The Lieutenant Everett Boyd Jackson Fallis Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.
Everett Fallis was born in Haldimand, Ont. and came to Calgary when his father, Rev. Dr. Samuel Fallis — a personal friend of Mount Royal College founding Principal Rev. Dr. George W. Kerby — became the minister at Central Methodist Church. Fallis attended Mount Royal College from 1911 to 1915 He enlisted with the 102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Central Ontario Regiment. He went overseas as a private, but quickly gained battlefield commissions to lieutenant. Fallis was killed on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge by sniper fire while holding an enemy trench that was taken in the initial attack. According to his commanding officer, Fallis was deserving of the highest award for gallantry that day.
