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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Engineers
Division:
5th Field Survey Coy.
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 18, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. J. 12.
Additional information
Son of Willson Shanley Howard and Margaret B. Howard, of Toronto; husband of Ruth Loudon Howard, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant John Turner Howard
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping (2)
From the Toronto Globe for 24 June 1918. -
Photo of John Turner Howard
Torontonensis 1913 (University of Toronto Year Book), pg. 157. -
Photo of John Howard
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. -
Photo of John Turner Howard
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Crest
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Funds were raised by the Alumni Federation (now called the University of Toronto Alumni Association.) The name of "Lt. J. T. HOWARD R.E." is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Inscription
Inscription inside Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. The carillon was installed and dedicated in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni, students and friends of the University donated the funds for the carillon bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are inscribed high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXI is dedicated as follows: ' "Extol, ye bell, the virtue of our valorous men." Alumni Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering'.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Turner Howard
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Turner Howard
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Turner Howard
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Turner Howard
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Turner Howard
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Turner Howard
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Turner Howard
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Turner Howard
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Turner Howard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 588 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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