Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Inscription – Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" onllin 1945 Mar. 2 p 31

Newspaper clipping – Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online 1945 Jan 3 p 8.

Newspaper Clipping

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 “Capt W. E. McALEESE C.A.C.” 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 42 reads: “Capt William Edward McALEESE  The Fort Garry Horse, 10 Armoured Regt, RCAC. College of Pharmacy, OhmB 1939. Killed in action in Normandy, 18 July 1944. Name inscribed on the Bayeux Memorial, France.”

Photo of William Edward McAleese – Photograph of McAleese from Torontonensis, University of Toronto yearbook, 1939