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Eldest son of John B. and Elizabeth Alice Loan, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Richard Harcourt Loan
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Harcourt Loan
St. Thomas (Anglican) Church, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario. The octagonal
Baptistry (1917) houses a central baptismal font, and also serves as a World
War One memorial for the war dead of this parish. The room includes stained glass windows by the Bromsgrove Guild. These show images of medieval knights, St. Michael the Archangel and St. George, and a wounded soldier in a circa 1914-1918 military uniform standing among red poppies. Individually inscribed wooden war memorial panels line the walls. Each panel includes the name of a war casualty in gilt lettering with rank, unit and date of
death.
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WWI Memorial Plaque for the 204th (Beavers) Battalion located in Old City Hall, Queen St., Toronto, Ontario.
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The 204th (Beavers) Memorial plaque is located inside the Toronto's Old City Hall. Front of the Hall is the city¿s cenotaph.
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St. Thomas (Anglican) Church, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario. The octagonal Baptistry (1917) houses a central baptismal font, and also serves as a World War One memorial for the war dead of this parish. The room includes stained glass windows by the Bromsgrove Guild. These show images of medieval knights, St. Michael the Archangel and St. George, and a wounded soldier in a circa 1914-1918 military uniform standing among red poppies. Individually inscribed wooden war memorial panels line the walls. Each panel includes the name of a war casualty in gilt lettering with rank, unit and date of death.
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One of the sets of War Memorial stained glass windows in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry.
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A detail of the memorial panel dedicated to Pte. Richard Harcourt Loan. Located in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry, Toronto, Ontario.
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 450 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY is situated on the D919 heading south from Arras to Ayette. The Cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 9 kilometres from Arras, just before a crossroads with the D36 between Ficheux and Boisleux-au-Mont.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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