

Grave Marker

The Soldiers' Tower – The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of "Lt. F. N. Grandy 20th Bn" is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations.

Memorial Room – Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.