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Son of Jas. Langstaff, M.D., and Louisa F. Langstaff, of Toronto. Born at Richmond Hill, Ontario.
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Major James Miles Langstaff
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Major James Miles Langstaff
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Major James Miles Langstaff
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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Major James Miles Langstaff
Poem by Major Miles Langstaff published in the Toronto Star for 18 May 1917.
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Major James Miles Langstaff
Canadian Poems of the Great War. Edited by John W. Garvin. McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1918.
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Major James Miles Langstaff
1914-1918 Memorial tablet, Bloor Street Presbyterian Church, 300 Bloor St.
West, Toronto, Ontario. This congregation was established in 1887, and in
1925 became the Bloor Street United Church. The tablet was unveiled on May
16th, 1920. It was inscribed: "In memory of the men of Bloor Street
Presbyterian Church who went out to battle and died for Freedom's cause.
They feared not Death and meeting it they won the Victor's Crown."
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Major James Miles Langstaff
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916.
Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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Major James Miles Langstaff
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.
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Major James Miles Langstaff
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Major James Miles Langstaff
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home.
Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major James Miles Langstaff
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home.
Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major James Miles Langstaff
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home.
Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major James Miles Langstaff
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home.
Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
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Major James Miles Langstaff
Digital gallery of
Major James Miles Langstaff
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Major James Miles Langstaff
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Funds were raised by the Alumni Federation (now called the University of Toronto Alumni Association). The name of "Maj J. M. LANGSTAFF 75th Bn" is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations.
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Major James Miles Langstaff
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed and dedicated in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications to specific bells are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Several dedications pertain to University College. Shown here is the dedication for bell XXIII: "University College Alumni Association."
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Major James Miles Langstaff
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed and dedicated in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications to specific bells are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Several dedications pertain to University College. Shown here is the dedication for bell XI: "University College Alumnae Association."
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Major James Miles Langstaff
Entrance - Villers Station Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Villers Station Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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The Golden Book : The Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press);
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The Golden Book : The Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press);
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Major James Miles Langstaff
From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Major James Miles Langstaff
From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Major James Miles Langstaff
From the Toronto Telegram June 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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Poem by Major Miles Langstaff published in the Toronto Star for 18 May 1917.
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Canadian Poems of the Great War. Edited by John W. Garvin. McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1918.
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1914-1918 Memorial tablet, Bloor Street Presbyterian Church, 300 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. This congregation was established in 1887, and in 1925 became the Bloor Street United Church. The tablet was unveiled on May 16th, 1920. It was inscribed: "In memory of the men of Bloor Street Presbyterian Church who went out to battle and died for Freedom's cause. They feared not Death and meeting it they won the Victor's Crown."
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From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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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.
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
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In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
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In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
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In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
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Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Funds were raised by the Alumni Federation (now called the University of Toronto Alumni Association). The name of "Maj J. M. LANGSTAFF 75th Bn" is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations.
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Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed and dedicated in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications to specific bells are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Several dedications pertain to University College. Shown here is the dedication for bell XXIII: "University College Alumni Association."
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Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed and dedicated in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications to specific bells are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Several dedications pertain to University College. Shown here is the dedication for bell XI: "University College Alumnae Association."
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Entrance - Villers Station Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Villers Station Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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The Golden Book : The Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press);
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The Golden Book : The Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press);
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From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram June 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 271 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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