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Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
Death:
September 29, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. E. 2.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Jane Frances Trees, of 399, Sherbourne St., Toronto.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Christopher Frank Trees
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Photo of Christopher Frank Trees
From "The War Book of Upper Canada College", edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during WWI. -
Memorial Plaque
A brass Memorial Tablet containing the names of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during WWI. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921. UCC is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Royal Canadian Yacht Club Memorial
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario. Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918". -
World War I Memorial tablet
World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: "IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE", and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: "And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content." -
Inscription
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Memorial
Canadian Buffs Memorial, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent “IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS OF THE CANADIAN BUFFS WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1914-1919, ERECTED BY COMRADES” -
Award Citation
medal letter, box and stripes -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Christopher Frank Trees
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Christopher Frank Trees
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Christopher Frank Trees
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Christopher Frank Trees
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Christopher Frank Trees
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Christopher Frank Trees
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Christopher Frank Trees
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Christopher Frank Trees
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Christopher Frank Trees
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 514 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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