pferguson | February 27, 2022
1915 and the 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion Distinguished Service Order Major Gilbert Godson-Godson DSO London Gazette: 22 June 1915 Awarded on the occasion of His Majesty’s Birthday. No citation. Occupation: City of Vancouver. Department Head. Prior service: Second Boer War (Corps of Guides and South African Constabulary. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and Mentioned in […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 1915, Alfred William Minchin, Bernard Charles Lunn, Cecil Mack Merritt, Frank Morison, Gerald Coussmaker Heath, Gilbert Godson-Godson, Honours and Awards, John Dougall, John William Bizley, La Quinque Rue Orchard, Robert Gilmour Edwards Leckie, St. Julien (Belgium), Victor Alexander MacLean
pferguson | August 17, 2017
For Freedom and Honour…For Valour There is a round bronze disc about 5″ across…Britannia with a lion, a son’s or daughter’s name, and the words “HE [or SHE] DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR. One Vancouver, B.C. family to receive a Great War Memorial Plaque was the family of Captain Cecil Mack Merritt, a former officer […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 19 August 1942, 23 April 1915, 72nd Regiment (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), Cecil Mack Merritt, Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, Dieppe Raid, Fathers, For Freedom and Honour, For Valour, George Randolph Pearkes, Memorial Cross, Memorial Plaque, Mentioned in Despatches, Pourville, Pourville (France), Saskatchewan Regiment, Sons, St. Julien (Belgium), Victoria Cross
