Type War memorial Opened 1910 | Opening date 1910 Phone +1 416-392-2489 | |
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Dedicated to Those who fought in the Boer War Address 360 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G, Canada Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit Similar Osgoode Hall, Canada Life Building, Campbell House, Ripley's Aquarium of Canada, Architecture of Toronto | ||
The South African War Memorial is a memorial located at University Avenue and Queen Street West in Toronto.
Commissioned in 1910, largely as the result of the efforts of James Mason, and designed by Walter Seymour Allward to commemorate Canada's participation in the Boer War, it consists of three bronze figures at the base of a granite column. Another bronze figure is found at the top of the memorial. It was restored in 2001.
The Ontario Heritage Foundation plaque for this memorial erroneously states that Walter Allward studied under Emanuel Hahn; in fact, it was the other way around.
For two decades after the war, Canadians would gather on February 27 (known in Canada as "Paardeberg Day") around memorials to the South African War to say prayers and honour veterans. This continued until the end of the First World War, when Armistice Day (later called Remembrance Day) began to be observed on November 11.