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GIBRALTAR POINT

Because of its large and easily defended harbour Lieutenant-
Governor Simcoe decided to make Toronto the naval and
military centre of Upper Canada. This site, guarding the
harbour, was named Gibraltar Point. Fortification was begun
here in 1794 and by 1800 two defensible storehouses and a
guard house had been erected. These buildings were destroyed
by the Americans during the second raid on York (Toronto)
in 1813. By the following May a small blockhouse mounting
one gun had been constructed. This building, in ruins by 1823,
was dismantled some time before 1833 and not replaced. This
area later became known as Hanlans Point after the family of
the world-champion sculler “Ned” Hanlon who settled near here.

Erected by the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board,
Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario

COLONEL W.J. STEWART CBE, CD.
1889-1969

A LIFELONG CITIZEN OF TORONTO, WILLI AM JAMES STEWART
DEVOTED MOST OF HIS LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE. HE SERVED AS
ALDERMAN 1924-30 AND AS MAYOR 1931-34. DURING HIS TENURE
AS MAYOR HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN RESTORING FORT YORK TO
COMMEMORATE THE CITY’S CENTENNIAL 1934.

ELECTED TO THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE (1938), HE SERVED UNTIL
1959, AND FOR FOUR YEARS WAS SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY. A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE MILITIA, HE JOINED THE
QUEEN’S YORK RANGERS (1ST AMERICAN REGIMENT) AND WAS
FOR FIFTEEN YEARS ITS HONORARY COLONEL.

HE WAS ACTIVE IN NUMEROUS CHURCH, FRATERNAL AND CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATIONS, AND SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE TORONTO
HISTORICAL BOARD FROM 1961 UNTIL HIS DEATH.

ERECTED BY THE
TORONTO HISTORICAL BOARD
1970

MILITARY BURIAL GROUND

THIS CEMETERY OPENED IN 1860 AND WAS THE THIRD MIITARY BURIAL GROUND IN TORONTO. IT REPLACED
ONE SITUATED A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE WEST, WHICH WAS ABANDONED AFTER A FEW BURIALS AND THE
BODIES WERE MOVED THIS LOCATION. THE LAST KNOW INTERNMENT HERE WAS IN 1911.

The following is an extract from Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto, Vol, 1, 1894:

"There are about two hundred graves distinguishable by the mounds of earth. In the whole cemetary there
are only twenty-eight stones or wooden slabs standing to tell who lies beneath. A few broken stones have
fallen
most of them are indecipherable and the rest are nameless. All the headstones are of the simplest
and plainest character. There is not a monument or shaft in the yard. On a few graves are simple wooden
crosses without any inscription. Here and there is a square picketed enclosure about a grave, the fence in a
very dilapidated condition and overgrown with grass, thistles and ivy. But one grave bears token, that its
occupant is still cherished in memory. The grave is that of Sergeant-Major F.W. Gathercole of the
Canadian School of Infantry, who died at the new fort, Toronto February 13, 1883 aged forty-two years. A
neat marble slab, simple but quite as pretentious as any in the cemetery, bears the inscription that it was
erected by his comrades in affectionate remembrance. About the grave the grass and thistles have been
cleared away and four pots of geraniums in bloom had been placed on it. The stone marking the resting
place of assistant Commissary-General John Moirs McLean Sutherland, is broken and down. Everything
about the grounds bears evidence that they are seldom visited. The proportion of soldiers drowned among
the twenty-eight whose names are decipherable is large. They are John Manley Rattle, Deputy-Assistant
Commissary-General, J. Ramsey Akers, Ensign in the 16th Regiment, James Walsh, Private in the 30th
Regiment, and Corporal John Smeeton, of the 13th Hussars. Several graves are those of the wives and
children of soldiers. The head stones range in date, from 1860 down to that of Private E.A. Heath, of the
Canadian School of Infantry, who died in 1885, being the most recent. Among the graves is one of Walter
Toronto Lewis, the one-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lewis, who died in 1868. The 13th Hussars
has the greatest number of burials. At two graves are tiny marble slabs, not over five inches wide and a foot
high, bearing simply the inscription ‘G.M. and G.F.S.’ they are evidently remembered, for loving hands
had recently propped up the broken and fallen memorials with pieces of wood. Most of the stones bear
inscriptions to the effect that they were erected by comrades. But little attempt at decoration has been
made on the slabs. Here and there is a flag, a pair of crossed swords, a wreath, a cross, a crown, and other
usual emblems of this character, all very simply executed. Among the dead who lie here are: Trumpeter
James McMahon, 13th Hussars
Rachel, wife of Sergeant-Major William Ross, of the 4th Artillery
Isabella
Thompson, Private George Miller, 13th Hussars, and Colour-Sergeant John Hanney, 47th Regiment."

THIS MEMORIAL AREA WAS CREATED TO PRESERVE THE
REMAINING HEADSTONES AND TO COMMEMORATE ALL
THOSE WHO LIE HERE.

