Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Moodie 1778-1837

Photo by Alan L Brown - April 27, 2004

Plaque Location

The Region of York
The Town of Richmond Hill
On the east side of Yonge Street opposite Levendale Road, 3 blocks south of Elgin Mills Road (York Road 49)

Plaque Text

On December 4, 1837, Robert Moodie and two companions set out from his house, which stood near here, to warn the Lieutenant-Governor, Francis Bond Head, at Toronto, that armed rebels were advancing towards the city. In an attempt to pass William Lyon Mackenzie's men who were blocking Yonge Street at Montgomery's Tavern (near the present Eglinton Avenue), Moodie was shot and fatally wounded. A native of Scotland, he had served as an officer of the British army during the Napoleonic wars and in Canada during the War of 1812, participating in the battles at Lundy's Lane, Fort Erie and Sackett's Harbour. He settled at Richmond Hill in 1835, and is buried at Holy Trinity Church, Thornhill.

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