Lieutenant-colonel Robert Moodie Memorial Plaqueà

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LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ROBERT MOODIE 1778-1837

On December 4, 1837, Robert Moodie and two companions
set out from his house, which stood near here, to warn the
Lieutenant-Governor, Francis Bond Head, at Toronto, that
armed rebels were advancing towards the city. In an attempt to
pass William Lyon Mackenzie's men who were blocking Yonge
Street at Montgomery's Tavern (near the present Eglinton
Avenue), Moodie was shot and fatally wounded. A native of
Scotland, he had served as an officer of the British army
during the Napoleonic wars and in Canada during the War
of 1812, participating in the battles at Lundy's Lane, Fort
Erie and Sackett's Harbour. He settled at Richmond Hill
in 1835, and is buried at Holy Trinity Church, Thornhill.

Archaeological and Historic Sites board of Ontario.