State: Ontario, Canada
Issued on: Return
Dates of presentations: 09/11/1900, 05/02/1901, 28/05/1901, aft. 26/08/1902, 01/09/1902, 22/09/1902, aft. 25/11/1902
Number issued: > 350
Silver medals, to:
09/11/1900 presentation
ALL VOLUNTEERS OF "C" COMPANY RECEIVED MEDALS (as did all Toronto residents belonging to companies other than "C" Toronto Company)
"C" Company, 2nd (Special Service) Bn. Royal Canadian Regiment –
Captain Robert Kent BARKER
Lieutenant William Renwick MARSHALL
Lieutenant Charles Stewart WILKIE
Lieutenant F.D. LAFFERTY
813 Colour-Sergeant John Sidney CAMPBELL
7301 Sergeant Albert BEATTIE (died, Bloemfontein, 14/04/1900)
7302 Sergeant Henry James MIDDLETON
7304 Sergeant James Hugh RAMAGE
7305 Corporal Harold William Alexander DIXON
7308 Corporal Augustus Harold Oscar FREEMANTLE
7307 Corporal Frederick Hamilton RUTHERFORD
7364 Corporal James K. Gordon MAGEE
7309 Corporal Ralph Wyatt HOSKINS
7310 Lance-Corporal John Frederick RAMSAY
7351 Lance-Corporal Edwin William HODGINS
7312 Bugler Richard PRINGLE
7311 Bugler Douglas Frank WILLIAMS (subsequently 288 Pte D.F. Williams, 2nd C.M.R.; applied for a second medal in August 1902, but it seems unlikely that he will have received one)
7313 Private Carleton Woodford ALLEN [L. Allen] (wounded, Cronje's Laager, 27/02/1900)
7314 Private Frederick Thomas ANDERSON
7318 Private John BALDWIN
7317 Private Thomas Henry BANTON
7324 Private Henry Douglas BLACK
7325 Private Frank BLAIN (absent - pesentation made on 01/09/1902)
7316 Private Bernard Martin BIRD
7323 Private Henry Southwood BINGHAM
7319 Private Walter Stansfield BLIGHT (died, Bloemfontein, 15/04/1900)
7320 Private Richard William Preston BRETTINGHAM
7321 Private Harold George BRUNTON
7322 Private F. BURKHART
7315 Private W.B. BUTLER
7328 Private Frederic Milton CALVERT
7330 Private Henry Ardagh CALLAHAN
7329 Private Douglas Henry CHRISTIE
7327 Private Kenneth Joseph CASSEL
7331 Private William Robert CURTIS
788 Private Albert Edward COGGINS (wounded, Cronje's Laager, 27/02/1900)
7326 Private Henry COZZENS
7332 [7322] Private Frederick CUTHBERT
7333 Private Aubrey Horace DANGERFIELD
7334 Private James Charles DAVIDSON
7336 Private Edward Charles DAY (wounded, Cronje's Laager, 18/02/1900)
7335 Private Frederick Harold DUNHAM
7337 Private George EAKINS
7338 Private George Spencer ELLIS
7340 Private John Newton FAWCETT
7339 Private James Halkett FINDLAY (K.I.A., Paardeberg, 18/02/1900)
7343 Private Thomas Henry GRAHAM
7341 Private William Hay GRANT
7342 Private Norman Farquharson GRAY
4272 Private Wesley HAINES
7349 Private Frederick Thomas Dixon HECTOR
7345 Private Murray HENDRIE
7350 Private Robert Holland HENDERSON
7346 Private William Hamilton HEWETT
7344 Private Walter Cluney Stewart HOLLAND
7412 Private John Burton HOLLAND (wounded, Paardeberg, 20/02/1900)
7348 Private Charles William HOPESON
7347 Private John Lawrence HORNIBROOK
7352 Private Frederick Walter INGLESTROM
7353 Private George McPherson IRONSIDE
7354 Private John Noble JONES
7355 Private Joseph JORDAN
7356 Private James KENNEDY (absent; wounded, Paardeberg, 18/02/1900)
7357 Private Reginald William KIDNER (wounded, Paardeberg, 20/02/1900)
7358 Private James Loughead LONG
7306 Private Frederick David LORSCH
7359 Private William M. LOVE
7369 Private Harold Arthur MACHIN
7371 Private William Thomas MANION (K.I.A., Paardeberg, 18/02/1900)
7370 Private George Frederick MARTIN
7372 Private Norman Lighthart MORLEY
7368 Private John Alexander MITCHELL
4245 Private Thomas Arthur MORSE
7361 Private Archibald McCALL
7365 Private Percy McCOSH
5099 Private Daniel McCUISH
7360 Private William Lorimer McGIVERIN (wounded, Paardeberg, 18/02/1900)
7367 Private Edward McHUGH
7362 Private Lord Cecil McKENZIE
4105 Private Robert Houston McLAUGHLIN
7363 Private Morley Warren McNISH
7366 Private Douglas McPHERSON
7373 Private Donald Alexander NOBLE
7376 Private Frederick Charles PAGE (K.I.A., Cronje's Laager, 27/02/1900)
911 Private Charles Edward PARRY
7374 Private Samuel PERRY
7375 Private David George PRESTON
7377 Private John RASPBERRY
7381 Private Frederick Norman RAE
7379 Private Edgar Henry RIDWAY
7380 Private Arthur ROBSON
7383 Private Walter Roscoe ROGERS
7378 Private William James ROOKE
7382 Private Joseph Hilliard RORKE
7388 Private John SEAGER
7389 Private Christopher SEYMOUR
7391 Private Alfred Wesley SHERRITT
7390 Private George Cecil Maitland SIMPSON
7386 Private John Alexander SMITH
7387 Private George Miller SMITH
7385 Private John SOLARI
7384 Private James Duncan SPENCE
7393 Private Malcolm MacKenzie STEWART (wounded, Paardeberg, 18/02/1900)
7392 Private Joseph Hamilton SUTTON (wounded, Paardeberg, 18/02/1900)
791 Private George THOMPSON
4267 Private William Frank THOMPSON
7394 Private Culvert TICE
7395 Private Charles TOMLINSON [Tomilson]
7396 Private William TRAVERS
7397 Private John Frederick Thomas USHER (wounded, Paardeberg, 18/02/1900)
7398 Private William Maurice VANDERWATER (wounded, Paardeberg, 18/02/1900)
4263 Private Anson Frederick Van NORMAN
7411 Private Sydney VICARY
7399 Private James Roy VICKERS (wounded, Cronje's Laager, 27/02/1900)
7405 Private Thomas George WALLACE
7406 Private Sherwell Maswood WARDE (wounded, Paardeberg, 18/02/1900)
7401 Private William Chamberlain WARREN
7402 Private William Henry WARWICK
4270 Private Robert George WATSON
7407 Private Frederick Eugene WEIR
7408 Private Edward Thomas WELLAR
7400 Private James Alexander WILSON
7403 Private Norman Waring WILSON
7404 Private John Cheshire WHITEHEAD (subsequently 11 Sergeant J.C. Whitehead, 2nd C.M.R.)
4279 Private David Milton WRIGHT
7409 Private Henry YOUNG
7410 Private Robert Malcom YOUNG [A. Young]
"E" Company, 2nd (Special Service) Bn. Royal Canadian Regiment –
7652 Private Charles Edward LEWIS
Unknown Companies, 2nd (Special Service) Bn. Royal Canadian Regiment –
7428 Private Percy Herbert BAILEY (Draft)
and a number of unidentified Toronto Volunteers, belonging to companies other than "C" Toronto Company
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles [Royal Canadian Dragoons] –
384 Lance-Corporal Arthur E. RYERSON (invalided)
114 Trooper Ernest C. GURNETT (subsequently 239 Tpr Gurnett, 2nd C.M.R.)
131 Trooper James POTTS (invalided)
Unknown Units –
???? Sergeant HOLMES (possibly 143 Colour-Sergeant William Henry Holmes, "A" Company, 2nd (S.S.) Bn. R.C.R.)
