East House First World War Plaque
East House First World War Plaque
Photo credit: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University Advancement, University of Toronto.
Municipality/Province: Toronto, ON
Memorial number: 35091-018
Type: Plaque - brass
Address: 1 Devonshire Place
Location: Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto (Trinity College location)
GPS coordinates: Lat: 43.6646462 Long: -79.3970116
Submitted by: Jean Griffin Elliott. Soldiers’ Tower Committee. Kathy Parks, University of Toronto.
This plaque is one of numerous memorials erected on the University of Toronto campus in the aftermath of the Great War (later called the First World War). It commemorates the men of East House who gave their lives in that conflict. It was erected by the fellow members. The place where the plaque hangs was, at that time, an exterior wall of East House.
East House was a residence for men of various U of T faculties. Along with neighbouring North House and South House, the buildings were originally called the Devonshire residences. During the First World War, the buildings were utilized by the Royal Flying Corps. During the Second World War, the buildings were used as an evacuation centre for children from England, and then as a training centre for the air force. In the mid-1950’s, a new level of governance came into being to oversee the three residences and the name of “Devonshire House” was officially adopted.
The residences were closed in 1997, and as part of an architectural renovation completed in 2000, the buildings were brought together under one roof into a new complex for the Munk Centre for International Studies, subsequently named the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. The plaque, formerly exterior, is now an interior plaque. It hangs behind the John W. Graham Library, facing a hallway of the Munk School.
Inscription found on memorial
1914.1918
IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THIS RESIDENCE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
- ARMSTRONG, PAUL LYNDON
- ANDREWS, FREDERICK CHARLES
- BASTEDO, ALBERT CARBERT
- BOTHWELL, GEORGE EDWARD
- CUNNINGHAM, JAMES NELSON
- EVANS, WILLIAM LAURENCE
- EDMONDS, HAROLD SYLVESTER
- GOODEVE, STEWART MARCON
- GRISDALE, ARNOLD
- GILMER, ERNEST RICHARD
- GORDON, RALPH VYVIAN
- HOSKEN, ERNEST DRYDEN
- MCKEOUGH, WILLIAM STEWART
- MCLEAN, DONALD GORDON
- MCLEAN, GORDON DAVIS
- MACLENNAN, GEORGE GORDON
- MAY, GEORGE GEOFFREY
- MORRIS, BASIL MENZIES
- PORTER, WILSON
- ROBERTSON, FRANK BRUCE
- SCHELL, MALCOLM DOUGLAS
- SHANNON, PERCY ROY
- SHARMAN, JOHN EDWARD
- WOOD, LOWELL WALLACE
ERECTED BY MEMBERS
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