Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – St. Paul's Anglican Church in Toronto (Bloor) has more than 30 separate memorials from the First World War, including windows, chancel screens, tablets, panels, and artifacts. Under the large memorial hangs a raw wooden cross that originally marked the grave of Maj. Sidney Burnham in France; his family donated it to the church after a stone marker was laid on top of his ?nal resting place in France.

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram April 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Sidney Smith Burnham – From "The War Book of Upper Canada College", edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War.

Photo of Sidney Burnham – From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.

Photo of SIDNEY SMITH BURNHAM – From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping – From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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Newspaper Clipping 3 – Toronto World, 20 Aug. 1918, p. 4.

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Honour Roll – From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.

Memorial Tablet – Major Sidney Smith Burnham is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario.

Inscription – Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room, several of which pertain to those who studied at University College. Bell XXIII is dedicated: "University College Alumni Association". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.

Inscription – Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XV is dedicated: "Alpha Delta Phi".

The Soldiers' Tower – The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen beside the Tower is that of Sidney Smith Burnham. After the Second World War, the names of 557 more men and women were carved in the Memorial Arch underneath the Tower. Photo: K. Parks.

World War I memorial tablet – World War One memorial tablet set in the chancel screen at St. Paul's (Anglican), Toronto, Ontario. The screen is in three sections, with the two outside sections displaying the tablets. The chancel screen includes statues of twelve historic figures including Admiral Earl Beatty, King George V, Earl Kitchener, Marshal Foch, Earl Haig, and Lord Byng of Vimy. The screen was the work of Messrs. J. Wippell & Co., of Exeter, England. The great chancel war memorial windows are located above. These are inscribed: "To the Greater Glory of God and in Everlasting Remembrance of the Men of St. Paul's Parish who gave their lives in Defence of Justice, Liberty and Truth, A.D. 1914-1919." They were unveiled in 1921 by the Governor-General of Canada, Baron Byng of Vimy. Another World War One memorial window in honour of the men named on the tablets is located on the east wall of the Nave. The panels include fragments of glass from 70 buildings in the war zones. It was unveiled by Baron Byng of Vimy in 1922. Both windows were manufactured by Robert McCausland Ltd. of Toronto

Inscription – World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: 'IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE', and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: 'And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content.'

Memorial – Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.

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