???? Sergeant McGREGOR
???? Private CURRIE
???? Private HELLIWELL (no record found)
???? Private Charles Edward LEWIS
???? Private MARSHALL
???? Private MILLER
???? Private PATTERSON
???? Private RUCKLIN (no record found)
???? Private TAYLOR
Red Cross Commissioner –
Colonel RYERSON
Y.M.C.A. Representative in South Africa –
Dr BARRIE
Presentation made by Alderman Leslie (Chairman of the Reception Committee) at the Massey Music Hall, Toronto.
86 of the above were present at the ceremony on 09/11/1900. The remainder presumably received their medals at a later date.
05/02/1901 presentation
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles [Royal Canadian Dragoons] –
110 Trooper William Edward CORDINGLEY
Presentation made by Mayor Davies
28/05/1901 presentation
EXTRACTED FROM LIST OF MEN WHO RECEIVED THE TORONTO LADIES' PLAQUE (Toronto Star, 18/01/1901)
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles [Royal Canadian Dragoons] –
Lieutenant-Colonel Francois Louis LESSARD
Major William FORESTER
Veterinary-Major William Burray HALL
Captain and Adjutant Charles MacKleen NELLES
Lieutenant H.Z.C. COCKBURN
Lieutenant James H. ELMSLEY
6 Quartermaster-Sergeant George John SIMPKINS [Simkins]
51 Squadron Sergeant-Major James WIDGERY
53 Sergeant William RHOADES
54 Sergeant Herbert Frederick FULLER
55 Sergeant George HUDSON
??? Sergeant C.J. HENINGTON (no record found)
236 Sergeant Nathan MEDHURST
83 Sergeant Ernest Arthur STEER
87 Sergeant Lewis A. TILL
2 Trumpeter Sergeant Alfred Richard SKINNER
218 Corporal Thomas CALLAGHAN (subsequently Lieut T. Callaghan, Canadian Scouts - medal named to latter)
63 Corporal Michael John CALLAHAN
76 Corporal Samuel LATREOUILLE
93 Corporal Shoeing-Smith Albert John LOVEGROVE
101 Trooper Charles E. ANDERSON
102 Trooper William James ANDERSON
22 Trooper [Corporal] Emerson BALDWIN
59 Trooper [Corporal] Earl BATES
145 Trooper John BAXTER
45 Trooper Angus BEATON
103 Trooper Albert BOUCHARD
60 Trooper William Quinton BRAGG
104 Trooper Fergus BROWN
34 Trooper Frederick Walter BURITT
106 Trooper Samuel BURNETT
62 Trooper William Irvin BUTTERFIELD
108 Trooper Edwin CHAMBERS
64 Trooper John CLARK
65 Trooper Charles COOKE
226 Trooper Charles Oswald DeLISLE
38 Trooper David H. DOUST
111 Trooper John Thomas DUGUID
112 Trooper Samuel James FARRELL
69 Trooper Edward FITZGERALD
115 Trooper Frank HARBOTTLE
116 Trooper J.W. HARMAN
15 Trooper John Barton HERON
70 Trooper James HIBBITT
71 Trooper [Corporal] William HODGSON
381 Trooper Thomas HOGAN
74 Trooper Andrew Gordon INGLIS
120 Trooper I. JOHNSON
28 Trooper Henry JORDAN
317 Trooper James KEILLEAR
??? Trooper LEE (no record found)
42 Trooper Herbert Hatherley LOOSEMORE (wounded, Belfast, 07/11/1900)
77 Trooper John Wynnchester LOWE
122 Trooper Henry [Harry] Hamilton LYON
80 Trooper John William McGAHEY
126 Trooper Frank McILLROY
127 Trooper David M. McKIBBIN
46 Trooper John R. MIDDLETON
78 Trooper William MITCHELL
123 Trooper William J. MORRISON
124 Trooper William T. MORRISON
79 Trooper William B. MUIR
39 Trooper John James O’BRIEN
132 Trooper Albert M. RICHARDSON
188 Trooper Robert Sheriff ROBINSON
133 Trooper George SMITH
135 Trooper Richard William Edward SPICER
109 Trooper W.B. SPINK
88 Trooper Frederick THORNTON (dangerously wounded, Boschpoort, 23/09/1900)
137 Trooper William John TOWNLEY
89 Trooper John VINE
144 Trooper John Henry Trooper WALKER
32 Trooper Darrell Ince WARREN
91 Trooper Edward WAUDBY (subsequently 246 Pte E. Waudby, 2nd C.M.R.)
139 Trooper William James WHEATLEY
140 Trooper Frederick WYATT
141 Trooper David Douglas YOUNG
90 Trooper Andrew Henry VIZARD
Presentation made by Alderman Woods, in the Armoury.
Note: only 26 of the above received medals at this ceremony.
Other 1901 presentations
EXTRACTED FROM LIST OF MEN WHO RECEIVED THE TORONTO LADIES' PLAQUE (Toronto Star, 18/01/1901)
“C” Battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery –
Lieutenant Lewis Erskine Wentworth IRVING
Lieutenant William Parkyn MURRAY
??? Gunner HEALEY (no record found)
111 Gunner Alexander Stewart JOHNSON
135 Gunner Walter McCOLLUM (wounded, Relief of Mafeking, 16/05/1900)
112 Gunner William J. MacDONALD (brother of below)
113 Gunner Francis Caren MacDONALD (brother of above)
134 Gunner Duncan John McGREGOR (subsequently 129 Sergt D.J. McGregor, Canadian Scouts; K.I.A., Eerste Fabriken, 27/01/1900; not on list, but medal extant)
133 Gunner George POWELL
126 Driver John Charles BOND (subsequently 252 Lance-Corporal J.C. BOND, 2nd C.M.R.)
108 Driver Leopold Brock FULLER
114 Driver Charles E. McEACHERN
130 Driver Henry RAYNOR
115 Driver George SCHELL
159 Driver John SHAW
118 Driver John William TIBBS
119 Driver Ernest Laurence TYNER
117 Driver George Robert SWEENY
131 Driver George Thomas WALLIS
120 Driver Arthur Henry WOOD
And other identified members of the Toronto contingents. The Toronto Star of 14 May 1901 advertised: "Torontonians who have served in South Africa and who have not yet received civic medals, may secure them upon exhibiting their discharge papers to the City Clerk".
