Cecil Mack Merritt (1877 - 1915)

Born 6 Jan 1877 in St. Catharines, Niagara, Ontario, Canada

Husband of Sophie Almon (Tupper) Merritt — married 4 Dec 1905 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Died 23 Apr 1915 at age 38 in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium

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Biography

Cecil, born in 1877, was the son of William Ingersoll Merritt and Beatrice Mary Adams. He married Sophie Almond Tupper in 1905 in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the time of their marriage, he worked as a merchant.^[1] After their marriage, they lived in Vancouver, where their three children were born.^[2]

During the First World War, he served as a captain with the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish, 72nd Seaforth Highlanders) of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD81-D9Z : 22 February 2021), Cecil Mack Merritt and Sophie Almen Tupper, 04 Dec 1905; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11373, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,530.
2. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-MLN3 : 16 March 2018), Cecil Mac Merritt, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.
3. ↑ Canadian Virtual War Memorial
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12040693/cecil-mack-merritt : accessed 03 July 2022), memorial page for Captain Cecil Mack Merritt (6 Jan 1877–23 Apr 1915), Find A Grave: Memorial #12040693, citing Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium ; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594) .