On 14 November 1926 a memorial cross was unveiled in The Church of the Messiah at 240 Avenue Road and dedicated by the 3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force. The cross was taken with permission from the battleground of Vis-en-Artois, France by Captain George Cliff when he was on a mission to the grave of his son Captain Norman Cliff. It bears the names of the 3rd Battalion who were killed during an engagement there on 30 August 1918 and was erected over their graves. It was during this engagement that Captain W.R.R. Armitage and Captain A.E. MacDonald earned the Military Cross for their conspicuous gallantry in action.
Captain Reverend W.R.R. Armitage, MC, conducted the service and the Toronto Regiment and Veterans of the 3rd Battalion marched from the College Street Armories to the church to commemorate the occasion.
A fire gutted the church and Memorial Chapel in 1976 and the cross was destroyed.
