Plaque de Jones

Ce monument commémoratif est dédié au major Charles Jones qui a servi dans l’artillerie royale et à son fils Charles Edward Courselles Jones, qui a été tué pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Le monument a été érigé par la femme et les enfants du major Charles Jones.

À l’origine, la plaque était accrochée dans la chapelle du Collège Trinity, sur la rue Queen Ouest, aujourd’hui démolie. La plaque a été retirée lorsque le Collège a déménagé sur l’avenue Hoskin en 1925, et elle a été installée dans la nouvelle chapelle en 1955. 

UBIQUE
QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
MAJOR CHARLES JONES,
LATE OF HER MAJESTYS ROYAL ARTILLERY
SON OF THE LATE MR. JUSTICE JONES.
BORN AT TORONTO 13TH MAY, 1840.
DIED AT CONSTANTINE ALGERIA 7TH MARCH, 1896.
BURIED AT ALGIERS.
HE WAS EDUCATED AT UPPER CANADA COLLEGE AND
OBTAINED THE WELLINGTON SCHOLARSHIP AT
TRINITY COLLEGE A.D. 1858.
DURING HIS SERVICE IN THE ARTILLERY HE HELD SEVERAL
IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS ESPECIALLY AT THE
WOOLWICH ARSENAL.
“WHATSOEVER THY HAND FINDETH TO DO – DO IT
WITH THY MIGHT” WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE TEXTS
WHICH WITH “GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST AND PEACE
GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN” WERE ALMOST HIS LAST WORDS.
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
BY HIS WIDOW AND CHILDREN
AND IN MEMORY OF HIS ELDER SON
CHARLES EDWARD COURSOLLES JONES
CAPTAIN ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT.
BORN OCT. 5TH 1878.
KILLED IN ACTION JULY 4TH 1916.
NEAR LA BOISSELLE, BATTLE OF THE SOMME, FRANCE.
“HONOUR THE DUTIFUL”