Military Service-
Rank: Captain
Age: 38
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division: 16th Battalion
Married, a broker by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 23 Sept 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Colonel William Ingersoll Merritt of London, England, and Beatrice (née Adams) Merritt; husband of Sophie Almond (née Tupper) Merritt; father of Beatrice Ormond (Merritt) MacMillan, Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt and William Francis Ingersoll Merritt.
Captain Cecil MacK Merritt is commemorated on Page 28 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
[The following information kindly submitted by Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043):-
~~Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:~~
"MERRITT, CECIL MACK, Captain, 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish, 72nd Seaforth Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, last surviving son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Ingersoll Merritt, of 6, Sumner Place, South Kensington, London, late 30th (East Lancashire) and 4th Manchester Regiments, by his wife, Mary Beatrice, 3rd daughter of Major-General Frank Adams, C.B., and granddaughter of Henry Cadwallader Adams, of Anstey Hall, co. Warwick, J.P., D.L.; born St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canada, 6 Jan. 1877; educated St. Paul's School, London; went to Canada in 1895, and joined the Royal Grenadier (Militia) Regiment in 1896. He was one of the few who went into Dawson in the rush of '98 over the Edmonton trail, the journey taking him two years. After leaving the Yukon he returned to England and was for a short time on the London Stock Exchange. He went to Vancouver in 1904, and when the 72nd Regiment Seaforth Highlanders of Canada was formed in Nov. 1910, he was appointed one of its senior Capts. He received his Majority in that Regiment 13 Oct. 1914. He was on Major-General Sir Sam Hughes's Staff during his visit to the Imperial Army manoeuvres in 1912, and on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for Imperial service, and was given command of a Company in the 16th Battalion "Canadian Scottish," 1st Canadian Division. He went with them to France in Feb. 1915, and was present at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. On 22 April, 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres he was leading his Company in the charge made by the Canadian Scottish near St. Julien, to check the first rush of the Germans after their gas attack, when he was wounded in the leg. He refused to leave his men, and with them occupied the German trenches. Next morning he was killed while encouraging his men during a counter-attack. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. His commanding officer, Colonel R. E. Edwards Leckey, wrote: "Cecil Merritt was one of the finest officers I ever knew. He was wounded in the charge, but not severely, and still continued to lead his men on. He remained in the trenches we had captured, and when a counter-attack was threatened he got up to shoot over the parapet with his revolver. It was then he received his fatal wound. No one could have been braver and no one could have led his men better than he did. His name has been submitted for the Military Cross"; and brother officers speak of his "personal bravery and spirit of dash and tenacity," and of the admiration which his men had for him; and a Private wrote: "He was wounded twice but would not expose his men to be carried back to the dressing station, and after some hours in the captured trenches heard there was a counter-charge from the Germans, and it was then he received the fatal shot in his head." At St. Paul's he took a leading part in the school life, being captain of the football XV. He was one of the first captains of the well-known Harlequin Rugby Football Club. He married at, Vancouver, B.C., 4 Dec. 1905, Sophie Almon, eldest daughter of the Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, K.C.M.G., and had two sons and a daughter: Charles Cecil Ingersoll, b. 10 Nov. 1908; Francis William, b. 16 Aug. 1913; and Beatrice Ormonde, b. 14 Feb. 1907."]
Rank: Captain
Age: 38
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division: 16th Battalion
Married, a broker by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 23 Sept 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Colonel William Ingersoll Merritt of London, England, and Beatrice (née Adams) Merritt; husband of Sophie Almond (née Tupper) Merritt; father of Beatrice Ormond (Merritt) MacMillan, Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt and William Francis Ingersoll Merritt.