01/09/1902 presentation
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles –
7 Squadron Sergeant-Major Richard Henry SPICER
859 Sergeant Ronald DONALDSON
296 Corporal Frank BUSHFIELD
126 Corporal Thomas Gilmor DELAMERE
633 Corporal John Henry WALKER (formerly 144 Tpr J. Walker, "A" Squadron, 1st C.M.R.)
250 Lance-Corporal Ernest C. GURNETT (formerly 114 Pte E.C. Gurnett, Royal Canadian Dragoons)
274 Trooper John Weir ANDERSON
631 Trooper Thurston B. BALFOUR
630 Trooper Earl BATES (formerly 59 Pte E. Bates, "A" Squadron, 1st C.M.R.)
245 Trooper Reginald Ross BAUMHARDT (subsequently 1450 Tpr Baumhardt, S.A.C.)
51 Trooper Harry BRENNAN
292 Trooper Arthur Edgar BRUNT
126 Trooper Leonard COHN
260 Trooper Edward Quayle de Pradon COOK
635 Trooper Frederick COOPER (absent; wounded, Hart's River, 31/03/1902)
289 Trooper Clayton S. CORSON (severely wounded, Hart's River, 31/03/1902)
657 Trooper William Albert FAULKNER
277 Trooper Walker L. HARRISON
649 Trooper John INNES
563 Trooper William KYLE
264 Trooper John Alexander MacRAE
656 Trooper Samuel McCRACKEN
853 Trooper John McNEILL
151 Trooper Duncan MICHAUD (formerly 472 Driver D. Michaud, “E” Battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery)
265 Trooper Ernest MINETT
278 Trooper Harry Cecil MINETT
254 Trooper Thomas A.G. MOON
406 Trooper Daniel Francis MURRAY
640 Trooper Nelson NENDICK (formerly 124 Driver Nendick, “C” Battery, R.C.F.A.)
294 Trooper William Edward NORTON
639 Trooper Alfred George NUGENT
636 Trooper Joseph Edward ORR
297 Trooper Henry L. PALMER
258 Trooper Frederick Neill PELLATT [Frederick Mill Pellatt]
282 Trooper Lorne James PRESS
646 Trooper George Sweetman ROE
275 Trooper Frederick H.W. SCHUCH
654 Trooper George A. SCOTT
293 Trooper Charles SOADY [Soachy]
279 Trooper George Henry STEPHENSON
294 Trooper Benjamin John TERRY
---- Trooper Thomas E. WELLER (attested at Toronto but no rank or number given; formerly 7408 Pte E.T. Weller, 2nd (S.S.) Bn. R.C.R.)
273 Trooper Charles R. WILKINSON
641 Trooper Charles Henry YEOMAN
Canadian Scouts –
40489 Trooper Charles ANNING
38970 Trooper Alexander Kenneth FARQUHAR
39321 Trooper John GOWANS
"C" Company, 2nd (Special Service) Bn. Royal Canadian Regiment –
7325 Private Frank BLAIN
"C" Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery –
137 Gunner George CHANDLER
132 Gunner Lorne CLARKSON
“D” Battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery –
348 Bombardier Victor Adolphe HALL
10th Canadian Field Hospital –
43 Private [Dr] James HENDERSON
40 Lance-Corporal Charles William SPRINGFORD
52 Private William Arthur SMITH
39 Private Edward Arthur WICKSON
1st Imperial Light Horse –
2546 Trooper Frederick William HUNTER
Western Light Horse –
490 Trooper Harry Joseph DINGLE
2 Trooper James Walton [Watson] ELLIOTT
1 Trooper George Alexander JENKINS
489 Trooper William PIKE
Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifles –
Trooper George Milton BOLENDER [Bolendar] (medal handed to his sister)
South African Constabulary –
E1039 Trooper W.J. CUMMINGS
C1491 Trooper William Arthur HUNTER
C1497 Trooper William James JONES (K.I.A., Uitkyk, 17/02/1902 - medal presented to his mother)
E2168 Trooper John Robert SMITH
3463 Trooper Joseph YEOMANS (seriously wounded, Vlakfontein, 29/05/1901; medal handed to his mother)
Unknown Units –
???? Trooper R. BEAUMONT (possibly 668 Tpr R.J. Beaumont, "B" Division, S.A.C.)
??? Daniel LOW (105 Jefferson Avenue)
??? C.J. MILLER (86 Brunswick Avenue)
??? M.J. PATTERSON (44 Argyle Street)
??? H.L. ROBERTS (355 Dupont Street)
OTHER POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS (MEN WHO ENLISTED WITH THE 2ND C.M.R. AT TORONTO IN DECEMBER 1901)
[BIRTHPLACE OR RESIDENCE OF NEXT-OF-KIN SHOWN IN BRACKETS]
Note: criteria for entitlement to the tribute had been tightened since 1900. Only those who had resided in Toronto for a minimum of one year before enlistment could now claim a medal.
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles –
242 Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant Robert WARD (previously 7008 Pte R. Ward, 2nd (S.S.) Bn. R.C.R.) [Toronto]
240 Squadron Sergeant-Major Lever BROOKER (formerly 657 Pte L. Brooker, 2nd (S.S.) Bn. R.C.R.) [Virgil, Ontario]
259 Squadron Sergeant-Major Percy D. ROUTH (formerly 314 Sergt P. Routh, Strathcona’s Horse) [Hamilton, Ontario]
241 Sergeant Edwin William HODGINS (formerly 7351 Lance-Corporal, 2nd (S.S.) Bn. R.C.R.) [Toronto]
244 Sergeant John Robert MIDDLETON (formerly 46 Pte J.R. Middleton, Royal Canadian Dragoons) [Toronto]
283 Sergeant William Duncan RODGER (formerly 260 Pte W.D. Rodger, Royal Canadian Dragoons) [Toronto]
243 Corporal William Albert KNISLEY (formerly 185 Pte W.A. Knisley, Royal Canadian Dragoons) [Selkirk, Ontario]
290 Corporal Isaac William STAINSBY [Toronto]
269 Corporal-Bugler Edward McCORMICK (formerly 460 Pte E. McCormick, Strathcona’s Horse) [Toronto]
252 Lance-Corporal John Charles BOND (wounded, Hart's River, 31/03/1902; formerly 126 Driver J.C. Bond, “C” Battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery) [Toronto]
247 Private Henry Roland Garnault AGASSIZ (formerly 143 Pte R.H.G. Agassiz, Royal Canadian Dragoons) [Catharines]
255 Private John Richard BAXTER (formerly 145 Pte J. Baxter, Royal Canadian Dragoons) [Toronto]
249 Private Joseph Alexander BROWN (formerly 336 Driver J.A. Brown, “D” Battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery) [Clarksburg, Ontario]
??? Albert J. BRUCE (no record found)
??? Charles Arthur CARLISLE (attested, but no rank or number given; not found on medal roll) [Vancouver]
259 Private Lorne CLARKSON (formerly 132 Gunner L. Clarkson, “C” Battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery) [Toronto]
261 Private John George CLINE [Wentworth, Ontario]
285 Private Thomas Bertrand DAY [Bay View, Grey, Ontario]
291 Private Thomas C. DONAGHY [Durham, Ontario]
284 Private Ernest EAGLESON (formerly 28 Pte E. Eagleson, Royal Canadian Dragoons) [Haldimand, Ontario]
??? Lewis ELLIOTT (attested at Toronto but no rank or number given; formerly 365 Pte L. Elliott, “D” Battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery) [Guelph, Ontario]
266 Private Alexander FERGUSON [Toronto]
281 Private George J. HARPER [Brantford, Ontario]
286 Private John HARTFORD [Newmarket, Ontario]
??? Maurice B. HOWARD (attested at Toronto but no rank or number given; not found on medal roll) [Toronto]
256 Private Edward Lawyer KNIGHT [Collingwood, Ontario]
??? John W. McCALL (no record found) [Simcoe, Ontario]
295 Private Walter Scott McCALL [Simcoe, Ontario]
287 Private Archibald McBRIDE [Toronto]
268 Private Henry D.E. MOODY (formerly 376 Pte H.D.E. Moody, Royal Canadian Dragoons) [Toronto]
248 Private Wiliam James MORRISON [Toronto]
276 Private George Augustus MORTON [Toronto]
253 Private William Band SPINK [Toronto]
??? George W. STEPHENSON (no record found)
246 Private Edward WAUDBY (formerly 91 Pte E. Waudby, Royal Canadian Dragoons) [Unknown]
288 Private Douglas Frank WILLIAMS (formerly 7311 Bugler D.F. Williams, 2nd (S.S.) Bn. R.C.R.) [Toronto]
263 Private Frederick W. WINTER [Toronto]
298 Private Edward WILDEY [Toronto]
and other unidentified Volunteers
Presentation made by Lord Dundonald, during the openning ceremony of the Toronto Fair.
