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Son of George Owen Buchanan, and Mary Nelson Buchanan, of New Westminster, British Columbia. B.A. and LL.B. Toronto University. Barrister of Province of British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brubacher to Bunyan. Mircoform Sequence 15; Volume Number 31829_B016724; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 159 Page 301 of 668
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Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
Leo Buchanan as Editor-in-Chief of the 1906 University of Toronto Yearbook. Source: Torontonensis 1906, pg. 251.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918.
Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen beside the Tower is that of Leo Buchanan. After the Second World War, the names of 557 more men and women were carved in the Memorial Arch underneath the Tower. Photo: K. Parks.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
From the Daily Colonist of April 29, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y120uvic#mode/1up
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room, several of which pertain to those who studied at University College. Bell XXIII is dedicated: "University College Alumni Association". The UC alumnae (female grads) also donated a bell. Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
From the Toronto Telegram April 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
From the Vancouver World newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brubacher to Bunyan. Mircoform Sequence 15; Volume Number 31829_B016724; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 159 Page 301 of 668
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From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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Leo Buchanan as Editor-in-Chief of the 1906 University of Toronto Yearbook. Source: Torontonensis 1906, pg. 251.
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From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen beside the Tower is that of Leo Buchanan. After the Second World War, the names of 557 more men and women were carved in the Memorial Arch underneath the Tower. Photo: K. Parks.
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From the Daily Colonist of April 29, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y120uvic#mode/1up
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Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room, several of which pertain to those who studied at University College. Bell XXIII is dedicated: "University College Alumni Association". The UC alumnae (female grads) also donated a bell. Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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From the Toronto Telegram April 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Vancouver World newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 60 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WOODS CEMETERY Belgium
WOODS CEMETERY is located 4 Km south east of Ieper town centre, on the Verbrandemolenstraat a road leading from the Komenseweg, connecting Ieper to Komen (N336).
From Ieper town centre the Komenseweg is located via the Rijselsestraat, through the Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) and crossing the Ieper ring road, towards Armentieres and Lille. The road name then changes to Rijselseweg. 1 Km along the Rijselseweg lies the left hand turning onto Komenseweg.
2.5 Km along the Komenseweg lies the right hand turning onto the Vaartstraat. 900 metres along the Vaartstraat lies the left hand turning onto the Verbrandemolenstraat. 400 metres along the Verbrandemolenstraat a short distance from the road is the WOODS CEMETERY.
Visitors to this site should note the 100 metre grassed access path leading to the cemetery which is not accessable by vehicle.
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