As we approach Remembrance Day this year, we’d like to share a number of resources on our website that may help make this a meaningful time for you, your family, and your friends.
Virtual Wall of Honour
This page lists or links to lists of all those we have identified who died while “on service” i.e. killed in action, died of wounds, died in accidents, or died of disease. Of course, this is only a fraction of the thousands who have served with the Regiment since it was founded. Many of these have links to “Rifleman Profiles.
Rifleman Profiles
Over the past 11 years, we’ve created almost 500 profiles of soldiers who have served in The QOR since 1860. They include members from the ranks of Rifleman to Lieutenant Generals and everything in between. Those with † after their name died while “on service.”
You can also find list of known indigenous soldiers who served with the QOR or its perpetuated battalions of WWI.
Cemeteries with Rifleman
A very incomplete listing of cemeteries where QOR riflemen are buried. Not unexpectedly, the most extensive lists are in Toronto – particularly the Necropolis Cemetery, St James Cemetery, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, and Prospect Cemetery. We have created cemetery “walks” for each of these cemeteries by plotting their graves on a Google map which you can use to find their location. Most plots include a photo of the grave marker and a link to their profiles on our website. For those who live in the Toronto area, we encourage you to make time to visit one of these cemeteries and leave a poppy at the base of these grave markers.
QOR Day at Casa Loma
It’s a great family-day event that showcases the long and dedicated military heritage of the QOR and the regiment of today!
Program includes:
- Soldiers from the Regiment in various current uniforms that our members wear
- Displays with tac-vests, rucksacks, winter kit, mountain ops kit, parachuting equipment
- Displays by the Vintage Signals Team
- Re-enactors with uniforms and equipment representing various QOR eras
- Temporary QOR Badge tattoos and “regimental” stickers
- Members of the Regimental Band giving performances in the Great Hall at 1100 hrs and 1300 hours
- Singer Tim Wilford performing songs from WWI at 1200 hrs and WWII at 1400 hrs.
The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum program is included in your Casa Loma admission fee. You can also find directions and information on parking on the Casa Loma website.
Free admission for serving soldiers in uniform, veterans in regimental blazers, former members (with ID), and cadets in uniform.
People in Our Online Collections
Over 4,800 photographs and objects have been cataloged in our collections management system. Many of these have also been tagged or connected in the system to over 6,100 “people” records which have also been input. For example, if a group photo has names listed on the bottom, we record those names in that catalogue record. This makes it easy to research which records are “attached” to a certain person. We have also input the names of soldiers who served in the Northwest Campaign and participated in the 1910 trip to England. Click on the link above to see what we mean!
Make a Donation in Honour or Memory
If you like the work we are doing to maintain the history of The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada and tell the stories of those who served with it, please consider donating to support our work. You can make a donation in memory or in honour of an individual, make a one-time donation or set up a monthly sustaining donation. You can even donate stocks, bonds, mutual funds or cryptocurrency online.
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