22/09/1902 presentation
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles –
Major William Hamilton MERRITT
Lieutenant Walter John LOUDON
267 Private Francis Albert SMITH (severely wounded, Hart's River, 31/03/1902)
South African Constabulary –
???? Trooper GRACIE (1483 or 1484, SAC)
Presentation made by the Mayor, at a meeting of the Toronto Council
aft. 25/11/1902 presentation
Cape Town Highlanders –
Lieutenant Kenneth D. SIMPSON
KNOWN NAMED EXAMPLES HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN
Suspension bar: "TORONTO WELCOMES HER SONS".
Reverse: "CANADA'S BRAVE BOYS / SOUTH AFRICA 1900 / WELCOME HOME".
Edge with impressed lettering (for example): "No 90 A.H. VIZARD R.C.D."
A drawing of the medal was published in the Dundee Evening Post (14/03/1901).
The original intention had been to secure badges for the city aldermen and colonels rather than for the volunteers. However, Alderman Urquhart objected to this elitest scheme insisting that the medals should instead go to the returning Torontonians. There would have been no Toronto Tribute Medal without Ald. Urquhart's intervention.
Advertisements for the 09/11/1900 presentation (Toronto Star, 7th & 9th November 1900)
Presumably due to financial constraints, criteria regarding eligibility for the medals became increasingly restrictive as the war progressed. In November 1900 the decision had been made to present medals to all members of "C" Company of the First Contingent, whether they resided in Toronto or not. On 14 August 1902, on the other hand, the Toronto Star stated that "only soldiers who had been bona fide residents of the city for at least a year before they enlisted will be entitled to the medals".
Hibbard 1982, p. 204, notes that authorisation for the issue of medals to Toronto residents who had served in South Africa was given on 06-02-1901. The council then approved the purchase of 225 medals. This refers to the second batch, as medals had already been presented in November 1900. The cost of the additional 225 medals was $675 (Toronto Star, 22/01/1901).
A letter from Ross W. Irwin, of Guelph, Ontario, dated 6th June 1986, states that "the Toronto Welcome Home medal was given to all veterans but only those to the RCD are named". The existance of named examples to Privates H. Cozzens and C. Tomlinson, Royal Canadian Regiment, appears to disprove this theory. However, it is true that named examples are much less common than unnamed ones.
Major W.B. Hall example held in the collection of the Canadian War Museum.
Private H. Cozzens example sold through Noble Numismatics, 13/07/1995, for $240 AUD.
Sergeant W. Lang example sold through Dix Noonan Webb, 06/07/2004
Private C. Tomlinson example sold through St James's Auctions, 18/06/2008, for £320.
Private Charles Lewis example sold through City Coins, 20/12/2013 (original ribbon).
Trooper B.J. Terry example posted on this site by QSAMIKE.
Sergeant D.J. McGregor example posted on this site by QSAMIKE.
Corporal T. Callaghan example in the collection of QSAMIKE (planchet only).
Trooper A.H. Vizard example in the Constantine Collection.
Sergeant A.R. Skinner example illustrated in Hibbard.
Unnamed example sold through eMedals (original ribbon).
Winnipeg Tribune, 09/11/1900
The Scotsman, 12/11/1900
Montreal Star, 12/11/1900
Toronto Star, 22/01/1901
Dundee Evening Post, 14/03/1901 (includes illustration of the medal)
Hibbard #H1
Constantine Collection
Information provided by Paul Dunn
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Toronto Star, 10th October 1900
THE RECEPTION TO THE VOLUNTEERS
The Civic Legislation and Reception Committee yesterday afternoon made arrangements for a grand patriotic demonstration to welcome the South African volunteers on their return to Toronto ……
Aldermen Leslie, Asher and Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald were also appointed a sub-committee to arrange for badges for the aldermen.
Toronto Star, 17th October 1900
AROUND THE CITY HALL.
Alderman Urquhart’s opposition has caused the Reception Committee to defer the choice of badge for the decoration of its members and the city colonels, at a cost of $4.50 each, on the occasion of the return of the soldiers from South Africa. The alderman thinks the medals should go to the returning Toronto members of the contingent.
Toronto Star, 24th October 1900
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.
DO THE ALDERMEN want medals for the soldiers or for themselves?
IT IS REPORTED that half this medal craze in Toronto City Council is produced by “the boys” who expect to get one of the extras that are struck off.
Toronto Star, 2nd November 1900
Municipal Medals.
The City Council of Toronto, instead of being derided, is greatly to be commended for proposing to distribute military medals of their own. Constitutional martinets may say that the Council is not a recognised fountain of honour. But so technical an objection ought not stand in the way of a beneficent policy. The design of the Council was evidently wise and good. They saw that the craving for military decorations, as well as for military titles and parade, was increasing to a preposterous extent. They saw that medals were eagerly solicited for campaigns without an enemy, and for campaigns in which the enemy had the best of it. They saw that the whole system of decoration was in danger of being vulgarised and debased. They saw that there was also a certain danger to social equality from the growth and assumptions of a sort of military castle. At the same time they were wise enough to know that it was vain to preach against a mania. They knew that the best cure for morbid appetite was a surfeit. So they resolved to make medals so abundant that is should become a distinction for a citizen to be seen without a piece of tin at his button-hole. If their design has been frustrated by critics not acute enough to penetrate their policy, they have not the less served our gratitude.
Toronto Star, 2nd November 1900
THE WELCOME IS ON MONDAY
Soldiers Will Spend Saturday and Sunday in Montreal and Reach Toronto at Two in the Afternoon.
