Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Memorial to Wilfred James Dobson in St Nicholas Church, Cranleigh, Surrey, United Kingdom. Inscription "In memory of Wilfred James Dobson, late scholar of St Paul's School and of Exeter College, Oxford. Captain & Temp Major 1st Canadian Infantry Battn. Born 4th March 1878. Killed in action at Zillebeke, Flanders, 9th July 1916". Imperial War Museum reference IWM 64557. Image courtesy of the Surrey History Centre.

Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

Photo of WILFRED JAMES DOBSON – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 841 of 1084. He was buried in a shell hole near Sanctuary Wood. After the Armistice, his body was exhumed and buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery.

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Wilfred James Dobson – 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 WWI.

Memorial Tablet – Captain Wilfred James Dobson is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 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.

Newspaper Clipping – From the Toronto Star for 14 July 1916.

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 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 Captain Wilfred James Dobson. Located in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry, Toronto, Ontario.

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Photo of Wilfred James Dobson – Wilfred James Dobson at Oxford.