Private Robert Douglas Falconer
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Falconer,
Robert Douglas
Date of birth: 1898-01-21
Place of birth: Scotland
Next of kin: Mrs Catherine Douglas, Cor 21st View St., North Vancouver, B.C.
Date of death:
1918-06-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia, Canada, Panel 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 645609
Rank detail
- Private, highest (Army).
- Private, 158th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Enlistment method: volunteered
Date enlisted: 1916-01-27
Location enlisted: Vancouver, British Columbia
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
384362
Service file: B2984-S032
Uploader's Notes: The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
Uploader's Research notes:
158th Battalion Nominal Roll
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 158th Battalion Private Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship) ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2013-07-20