ARRANGEMENT OF THE PROCESSION.
….. If the weather permits, Sir Oliver Mowat, Lieutenant-Governor; Hon. George W. Ross, Premier of Ontario, the Mayor and others will address the contingent briefly from a platform on the parade ground outside the Armouries, and the men will be presented with a commemorative silver medal and clasp. Wet or otherwise unsuitable weather will necessitate the carrying out of this part of the program within the Armouries, to which admission can only be obtained by ticket, obtainable at the City Clerk’s Office.
Toronto Star, 3rd November 1900
The speeches will be delivered inside the Armouries, where a platform will be erected. Admission to the Armouries is by ticket. The city medals will not be presented at the Armouries, but in Massey Music Hall, at a concert to be given by the Red Cross Society at a later date.
Toronto Star, 5th November 1900
The J.E. Ellis Co and Holt, Renfrew & Co buildings adjoining are two of the most tastefully decorated along King Street. From the Ellis building float flags and red, white and blue caught up in a most artistic manner and surrounding heraldic shields and old Roman spears, while bordered by evergreen trimmings, and in the centre of it all is a chaste design, “Welcome to Our Boys”. In the windows are the medals to be presented to the boys.
Toronto Star, 6th November 1900
THE BOYS IN KHAKI.
Will All Receive Their Medals at Massey Hall on Friday.
It is intended to make Friday evening at Massey Music Hall a great welcome demonstration by the City Council and the ladies’ branch of the Red Cross Society to the returning soldiers. The souvenir city medals will be presented, and in combination will be presented a remarkably fine program.
The sale of seats has begun at Massey Music Hall at the Shuter Street door. It is promised that no such scenes of enthusiasm have been witnessed as will be seen on Friday.
Toronto Star, 6th November 1900
HE WANTS A MEDAL.
Mr S. Com TUDOR-SIMONSKI, who went to South Africa with the first Canadian contingent as artist correspondent for the Montreal Hearld, has written to the Mayor enquiring if he is entitled to a medal. His home is at 250 Spadina Avenue.
Toronto Star, 9th November 1900
MEDALS FOR ALL.
Civic Committee Increases the Number.
The Presentation to Occur Tonight.
The Civic Reception Committee yesterday afternoon, on motion of Alderman Cox, decided to present the city’s South African medal to every resident of Toronto who went to the South African war, whether a member of “C” Company or not; also to every member of “C” Company, whether belonging to Toronto or not.
It was also decided to present the medal to Colonel RYERSON, to Mr BARRIE, of the Y.M.C.A, and to was correspondents representing Toronto papers.
Everyone will flock to Massey Music Hall tonight to give an ovation to the returned soldiers from South Africa at the presentation of the civic medals. A unique effort will be accomplished at the point when the soldiers will appear on the platform. Prior to their appearance the light will be turned down and the moving pictures of their departure from Quebec over a year ago will be shown. After the last picture there will be Captain BARKER and his Company formed up in person. An excellent program of music will be provided.
Winnipeg Tribune, 9th November 1900
A SOUVENIR MEDAL.
Toronto, Nov. 9.
Eighty-six members of the Royal Canadians who have arrived from South Africa were tonight made the recipients of a civic souvenir medal at Massey Hall. Three thousand people were present and the occasion was made sill more interesting by an exhibition of Paardeberg lantern slides. Mayor MacDonald and Alderman Leslie represented the city. The boys were also presented with an address of congratulation from the United Empire Loyalists, read by Mr H.H. Cook, while Rev. Cannon McNab read a poem written for the occasion by Miss Nina Merritt. Captain Barber, of “A” Company responded.
Toronto Star, 10th November 1900
SOLDIERS RECEIVE THE CIVIC MEDALS
In the Presence of a Patriotic Gathering Last Night.
Capt. Barker Speaks of the Loyalty of His Men at the Front.
The Recipients.
Everything pointed towards patriotism at Massey Hall last evening. The program bore the cheerful information that Friday, Nov. 9, was the birthday of the Prince of Wales, and that the date would be marked by the presentation of the civic medals to the returned khaki-covered gentlemen from the south. The audience was a patriotic one; red, white and blue was displayed from the ladies’ dresses or caught up in their hair. Many of their gentlemen escorts displayed the national colours. The hall itself was gay with colour, and stretched across the rear of the platform was an immense streamer, “Welcome to Our Empire Builders”. In boxes on either side sat city officials and invited guests, each wearing khaki-coloured badges to commemorate the occasion.
In front sat the returned heroes, the guests of the evening.
Leader C.A. Welsman lifted the baton and the band of the Governor-General’s Body Guards, stationed in the gallery, played a patriotic air. As the echo died away the massed bands of the Queen’s Own Rifles and Royal Grenadiers struck up Moore’s musical medley “Our Soldiers”, and the entertainment began.
Mr H.N. Shaw in a patriotic toast, Mr W.J. Carnahan in the song “Tommy’s Home Again” and Miss Beverley Robinson in the solo “Who Carries the Gun?” were each well received.
THE PRINCE REMEMBERED.
The massed bands played again, this time “God Bless the Prince of Wales”.
In a clever little skit of his own, “The Littke Game of War”, Mr Owen A. Smiley was particularly pleasing and won a hearty recall. As the applause died away a cornet spoke from the gallery, and Miss Lily Bletsoe, cornetist, accompanied by the Band of the Governor-General’s Body Guard, played “The Song That Reached My Heart”, and, as the cornet told of home, sweet home, a thousand of united handclaps called for more, and Miss Bletsoe responded with a popular air.
The lights were lowered and patriotic moving pictures were seen, and while the last three were skipping over the canvas, showing the Canadian soldiers leaving on the Sardinian, the men in khaki who were present trooped silently on the platform below, and when the lights came on there were the heroes.
To welcome them officially there were Mayor Macdonald, Alderman Leslie, chairman, and the members of the Reception Committee.
THE HEROES EULOGISED.
Alderman Leslie delivered a neat eulogy on the lads who had returned, but asked in all the rejoicing that the dead be remembered. He paid a tribute to the noble work done by the women of the Red Cross Society in looking after the soldiers while on the veldt. He also stated that the proceeds from the concert would be in aid of the Red Cross Arch Fund, to perpetuate the memory of those Canadians who fell or took part in the recent war.
Mayor Macdonald followed and quite happily pointed out that the war had cultivated a wholesome and worldwide respect for Canadian arms.
Then the presentation of medals began and Captain BARKER stepped to the front amid cheering and waving of handkerchiefs. Then Alderman Leslie, in his most court- [missing text] pinned the civic souvenir [missing text] to his tunic.
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A PATRIOTIC POEM.
Rev. Canon McNab then read a poem of welcome written by a Daughter of the Empire, Miss Catharine Nina Merritt, Toronto.
But there was a more trying ideal than this for Captain BARKER, for presently a toddling bunch of humanity came across the platform, hidden behind a cluster of red roses as big as itself, and these the little bundle of humanity handed to Captain BARKER, who left a kiss in return.
Then Mr H.H. Cook of the United Empire Loyalist Association presented an address to the captain and the returned soldiers on behalf of the Association. Captain BARKER replied briefly and the massed bands played another patriotic air, followed by “God Save the Queen”, which saw several thousand of Toronto’s patriotic citizens hurrying homeward or for the cars.
