Item - 2019.MM12.1
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on November 26, 2019 without amendments.
MM12.1 - Commemoration of the Battle of Ridgeway - by Councillor Paul Ainslie, seconded by Councillor Shelley Carroll
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on November 26 and 27, 2019, adopted the following:
1. City Council request the Commonwealth Ward Graves Commission to designate the final resting places of the 9 casualties of the Battle of Ridgeway who were members of the Second Battalion Volunteer Rifles of Toronto, Queen’s Own Rifles with Canadian War Grave status to ensure they are properly cared for.
2. City Council request the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to add the following names of our soldiers killed in the June 2, 1866 Battle of Ridgeway in Canada’s National Books of Remembrance:
Ensign Malcolm McEachren
Sergeant Hugh Matheson
Corporal Francis Lackey Lance
Corporal Mark Defries
Private Christopher Alderson
Private Malcolm McKenzie
Private John Harriman Mewburn
Private William Smith
Private William Fairbanks Tempest
Background Information (City Council)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM12.1 be referred to the Economic and Community Development Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.