Military service
Service number:
89119
Age:
21
Rank:
Bombardier
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
6th Bde.
Birth:
December 11, 1895
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
March 16, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. C. 1.
Additional information
Son of John Dryman Morton and Margaret Eliza Morton, of West Hill, Ontario. Native of Winnipeg.
Digital gallery of Bombardier Francis Vivian Morton
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Photo of Francis Morton
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. -
Honour Roll
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
Commemorative Plaque
1914-18 Memorial Plaque, The University Schools, University of Toronto, 371 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. Erected by the U.T.S. Hockey Club, 1919-20. -
Plaque
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." -
Photo of Francis Morton
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. -
Attestation Paper (page 1)
Attestation paper (front page) of Francis Morton -
Newspaper Clipping
In honoured memory. -
Entrance
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Entrance
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Cemetery
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Francis Vivian Morton
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Francis Vivian Morton
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Francis Vivian Morton
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Francis Vivian Morton
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Francis Vivian Morton
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Francis Vivian Morton
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Francis Vivian Morton
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Francis Vivian Morton
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Francis Vivian Morton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 298 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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