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Galerie numérique de Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
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Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
The Soldiers' Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower's base. In total, almost 1,200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers' Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations.
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers' Tower in 1949. The name of "F/O W.S. JOHNSON R.C.A.F." is among the names inscribed.
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Edited by H. E. Brown, published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 34 reads: "F/O Wilfred Sydney JOHNSON 422 Sqn RCAF. Trinity College, BA 1937. Missing, presumed dead, in an air operation overseas, 20 November 1943. Name inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial, Cooper's Hill, Egham, Surrey, England.
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
Group photograph shows Johnson with other members of the yearbook staff. Johnson is shown in the back row, third from photo left. Two of his colleagues in the back row, James Cooper and Alfred Henderson, were also killed in the war. From Torontonensis yearbook, 1937.
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
This stone stele is located in the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. "AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE. TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS." The name of "W.S. JOHNSON" is among those inscribed.
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
This framed illuminated scroll, written in calligraphy, is entitled "Men and Women of Trinity College on Active Service. Met'Agona Stephanos". It hangs in the hallway outside the narthex of the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. Small symbols beside the names indicate men and women who are fallen, decorated, and prisoner of war. The list of names includes: '37 Johnson, W.S. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
Photograph of Johnson from Torontonensis, University of Toronto yearbook, 1937.
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Wilfred Sydney Johnson
From the Toronto Telegram January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Galerie d'images
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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The Soldiers' Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower's base. In total, almost 1,200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers' Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations.
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The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers' Tower in 1949. The name of "F/O W.S. JOHNSON R.C.A.F." is among the names inscribed.
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Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Edited by H. E. Brown, published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 34 reads: "F/O Wilfred Sydney JOHNSON 422 Sqn RCAF. Trinity College, BA 1937. Missing, presumed dead, in an air operation overseas, 20 November 1943. Name inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial, Cooper's Hill, Egham, Surrey, England.
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Group photograph shows Johnson with other members of the yearbook staff. Johnson is shown in the back row, third from photo left. Two of his colleagues in the back row, James Cooper and Alfred Henderson, were also killed in the war. From Torontonensis yearbook, 1937.
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This stone stele is located in the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. "AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE. TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS." The name of "W.S. JOHNSON" is among those inscribed.
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This framed illuminated scroll, written in calligraphy, is entitled "Men and Women of Trinity College on Active Service. Met'Agona Stephanos". It hangs in the hallway outside the narthex of the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. Small symbols beside the names indicate men and women who are fallen, decorated, and prisoner of war. The list of names includes: '37 Johnson, W.S. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Photograph of Johnson from Torontonensis, University of Toronto yearbook, 1937.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Dans les livres du souvenir
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Page 175 du Livre du Souvenir de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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MÉMORIAL DE RUNNYMEDE Surrey, Royaume-Uni
Au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, plus de cent seize mille hommes et femmes des forces aériennes du Commonwealth britannique sont morts au champ d'honneur. Plus de dix-sept mille d'entre eux étaient membres de l'Aviation royale canadienne ou des Canadiens qui servaient dans la Royal Air Force. Presque un tiers des morts n'ont pas de sépulture connue. De ce total, vingt mille quatre cent cinquante sont commémorés par nom au Mémorial de Runnymede situé à Englefield Green, près d'Egham, à trente-deux kilomètres à l'ouest de Londres.
L'architecture du Mémorial de Runnymede est originale et impressionnante. La pierre du Souvenir repose au centre d'un cloître qui domine une tour carrée perchée sur le sommet de la colline de Cooper qui surplombe la Tamise. Les allées du cloître aboutissent à deux observatoires, l'un donnant sur Windsor, l'autre sur l'aéroport de Londres à Heathrow. Les trois mille cinquante aviateurs canadiens tués au combat sont parmi ceux dont les noms sont gravés sur les revers de pierre des fenêtres étroites des allées cloîtrées et des observatoires.
Au-dessus de l'entrée à trois arches qui conduit au cloître, trône un aigle de pierre surmonté de la devise de la Royal Air Force «Per Ardua ad Astra». De chaque côté, figure une inscription en anglais dont voici la traduction :
« CE CLOÎTRE HONORE LES NOMS DE 20 000 AVIATEURS SANS SÉPULTURE CONNUE QUI SONT MORTS POUR LA LIBERTÉ LORS DES OPÉRATIONS AÉRIENNES AU-DESSUS DES ÎLES BRITANNIQUES, ET DES TERRES ET MERS DU NORD ET DE L'OUEST DE L'EUROPE. »
Dans la tour se trouve un sanctuaire voûté, paisible et propice à la méditation. On peut y lire, orné d'enluminures, un extrait d'un poème anglais de Paul H. Scott.
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
L’image du coquelicot est une marque déposée de la Légion royale canadienne (Direction nationale) et est utilisée avec sa permission. Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus sur le coquelicot.
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