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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 (...)

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 (...)

Date11/1/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 I; stand at attention before cenotaph at York Cemetery. Service was held on Sunday.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0001556F
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The Poppy, flower of remembrance for the Canadian dead in two world wars, is worn by Sunnybrook Hospital patients, themselves veterans of those wars. (...)
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