Profile image
Military service
Age:
27
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
February 16, 1890
Chesterville, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 22, 1916
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
November 6, 1917
Passchendaele, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Merkley, of Chesterville, Ontario; husband of Eva Merkley, of Calgary, Alberta. Lieutenant Merkley was a former member of the 103rd Calgary Rifles before the outbreak of the war.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Myles Earl Merkley
-
Newspaper Clipping
Photograph of Lt. Myles Earl Merkley formerly of Calgary, Alberta, serving with the 31st Battalion, when he lost his life in Belgium. -
Newspaper Clipping
News paper article from the Calgary Herald dated 13 November 1917 advising of the death of Lt. Myles E. Merkley. On arriving in England, he took a demotion from Captain to Lieutenant in order to get to the France. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Myles Earl Merkley
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Myles Earl Merkley
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Myles Earl Merkley
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Myles Earl Merkley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 293 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.