TORONTO HISTORICAL BOARD

A.D. 1970

1813 - 1963

A few yards south of this spot, on
what was then the Lake Shore, stood The Grand Magazine.

During the Battle of York, 27 April 1813,
the British Forces, finding the unfinished
Fort untenable, withdrew and blew up
the Magazine.

The explosion killed 38 American
soldiers and wounded 222, many of
whom died. Among the dead was
Brigadier-General Zebulon M. Pike.

Several British and Canadian Soldiers
were also killed or wounded.

SUGAR MAPLE
STATE TREE OF NEW YORK

PRESENTED TO TORONTO HISTORICAL BOARD BY BUFFALO
AND ERIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN THE SPIRIT OF
RUSH-BAGOT AND IN APPRECIATION OF OUR TWO
COUNTRIES WHO BUILD NOT WALLS, BUT BRIDGES.

1968

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ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS
SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN
MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

S.O.E. MEMBERS KILLED IN THE GREAT WAR

• ATTFIELD. W.
• ALLEN. J.
• ARNOLD. W.E.
• APPLETON. W.C.
• AVIS. C.J.
• ASHDOWN. A.H.
• ARCHIBALD. H.
• AISHFORD. H.P.
• BROWN. W.A.
• BUSH. J.
• BLISS. T.W.
• BELL. J.H.
• BREWSTER. O.
• BENNINGTON. H.A.
• BRYAN. A.
• BROCK. A.W.
• BUCK. E.
• BURT. C.E.
• BRADLEY. F.T.
• BOULTON. T.
• BOYCE. W.H.
• BELL. W.J.
• BENNETT. W.G.
• BARNARD. C.H.
• BEARNE. F.
• BEWLEY. S.C.
• BALL. G.F.
• BROWN. J.
• BALLINGER. C.
• BLENKIN. J.?.
• BLENKHORN. W.
• BUTCHER. A.
• BRADBURY. L.B.
• BROWN. H.J.
• BOORMAN. J.R.
• BIRCH. E.A.
• BRIGGS. T.H.
• BURCHELL. J.
• BURLINGTON. J.T.
• CANNON. E.H.
• CUSS. A.G.
• CASS. P.
• COOMBES. A.J.
• COOPER. E.
• CLEMENTS. J.H.
• COOK. G.
• CHAMP. F.C.
• COKES. E.R.
• CARTER. C.D.
• CRABTREE. E.
• CLIFFORD. W.
• COLLINS. F.W.
• CURRELL. W.G.
• CORNISH. A.
• COLEMAN. A.
•  
• CHAPMAN. G.
• COE. C.M.
• DICKENS. H.
• DOBELL. F.N.
• DAVIS. G.W.
• DAWE. W.C.
• DAWSON. A.W.
• DAVENPORT. H.
• DAWSON. C.R.O.
• DEACON. J.E.
• DRURY. L.
• DRIVER. J.W.
• DAWSON. H.
• DOUGLAS. C.
• DARBY. E.P.
• ELFORD. S.
• EVESON. F.T.
• EVENDEN. J.T.
• EDGSON. A.G.
• EARL. T.C.
• FLETCHER. A.J.
• FIELDING. T.
• FALKNER. A.C.
• FISHER. J.H.
• FROST. F.W.
• FARTHING. A.O.
• FIELD. A.T.
• FORSDIKE. F.
• FREEMAN. D.
• FISHER. G.
• FLETCHER. F.
• FRANCIS. G.E.
• FAULTLESS. W.E.
• FRANCE. L.F.
• GRIFFIN. N.J.
• GREEN. E.
• CRIDLEY. W.E.
• GRIFFITHS. W.J.
• GLOVER. A.
• GRAY. C.R.
• GOFF. F.
• GREEN W.C.
• GIDDINGS. J.
• GATENBY. W.
• GAZEY. F.H.R.
• GREETHA. F.
• GARBUTT. P.
• HOWE. W.J.
• HUGHES. C.
• HOOKER. A.E.
• HICKS. O.A.
• HIGGINS. A.W.
• HERRON. T.A.
• HARRISON. C.S.
•  
• HURLEY. C.W.
• HEWITT. J.W.
• HAINES. C.
• HEWARD. A.
• HOTLEY, E.W.
• HART. W.H.R.
• HOPPER. J.F.
• HILBERT. T.
• HUNT. A.H.
• HOCKEN. F.H.
• HOWARTH. E.J.
• HOWARTH. A.
• HYDE. H.
• INESON. D.
• JENNINGS. W.
• JOHNS. E.
• JONES. T.
• JONES. W.
• JENKINSON. T.
• KENSETT. S.H.
• KENSETT. J.C.
• LITCHFIELD. D.R.C.
• LITCHFIELD. T.W.
• LEWIS. A.C.
• LING. A.
• MURCOTT. A.
• MIDDLETON. I.W.
• MILLER.H.W.
• MILLS. T.
• MARSDEN. J.
• MOSES. W.H.
• McLEAN. C.J.
• McLEARLY. W.
• NEWMAN. P.
• NEVILLE. A.T.
• PETERS. H.
• PAYNE. C.F.
• PRITCHARD. V.A.
• PENTON. J.
• PEARCE. R.J.
• PETTITT. M.W.
• POLE. A.L.
• PARKER. H.
• PRIOR. A.H.
• PARAMORE. W.
• PERCIVAL. W.
• PINKETT. C.J.
• PITTAM. F.H.
• PARKER. C.C.
• ROGERS. J.
• ROSE. P.
• RATCLIFFE. G.A.
• RATCLIFFE. W.H.
• RAWLINSON. W.A.
•  
• READ. J.H.
• ROWLEY. J.
• RITCHARDSON. ?.
• SHEPPARD. R.
• SUMMERSIDES. J.
• SPEDDING. J.W.
• SAUNDERS. F.
• STEPHENS. W.
• SANDS. A.
• SCOTT. T.
• SUMMERS. H.J.
• STEPHEN. C.A.
• STOLLARD. H.
• SUMISON. F.
• STEADMAN. H.
• STANNAC. E.D.?
• SKIPPES. J.A.
• SANDERSON. J.
• SMITH. A.
• SANGSTER. F.
• SEWELL. F.E.J.
• TICKNER. M.
• TRIPP. W.S.J.
• THORN. H.
• TAYLOR. H.
• TAYLOR. W.T.
• TRACHY. C.H.
• TAYLOR. J.A.
• TOMPSETT. F.
• TYLER. W.A.
• TELFORD. W.C.
• VEATER. L.T.
• WOOD. W.W.
• WOOD. H.C.
• WILCOX. P.
• WHITE. E.O.
• WARD. W.H.
• WARD. R.F.H.
• WEEKS. J.C.
• WOODCOCK. F.
• WISE. H.
• WILLETT. E.
• WEBB. J.H.
• WELLS. W.H.
• WATSON. F.H.
• WATKINS. F.W.
• WRIGHT. R.
• WELLS. A.S.
• WALKER. H.J.
• WRIGHT. H.
• WORSLEY. R.
• WARDLE. F.W.
• YOUNG. R.J.
• YOUNG. J.E.W.

