Mercer, Malcolm Smith

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Mercer
  • Wiki Biography:
    • Major-General Malcolm Smith Mercer (17 September 1859 – 3 June 1916) was a Canadian general, barrister and art patron who practised law in Toronto and led the Canadian Contingent, then later the 3rd Canadian Division, during the first two years of the First World War before he was killed in action at Mount Sorrel in Belgium. Mercer was an experienced Canadian Militia commander and had demonstrated a great flair with training and organizing the raw Canadian recruits during the opening months of the war. He also demonstrated courage under fire, visiting the front lines on numerous occasions at the height of battle and personally directing his forces in the face of poison gas attacks and heavy shellfire.
    • Mercer was born in September 1859 in Etobicoke, a small town to the west of Toronto in Canada West. He was the third of nine children to Thomas and Mary Mercer and was raised in Delmer and St. Catharines.
    • General Mercer Public School in Toronto, originally built in 1923, was named after Mercer.
    • Mount Mercer in Banff National Park, Alberta, is named in his remembrance.
  • Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: (pending)
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