Volunteers with the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society have added about 3,000 new names since the fall of 2013 to For King and Country
– the growing online Branch database of school memorials commemorating
Toronto students and staff who volunteered for active service in the two
World Wars and other military conflicts. This searchable collection now
contains 90 schools and more than 35,000 names, with transcriptions and
photographs of school war memorials, along with historical background
and links to other useful school and community websites. The newest
schools in the database are Oakridge Public School and Danforth
Technical School. Danforth Tech holds the distinction of being the alma
mater of a staggering 2,235 volunteers—students, graduates, teachers and
other staff—more than any other school in the British Commonwealth—and
it maintains an impressive archive of records, housed in its War
Memorial Library. Explore For King and Country now at www.torontofamilyhistory.org/kingandcountry/, and contact co-ordinator Martha Jackson at kingandcountry@torontofamilyhistory.org if you would like to get involved with this project.
Gwyneth Pearce
Secretary – Toronto Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society
Now on Facebook and Twitter @TOFamilyHistory
