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V.C. Winner and his aunt
V.C. Winner and his aunt

V.C. Winner and his aunt

Date7/28/1944
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Original Toronto Star caption: V.C. Winner and his aunt
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0055592F
      Canadian V.C. Winner, Capt. (now Air Marshal) W. A. Bishop, is shown standing beside his warplane [1917?] in which he eventually became on of the most feared pilots on the western front in World War 1. His early model is a Nieuport aircraft
      Canadian V.C. Winner, Capt. (now Air Marshal) W. A. Bishop, is shown standing beside his warplane [1917?] in which he eventually became on of the most feared pilots on the western front in World War 1. His early model is a Nieuport aircraft
      Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956
      Approximately 1917
      Two Toronto V.C. winners met today at Christie St. hospital. Paratrooper C Toppy Topham, who won his decoration as medical orderly east of the Rhine. (...)
      Two Toronto V.C. winners met today at Christie St. hospital. Paratrooper C Toppy Topham, who won his decoration as medical orderly east of the Rhine. (...)
      Tilston, Frederick Albert, 1906-1992
      8/4/1945
      First V.C. winner, Lieut.-Col. Cecil C. I. Merritt, Vancouver, won the award for his bravery at Dieppe while leading the South Saskatchewan Regiment a(...)
      First V.C. winner, Lieut.-Col. Cecil C. I. Merritt, Vancouver, won the award for his bravery at Dieppe while leading the South Saskatchewan Regiment a(...)
      Merritt, Charles Cecil Ingersoll
      6/28/1944
      V.C. Winners's wife. Mrs. Paul Triquet, wife of the V.C. winner, is the former Alberte Chenier of Ottawa. The Triquets were married in December, 1932,(...)
      V.C. Winners's wife. Mrs. Paul Triquet, wife of the V.C. winner, is the former Alberte Chenier of Ottawa. The Triquets were married in December, 1932,(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/7/1944
      Seventh V.C. winner, Lieut.-Col. David Currie of Moose Jaw and Owen Sound
      Seventh V.C. winner, Lieut.-Col. David Currie of Moose Jaw and Owen Sound
      Currie, David V
      5/7/1945
      Air Marshal W. A. Bishop of Montreal, shown here, is 1914-18 V.C. winner
      Air Marshal W. A. Bishop of Montreal, shown here, is 1914-18 V.C. winner
      Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956
      8/23/1947
      Cpl. Frederick George Topham, V.C., gives his bundle of clothing to the National Clothing Collection chairman, Elwood A. Hughes. Every country in Euro(...)
      Cpl. Frederick George Topham, V.C., gives his bundle of clothing to the National Clothing Collection chairman, Elwood A. Hughes. Every country in Euro(...)
      Topham, Fredrick George, 1917-1974
      10/16/1945
      The six V.C.'S were honored guests at three receptions during their visit. Maj. Fred Tilston, Toronto, used occasion to try out his artificial legs fo(...)
      The six V.C.'S were honored guests at three receptions during their visit. Maj. Fred Tilston, Toronto, used occasion to try out his artificial legs fo(...)
      Currie, David Vivian, 1912-1986
      10/29/1945
      Maj. David V. Currie, V.C., of Moose Jaw, Sask., and Owen Sound, calls his wife and son in Owen Sound from Toronto, after arriving here today
      Maj. David V. Currie, V.C., of Moose Jaw, Sask., and Owen Sound, calls his wife and son in Owen Sound from Toronto, after arriving here today
      Currie, David V
      12/15/1944
      Fellow passengers with Maj. John Foote, V.C., right, on his return to Canada aboard the Aquitania was little Scott Murdock, son of Col. W. S. Murdock (...)
      Fellow passengers with Maj. John Foote, V.C., right, on his return to Canada aboard the Aquitania was little Scott Murdock, son of Col. W. S. Murdock (...)
      Foote, John Weir, 1904-1988
      5/4/1946
      Sasha Trudeau, visiting his aunt Roslyn at Winchester, Mass
      Sasha Trudeau, visiting his aunt Roslyn at Winchester, Mass
      Spremo, Boris
      4/12/1977
      Indian artist Gary Miller uses his cousin, Brenda Bomberry, 18, as a model for a portrait of her great-great aunt, the famous Indian poet Pauline John(...)
      Indian artist Gary Miller uses his cousin, Brenda Bomberry, 18, as a model for a portrait of her great-great aunt, the famous Indian poet Pauline John(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      3/14/1978