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Digital gallery of Flying Officer Lawrence Elwood Cryderman
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Mémorial
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Mémorial
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 16 reads: P/O Lawrence Ellwood CRYDERMAN 242 Sqn RCAF. Former student Victoria College, 1938. Killed in action when his aircraft was shot down over the English Channel, 8 Feb 1941. Name inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial, Cooper's Hill, Egham, Surrey, England. -
Mémorial
This outdoor plaque is located at Victoria College, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. “They were valiant in life and triumphant in death. [Victoria University Crest - Abeunt studia in mores]. Erected to the memory of the students of this college who gave their lives in the Great War 1939-1945. This tablet was erected by the Board of Regents and Dedicated October 13th, 1953”. Among the 79 names inscribed is that of: “Lawrence Ellwood Cryderman”. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Mémorial
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Mémorial
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “ P/O L. E. CRYDERMAN R.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Coupure de presse
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Star May 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de Journal
From the Toronto Star February 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de Journal
From the Toronto Star April 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de Journal
From the Toronto Star April 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram May 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram February 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram April 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram March 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram August 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram August 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Elwood Cryderman
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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