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Military service
Age:
56
Rank:
Major General
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
Gen. Officer Commanding 3rd Canadian Div.
Birth:
September 17, 1859
Etobicoke, Ontario
Death:
June 3, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. A. 38.
Digital gallery of Major General Malcolm Smith Mercer
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Osgoode Hall War Memorial
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Honour Roll
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
Honour Roll
WWI Roll of Service includes names of all the members of the Victoria-Royce Presbyterian Church who served in the war. 55 men died as a result of their war service. -
Commemorative Plaque
WWI Memorial Plaque located in the Victoria-Royce Presbyterian Church (est. 1885), 190 Medland St., Toronto, ON. -
Photo of Malcolm Smith Mercer
LtCol Mercer wearing CEF Uniform. -
Grave
Grave of MGen Mercer, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, 1919. -
Photo of Malcolm Smith Mercer (2)
Maj Mercer in Queen's Own Rifles Uniform 1912-14. -
Gravemarker
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Newspaper Clipping
The Varsity War Supplement, University of Toronto, July 1915. -
Photo of Malcom Mercer
Source: CANADA IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR. Vol. II Days of Preparation. United Publishers of Canada Limited, Toronto. -
Photo of Malcom Mercer
Source: CANADA IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR. Vol. II Days of Preparation. United Publishers of Canada Limited, Toronto. -
Newspaper Clipping
A tribute to Major General Mercer appeared in the Toronto Evening Telegram on May 1st, 1915. It refers to the Canadian counter-attacks at the 2nd Battle of Ypres in April 1915. -
Memorial Plaque
Queens Own Rifles of Canada memorial -
Memorial
The Golden Book : The Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press); -
Memorial
The Golden Book : The Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press); -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the Project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Corp. John Reid found General Mercer after the battle. From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Brantford Expositor 1916. Submitted or the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Major General Malcolm Smith Mercer
Digital gallery of
Major General Malcolm Smith Mercer
Digital gallery of
Major General Malcolm Smith Mercer
Digital gallery of
Major General Malcolm Smith Mercer
Digital gallery of
Major General Malcolm Smith Mercer
Digital gallery of
Major General Malcolm Smith Mercer
Digital gallery of
Major General Malcolm Smith Mercer
Digital gallery of
Major General Malcolm Smith Mercer
Digital gallery of
Major General Malcolm Smith Mercer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 134 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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