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For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, sang Canada's war veterans when the King, throwing officially planned procedure into the discard, circled the Ottawa war(...)
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, sang Canada's war veterans when the King, throwing officially planned procedure into the discard, circled the Ottawa war(...)

For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, sang Canada's war veterans when the King, throwing officially planned procedure into the discard, circled the Ottawa war(...)

Date5/22/1939
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Original Toronto Star caption: For He's a Jolly Good Fellow; sang Canada's war veterans when the King; throwing officially planned procedure into the discard; circled the Ottawa war memorial after the unveiling ceremonies and talked with the old-timers. A few of the 25;000 veterans who attended are seen cheering the King to the echo.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0122516F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Ottawa
Province or state:Ontario
Region or district:National Capital Region
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales Greets soldiers | of the, a lot of veterans happy to-day when he went nd shook hands with some of the war heroes there. [Incomplete]
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales Greets soldiers | of the, a lot of veterans happy to-day when he went nd shook hands with some of the war heroes there. [Incomplete]
8/9/1927
Veterans honored: Metro police Chief William McCormack greets Alexander Spivak, a World War II Russian pilot who took part in a parade yesterday by Jewish War Veterans of Canada
Veterans honored: Metro police Chief William McCormack greets Alexander Spivak, a World War II Russian pilot who took part in a parade yesterday by Jewish War Veterans of Canada
11/1/1992
Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.
Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.
5/3/1989
Royal couple King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium found time to shake hands and speak to 14 Canadian World War II veterans who served in Belgium(...)
Royal couple King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium found time to shake hands and speak to 14 Canadian World War II veterans who served in Belgium(...)
9/21/1977
He was host to the King and Queen when they visited Canada in 1939 and led his fellow Canadians in giving them a royal welcome on their famous pre-war visit
He was host to the King and Queen when they visited Canada in 1939 and led his fellow Canadians in giving them a royal welcome on their famous pre-war visit
6/12/1945
A little body English is used by the Duke of Edinburgh as he chats with war veterans after the royal couple laid a wreath at the National Was Memorial(...)
A little body English is used by the Duke of Edinburgh as he chats with war veterans after the royal couple laid a wreath at the National Was Memorial(...)
7/27/1978
Lest we forget. Veterans of the two great wars, Ed Horton, 68, left, a World War II flying officer, and Bill Greig, 92, a lance corporal in World War (...)
Lest we forget. Veterans of the two great wars, Ed Horton, 68, left, a World War II flying officer, and Bill Greig, 92, a lance corporal in World War (...)
11/1/1983
He's of 'the firebrand's' line. Meet William Lyon Mackenzie King IV, who came onto the scene last Friday, but as yet has worked up no interest in the election. The 7-pound, 9-ounce descendant of 'firebrand' William Lyon Mackenzie is the son of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. M. King, a great nephew of Canada's long-time prime minister, and grandson of Surgeon-Lt. King, who went down with the destroyer HMCS St. Croix during World War II.
He's of 'the firebrand's' line. Meet William Lyon Mackenzie King IV, who came onto the scene last Friday, but as yet has worked up no interest in the election. The 7-pound, 9-ounce descendant of 'firebrand' William Lyon Mackenzie is the son of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. M. King, a great nephew of Canada's long-time prime minister, and grandson of Surgeon-Lt. King, who went down with the destroyer HMCS St. Croix during World War II.
9/28/1965
When C.W.A.C. personnel moved out of Kildare Annex in Ottawa the Veterans' Housing league exercised squatters' rights and moved in homeless veterans' families
When C.W.A.C. personnel moved out of Kildare Annex in Ottawa the Veterans' Housing league exercised squatters' rights and moved in homeless veterans' families
9/5/1946
The Poppy, flower of remembrance for the Canadian dead in two world wars, is worn by Sunnybrook Hospital patients, themselves veterans of those wars. (...)
The Poppy, flower of remembrance for the Canadian dead in two world wars, is worn by Sunnybrook Hospital patients, themselves veterans of those wars. (...)
11/10/1974
The Great War Veterans' Association of Canada Incorporated
The Great War Veterans' Association of Canada Incorporated
Approximately 1920
Lest we forget: Bronika Kaplan, David Furmansky and Nathan Shapiro, of the Jewish War Veterans of Canada, reminisce after their Remembrance Day ceremony
Lest we forget: Bronika Kaplan, David Furmansky and Nathan Shapiro, of the Jewish War Veterans of Canada, reminisce after their Remembrance Day ceremony
11/6/1988