Canada's First Victoria Cross
Here, on the north-east corner Clarence Square Park at Spadina Avenue is an Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario plaque about Alexander Dunn, recipient of Canada's first Victoria Cross. The text reads:
Born in 1833 a short distance north of this site, Alexander Dunn was educated at Upper Canada College and at Harrow, England. In 1853 he was commissioned Lieutenant in the 11th Hussars. A participant in the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava on October 25th, 1854, he saved the lives of two of his regiment by cutting down their Russian attackers, and thus became Canada's first winner of the newly-created Victoria Cross. In 1858 Dunn helped to raise the 100th Royal Canadian Regiment, which he later commanded. In 1864 he transferred to the 33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment, and four years later was accidentally killed while hunting in Abyssinia.
Location Co-ordinates: 43.644336 -79.394310
Photo by Alan L Brown - April 2004
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