Captain Cecil MacK Merritt is commemorated on Page 28 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
[The following information kindly submitted by Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043):-
~~Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:~~
"MERRITT, CECIL MACK, Captain, 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish, 72nd Seaforth Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, last surviving son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Ingersoll Merritt, of 6, Sumner Place, South Kensington, London, late 30th (East Lancashire) and 4th Manchester Regiments, by his wife, Mary Beatrice, 3rd daughter of Major-General Frank Adams, C.B., and granddaughter of Henry Cadwallader Adams, of Anstey Hall, co. Warwick, J.P., D.L.; born St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canada, 6 Jan. 1877; educated St. Paul's School, London; went to Canada in 1895, and joined the Royal Grenadier (Militia) Regiment in 1896. He was one of the few who went into Dawson in the rush of '98 over the Edmonton trail, the journey taking him two years. After leaving the Yukon he returned to England and was for a short time on the London Stock Exchange. He went to Vancouver in 1904, and when the 72nd Regiment Seaforth Highlanders of Canada was formed in Nov. 1910, he was appointed one of its senior Capts. He received his Majority in that Regiment 13 Oct. 1914. He was on Major-General Sir Sam Hughes's Staff during his visit to the Imperial Army manoeuvres in 1912, and on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for Imperial service, and was given command of a Company in the 16th Battalion "Canadian Scottish," 1st Canadian Division. He went with them to France in Feb. 1915, and was present at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. On 22 April, 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres he was leading his Company in the charge made by the Canadian Scottish near St. Julien, to check the first rush of the Germans after their gas attack, when he was wounded in the leg. He refused to leave his men, and with them occupied the German trenches. Next morning he was killed while encouraging his men during a counter-attack. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. His commanding officer, Colonel R. E. Edwards Leckey, wrote: "Cecil Merritt was one of the finest officers I ever knew. He was wounded in the charge, but not severely, and still continued to lead his men on. He remained in the trenches we had captured, and when a counter-attack was threatened he got up to shoot over the parapet with his revolver. It was then he received his fatal wound. No one could have been braver and no one could have led his men better than he did. His name has been submitted for the Military Cross"; and brother officers speak of his "personal bravery and spirit of dash and tenacity," and of the admiration which his men had for him; and a Private wrote: "He was wounded twice but would not expose his men to be carried back to the dressing station, and after some hours in the captured trenches heard there was a counter-charge from the Germans, and it was then he received the fatal shot in his head." At St. Paul's he took a leading part in the school life, being captain of the football XV. He was one of the first captains of the well-known Harlequin Rugby Football Club. He married at, Vancouver, B.C., 4 Dec. 1905, Sophie Almon, eldest daughter of the Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, K.C.M.G., and had two sons and a daughter: Charles Cecil Ingersoll, b. 10 Nov. 1908; Francis William, b. 16 Aug. 1913; and Beatrice Ormonde, b. 14 Feb. 1907."]
Military Service-
Rank: Captain
Age: 38
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division: 16th Battalion
Married, a broker by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 23 Sept 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Colonel William Ingersoll Merritt of London, England, and Beatrice (née Adams) Merritt; husband of Sophie Almond (née Tupper) Merritt; father of Beatrice Ormond (Merritt) MacMillan, Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt and William Francis Ingersoll Merritt.
Captain Cecil MacK Merritt is commemorated on Page 28 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
[The following information kindly submitted by Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043):-
~~Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:~~
"MERRITT, CECIL MACK, Captain, 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish, 72nd Seaforth Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, last surviving son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Ingersoll Merritt, of 6, Sumner Place, South Kensington, London, late 30th (East Lancashire) and 4th Manchester Regiments, by his wife, Mary Beatrice, 3rd daughter of Major-General Frank Adams, C.B., and granddaughter of Henry Cadwallader Adams, of Anstey Hall, co. Warwick, J.P., D.L.; born St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canada, 6 Jan. 1877; educated St. Paul's School, London; went to Canada in 1895, and joined the Royal Grenadier (Militia) Regiment in 1896. He was one of the few who went into Dawson in the rush of '98 over the Edmonton trail, the journey taking him two years. After leaving the Yukon he returned to England and was for a short time on the London Stock Exchange. He went to Vancouver in 1904, and when the 72nd Regiment Seaforth Highlanders of Canada was formed in Nov. 1910, he was appointed one of its senior Capts. He received his Majority in that Regiment 13 Oct. 1914. He was on Major-General Sir Sam Hughes's Staff during his visit to the Imperial Army manoeuvres in 1912, and on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for Imperial service, and was given command of a Company in the 16th Battalion "Canadian Scottish," 1st Canadian Division. He went with them to France in Feb. 1915, and was present at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. On 22 April, 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres he was leading his Company in the charge made by the Canadian Scottish near St. Julien, to check the first rush of the Germans after their gas attack, when he was wounded in the leg. He refused to leave his men, and with them occupied the German trenches. Next morning he was killed while encouraging his men during a counter-attack. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. His commanding officer, Colonel R. E. Edwards Leckey, wrote: "Cecil Merritt was one of the finest officers I ever knew. He was wounded in the charge, but not severely, and still continued to lead his men on. He remained in the trenches we had captured, and when a counter-attack was threatened he got up to shoot over the parapet with his revolver. It was then he received his fatal wound. No one could have been braver and no one could have led his men better than he did. His name has been submitted for the Military Cross"; and brother officers speak of his "personal bravery and spirit of dash and tenacity," and of the admiration which his men had for him; and a Private wrote: "He was wounded twice but would not expose his men to be carried back to the dressing station, and after some hours in the captured trenches heard there was a counter-charge from the Germans, and it was then he received the fatal shot in his head." At St. Paul's he took a leading part in the school life, being captain of the football XV. He was one of the first captains of the well-known Harlequin Rugby Football Club. He married at, Vancouver, B.C., 4 Dec. 1905, Sophie Almon, eldest daughter of the Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, K.C.M.G., and had two sons and a daughter: Charles Cecil Ingersoll, b. 10 Nov. 1908; Francis William, b. 16 Aug. 1913; and Beatrice Ormonde, b. 14 Feb. 1907."]
