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During the First World War, 162 young men of First Avenue Baptist Church at 77 First Avenue left for overseas. This period was one of loneliness and anxiety, of knitting and sending parcels, of heroism and tragedy of prison camps, of the wounded, and of 23 young lives given in the cause of freedom. A memorial hall in honour of parishioners who served and those who gave their lives in the First World War was dedicated by Reverend Dr. W.T. Graham on February 4, 1923. 

Major Alexander James Boyd served in the North West Resistance and the South African War. He died at Pretoria on April 20, 1902. This plaque was erected by his brother Officers.

Lieutenant William Charles Fitch was killed in action at Batoche on May 12, 1885. This plaque was erected by his brother Officers.

Bernard Ouseley Brownrigg and James Ramsey Akers, Ensigns in the H.M. 1st Battalion 16th Regiment, were drowned by the upsetting of a boat in Toronto Bay on April 9, 1864. This memorial was erected by their brother Officers. The plaque was made by Hart ~ Son, London and set onto black marble by stonemasons, N. L. Steiner of Toronto.

The 16^th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot was a regiment in the British Army stationed in British North America for the purposes of providing a regular army presence in the colony to enhance its defence given the perceived threat of an American invasion during and after the American Civil War.  In 1864, the 1^st Battalion of the Regiment was stationed in Toronto, and the 2^nd Battalion in Halifax.   

Lieutenant Donald Alastair Carey Brock, son of Donald Brock CBE Commander Royal Navy and Jocelyn his wife, grandson of John Denison DSO Admiral of the Royal Navy, was killed in action on 31 March 1941 when HMS Bonaventure was sunk by enemy action off Crete.

Captain Elmes Pollock Henderson was killed in on 25 June 1916 while serving with the Hazara Pioneers. This plaque was engraved by Patterson & Heward, Toronto.

Flying Officer Hugh Lockhart Gordon was killed in active service with the Royal Canadian Air Force on 14 August 1940. This plaque was engraved by A. J. Carter, 1941.

Captain Andrew Maxwell Irving served with the Adjutant Royal Grenadiers. This plaque was erected by his fellow officers and engraved by Rolph, Smith & Co.

Lieutenant-Colonel George Taylor Denison - Jr. served many years an officer of the Governor General's Body Guard and was killed in action in France on May 8, 1917, while attached to the 19th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. 

Lieutenant Vernon LeMesurier MC died on March 30, 1918, while serving with the Royal Canadian Dragoons. This plaque was erected by his parents and engraved by Patterson & Heward, Toronto.