134th BN CEF Officers Memorial Tablet from St. Bonar’s Church wall

Rectangular bronze tablet with raised frame like edge. On the Top is a 134th Bn cap badge surrounded by thistles and maples leaves and framed in a knotted square. Below are the words “IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS OF THE 134TH BATTALION * 48TH HIGHLANDERS * WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE * 1914* IN THE GREAT WAR * 1918 *” 9 names are recorded below and “ERECTED BY THEIR BROTHER OFFICERS”.

The tablet commemorates the officers of the 134th Battalion (48th Highlanders) who died in the First World War. The memorial was dedicated November 13th, 1921 at Bonar Presbyterian Church, Toronto by Lt. Col. D. Donald V.D. who commanded the 134th Bn. 1915-1916 and Mrs. Armour A Miller, widow of the 134th’s second Commanding Officer.

Classification

Memorabilia

Era

1914 – 1919 (WW 1), 1920 – 1938 Interwar period

Location of artifact

Memorial Wall

Associated place

St. Bonar’s Presbyterian Church, Toronto

Associated event

134th Battalion Officers

Associated name(s)

Lt. Col. Armour A Miller; Capt. Francis M. Murphy; Capt. J.E. Hodgson; Lieut. G. Heighington, MC; Lieut. Montague H Bird; Lieut. R. P. Wilkens; Lieut. G. M. Matheson; Lieut. W. J. Colquhoun; Lieut. H.B. Steadman

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