in Toronto: First World War Memorial Cenotaph
According to the website of Veterans Affair Canada / Anciens Combattants Canada / www.veterans.gc.ca “William Moncrieff Ferguson served with the 14th and 35th Battalions during WWI, then returned to Toronto in 1919. In 1924 both Ferguson and Pomphrey submitted an entry in the competition for the War Memorial Cenotaph in Toronto. From the fifty designs submitted, their scheme was awarded First Premium, accompanied by a generous fee and award of $2,500 for architectural services. A watercolour perspective of their design appeared in the R.A.I.C. Journal, ii, Jan.-Feb. 1925, 4. The WW I War Memorial Cenotaph was erected on Queen Street West at Bay Street, 1925-26. This is the main memorial in Toronto for Remembrance Day ceremonies. These are the incriptions of these memorial: -Front: TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / 1939-1945 / 1914-1918 / 1950-1953 / PEACEKEEPING -Left: PASSCHENDAELE / AMIENS / ARRAS-Rear: ZEEBRUGGE / DEDICATED BY THE CITIZENS OF TORONTO TO THE UNDYING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918-Right: YPRES / SOMME / MOUNT SORREL / VIMY -Rear: ZEEBRUGGE / DEDICATED BY THE CITIZENS OF TORONTO TO THE UNDYING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 -Right: YPRES / SOMME / MOUNT SORREL / VIMY.” These photos were taken in August 2022