Monday Monuments and Memorials – Ft Lt John Scholfield, St James Cathedral, Toronto

Flight Lieutenant John Douglas Price Scholfield, St James Cathedral, Toronto

John Douglas Price Scholfield (Jack) was born in Toronto on 9 May 1894, the only son of Henry Chadwick Scholfield and Alexandra Laura (Sutherland) Scholfield. The family moved to Guelph, where Henry was a bank manager and was elected Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in 1911.

Jack attended Guelph Collegiate Institute and Upper Canada College. On graduation, he joined Dominion Securities Corporation as a stockbroker. He attested on 30 July 1915 at Shorncliffe, Kent, England, and was assigned to the Canadian Army Medical Corps. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in March 1917.

Monday Monuments and Memorials – Col William Campbell MacDonald, St James Cathedral, Toronto

Col William Campbell MacDonald, St James Cathedral, Toronto

Each soldier tells a story.

A front page headline in the 22 January 1917 issue of the Toronto Globe declared: “Popular Officer Killed, Four People Injured, at Toronto Station … Col WC MacDonald Killed by Light Engine … Shocking Accident at Union Station after Departure of Troop Train.”

Monday Monuments and Memorials – Major Charles Alexander Moss, St James Cathedral, Toronto

Charles Moss: an able counsel, a kindly associate and an honorable man

Each soldier tells a story.

Amongst the plaques in St James Cathedral at the corner of King St E and Church St in Toronto:

In loving memory of Charles Alexander Moss, Major, Third Battalion, Toronto Regiment, born at Toronto, June the 19^th, 1872, wounded in the advance on Regina Trench, Somme, on the morning of October the 8^th, 1916, died at Rouen, October the 24^th, 1916.

Monday Monuments and Memorials – Elmes Pollock Henderson, St James Cathedral, Toronto

Memorial to Elmes Pollock Henderson in St James Cathedral

Every soldier tells a story.

Elmes Pollock Henderson was born in Toronto on 27 Jun 1885, the son of Elmes and Frederica Jane Henderson. In 1906, he graduated from the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, and obtained a commission in the Indian Army. In 1907, he was posted to the 106th Hazara Pioneers, the regiment in which he spent the rest of his career. He is on the right in the back row of a 1913 photo of the British and Native officers of the 106th Hazara Pioneers (National Army Museum image number 139238). 

Monday Monuments and Memorials – Cathedral Cross, St James Cathedral, Toronto

St James Cathedral Cross, Toronto

St James Cathedral Cross dedication

Cathedral Cross, east side

Cathedral Cross, south side

Cathedral Cross, north side

The Cathedral Church of St James, Mother House for the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, stands at the corner of King St E and Church St. The Cathedral Cross stands in the park to the west of the cathedral.