Rank: Captain
Age: 38
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division: 16th Battalion
Married, a broker by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 23 Sept 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Colonel William Ingersoll Merritt of London, England, and Beatrice (née Adams) Merritt; husband of Sophie Almond (née Tupper) Merritt; father of Beatrice Ormond (Merritt) MacMillan, Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt and William Francis Ingersoll Merritt.
Captain Cecil MacK Merritt is commemorated on Page 28 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
[The following information kindly submitted by Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043):-
~~Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:~~
"MERRITT, CECIL MACK, Captain, 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish, 72nd Seaforth Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, last surviving son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Ingersoll Merritt, of 6, Sumner Place, South Kensington, London, late 30th (East Lancashire) and 4th Manchester Regiments, by his wife, Mary Beatrice, 3rd daughter of Major-General Frank Adams, C.B., and granddaughter of Henry Cadwallader Adams, of Anstey Hall, co. Warwick, J.P., D.L.; born St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canada, 6 Jan. 1877; educated St. Paul's School, London; went to Canada in 1895, and joined the Royal Grenadier (Militia) Regiment in 1896. He was one of the few who went into Dawson in the rush of '98 over the Edmonton trail, the journey taking him two years. After leaving the Yukon he returned to England and was for a short time on the London Stock Exchange. He went to Vancouver in 1904, and when the 72nd Regiment Seaforth Highlanders of Canada was formed in Nov. 1910, he was appointed one of its senior Capts. He received his Majority in that Regiment 13 Oct. 1914. He was on Major-General Sir Sam Hughes's Staff during his visit to the Imperial Army manoeuvres in 1912, and on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for Imperial service, and was given command of a Company in the 16th Battalion "Canadian Scottish," 1st Canadian Division. He went with them to France in Feb. 1915, and was present at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. On 22 April, 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres he was leading his Company in the charge made by the Canadian Scottish near St. Julien, to check the first rush of the Germans after their gas attack, when he was wounded in the leg. He refused to leave his men, and with them occupied the German trenches. Next morning he was killed while encouraging his men during a counter-attack. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. His commanding officer, Colonel R. E. Edwards Leckey, wrote: "Cecil Merritt was one of the finest officers I ever knew. He was wounded in the charge, but not severely, and still continued to lead his men on. He remained in the trenches we had captured, and when a counter-attack was threatened he got up to shoot over the parapet with his revolver. It was then he received his fatal wound. No one could have been braver and no one could have led his men better than he did. His name has been submitted for the Military Cross"; and brother officers speak of his "personal bravery and spirit of dash and tenacity," and of the admiration which his men had for him; and a Private wrote: "He was wounded twice but would not expose his men to be carried back to the dressing station, and after some hours in the captured trenches heard there was a counter-charge from the Germans, and it was then he received the fatal shot in his head." At St. Paul's he took a leading part in the school life, being captain of the football XV. He was one of the first captains of the well-known Harlequin Rugby Football Club. He married at, Vancouver, B.C., 4 Dec. 1905, Sophie Almon, eldest daughter of the Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, K.C.M.G., and had two sons and a daughter: Charles Cecil Ingersoll, b. 10 Nov. 1908; Francis William, b. 16 Aug. 1913; and Beatrice Ormonde, b. 14 Feb. 1907."]
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