This memorial is dedicated to the members of Trinity College who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars. It was designed by Alexander Scott Carter for George and Moorhouse, the local architects of the Chapel. The material used was Indiana limestone and the memorial measures approximately 15 feet by 8 feet. The three roundels at the bottom represent the army, the navy and the air force. The memorial was dedicated on November 13, 1960.
Names on the memorial that did not enlist or serve with Canadian Forces:
William George Henry Bates, Captain, Leinster Regiment
William Anderson Henderson, Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps
Thomas Pattison Camelon, Major U.S. Med. Corps
Cleveland Keyes, Major, Royal Field Artillery
Henry Keble Merritt, Major, American Expeditionary Force
Ronald E. MacKenzie Richards, Private, London Scottish
Osmund Bartle Wordsworth, Second Lieutenant, Imperial Machine Gun Corps
Martin Cortlandt de Budé Young, Second Lieutenant, King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Ronald MacKenzie Richards was the first student of the University to fall in the war. When the war was declared he was at home in England and enlisted in the London Scottish. He took part in the first battle of Ypres and was killed a few days later. (Source: University of Toronto Roll of Service 1914-1918).
