Lieutenant William Proudfoot Plaque
Lieutenant William Proudfoot Plaque
Photo credit: Bloor Street United Church
Municipality/Province: Toronto, ON
Memorial number: 35090-426
Type: Plaque
Address: 300 Bloor Street West
Location: Bloor Street United Church
GPS coordinates: Lat: 43.6670891 Long: -79.4017449
Submitted by: Toronto Church Memorials to Soldiers of the Great War Project – Department of History – Toronto Metropolitan University
Photo credit: Bloor Street United Church
A plaque in honour of Lieutenant William Proudfoot of the 15th Battalion was unveiled by Captain Grant in the Avenue Road Presbyterian Church on February 22, 1920. Captain Grant served with Lieutenant Proudfoot who was killed in action on September 27, 1918.
Avenue Road United Church at 243 Avenue Road closed in 1930 and amalgamated with St. Paul’s United Church to form St. Paul’s Avenue Road United Church in the St. Paul’s building. In 1980, St. Paul’s Avenue Road United Church closed and amalgamated with Trinity United Church on Bloor Street in the Trinity building to form Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church.
Bloor Street United is being torn down. In its place will rise a condominium tower that includes space for the Bloor Street United congregation. The plaque is currently in storage.
Inscription found on memorial
In loving memory of
Lieut. William Proudfoot
15th Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada
Killed in action at Canal du Nord, Sept. 27th 1918
in his 24th year
Interred at Sains les Marquion, France
Only son of Hume B. and Jean E. Proudfoot
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man
lay down his life for his friends."
Street view
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