Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper Clipping – Remembering Thomas George King, St Matthew's Anglican Church of the Glebe, September 2018

Memorial – This plaque is dedicated to the memory of Private Thomas George King, born March 1887. He was killed in the Battle of Dury Wood and is buried at Dury Mill British Cemetery, between Arras and Cambrai. This plaque was originally located at the Loyal Orange #222 Billings Bridge; at the time, the village of Billings Bridge was a small community near the present day Billings Bridge in Ottawa. With the closure of the Lodge, the plaque eventually came into the hands of Gloucester Township Historical Society.

Memorial – St. Matthew's Anglican Church 217 First Avenue Ottawa, Ontario

Memorial Stained Glass – 'The Resurrection' by Robert McCausland Limited was dedicated at St Matthew's Anglican Church in the Glebe, Ottawa on 17 Jan 1921 to the members of the church who served during the Great War. The window was transferred to the current site, 217 First Avenue in 1938.

Attestation Papers – Private Thomas George King was born in London, England on 17/03/1887. He worked as a farmer and served for two summers with the 56th regiment in Goderich, Ontario. When he enlisted, he listed his next of kin as Richard and Annie King and his address as Kenmore, Ontario. The attestation form was later modified after he married Mrs. Sarah Anna King (nee Barney), who was twice married. Sarah was married the first time in 1899 in England and her husband Mr. Foster, died a short time before she came to Canada in 1912. Thomas and Sarah lived at 10 Adelaide Street in Ottawa with 3 daughters and a son.

Inscription – Dury Mill British Cemetery Pas de Calais France

Dury Canadian Memorial

Dury Mills British Cemetery – Dury Mills British Cemetery, 10 Miles east of Areas, France