Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial Plaque – Bank of Hamilton War Memorial Plaque. The Bank of Hamilton (1872-1924) headquarters was located during the first World War at King and James Street, Hamilton, Ontario. Many of the men listed on this memorial were employed at Bank of Hamilton branches located across Canada. The Bank merged with the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1924.

Inscription

Newspaper Clipping – Cadet Angelo Neylan was born in Collingwood, Ontario. His surname was published incorrectly in this August 11th, 1917 newspaper article. Neylan originally enlisted with the 220th York Rangers Overseas Battalion C.E.F. in May 1916. In honoured memory.

Newspaper Clipping – This report appeared on page 1 of the August 16, 1917 issue of the Barrie Examiner newspaper (Barrie, Ontario). Note: (1) Camp Hoare was the Royal Flying Corps airfield at Camp Borden, west of Barrie, named in honour of Lieutenant-Colonel (later Brigadier-General) C.G. Hoare, the commanding officer of the RFC in Canada; (2) Ivy is a small rural community east of Borden and southwest of Barrie.

Newspaper Clipping – This report appeared on page 4 of the August 16, 1917 issue of the Northern Advance newspaper (Barrie, Ontario). Note: (1) Camp Hoare was the Royal Flying Corps airfield at Camp Borden, west of Barrie, named in honour of Lieutenant-Colonel (later Brigadier-General) C.G. Hoare, the commanding officer of the RFC in Canada; (2) Ivy is a small rural community east of Borden and southwest of Barrie.

Newspaper Clipping – This report appeared on page 1 of the August 16, 1917 issue of the Midland Free Press newspaper (Midland, Ontario).

Grave Marker – Cadet Neylan's grave, marked by a standard Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone, lies within the Neylan family's plot in St. Margaret's Cemetery, Yonge Street, Midland, Ontario. A personal inscription near he bottom of the headstone reads, "LATE LIEUTENANT THE SIMCOE FORESTERS." (The Simcoe Foresters was the local militia regiment.) (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012. It may be copied and used without further permission.)

Memorial – Cadet Neylan is also commemorated on a family memorial, located a few feet from his grave in St. Margaret's Cemetery, Yonge Street, Midland, Ontario. An inscription reads, "ANGELO. - SON OF MICHAEL A. & MARIA NEYLAN, OCT. 10, 1894 - AUG. 11, 1917." Other family members commemorated on this memorial include Cadet Neylan's parents, Michael A. Neylan (1859-1932) and Maria Neylan (nee Anderson) (1885-1937), and his siblings John D. Neylan (1891-1918), Frederick Neylan (1900-1935), Marie A. Neylan (1901-1979) and Marion E. Neylan (1902-1967). (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012. It may be copied and used without further permission.)

War Memorial – Cadet Neylan is commemorated on the cenotaph on King Street in Midland, Ontario. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012. It may be copied and used without further permission.)

Inscription – Pictured here is a panel, which includes Cadet Neylan's name, on the centotaph, King Street, Midland, Ontario. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012. It may be copied and used without further permission.)