GREAT TORONTO GUNNERS

Serving The Guns and their Community

Politicians, business leaders, the arts and sport; Toronto Artillery Officers have been “twice the citizen” since the founding of Toronto.  Scroll down to read about some individuals who served The Guns and called Toronto home.

 

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Sir Major Edmund Wyly Grier (1862 – 1957) 

Renown portrait artist and Militia Battery Commander.

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Colonel Charles D’Arcy Kingsmill, OBE ED  (1914 – 1998)

Optical Surgery Pioneer, Lawyer, Militia Artillery Officer and Decorated War Veteran

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Major-General A. Bruce Matthews CBE DSO ED, CD (1909-1991)

Businessman, Militia Artillery Officer and Decorated War Commander.

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The Right Honorable, Second-Lieutenant Daniel Roland Michener PC CC CMM OOnt CD QC  (1900 –1991)

Governor General of Canada, Politician, Lawyer, Champion of Literacy and 15 Battery Subaltern.

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Major C.F. (Conn) Smythe OC, MC  (1895-1980)

Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee, Philanthropist, Militia Artillery Officer and Decorated War Hero.