Service & Sacrifice: TPS In First World War

By Constable Matthew Scarlino

Published: 12:35 PM November 8, 2018

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

Toronto Public Library – Historical Newspapers Collection: 19140803 The Globe – Toronto Policemen May Go To Front; 19140923 The Globe – Drill and Shooting for City Officers; 19150123 Toronto Daily Star – Soldier Ran Amuck, Wounded Small Boy; 19150514 Toronto Daily Star - Toronto Policeman Missing; 19150621 Toronto Daily Star - Windsor Armouries and Walkerville Plant Attacked; 19151101 The Globe – Have Leg Amputated, or Be Shot; 19151115 The Globe - Foe Deny Atrocity; 19151201 Toronto Daily Star – Mayor Says German Spies Try to Get on Police Force; 19160101 The Globe – Many Canadians are Included in the King's New Years Honor; 19160126 Toronto Daily Star - $20,000 from the Police; 19160314 The Globe – Soldiers as Police for Men in Khaki; 19160405 The Globe – Gave Way to Fear of Being Killed by Mob; 19160808 The Globe – Policeman Hurt Badly When Auto Hits Cycles; 19170110 Toronto Daily Star – Toronto Soldiers Given Commissions; 19170207 Toronto Daily Star – Letters: Policemen’s Pay; 19171116 Toronto Daily Star – 14 City Policemen Ordered to Put on Khaki; 19171117 Toronto Daily Star – Of 57 Policemen Up on Friday, 36 Must Serve; 19180123 The Globe – Says Austrian Tried Bribery, Selects Police to Put on Khaki; 19180207 The Globe – Charge Plot on the Force: Irish Catholics say there was Discrimination in Selecting Police Draft; 19180501 Toronto Daily Star – Policemen Get in Spuds; 19180928 The Globe – Policemen Tell Their Story; 19181003 The Globe - From Inquiry to Inquiry Mounted Officer has to Explain to Chief as well as Police Board; 19181101 The Globe – Youth Fires At Constable; 19190301 Toronto Daily Star – Eight Hour Day for Policemen.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

A group of men in uniform — Toronto Police recruits in the winter of 1914-1915, train with military-grade Ross Rifles (Matt Scarlino) Photo: Constable Matthew Scarlino

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

A street with factories and pile of shells on side — Artillery shells produced in Liberty Village's factories line Liberty St. (City of Toronto Archives) Photo: City of Toronto Archives

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

A group of people around a tank — A constable and a tank at a Victory Bond rally at Old City Hall. Toronto Police officers donated a minimum of one-day's pay per month to the Patriotic Fund. (City of Toronto Archives. Fonds 1244, Item 969A) Photo: City of Toronto Archives

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

A newspaper clipping — A public scandal about alleged discrimination regarding Catholic officers in the Toronto (Toronto Public Library, Historical Newspapers Collection) Photo: Handout

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

Three soldiers beside a buildng with graffiti — Returned soldiers near one of Toronto's many military hospitals pose in front of graffiti, 1917. Tension between soldiers and “slackers” would soon erupt into violence. (City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 726) Photo: City of Toronto Archives

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

A large group of people fill a street — Jubilant crowds celebrate Armistice, November 11, 1918, at Queen Street West and James Street. (City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, Item 0540) Photo: City of Toronto Archives

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

A group of officers — Patrol Sergeant Robert Alexander D.C.M (centre), hero of the attack on the Drocourt-Queant Line, trains the next generation of Toronto Police recruits in the 1920s. (Mattthew Scarlino) Photo: Constable Matthew Scarlino

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

A group of men in uniform in two lines with rifles — Soldiers undergo bayonet drill at Exhibition Camp on the CNE grounds. (City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 759) Photo: City of Toronto Archives

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

Two men in military uniform — Thomas Dundas Crosbie D.C.M., seated, pictured in the Toronto World Newspaper in 1917. One of three Toronto constables to receive the Distinguished Conduct Medal second only to the Victoria Cross (Toronto Public Library, Historical Newspapers Collection)

A man in military unfiorm — Constable Russell Stanley Dodds after trading in his police blue for army khaki. The future detective would be wounded twice while serving with the 58th Battalion of Canadian Infantry. (City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1266, Item 21057)

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

Constable Matthew Scarlino is the historian for the Toronto Police Military Veterans Association

Sources:

H. Grasett – Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto, Nominal and Descriptive Roll of the Toronto Police Force. (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1918 and 1919 editions).

Library and Archives Canada – Personnel Records of the First World War; Circumstances of Death Registers; Honours and Awards Citation Cards 1900-1969

Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Casualty Details.

B. Wardle – The Mounted Squad : An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000.

J.M.S. Careless – Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History.

J.L. Granatstein – Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War 1914-1918.

M. G. Marquis – Working Men in Uniform: The Early Twentieth-Century Toronto Police

The Canadian Encyclopedia [online] – Internment in Canada

J. Burry/A Burgeoning Communications Inc. - Violent August: The 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. [Documentary Film]

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