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On April 7, 1918, three Toronto Vimy Ridge heroes plaques were unveiled in three different Toronto Anglican churches. Lieutenant Kappele's plaque is at St. Paul's Anglican Church and Lieutenant Gregory's plaque is at All Saints Anglican Church. The Captain Harry Stewart Boulter Plaque was unveiled in the Church of the Redeemer by Major George N. Molesworth of the 124^th Battalion. The ceremony, conducted by Reverend C.J. James, was attended by members of the Mississauga Horse and members of the congregation.

Harry was born on 18 November 1892 to Harry C. and Effie Boulter in Toronto, Ontario. A lieutenant with the 9th Mississauga Horse, he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at this rank on 4 December 1915. He went overseas with the 124^th Battalion and was promoted to captain on 2 January 1917. On 4 April 1917, while overseeing preparations for the Vimy Ridge offensive, Boulter was struck through the heart by a piece of shrapnel and killed instantly. He was buried in Villers Station Cemetery, France, with full military honours.

At Grace Church on-the-hill a stained glass window was dedicated in 1921 in honour of brothers Lieutenant Walter King Pearce and Lieutenant Gordon Mackenzie Pearce, both lost their lives in the First World War. It was made by Robert McCausland Limited and the theme of this three-light window is “Suffer the Little Children”, based on Mark 10:13-16. It shows Jesus blessing the children, with the caption. “He took them in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.” 

The brothers were born to William K. and Emma Pearce of Toronto, Ontario. Walter was born on 29 July 1891 and Gordon on 30 September 1896. William, like his father, was a banker at the Dominion Bank in Toronto; he was also a member of the 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers militia when enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 8 July 1915. In Europe he became a lieutenant in the Canadian Mounted Rifles; on 15 September 1916 was killed in action at the Somme.

Gordon was a student at the University of Toronto and a member of the Governor General’s Body Guard militia when he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 8 December 1915. He became a lieutenant in the 124th Battalion; on 26 April 1917 he was killed by an exploding shell at Arras.

A tablet at Grace Church on-the-Hill was dedicated to the memory of Second-Lieutenant William Cecil Hutson who was killed in the First World War. Hutson was born in 1897 to Harry and Annie Hutson of Toronto, Ontario. He attended the Upper Canada College, then the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario from which he was gazetted into the 51st Brigade, of the British Royal Field Artillery. He was killed on 21 March at Second Picardy, during the Spring Offensive.

A tablet at Grace Church on-the-Hill was dedicated to the memory of Captain John Scatcherd Laycock who was killed in the First World War. Laycock was born in Buffalo, New York on 6 December 879, son of Hartley and Annie Laycock; the family later moved to Toronto, Ontario. Laycock was a sales manager and a member of the 48th Highlanders militia when he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 28 August 1915. He became a captain in the 15th Battalion. At the Somme on 24 September 1916, he received a gunshot wound to the back from which he recovered. However, on 11 June 1917, while attending to a wounded man of the 10th Battalion at Messines, he was struck in the head by shrapnel from an exploding shell, which killed him instantly.

A stained glass window at Grace Church on-the-Hill was dedicated to the memory of Lieutenant John Anthony Ninian Ormsby, who was killed in the First World War. It was designed by N.T. Lyon Company. The inspiration for the window comes from Samuel I, chapter 3. 

Ormsby was born on 15 December 1894, in Danville, Quebec to John and Susie Ormsby and grew up in Forest Hill, Toronto, Ontario. He was a student at the Upper Canada College and a member of the 10th Royal Grenadiers when he received a commission to serve as a lieutenant with the Eaton’s Machine Gun Battery on 3 February 1915. He became a flight-lieutenant with the Royal Flying Corps on 20 June 1916. He was reported missing while flying reconnaissance behind enemy lines at the Somme on 2 August 1916, later presumed dead.

A window at Grace Church on-the-Hill was dedicated in 1921 to Lieutenant Lionel Esmonde Clarke, who was killed in the First World War. The window depicts the Pentecost and was designed by Robert McCausland Limited. 

Lionel was the son of Lionel H. and Anne C.G. Clarke; born in Toronto, Ontario on 8 March 1894. He listed his vocation as “clerk” when he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 14 July 1915. He was a lieutenant with the 4th Canadian Mount Rifles when he was reported missing at Mount Sorrel and was later presumed dead.

At Grace Church on-the-Hill a stained glass window was dedicated in 1918 to the memory of Lieutenant Charles Arthur Bell, who died in the First World War. The window depicts crucified Christ and was designed by Robert McCausland Limited. Lieutenant Bell's cap badge appears in the lower right-hand corner of the window.

Charles was born on 2 July 1885 to Mrs. C.B. and Mr. W.A. Bell, in Toronto, Ontario. He listed his occupation as manufacturer upon enlisting with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 7 June 1915. Initially with the Queen’s Own Rifles he later made lieutenant in the 58th Battalion. He was killed in action While fighting at the Somme on 8 October 1916.

On 6 May 1922 a wayside cross was unveiled at Grace Church on-the-Hill by Bishop of Toronto, James Fielding Sweeny and dedicated to the members of the congregation who died in the First World War. The buttressed pillar upon a square base terminates in an octagonal spire of exquisite design. The cross on its summit recalls His sacrifice Who said, "Greater love that no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

At Grace Church on-the-Hill an honour roll was unveiled listing the names of members of the congregation who lost their lives in the First World War. 

An alms basin was dedicated to the Church of the Resurrection by Miss Brown in memory of her brother who had died in the First World War.