St James's Gazette, 10th November 1900
Presentation to Canadian Soldiers.
TORONTO, November 9.
The closing act of welcome to the returning members of the South African contingent took place here tonight in the Massey Hall, when each man was publicly presented with a silver medal on behalf of the city as a memento. The day had been appropriately chosen for the presentation, being the anniversary of the Prince of Wales’s birthday. – Reuter.
Montreal Star, 12th November 1900
SOLDIERS RECEIVE MEDALS.
TORONTO, Ont., November 12.
The medals given by the city to the returning volunteers from Africa were presented at Massey Hall Friday night. About 2,500 people witnessed the ceremony. A concert of a patriotic character preceded the presentation, the whole affair being under the auspices of the Red Cross Society and the proceeds being intended to go towards the permanent arch which the society wishes to erect in Toronto to commemorate the part taken by Canadians in upholding the British flag in far-distant South Africa. The presentation of medals was made by Alderman Leslie, as chairman of the reception committee.
Toronto Star, 12th December 1900
A MILITARY RECEPTION,
With Medal and a Civic Address Proposed for Colonel Otter and His Men.
The home-coming of Colonel OTTER and his men will be chiefly of a military nature, the civilian feature to be confined to the presence in the parade of members of the City Council. This was agreed upon at a joint meeting of the Civic Reception Committee and the colonels of the city regiments yesterday afternoon.
Details as to the route of procession were left to the military men, with the assistance of the Mayor and Aldermen Cox and Woods, to work out. At the Armouries it is proposed to read a civic address, which Aldermen Saunders, Urquhart and Leslie will prepare, and to present Colonel OTTER and the men with suitable medals.
The Reception Committee will ask the Board of Control to provide $1,000 for the reception.
Toronto Star, 22nd January 1901
Aldermen Woods, Oliver and Cox will purchase additional medals required for soldiers who have returned from South Africa.
Toronto Star, 22nd January 1901
COST OF RECEPTIONS.
The City’s Total Bill Will Reach About $3,000 When All Accounts Are In.
Receptions to returned soldiers have already cost this city over $2,000, and the amount will probably reach $3,000 when the accounts are all in. The reception to the first contingent was the most expensive, exceeding by a considerable amount the appropriation of $1,500.
For the reception of Colonel Otter and the men who returned with him, $85.80 was spent in silk flags, $88 in medals and badges [this refers to souvenir badges, not the city medals], and $50.90 in refreshments.
Silk flags for the second contingent cost $115, and $77.30 was spent in entertaining the London and Winnipeg contingents on their way westward through Toronto.
The 255 medals yet to be purchased will cost $675.
Toronto Star, 4th February 1901
North Toronto.
The program of the reception to Private CORDINGLY tomorrow night is as follows: Chairman’s address, Mayor Davis; duet, Messrs E.C. Brown and C.H. Ward; address, Rev. T.W. Correll; solo, Miss Stewart; recitation, Miss Hopkins; flag drill, Miss Lewis and children; address, Rev. J.H. Hudson; presentation, Mayor Davis; quartet, Misses Forest and Stewart and Messrs Brown and Ward; address, Rev. E. Phillips; cornet duet, Messrs Douglas and Plant; duet, Mrs McKinnon and Mr C.H. Ward; address, Rev. J.W. Stewart; solo, Miss Forest; address, Rev. J.C. Tibb.
Toronto Star, 20th March 1901
CASH COMING TO THEM.
More Returned Soldiers to Receive City’s Gift of $25 Each.
Last of the Medals.
Guy KIRKPATRICK, Alan SPROATT, W.H. HIGGINBOTHAM, J.W. WHITE, W.A. KNISLEY, T.A. GIFFORD, James KEILLAR, and E.C. WRAGGE, young Torontonians who have served in South Africa, will each receive the city’s gift of $25 and a silver matchbox.
The two hundred or more medals still unpresented to returned soldiers will be distributed on regimental drill nights at the Armouries.
Toronto Star, 5th April 1902 [men who enlisted in Toronto, December 1901]
The Toronto Men.
The men who enlisted in Toronto were:
Henry Roland AGASSIZ.
John W. ANDERSON.
John Richard BAXTER.
John Charles BOND.
Joseph Alexander BROWN.
Lever BROOKER.
Albert J. BRUCE.
Arthur BRUNT.
Frank BUSHFIELD.
Charles Arthur CARLISLE.
Lorne CLARKSON.
John George CLINE.
Edward L.D.P. COOK.
Clayton S. CORSON.
Thomas B. DAY.
Thomas B. DONAGHY.
Ernest EAGLESON.
Lewis ELLIOTT.
Alexander FERGUSON.
Ernest GURNETT.
George J. HARPER.
Walker L. HARRISON.
John HARTFORD.
Edwin W. HODGINS.
Maurice B. HOWARD.
William KNISLEY.
Edward Lawyer KNIGHT.
John W. McCALL.
Walter Scott McCALL.
Archibald McBRIDE.
Edward McCORMICK.
John A. MacRAE.
Duncan MICHAUD.
John Robert MIDDLETON.
H. Cecil MINETT.
Henry D.E. MOODY.
Thomas A.G. MOON.
Wiliam James MORRISON.
George A. MORTON.
Henry L. PALMER.
Frederick M. PELLATT.
Lorne James PRESS.
William Duncan RODGER.
Percy D. ROUTH.
Frederick H.W. SCHUCH.
William SPINK.
Isaac William STAINSBY.
George W. STEPHENSON.
Charles SOACHY.
Benjamin L. TERRY.
Robert WARD.
Edward WAUDBY.
Thomas E. WELLER.
Douglas WILLIAMS.
Charles R. WILKINSON.
Fred W. WINTER.
Ernest WILDEY.
About the Torontonians.
Trooper Alex. FERGUSON, formerly of the 48th Highlanders, residing at 171 Madison Avenue, was in “A” Troop, but was later shifted to “C” Troop.
Trooper Edward SCHUCH, formerly of the Toronto Mounted Rifles, residing at 2 Elgin Avenue, is son of Mr E.W. Schuch.
Trooper Weir ANDERSON, formerly served in the T.M.R.
James INNES is a son of Dean Innes of London.
Fred PELLATT is a brother of Lieutenant-Colonel Pellatt, Q.O.R.
Ernest Palmer CLARKSON is the only son of Mrs E.P. Clarkson, 193 Beverley Street.
Lorne CLARKSON had seen service in South Africa before he enlisted in the Mounted Rifles. He left a wife and child to go to the front.
Edward L.D.P. COOK was employed at W.R. Johnston’s.
Ernest EAGLESON was a private in the Royal Canadian Dragoons at Stanley Barracks.
Edwin W. HODGINS was a sergeant of the Governor General’s Body Guard before he enlisted.
Sergeant William KNISLEY’s home is in Haldimand. He was with the Royal Canadian Dragoons, and won the Distinguished Service Medal for rescuing Sergeant Price at Peterboro when the Canucks sacrificed themselves to save the guns at Koomatipoort.
