Ontario

In Memory of
Colonel William Campbell MacDonald
Brigadier 1st Infantry Training Brigade,
Canadian Expeditionary Force,
Military District, No. 2.
Born 31st May 1856.
Died in performance of Duty 21st January 1917.

Erected by Officers of the Brigade.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
PTE. ARTHUR MINOR
83RD. BATTALION C.E.F.
TRANSFERRED TO 3RD. BATTALION
KILLED IN ACTION AT PASSCHENDAELE
NOVEMBER 6, 1917.
AGED 23 YEARS.

ERECTED BY HIS MOTHER.

"THY WILL BE DONE."

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CHARLES ALEXANDER MOSS
MAJOR, THIRD BATTALION, TORONTO REGIMENT.
BORN AT TORONTO, JUNE THE 19TH 1872.

WOUNDED IN THE ADVANCE ON
REGINA TRENCH, SOMME
ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER THE 8TH 1916.

DIED AT ROUEN, OCTOBER THE 24TH 1916.

AQUILA NON CAPIT MUSCAS

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
THE HON. THOMAS RIDOUT
1754 - 1829
SURVEYOR GENERAL OF UPPER CANADA 1810-1829.
CHURCH WARDEN OF THIS CHURCH
1808 - 1809 1815 - 1818
AND HIS SON
THOMAS GIBBS RIDOUT
1792 - 1861
SERVED IN THE WAR OF 1812 - 1814
AND HIS SON
GEORGE RIDOUT
1852 - 1920
AND HIS SON
GEORGE LAWTON RIDOUT, M.C.
1887 - 1948
ROYAL ENGINEERS, GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
CHURCH WARDEN OF THIS CHURCH 1939 - 1944
AND HIS SON
WILLIAM LAWTON RIDOUT
1916 - 1941
CAPTAIN 9TH GURKHA RIFLES.
MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES FOR GALLANT AND
DISTINGUISHED SERVICES IN MALAYA.
KILLED IN ACTION DEC. 13TH 1941.

ALL WORSHIPPED IN THIS CHURCH
ERECTED BY THEIR FAMILY 1954

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE STERLING RYERSON
M.D., C.A.M.C.
A KNIGHT OF GRACE OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
FOUNDER OF THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY.

BORN IN TORONTO 1855. SON OF THE REVEREND GEORGE
RYERSON AND ISABELLA DORCAS STERLING. SERVED IN THE
FENIAN RAID OF 1870. GRADUATED TRINITY MEDICAL COLLEGE
1875. SERVED IN THE NORTHWEST REBELLION OF 1885 AS
SURGEON OF THE TENTH ROYAL GRENADIERS. IN 1892 FOUNDED
THE ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF CANADIAN MILITIA
WHICH RESULTED IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CANADIAN
ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. MEMBER OF THE ONTARIO LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY FOR TORONTO 1893 - 1898. FOUNDED IN 1895 THE
ONTARIO CENTRE OF ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION OF THE
GRAND PRIORY OF THE BRITISH REALM OF THE VENERABLE ORDER
OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. THE FIRST CENTRE
FORMED IN CANADA TO WHICH FOR FIFTEEN YEARS GAVE MUCH
OF HIS TIME AS GENERAL SECRETARY. FOUNDED THE CANADIAN RED
CROSS SOCIETY 1896. CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
1896-1914. CANADIAN RED CROSS COMMISSIONER SOUTH AFRICA
1900-1901. PRESIDENT 1914-1916 CO-FOUNDER OF UNITED EMPIRE
LOYALISTS' ASSOCIATION OF CANADA 1896. HE WAS A 33RD DEGREE
MASON AND ACTIVE IN ALL BRANCHES OF THE CRAFT. HE SERVED
HIS COUNTRY WITH DILIGENCE AND HONOUR. DIED IN TORONTO
MAY 20TH 1925.
AND OF HIS WIFE
MARY AMELIA CROWTHER,
BORN IN TORONTO 1855. MARRIED 1882. LOST AT SEA BY
THE TORPEDOING OF THE R. M. S. LUISITANIA, MAY 5TH, 1915.

PER ARDUA AD ASTRA

In loving memory of
Flight Lieutenant
John Douglas Price Scholfield,
Only son of H.B. and A.L. Scholfield.
Killed while flying in England, May 26th 1917.
Aged 23 years.

"Blessed are the pure in heart."

AUDAX
JUSTUM
PERFICERE

In loving memory of
SUB-LIEUT. GEORGE HENRY
KIRKPATRICK STRATHY RCNVR
BORN IN ORPINGTON, KENT,
ON FEBRUARY 13th 1918.
KILLED IN ACTION IN
H.M.S. AJAX
in the MEDITERRANEAN SEA
ON OCTOBER 12th 1940.

These laid the world away; poured
out the red sweet wine of youth;
gave up the years to be of work
and joy and that unhoped serene
that men call age; ....

Sacred to the Memory of
Colonel Stephen Jarvis, U.E.L.

