Military service
Age:
38
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
January 6, 1877
St. Catharines, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
April 23, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Husband of Sophie (née Tupper) Merritt. Father of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Dieppe Raid on August 19, 1942.
Digital gallery of Captain Cecil Mack Merritt
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Photo of CECIL MACK MERRITT
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Journal April 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Journal June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver World newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Cecil Mack Merritt
Digital gallery of
Captain Cecil Mack Merritt
Digital gallery of
Captain Cecil Mack Merritt
Digital gallery of
Captain Cecil Mack Merritt
Digital gallery of
Captain Cecil Mack Merritt
Digital gallery of
Captain Cecil Mack Merritt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 28 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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