St. James Cathedral Memorial Cross

Location: West side of St. James Cathedral, 106 King St. E.
Date photo taken: 3 November 2012
Image 1 in the Remembrance Series

This interesting structure on the west side of St. James Cathedral at the corner of King and Church streets is actually a memorial to the parishioners of St. James who gave their lives during World War I. It was erected in 1924 by the firm of Sproatt & Rolph, who were well known for their Late Gothic Revival structures. Click here for a photograph from the Toronto Public Library's collection showing Remembrance Day services at this memorial in 1924. 

Text of the carvings on the base: 
“This cross commemorates the glorious sacrifice of those who gave their lives in the great war 1914-1918 and appeals to those for whom they died to lay aside hatred and strife and to seek brotherhood and peace under the banner of Christ.
 
Frank Amor, Edward Burford, Francis A. Cookson, Beverley Crowther, S. Lorne Crowther, Bertram Denison, Edgar Denison, George T. Denison, John R. Fenton, Frederick J. Gooch, M. Lockhart Gordon, W.L. Lockhart Gordon, William H. Gregory, T. Leslie Harling, Melville Hastings, Elmes Henderson
 
W.D.P. Jarvis, A. Douglas Kirkpatrick, Norman Lawless, Henry V. LeMesurier, Arthur Lewis, Alfred Lightwood, William C. MacDonald, Duncan S. MacInnes, Charles F. McHenry, John R. Meredith, Arthur Minor, Alfred Moore, C. Gordon Mortimer, Charles A. Moss, Victor Nordheimer, Victor J. Northcott
 
Albert Riddlesworth, George G. Ryerson, John D.P. Scholfield, Fred W. Seden, James B. Stephenson, Samuel T. Stocker, Edmund R. Street, Clement Tyler, William Vernon, Trumbull Warren, James S.L. Welch, Harry Westerman, Fred Williams, Harold V. Wrong, J. Herbert Porter, Arthur McDonell"