The Tower

Today I show you the Soldiers' Tower that was described in yesterday's post. It has always been an imposing sight on the U of Toronto campus. Sad that such a memorial is needed.

More Details

I couldn't resist posting another shot of the details in the ceiling of the WWII memorial at U of Toronto so here it is.

In Memory

Under the arches in yesterday's shot you will find this wonderful ceiling with beautiful carvings as part of the memorial to those from U of Toronto who died in WWII. 

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Under The Arches

These arches are found at U of Toronto and are the entrance to a memorial  to members of the university who lost their lives in WWII. The walls are covered in the names of those who fell. I will show you some details from inside tomorrow.

Monument To Alumni

The Harbord Collegiate building which I showed yesterday was constructed in 1931 but the school was established in 1892 with a different building which was torn down. So when WWI came along many alumni signed up to fight and this is the monument to those who died in the war. It has pride of place outside the main doors of the school.

Cross Of Sacrifice

In the picture I showed on Sunday of St Paul's Bloor St church you could see this large cross off to the right. The church is the regimental church of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada regiment and this is their Cross of Sacrifice, a memorial to the fallen members of the regiment. In WWI alone 500 men from the church served and 76 were killed.

Flag

During the ceremony at the Ontario Fire Fighters Memorial the fire services used their ladder trucks to fly this huge Canadian flag on the roadway in front of the memorial. Those are some of the buildings from the U of Toronto in behind the flag.

Drummers

At the ceremony at the Ontario Firefighters Memorial, after the bagpipers came the drummers each from different fire brigades around the province. They were followed by a parade of fire fighters who encircled the memorial during the event.
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Bagpipes

At the beginning of October there was a ceremony at the Ontario Fire Fighters Memorial at Queens Park to honour firefighters who had sacrificed their lives in service to the people of Ontario. Most of the deaths were due to job related health issues which have become a real problem for firefighters. It was a very moving ceremony with pipers from many of the various forces in the province leading the parade. I'll show you a bit more for the next couple of days.