Worshipping

Services such as this one were intended to ensure that children understood the meaning and significance of the First World War in its religious context.

This order of service for use in military training camps began with the exhortation "All are requested to join heartily in the Prayers, Psalm, Creed and Hymns."

Alan Pilcher was flying with 544 Squadron RAF when he was killed in a flying accident in Britain on 2 December 1943. A memorial service was held in his hometown of Fort Steele, British Columbia.

Dated September 1941, this leaflet was probably intended to be given to church-goers as a pledge of their commitment to the war effort.

Special patriotic services were common in Canadian Sunday Schools during the First World War.

Sung to the tune of ‘God Save the King,’ this hymn was written by Isaac Tovell, a Methodist clergyman in Walkerville, Ontario, in 1917.

A sheet of hymns and spiritual songs distributed to soldiers by George Pearce of the Soldiers' Christian Association, probably around 1915.

Toc H was a non-denominational movement, established during the First World War by a British chaplain, that spread to Canada in the 1920s and 1930s.

Toc H was a non-denominational movement, established during the First World War by a British chaplain, that spread to Canada in the 1920s and 1930s.

Toc H was a non-denominational movement, established during the First World War by a British chaplain, that spread to Canada in the 1920s and 1930s.