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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

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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*

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ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL
DEDICATED TO
THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA
ON THE OCCASION OF THE REGIMENT'S
150TH ANNIVERSARY
2012

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ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL
IS DEDICATED TO
THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA

THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA IS AN
INFANTRY UNIT IN CANADA'S ARMY RESERVE
AND LOCATED IN TORONTO. ONE OF THE
OLDEST REGIMENTS IN THE CANADIAN ARMY.
ITS ROOTS ARE TRACED BACK TO 1862 WHEN
A MILITIA UNIT WAS CREATED IN TORONTO
NAMED THE 10TH BATTALION VOLUNTEER
MILITIA RIFLES OF CANADA. EVOLVING THROUGH
NUMEROUS NAME CHANGES IT EVENTUALLY
BECAME KNOWN AS THE ROYAL GRENADIERS.

DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR THE ROYAL
GRENADIERS PROVIDED NUMEROUS SOLDIERS
TO THE 3RD, 58TH AND 123RD BATTALIONS
OF THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
WHO ALL FOUGHT IN THE TRENCHES.
THESE BATTALIONS WERE AWARDED 46
BATTLE HONOURS TO RECOGNIZE THEIR
SKILL, BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING THE WAR. THE 3RD BATTALION
WAS RE-DESIGNATED AS THE TORONTO
REGIMENT IN THE CANADIAN MILITIA.

IN 1936, THE ROYAL GRENADIERS AND THE
TORONTO REGIMENT WERE AMALGAMATED AND
BECAME THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA.
CALLED AGAIN TO ACTIVE DUTY FOR SERVICE
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THE ROYALS
FOUGHT THEIR WAY ACROSS FRANCE, BELGIUM,
THE NETHERLANDS AND INTO GERMANY
EARNING ANOTHER 20 BATTLE HONOURS.

REVERTING BACK TO ITS RESERVE STATUS AFTER
THE WAR, THE REGIMENT IS AT PRESENT
COMPOSED OF FULLY TRAINED ARMY RESERVISTS
WHO HAVE SERVED ON MISSIONS THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, CYPRUS,
THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO, ERITREA, HAITI,
KOSOVO, BOSNIA, NAMIBIA, THE GOLAN
HEIGHTS, THE SUDAN AND SIERRA LEONE.

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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]

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*

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Qui procul hinc
qui ante diem
periit: sed miles
sed pro patria

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MCMXIV - MCMXVIII

FRANK ARMOR
EDWARD S. BURFORD
FRANCIS A. COOKSON
W. BEVERLY CROWTHER
S. LORNE CROWTHER
BERTRAM DENISON
EDGAR DENISON
GEORGE T. DENISON
JOHN R. FENTON
FREDERICK J. GOOCH
M. LOCKHART GORDON
W. L. LOCKHART GORDON
WILLIAM H. GREGORY
T. LESLIE HARLING
MELVILLE HASTINGS
ELMES HENDERSON
WILLIAM D. P. JARVIS
A DOUGLAS KIRKPATRICK

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MCMXIV - MCMXVIII

NORMAN LAWLESS
HENRY V. LEMESURIER
ARTHUR LEWIS
ALFRED LIGHTWOOD
DUNCAN S. MACINNES
WILLIAM C. MACDONALD
CHARLES F. MCHENRY
ARTHUR MCDONNELL
JOHN R. MEREDITH
ARTHUR MINOR
CHARLES A. MOSS
C. GORDON MORTIMER
VICTOR NORDHEIMER
VICTOR NORTHCOTE
J. HERBERT PORTER
ALBERT RIDDLESWORTH
GEORGE C. RYERSON

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(middle panel/panneau central)
Dulce et decorum
est pro
patria mori

(left panel/panneau gauche)
MCMXIV - MCMXVIII

JOHN D. P. SCHOLFIELD
FRED W. SEDEN
JAMES B. STEPHENSON
EDMUND R. STREET
CLEMENT TYLER
WILLIAM VERNON
TRUMBULL WARREN
JAMES S. L. WELCH
HARRY WESTERMAN
FRED WILLIAMS
HAROLD V. WRONG

MCMXXXIX - MCMXL V
ROBERT W. ARMSTRONG
GEORGE BURGESS
RICHARD A. CARNEY

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MCMXIV - MCMXVIII

GEORGE H. CASSELS
SAMUEL GROVES DECKER
CLIFFORD FODERINGHAM
JOHN ALEXANDER FOSTER
HUGH LOCKHART GORDON
E. PATRICK T. GREEN
PAUL HEINECKE
GORDON H. HOBSON
EDWIN C. MINCHIN
JAMES G. OSLER
DAVID D. OWEN
WILLIAM L. RIDOUT
ALASTAIR F. G. RITCH
J. HOWARD ROGERS
GEORGE P. SCHOLFIELD
R. DONALD SHERRINTON
JOHN H. G. SMART
G. H. KILPATRICK STRATHY

NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY MY SPIRIT SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS

I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel St Luke V11 9

ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THE
500 OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 36TH PEEL REGIMENT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR (1914-1918) AND TO RECORD THE SERVICE OF OVER 3200 OTHERS WHO PASSED THROUGH THE
REGIMENT FOR ACTIVE SERVICE IN VARIOUS UNITS OF THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. "PRO ARIS ET FOCUS."

BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 1832

IN MEMORY OF
R.W. MORISON
AN OFFICER OF THIS BRANCH
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914 ∼ 1919

1914    19191
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THE MEMBERS OF ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCH
WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR.

• J.N. ALLEN
• C.H. BALL
• L. BOYD
• C. CORIN
• N. CORIN
• H. COTTRELL
• E.S. DAVIDSON
• L. DAVIDSON
• G.M. DAVIS
• G.T. DENISON JR.
• R.T. DYSON
• C.D. EYLES
• C.T. BRYCE
• F. FLOYD
• A. FRANKS
• G. FUSSELL
• G.W. GARRETT
• W.I. GRIFFITHS
• R. HALLAS
• C.D. HEWSON
• R. HICKS
• W.J. JEFFERSON
• H.C. JONES
• V.A. KIRK
• N. LARTER
•  
• A.R. LEGGO
• H. LITCHFIELD
• R. LITCHFIELD
• M.I. MACHELL
• W.A. MANSON
• R.J. MATTOCKS
• E.A. MCMULLEN
• J.D. MCMURRICH
• H. MCQUEEN
• W. NUNN
• J.M. PORRITT
• T. PUTT
•  
• J. RAYNOR
• R. SANDFORD
• R.E. SELBY
• C.N. SHANLY
• T. SMITH
• M.S. STEWART
• F. TAYLOR
• L. WILLIS
• W.T. WILLISON
• W.J. WILSON
• F.A. WOOD
• E. CARDWELL
• J. CORBY

“THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”
ERECTED BY THE CONGREGATION