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Daughter of Robert and Mary Baldwin of Paris, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
Graves of three Canadian Nursing Sisters Baldwin, Macpherson & Pringle, killed in a bombing raid on No. 3 Stationary Hospital and buried at Bagneux Military Cemetery, Gezaincourt, France. Taken on 15th March 2001 by the donor.
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
Photo of memorial on family marker at St.James Cemetery, Toronto for N/S Dorothy Baldwin.<P> (Courtesy of Craig B.Cameron)
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
From The Globe (Toronto) for 4 June 1918, page 3.
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
St. Thomas (Anglican) Church, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario. The octagonal
Baptistry (1917) houses a central baptismal font, and also serves as a World
War One memorial for the war dead of this parish. The room includes stained
glass windows by the Bromsgrove Guild. These show images of medieval
knights, St. Michael the Archangel and St. George, and a wounded soldier in
a circa 1914-1918 military uniform standing among red poppies. Individually
inscribed wooden war memorial panels line the walls. Each panel includes
the name of a war casualty in gilt lettering with rank, unit and date of
death.
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
One of the sets of War Memorial stained glass windows in the St. Thomas
Church Baptistry.
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
A detail of the memorial panel dedicated to Nursing Sister Dorothy Baldwin. Located in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry, Toronto, Ontario.
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
An unveiling and dedication ceremony was conducted at the memorial on November 11th, 1930. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs. R. Baldwin, mother of Nursing Sister Dorothy Baldwin. A dedicatory address was made by Lt.-Col. the Ven. Archdeacon F. G. Scott, D.S.O. (Canon Scott). Bands of the 10th Brant Dragoons and the 1st Dufferin Rifles assisted in the service. The memorial was designed and built by the Hunter Granite Works, Simcoe, Ontario. It is inscribed: 1914 - 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PARIS WHO FELL AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR.<P>
The original monument included lamps styled as flames on the posts at either side of the central Cross. An outer pair of monuments were added at a later date in honour of the Paris men who fell in the Second World War.
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
This Roll of Honour appeared in the pamphlet distributed at the Paris Ontario War Memorial's unveiling and dedication ceremony on November 11th, 1930.
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
Paris District High School First World War Memorial Plaque Paris Ontario
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 599 of 1072.
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
London Ontario Advertiser 1918 June 3
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This plaque is in the Dorothy Baldwin Memorial Sunroom at the Willett Hospital in Paris, Ontario.<P>Photo Courtesy of Geoffrey S. Moyer
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Photo courtesy of the Great War Centenary Association.
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
From the London Free Press June 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
From the London Free Press June 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Nursing Sister Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin
From the Brantford Expositor 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Photo of memorial to Dorothy Mary Baldwin on her families tombstone. Located in St. James Cemetery, Toronto Canada. To the left side of the tombstone you see a memorial to her relative Bertram MacDougall Whitney, who was also killed in WWI.
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Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin - photo
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Graves of three Canadian Nursing Sisters Baldwin, Macpherson & Pringle, killed in a bombing raid on No. 3 Stationary Hospital and buried at Bagneux Military Cemetery, Gezaincourt, France. Taken on 15th March 2001 by the donor.
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Photo of memorial on family marker at St.James Cemetery, Toronto for N/S Dorothy Baldwin.<P> (Courtesy of Craig B.Cameron)
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From The Globe (Toronto) for 4 June 1918, page 3.
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St. Thomas (Anglican) Church, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario. The octagonal Baptistry (1917) houses a central baptismal font, and also serves as a World War One memorial for the war dead of this parish. The room includes stained glass windows by the Bromsgrove Guild. These show images of medieval knights, St. Michael the Archangel and St. George, and a wounded soldier in a circa 1914-1918 military uniform standing among red poppies. Individually inscribed wooden war memorial panels line the walls. Each panel includes the name of a war casualty in gilt lettering with rank, unit and date of death.
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One of the sets of War Memorial stained glass windows in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry.
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A detail of the memorial panel dedicated to Nursing Sister Dorothy Baldwin. Located in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry, Toronto, Ontario.
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An unveiling and dedication ceremony was conducted at the memorial on November 11th, 1930. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs. R. Baldwin, mother of Nursing Sister Dorothy Baldwin. A dedicatory address was made by Lt.-Col. the Ven. Archdeacon F. G. Scott, D.S.O. (Canon Scott). Bands of the 10th Brant Dragoons and the 1st Dufferin Rifles assisted in the service. The memorial was designed and built by the Hunter Granite Works, Simcoe, Ontario. It is inscribed: 1914 - 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PARIS WHO FELL AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR.<P> The original monument included lamps styled as flames on the posts at either side of the central Cross. An outer pair of monuments were added at a later date in honour of the Paris men who fell in the Second World War.
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This Roll of Honour appeared in the pamphlet distributed at the Paris Ontario War Memorial's unveiling and dedication ceremony on November 11th, 1930.
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Paris District High School First World War Memorial Plaque Paris Ontario
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 599 of 1072.
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London Ontario Advertiser 1918 June 3
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This plaque is in the Dorothy Baldwin Memorial Sunroom at the Willett Hospital in Paris, Ontario.<P>Photo Courtesy of Geoffrey S. Moyer
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Photo courtesy of the Great War Centenary Association.
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From the London Free Press June 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the London Free Press June 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Brantford Expositor 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Photo of memorial to Dorothy Mary Baldwin on her families tombstone. Located in St. James Cemetery, Toronto Canada. To the left side of the tombstone you see a memorial to her relative Bertram MacDougall Whitney, who was also killed in WWI.
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Dorothy Mary Yarwood Baldwin - photo
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 363 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Gezaincourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, situated 2 kilometres to the south-west of the town of Doullens, and BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south of the village. There is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission signpost in Gezaincourt village opposite the Chateau entrance.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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