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Robert Ellaby Meredith

In memory of:

Lieutenant Robert Ellaby Meredith

July 25, 1918

Military Service

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Additional Information

Son of Maurice F. and Minnie Meredith, of Victoria, British Columbia. Born in Montreal, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 470 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VAILLY BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne, France

Grave Reference:

II. H. 4.

Location:

Vailly-sur-Aisne is a village in the Deparment of the Aisne,17 kilometres east of Soissons which is approximately 100 kilometres north-east of Paris. VAILLY BRITISH CEMETERY is on the west side of the village, on the north side of the road to Soissons.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Daily Colonist of December 23, 1915. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y11uvic#mode/1up. Lieutenant Meredith had an unconventional service history, initially being discharged at Victoria on February 14, 1916 after being wounded at Festubert on May 21, 1915 while serving with the 16th Battalion C.E.F. He re-enlisted on March 16, 1916 and was subsequently seconded for duty with the R.F.C. on October 4, 1917.

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – From the Daily Colonist of December 23, 1915. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y11uvic#mode/1up. Lieutenant Meredith had an unconventional service history, initially being discharged at Victoria on February 14, 1916 after being wounded at Festubert on May 21, 1915 while serving with the 16th Battalion C.E.F. He re-enlisted on March 16, 1916 and was subsequently seconded for duty with the R.F.C. on October 4, 1917.
  • Photo of Robert Ellaby Meredith– Image of Lieutenant Robert Ellaby Meredith, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment in plane named 'Skookum'.

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    Photo of Robert Ellaby Meredith – Image of Lieutenant Robert Ellaby Meredith, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment in plane named 'Skookum'.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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