South African War Memorial (Toronto)

South African War Memorial

The South African War Memorial by Walter Seymour Allward rises above University Avenue
Location Toronto, Ontario
Designer Walter Seymour Allward
Type War memorial
Opening date 1910
Dedicated to Those who fought in the Boer War

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.

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