We will post information about this campaign and photos of interest to many Malvernites. There will be another campaign to maintain and beautify the areas around the statue. Watch here for further details.
By Berkeley Wilson
What an amazing experience it was; travelling from the Beaches area of Toronto over to Vimy, France to take part in one of the most significant centennial commemorations in Canadian history. My name is Berkeley and I’m a Grade 12 student from Malvern Collegiate Institute, a school with a fittingly rich military legacy.
We are proud to have a very comprehensive collection of materials pertaining to the history of Malvern Collegiate Institute. It is housed in the Archives Room on the second floor of the school. (continue reading…)
From The Beach Mirror, Sept. 5, 2014
Toronto police are still looking for suspects involved in vandalism of a First World War cenotaph at Malvern Collegiate Institute.
A PDF file containing the names and regiments of the 25 men on the Cenotaph in front of the school.
We have just completed the major task of having the Malvern CI Cenotaph restored. This photo was taken on November 4, 2011 at the very moment that it was unveiled. (continue reading…)
The names are listed in lead letters that are slowly falling away from the granite background. They belong to the 25 men of Malvern Collegiate Institute killed during the First World War and remembered on the cenotaph erected by a grateful Beach community in 1922. Now, after 89 years of weather damage and benign neglect, the monument will be restored this summer and rededicated at a ceremony on Nov. 4. (continue reading…)
The names are listed in lead letters that are slowly falling away from the granite background. They belong to the 25 men of Malvern Collegiate Institute killed during the First World War and remembered on the cenotaph erected by a grateful Beach community in 1922. (continue reading…)