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Military service
Service number:
R/69579
Age:
27
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
44 Sqdn.
Death:
August 17, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 61.
Additional information
Son of Second Lieutenant Frank William and Florence May Morley. His father died on October 9, 1918, while serving with The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
Digital gallery of Sergeant Charles Richard Morley
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Soldiers' Tower Memorial
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Arch
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “Sgt C.R. Morley R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 48 reads: Sgt Charles Richard MORLEY, RCAF, 44 Sqn RAF. Former student in University College, 1939. Missing, presumed dead, after an air operation overseas, 16 August 1941. Name inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial, Cooper’s Hill, Egham, Surrey, England. -
Knox College WWII plaque
This plaque is located in the chapel of Knox College along with a plaque for the First World War. Knox College is a seminary of The Presbyterian Church in Canada situated on the St. George campus of the University of Toronto. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Charles Richard Morley is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Charles Richard Morley is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Richard Morley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Richard Morley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Richard Morley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Richard Morley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Richard Morley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Richard Morley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Richard Morley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Richard Morley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Richard Morley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 39 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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