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Galerie numérique de Major William James Gordon Burns
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Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
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.
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
Major William James Gordon Burns 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.
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
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.
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919.
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919.
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2008.
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
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 William James Gordon Burns. 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.
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 429 of 926.
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
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 XXII is dedicated: "The Alumni Association and friends of Victoria College". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Major William James Gordon Burns
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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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.
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Major William James Gordon Burns 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.
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From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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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.
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Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919.
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Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919.
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Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2008.
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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 William James Gordon Burns. 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.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 429 of 926.
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Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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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 XXII is dedicated: "The Alumni Association and friends of Victoria College". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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