Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram July 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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

Photo of James Drue Cook – Photograph accompanying an August 29th, 1918 Toronto Star article about the death of Lt. James Drue Cook.

Newspaper Clipping

Honour Roll – WWI Roll of Service includes names of all the members of the Victoria-Royce Presbyterian Church who served in the war. 55 men died as a result of their war service.

Commemorative Plaque – WWI Memorial Plaque located in the Victoria-Royce Presbyterian Church (est. 1885), 190 Medland St., Toronto, ON.

Commemorative Plaque – Humberside Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario.

Photo of James Cook – 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.

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 names of the fallen were carved on the Memorial Screen seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks

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

Memorial – Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXI is dedicated: " 'Extol, ye bell, the virtue of our valorous men.' Alumni Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.