JUVENILE MEMBERS
BUTTIVANT. J.E.
GAGE. G.
KITCHEN. J.J.
ROWSELL. R.R.W.
WHITE. W.

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

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1914

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Chas. Adamson
SCULPTOR
1923

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1918

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PAARDEBERG

DREIFONTEIN

JOHANNESBURG

DIAMOND HILL

BELFAST

RELIEF OF
KIMBERLEY

RELIEF OF
MAFEKING

HARTS RIVER

TO THE MEMORY AND IN HONOUR OF THE
CANADIANS WHO DIED DEFENDING THE EMPIRE
IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899 - 1902

(base of the Cavalry statue)
WALTER S ALLWARD
1909

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NATAL

SOUTH AFRICA
1901

SOUTH AFRICA
1902

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CAPE COLONY

ORANGE FREE
STATE

TRANSVAAL

RHODESIA

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KILLED IN ACTION AT LIMERIDGE
JUNE 2^nd 1866
QUEENS OWN RIFLES

PRIVATE WILLIAM F TEMPEST N^o9 COMPANY
PRIVATE JOHN H MEWBURN N^o9 COMPANY

DIED FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION
SERGT. HUGH MATHESON N^o2 COMPANY
CORPORAL FRANCIS LACKEY N^o2 COMPANY

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CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS MONUMENT
CAMPAIGN OF JUNE 1866

HONOUR THE BRAVE WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY

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KILLED IN ACTION AT LIMERIDGE
JUNE 2^nd 1866
QUEENS OWN RIFLES

ENSIGN MALCOLM MCEACHREN N^o5 COMPANY
LANCE CORPORAL MARK DEFRIES N^o3 COMPANY
PRIVATE CHRISTOPHER ALDERSON N^o7 COMPANY
PRIVATE WILLIAM SMITH N^o2 COMPANY
PRIVATE MALCOLM MACKENZIE N^o9 COMPANY

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CANADA ERECTED THIS MONUMENT
AS A MEMORIAL OF
HER BRAVE SONS THE VOLUNTEERS
WHO FELL AT LIME RIDGE OR
DIED FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION
OR FROM DISEASE CONTRACTED IN SERVICE
WHILST DEFENDING HER FRONTIER
IN JUNE 1866.

1914 1919

TO THE GLORY
OF GOD AND IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF 70 MEN FROM
THIS PARISH WHO
LAID DOWN THEIR
LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-19
AND IN GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE
OF THOSE WHO
SHARED ITS
DANGERS

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