The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment

Hon. Capt. Joseph Freeman Tupper
(Chaplain)

Soldiers of the First World War database entry - J.F. Tupper

Service:

• Serving with the 78th Regiment at time of attestation 1 Apr 1916
• Attested for overseas service as Chaplain of the 193rd Overseas Battalion, C.E.F.
• Attached to The R.C.R. from the Chaplain Service, 28 Jun 1917
• Ceases to be attached to The R.C.R., 6 Aug 1918

Rev. J.F. Tupper, War Padre, The R.C.R. (1936, date not identified)

Major K.M. Holloway, Major H.T. Cock, M.C., Captain & Bt. Major Wm. Neilson, D.S.O., C.S.M. (W.O. II) A.S. Ward and twenty (20) Other Ranks of "B" Company, The RCR, Toronto, Ontario, attended St Monica's Church at 1900 hours, in honour of Captain, The Reverend J.F. Tupper, who served with the Regiment in the Great War. Captain Tuper preached his farewell sermon on his retirement from the active military. Captain Tupper is retiring on account of a serious heart condition.

Death - Reverend Joseph Freeman Tupper, B.D.

The death of Rev J.F. Tupper, B.D., occurred suddenly at Toronto, Ontario, on Sunday, 28th November 1937. Mr. Tupper was rector of St. Monica's Church, Toronto, for nine years and retired from the Ministry in 1936 on account of ill-health. Mr. Tupper was Chaplain to The Royal Canadian Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force, in France and Belgium, for fourteen (14) months and his last connection with the Regiment was on 10th September 1933, on which date he officiated at a drum-head service in London, Ont., during the re-union, in celebration of the Regiment's Fiftieth Anniversary.

Listed in The Canadian Who's Who, 1936-1937:

TUPPER, Rev. Joseph Freeman; (Ang.); lecturer; writer; a descendant of Capt. Thomas T., who came to Am. in 1635; h Port Medway, N.S., 5 Mar. 1883; Capt. b James Oliver and Mary Elizabeth (Grosse) T.; e pub. sch., East Port Hebert and Dartmouth, N.S.; St Peter's private day sch., Charlottetown. P.E.I.; The Berkshire (private boarding) Sch., Pittsfield, Mass.; special course in theol., King's Univ., N.S.; Seabury Theol. Coll., Faribault, U.S.A., B.D.; Central Univ., U.S.A., B.Ph.; also private tutors in Eng. and elsewhere; m Kathryn d late James John Munro, 30 Nov. 1910; children Victor Munro, Dorothy Jean Munro; rector, St Monica's Ang. Ch., Toronto, 1927-36 ; sometime missy. at Baddeck and Western Cape Breton; later rector at Dominion, N.S.: and Westville, N.S.; asst. rector, St John the Baptist Toronto; rector, Georgina, Toronto ; hon. chaplain. Baron Byng br., Candn. Legion; do., Candn. Legion, Toronto and dist. 1st clergyman in Can. to become a recruiting offr. in the war; made 1st recruiting speech for fighting men in N.S. and helped conduct 1st recruiting campaign for fighting men in N.S.; was chief recruiting offr. for Pictou Co., N.S.; enlisted as combatant and served as hon. capt and chaplain, 193rd Bn.; and in France as chaplain Roy. Candn. Regt.; attached for a time to U.S. Navy; on return to Can. was govt. chaplain to Candn. Air Forces; a J.P. for Pictou Co., N.S.; a notary pub., twp. of Essa, Ont; hon. fellow, Inc. Guild Ch. Musicians, London, Eng.; mem., Diocesan Council of Soc. Service; chrmn. of sub-comte. on housing and unemployment; ed. a boys' paper at age of 15, and has since ed. a number of periodicals; has written biog. sketches and compiled a number of short hists.; now ed. of series of articles "Ancestors and Others", appearing in Liverpool Advance, N.S.; Freemason; S.O.E.; Conservative; recreations rowing, golf, horseshoe pitching; Clubs Canadian Literature (Toronto; pres.); Ontario English Speaking Union (vice-pres.); Address Synod House, 135 Adelaide St E., Toronto, Ont.

Date of Birth - 5 Mar 1883