CEF Soldier Detail

Private Robert Douglas Falconer
Died: June 27, 1918

Regimental Number:
645609
Survived War:
 No
Force:
 Army
Regiment:
 Canadian Army Medical Corps
Battalion:
 Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship)
Company:
Place of Birth:
Country:
 Scotland
Next of Kin:
Mrs Catherine Douglas, Cor 21st View St., North Vancouver, B.C.
Address at Enlistment:
Date of Birth:
January 21, 1898
Trade or Calling:
Marital Status:
 Not Specified
Prior Military Experience:
No
Place of Enlistment:
 Vancouver, British Columbia
Date of Enlistment:
January 27, 1916
Age at enlistment:
18
Height:
Chest:
Expansion:
Religion:
 Unknown
Enlisted or Conscripted:
 Enlisted
Saw service in:
Unknown    
Cause of Death:
Killed in Action
Battle Died/Wounded:
Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86
Date of Death:
June 27, 1918
Age at Death:
20
Buried at:
 Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia
Plot:
 Panel 2.
Commemorated:
 
Prisoner of war:
Not Specified
Interned:
Gender:
 Male
Ethnic Origin:
Caucasian
LAC Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1Box 2984-32
Research Notes

158th Battalion Nominal Roll
Rank Regiment Unit Company
Private Canadian Army Medical Corps Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship)
Private Canadian Infantry 158th Battalion
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.