Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
38
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
2nd Field Company
Birth:
July 31, 1879
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 24, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
October 29, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. N. 26.
Additional information
Son of Thomas C. Irving, of Toronto, Ontario. Spouse of Jessie Irving, of Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
Distinguished Service Order, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Craik Irving
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Photo of THOMAS CRAIK IRVING
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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
Clipping from the Toronto Star for 10 July 1916. -
Gravemarker
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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". -
Plaque
1914-1918 Memorial tablet, Bloor Street Presbyterian Church, 300 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. This congregation was established in 1887, and in 1925 became the Bloor Street United Church. The tablet was unveiled on May 16th, 1920. It was inscribed: "In memory of the men of Bloor Street Presbyterian Church who went out to battle and died for Freedom's cause. They feared not Death and meeting it they won the Victor's Crown." -
Photo of Thomas Irving
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. -
Newspaper article
Article -
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 Col T. C. IRVING D.S.O. 4th Div H.Q. C.E." is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Inscription
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. The carillon was installed and dedicated in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for the carillon bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXI is dedicated thus: " 'Extol, ye bell, the virtue of our valorous men.' Alumni Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering". -
Memorial
The Golden Book Toronto : The Canadian Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press); -
Memorial
The Golden Book Toronto : The Canadian Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press); -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press Sept. 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo
Corner of King and Yonge Streets 1913. Writing to his father in April 1915.......Captain Thomas Irving said it is safer in the trenches in Belgium then at the corner of King and Yonge Streets due to the tall buildings being built. He was wrong as he was Killed in Action Ocober 29th 1917. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver World newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Craik Irving
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Craik Irving
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Craik Irving
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Craik Irving
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Craik Irving
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Craik Irving
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Craik Irving
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Craik Irving
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Craik Irving
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 261 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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