Roy C. McCALL and Walter Scott McCALL of Simcoe are cousins, sons of prominent families there, and members of the Simcoe Rugby team.
John A. MacRAE of the 48th Highlanders was an employee of the R. Simpson Co., Limited.
Sergeant Robert John MIDDLETON was also with the Royal Canadian Dragoons in South Africa.
H. Cecil MINETTE of the 48th Highlanders was a member of the Toronto Rowing Club, and won the singles paddling championship at the Pan-American Exposition last summer.
Thomas A.G. MOON was also a sergeant in the Governor General’s Body Guard.
William J. MORRISON had also seen previous service in South Africa. He is a member of the Queen City Yacht Club.
Douglas WILLIAMS is the bugler who blew the charge on Paaderberg morning.
Ernest WILDEY was an employee of the Toronto Railway Company, and was well known as a clever amateur boxer.
W.D. RODGER enlisted from Stanley Barracks. He was a corporal in the Royal Canadian Dragoons.
Sergeant BROOKER was also a corporal in the Royal Canadian Dragoons at Stanley Barracks. He is one of the cleverest foil and broadsword fencers in Canada.
Henry Lorne PALMER is a brother of Levi Palmer of 101 Claremont Street.
Isaac W. STAINSBY is another of the corporals of the Royal Canadian Dragoons at the Barracks.
Toronto Star, 8th April 1902
A Final Report of the Sufferers in the Fierce Battle at Hart’s River.
PRIVATE CORSON.
Private Clayton S. CORSON, aged 20, who is among the seriously wounded, is a son of P.R. Corson of 201 Carlton Street. He had been a member of the Medical Corps before going to South Africa. Being an athlete and a keen sportsman, he belonged to many athletic organisations. A sister, his father, and a brother in Manitoba are his only relatives. He was shot in the legs and forearm.
PRIVATE SMITH.
Private Francis A. SMITH, who was severely wounded in the chest, is about 27 years of age, the youngest son of the late Mr John B. Smith. His mother resides with her sons and daughters at 66 Grenville Street. Private SMITH was a member of the Governor-General’s Body Guard. He enlisted for service with the Canadian Mounted Rifles and went out with the half regiment that was commanded by Major MERRITT. Yesterday his mother received a letter from Frank about the same time that the casualty list was being published. It was dated March 1, at Newcastle, Natal, and related that soon after the arrival of the contingent it was reviewed by General Lord Kitchener.
PRIVATE COOPER.
Frederick COOPER, reported to be slightly wounded in the thigh, was born in this city, the son of Henry Cooper, proprietor of the Toronto Casket Company. He was a member of “I” Company, Q.O.R., and was one of the best built men in the regiment, standing 6 feet 2 inches, and broad in proportion. Trooper COOPER enlisted with the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles and was a member of “A” Squadron.
CORPORAL BOND.
Corporal BOND, who was slightly wounded, is a son of J.P. Bond, veterinary surgeon, 2 Division Street. He went to South Africa first as a member of “C” Battery, Second Canadian contingent, and afterwards joined Howard’s Scouts Corps. BOND was present when Major “Gat” Howard was killed. He joined the last contingent at Toronto, receiving the appointment of corporal. Prior to leaving for South Africa he was a corporal in the Governor-General’s Body Guards, and was at one time a member of the Q.O.R. He is 34 years of age.
Toronto Star, 14th May 1901
MORE MEDALS FOR DISTRIBUTION.
Torontonians who have served in South Africa and who have not yet received civic medals, may secure them upon exhibiting their discharge papers to the City Clerk.
Toronto Star, 29th May 1901
THEY GOT THEIR MEDALS.
Twenty-six members of the Royal Canadian Dragoons received their civic medals at the Armoury yesterday. Alderman Woods made the presentation.
Toronto Star, 12 August 1902
Presentation at the Fair.
It was decided to present medals to the volunteers who had not yet received them on opening day of the Exhibition. Major MERRITT and another Toronto officer who did not get their field glasses will be presented with their binoculars at the same time. All Toronto veterans of the campaign will be presented with season passes for the Exhibition. Lord Dundonald will present the medals and passes.
Toronto Star, 14th August 1902
MEDALS FOR VETERANS.
Mr James Somers, clerk of the Civic Reception Committee, is preparing a list of the South African veterans who will be entitled to a medal at the presentation on opening day of the Exhibition. Only soldiers who had been bona fide residents of the city for at least a year before they enlisted will be entitled to the medals. Medals will not be given to those who enlisted, but did not see active service because of the declaration of peace. Those entitled to have their names entered upon the list are requested to interview Mr Somers in the City Clerk’s Department.
Toronto Star, 23rd August 1902
FOR THE CITY’S MEDAL.
List of Sixty-Three Applicants Who Want to Receive It From Lord Dundonald.
The list of applicants for the city’s war medal has swelled to 63. In the list appears the name of W.J. JONES, who was killed in action, and Fred PELLATT, brother of Lieutenant-Colonel Pellatt, who is still in the hospital. Douglas WILLIAMS, the bugler who blew the charge for the Canadians on Paardeberg day, is also an applicant for the medal, but as he received a medal for the first campaign it is not likely that he will be given a second decoration. The following is the list:
John A. MacRAE, 44 Garden Avenue.
Thomas A. MOON, 318 Berkeley Street.
S.S. ROE, 54 Gerrard Street West.
Edward COOK, 49 Howard Street.
C.H. YEOMAN, 387 Sackville Street.
Clayton CORSON, 201 Carlton Street.
W.J. LOUDON, 67 Portland Street.
S.H. STEPHENSON, 701 Yonge Street.
Frederick H.W. SCHUCH, 142 Bloor Street West.
J.W. ANDERSON, 213 St Clarens Avenue.
H.L. PALMER, 128 Church Street.
Charles W. SPRINGFORD, Danforth Avenue.
B.J. TERRY, 69 Shuter Street.
W.E. NORTON, 108 Ossington Avenue.
R.H. SPICER, 40 Wellington Avenue.
C.J. MILLER, 86 Brunswick Avenue.
E. WICKSON, 16 McPherson Avenue.
H. BRENNAN, 26 Cottingham.
W.A. SMITH, 83 Mitchell Avenue.
M.J. PATTERSON, 44 Argyle Street.
S. McCRACKEN, 64 Nelson Street.
Major W.H. MERRITT.
Frank BUSHFIELD, Central Y.M.C.A.
A.R. FARQUHAR, 9 Wilton Crescent.
Reginald R. BAUMHARD, 252 Gladstone Avenue.
J.W. ELLIOTT, 199 Jarvis Street.
V.A. HALL, 19 Orde Street.
F. BLAIN, 2 Badgerow Avenue.
Nelson NENDICK, 69 Shuter Street.
A.J. NUGENT, P.W. Ellis Co.
W.A. HUNTER, 20 Breadalbane Street.
W.J. CUMMINGS, 142 Simcoe Street.
Frederick COOPER, Dovercourt Road.
F.W. HUNTER, 20 Breadalbane Street.
Dr James HENDERSON, 24 Brunswick Avenue.
Leonard COHN, 176 Wilton Avenue.
Daniel LOW, 105 Jefferson Avenue.
Thomas G. DELAMERE.
W.A. FAULKNER, 15 ½ Bulwer Street.