A DISTINGUISHED OFFICER IN THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1776
AND QUARTERMASTER 17TH LIGHT DRAGOONS
ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE FORCES IN UPPER CANADA 1812
GENTLEMAN USHER OF THE BLACK ROD PARLIAMENT OF CANADA

Died April 12th 1840 Aged 84 Years

ALSO OF
Amelia Glover, his Wife
Died Dec. 2nd 1819 Aged 63 Years.

THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED AT THE CLOSE OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE SPIRIT OF ARDENT PATRIOTISM
BEQUEATHED BY COL. JARVIS: TWO SCORE OF HIS DESCENDANTS
VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE IN THIS WAR,
AND MANY OTHERS HAVE SERVED THE EMPIRE
ON FORMER OCCASIONS AT THE CALL OF DUTY.
THE MORTAL REMAINS ARE INTERRED AT THE EASTERN BOUNDARY
OF THE CEMETERY ADJOINING THIS CATHEDRAL CHURCH

[plaque]

This window, a memorial to the Governor General's Horse Guards,
was unveiled and dedicated by
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
accompanied by
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh
on June 29, 1997, in honour of the 200th Anniversary of
The Parish and Cathedral Church of St. James, in the presence of
The Right Reverend Terence Finlay and
The Very Reverend Douglas Stoute.

[plaque outside St. George's Chapel/plaque à l’extérieur de la chapelle St. George’s.]

REGIMENTAL COLOURS
& BATTLE HONOURS

A BATTLE HONOUR IS AN AWARD OF A RIGHT
BY A GOVERNMENT OR SOVEREIGN TO A
MILITARY UNIT TO EMBLAZON THE NAME
OF A MILITARY BATTLE OR THEATRE OF
OPERATION ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOURS.

HANGING IN THIS CHAPEL ARE SOME OF THE
COLOURS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO
THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA AND ITS
PREDECESSOR UNITS SINCE 1863. THE MOST
RECENT SET OF COLOURS WERE PRESENTED
BY THE REGIMENTS COLONEL-IN-CHIEF, HIS
ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES ON
NOVEMBER 5 2009 AND ARE KEPT
AT THE REGIMENT'S HEADQUARTERS AT
FORT YORK ARMOURY IN TORONTO.

THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA HAS
BEEN AWARDED OR PERPETUATES 71 BATTLE
HONOURS FOR SPECIFIC DISTINGUISHED
ACTIONS AND GENERAL ACTION ON ACTIVE
SERVICE. OF THESE, 25 BATTLE HONOUR NAMES
HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR EMBLAZONMENT
ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOURS.

ON MAY 9, 2014, THE GOVERNMENT
OF CANADA ANNOUNCED THAT THE
THEATRE HONOUR "AFGHANISTAN" HAD BEEN
AWARDED TO THE ROYAL REGIMENT
OF CANADA FOR ITS PARTICIPATION IN
THAT THEATRE OF ARMED CONFLICT.

WHILE REGIMENTAL COLOURS ARE NO LONGER
CARRIED ON OPERATIONS, AS WAS THEIR INITIAL
MILITARY FUNCTION, THE BATTLE HONOURS
THAT THEY CARRY ARE HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM
BY MILITARY PERSONNEL. THE COLOURS NOT
ONLY REPRESENT THE AUTHORITY OF THE
CROWN, BUT ALSO REPRESENTS THE REGIMENT'S
HISTORY AND ITS FALLEN COMRADES.

[plaque outside St. George's Chapel/plaque à l’extérieur de la chapelle St. George’s.]

BATTLE HONOURS OF
THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA

EARLY

• FISH CREEK*
• BATOCHE*
• NORTH WEST CANADA, 1885*
• SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900*
•  

WORLD WAR I

• YPRES, 1915, '17*
• GRAVENSTAFEL
• ST. JULIEN*
• FESTUBERT, 1915*
• MOUNT SORREL*
• SOMME, 1916, '18*
• POZIÈRES
• FLERS-COURCELETTE
• ANCRE HEIGHTS
• ARRAS, 1917, '18
• VIMY, 1917*
• ARLEUX
• SCARPE, 1917, '18
• HILL 70
• PASSCHENDAELE*
• AMIENS*
• DROCOURT-QUEANT
• HINDENBURG LINE*
• CANAL DU NORD
• CAMBRAI, 1918
• PURSUIT TO MONS
• FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915 - '18
•  

WORLD WAR II

• DIEPPE*
• BOURGUÉBUS RIDGE
• FAUBOURG DE VAUCELLES*
• VERRIÉRES RIDGE-TILLY-LA-CAMPAGNE*
• FALAISE*
• FALAISE ROAD
• CLAIR TIZON
• FORÊT DE LA LONDE
• DUNKIRK, 1944
• THE SCHELDT*
• WOENSDRECHT
• SOUTH BEVELAND*
• THE RHINELAND*
• GOCH-CALCAR ROAD
• THE HOCHWALD*
• XANTEN*
• TWENTE CANAL*
• GRONINGEN
• OLDENBURG
• NORTH-WEST
• EUROPE, 1942, 1944-1945

POST WORLD WAR II

AFGHANISTAN*