Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram January 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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

Memorial – Memorial Room, Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, 2010, courtesy of Alumni Relations.

Memorial – 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 were inscribed on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, names were added in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1,200 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: K. Parks, 2008, Alumni Relations.

Photo of Wilfred John Watts – Photo accompanying a Toronto Star article dated October 23rd, 1918.

Newspaper Article

Honour Roll – "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921.

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".

Grave Marker – Inscription to the memory of Lieutenant WILFRED JOHN WATTS on the family grave marker in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario. Lieutenant WATTS was wounded at Gallipoli while serving with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and recovered. He died of pneumonia while serving with the 44th Wing Royal Air Force at Camp Borden, Ontario

Doll – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 839 Captain Wilfred John Watts (RMC 1909) was the son of Col. George W. Watts and Emily Marie Watts, of I, Beaumont Rd., Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Royal Air Force, 44th Wing (Borden). He died 21 Oct 1918. He was buried in Totonto (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery in Ontario, Canada.

Memorial – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 839 Captain Wilfred John Watts (RMC 1909) was the son of Col. George W. Watts and Emily Marie Watts, of I, Beaumont Rd., Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Royal Air Force, 44th Wing (Borden). He died 21 Oct 1918. He was buried in Totonto (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery in Ontario, Canada.

Memorial – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 839 Captain Wilfred John Watts (RMC 1909) was the son of Col. George W. Watts and Emily Marie Watts, of I, Beaumont Rd., Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Royal Air Force, 44th Wing (Borden). He died 21 Oct 1918. He was buried in Totonto (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery in Ontario, Canada.

Memorial Arch – Memorial Arch, Royal Military College, Kingston

Memorial – Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston

Memorial Stained Glass – Memorial window, Royal Military College, Kingston