Captain Robert Clifford Darling
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Darling,
Robert Clifford
Date of birth: 1886-05-23
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Phyllis Darling, wife. 1106 CPR Building, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Merchant
Address:
Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1915-04-19
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Toronto (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery, Sec. V. Lot 89.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Captain
(15th Battalion)
Rank detail
Captain, 15th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-20 to 1915-04-19
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded at Neuve Chapelle March 23, 1915
Commemoration location: Arches at the RMC and Upper Canada College
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 425805
LAC ID:
342413
Service file: B2298-S028
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Mrs. Annie M. Darling of 2 Dale Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; husband of Phyllis A. Darling (nee Helmuth) also of Toronto, Ontario.
Adjutant of the 48th Highlanders 15th Highlanders. Attended the Royal Military College 1904-1907. Member of the 48th Highlanders for 7 years.
According to the Mount Pleasant Cemetery: An Illustrated Guide: M. Filey (pg. 76), Captain Darling was the first Canadian soldier in history to die on foreign soil and subsequently returned to Canada for burial.
Uploader's Research notes: 15th Battalion Nominal Roll [Captain Army Canadian Infantry 15th Battalion Headquarters Adjutant ]
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Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-01-02