Royal Regiment of Canada Window
Municipality/Province: Toronto, ON
Memorial number: 35014-013
Type: Stained glass window
Address: 2075 Bayview Avenue
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
GPS coordinates: Lat: 43.7219498 Long: -79.3765293
The Royal Regiment of Canada Window consists of three panes and was donated by the Royal Regiment of Canada. The center pane commemorates the Dieppe Raid in which the regiment suffered enormous casualties. Afterwards, they were part of the invasion force in Normandy which is commemorated on the left pane. They fought through Northwest Europe and were in Holland when the war ended which is depicted in the right pane.
Inscription found on memorial
ST GEORGE
NORMANDY 1944
DIEPPE
FAUBOURG DE VAUCELLES
VERRIERES RIDGE TILLY-LA CAMPAGNE
FALAISE
THE SCHELDT
DIEPPE 1942
ST MICHAEL
HOLLAND 1945
SOUTH BEVELAND
THE RHINELAND
THE HOCHWAL
XANTEN
TWENTE CANAL
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED AND ALL
WHO SERVED WITH THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA 1939-1945
Street view
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