John INNES, 242 Spadina Avenue.
W.J. JONES (killed in action), 163 Broadview.
Duncan MICHAUD, 402 Spadina Avenue.
Charles SOADY, 94 Sherbourne.
Lorne CLARKSON, 277 Euclid Avenue.
E.C. GURNETT, 439 Shaw Street.
H.J. DINGLE, 150 Victoria Street.
William KYLE, 22 Maud Street.
George BOLENDER, 21 Lucas Street.
Frederick PELLATT (in hospital), Sherbourne Street.
W.L. HARRISON, rear of 666 Ontario Street.
T.B. BALFOUR, 598 Huron Street.
Charles ANNING, 61 McCaul Street.
J.E. ORR, 185 Ossington Avenue.
H.L. ROBERTS, 355 Dupont Street.
E.T. WELLER, 958 Yonge Street.
John McNEILL, 268 Farley Avenue.
L.J. PRESS, 37 Beverley Street.
G.A. SCOTT.
J.R. SMITH, 297 Parliament Street.
John GOWANS, 37 Brant Street.
D.F. MURRAY, East Toronto.
W. PIKE, 13 Orde Street.
Toronto Star, 26th August 1902
THEY WANT MEDALS.
Since Saturday the following ten names have been added to the list of applicants for civic war medals:
Earl BATES, 298 Queen Street West.
H.C. MINETT, 110 Queen Street West.
Ernest MINETT, 110 Queen Street West.
R. DONALDSON, Old Fort.
A.E. BRUNT, 230 Adelaide Street West.
George CHANDLER, 336 Wilton Avenue.
J.H. WALKER, 15 Draper Street.
George JENKINS, 96 Church Street.
R. BEAUMONT, 116 Adelaide Street West.
C.R. WILKINSON, 15 Windsor Street.
Toronto Star, 27th August 1902
LORD DUNDONALD CONSENTS.
A telegram received today from Lord Dundonald says he will be pleased to present the city’s medals to Toronto’s sons who served with the last South African contingents.
Toronto Star, 2nd September 1902
THE TORONTO FAIR.
A RECORD OPENING DAY.
Meeting the Soldiers.
The formal opening of the Fair by Lord Dundonald at three o’clock was an affair of more than ordinary interest, combined as it was with the distribution of the city’s medals to the lads who fought the Boer in his stronghold, and won for Canada’s sons fame and renown on the field of battle. When the man who had been the first to enter Ladysmith after that long siege shook hands with men who fought off the Boers at Hart’s River, and saved British arms from disaster, the ten thousand people in the stands rose up and cheered themselves hoarse. Lord Dundonald is a slender, little man, with a black moustache, iron grey hair, and piercing black eyes. He is the very embodiment of tireless energy, and moved around in a manner which was a direct contrast to the leisurely, languid movements of other commanding officers who have visited this city. He is just the sort of a man whom soldiers, militiamen or regulars, will follow through thick and thin. He is a confident fellow who inspires all those he comes in contact with his buoyancy and energy.
To the Veterans.
Just after he touched the button which set all the whistles going, and announced the formal opening, and after he had presented the city’s medals, Lord Dundonald requested another word with the veterans. They formed up, and he said:
“Mr Mayor, I am very pleased to act on your behalf in presenting medals to these men. I consider that in honouring these men the city honours itself. While it would be invidious to pick out regiments where all have done well, where all have fought well, as the majority of those here are from the Second Canadian Mounted Rifles, I cannot help alluding to a gallant action which stands forth as one of the features of the South African war. I allude to those 21 men of the Second C.M.R. who withstood the rush of the Boers when our camp was forming. Men who know what it is when regiments come into camp know they are thinking of everything, of water, of food, looking after animals; they are not thinking at that moment of fighting. They are then depending upon the posts placed out, and if these posts fight as these 21 men fought, seventeen of whom were killed or wounded, I shall always feel when I am surrounded by Canadians that I can go into camp, take off my belt, and sit down”.
Lord Dundonald had a pleasant word and a hearty handshake for each of the men to whom he presented medals. He especially inquired after Hart’s River men. He held some moments’ conversation with Troopers John INNES and Weir ANDERSON, who were with Captain Carruthers at the famous fight. He was eager to have them tell of incidents of that hot struggle back in the rear of the great British camp.
There was a cheer when Miss Bolendar, a sister of Trooper George BOLENDAR, of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own and Colonial Light Horse, appeared to claim her brother’s medal. Lord Dundonald, amid applause, congratulated the young girl upon her brother’s service. A pathetic note in the presentation was when Mayor Howland presented Mrs Mary Jones, the mother of Trooper W.J. JONES, who was killed in South Africa on February 17, to Lord Dundonald. Lord Dundonald had a few words of sympathy with the bereaved woman, and presented her with the medal on behalf of her son. Mrs Yeomans, mother of Joseph YEOMANS, was also presented to Lord Dundonald, and received her son’s medal.
Toronto Star, 18th September 1902
TO RECEIVE CITY MEDALS.
Presentation to Major Merritt and Others at the Council Meeting On Monday.
Major Hamilton MERRITT and Lieutenant LOUDON, of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, will on Monday, at the Council meeting, be presented with the city’s field glasses and medals. Private SMITH, son of Mr J.B. Smith, of 66 Grenville Street, will also be presented with the city’s medal. SMITH fought in the Hart’s River engagement, and was severely wounded. He has just recovered and returned home.
Toronto Star, 23rd September 1902
The presentation of the field glasses and civic medals to Major MERRITT and Lieutenant LOUDON of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, and the medals to Private SMITH of the 2nd C.M.R. and Trooper GRACIE of the South African Constabulary, was an unostentatious affair.
The Mayor said that the fact should be noted that it was due to Major MERRITT’s activity that the 2nd contingent of Mounted Rifles had been sent to South Africa at all, and the Canadians had been able to take part in that gallant and memorable fight at Hart’s River.
“We are proud of Toronto”, said Major MERRITT. “The proudest boast of a Canadian in South Africa was that he was a citizen of Toronto. We will cherish the gifts as coming from the Canadian mother of patriotism, Toronto”.
The major drew the Council’s attention to the fact that the G.G.B.G., the oldest cavalry regiment in Canada, was even worse off for accommodation than it was 50 years ago. If efficiency was to be maintained, the cavalry of Toronto must have an armoury.
Lieutenant LOUDON and Private SMITH were both in the party of Canadians who, under Lieutenant Bruce-Carruthers, made such a brilliant stand at Hart’s River. SMITH was shot through, and looked, as Major MERRITT remarked, “as if he enjoyed better health than ever by reason of the assistance the respiratory organs secured from the additional holes bored in him by the Boers”.
Toronto Star, 25th November 1902
An account of $60 for the reception of General Booth was passed, and it was decided to present Kenneth SIMPSON, a Toronto lad who served with the Cape Town Highlanders in the campaign of the veldt, with one of the city’s medals.
Examples of the bronze and white metal copies of the Toronto medal, which were sold as souvenirs to the general public.
Example presented to 7395 Private Charles TOMLINSON (courtesy of St James Auctions)
Reverse, showing how the ribbon was attached to the medal (courtesy of eMedals)
