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	Charles C.I. Merritt
		LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CECIL MERRITT, VC Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Merritt, VC, hero of the Dieppe Raid, was born in Vancouver on November 10, 1908.
		Charles C.I. Merritt, a Canadian Army officer who was taken captive in the Dieppe raid of World War II but emerged as a heroic figure on a disastrous day for his countrymen, died July 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
		Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, known as Cecil or Cec, was born in Vancouver on Nov. 10, 1908.
	www.mishalov.com /Merritt.html (2072 words)

	Charles Merritt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, VC (November 10, 1908-July 12, 2000) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
		LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CECIL MERRITT, VC Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Merritt, VC, hero of the Dieppe Raid, was born in Vancouver on November 10, 1908.
		Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on November 10 1908, the son of Major Cecil Merritt, who died in the Great War at Ypres.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Cecil_Ingersoll_Merritt (3047 words)

	Warmuseum.ca - Backgrounder - The Victoria Cross and Lt-Col Cecil Merritt, V.C. (November 1908 — July 2000)
		Cecil Ingersoll Merritt was born on November 10, 1908 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
		Merritt was promoted to the rank of Major at the outbreak of war and held staff appointments until March 1942, when he was transferred to command the South Saskatchewan Regiment.
		Merritt led the regiment gallantly in the Dieppe raid on August 19, 1942.
	www.civilization.ca /cwm/media/bg_merritt_e.html (757 words)

	Lt. Col. Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt - Veterans Affairs Canada
		Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the 10
		From the point of landing, his unit's advance had to be made across a bridge in Pourville which was swept by very heavy machine-gun, mortar and artillery fire: the first parties were mostly destroyed and the bridge thickly covered by their bodies.
		Although twice wounded Lieutenant-Colonel Merritt continued to direct the unit's operations with great vigour and determination and while organizing the withdrawal he stalked a sniper with a Bren gun and silenced him.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/citations/merritt (454 words)

	Sask 2005 New Home Template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		During the retreat (from Dieppe) back to the beaches Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Merritt saw many of his troops were hesitating to cross a bridge which was exposed to almost constant machine gun and mortar fire.
		Cecil Merritt was captured and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner.
		Merritt was released at the end of the war and returned to Vancouver, British Columbia.
	www.saskatchewancentennial.com /facts/skfactsresults.asp?ID=756 (231 words)

	Autre citation pour une Croix de Victoria décerner à un cana
		Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt est né le 10 novembre 1908 à Vancouver, Colombie-Britannique.
		Un décision audacieuse s'imposait et le lieutenant-colonel Merritt, tout en brandissant son casque, s'avança en courant et criant : « Venez!
		Bien que blessé lui-même à deux reprises, le lieutenant-colonel Merritt continua de mener les opérations de son unité d'une façon vigoureuse et déterminée et, alors qu'il planifiait la retraite, il traqua un tireur embusqué et le tua à bout portant.
	dday-overlord.forumactif.com /Forces-en-presence-c5/Forces-canadiennes-f19/Autre-citation-pour-une-Croix-de-Victoria-decerner-a-un-cana-p22575.htm (697 words)

	Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt Obituary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		MERRITT - Charles Cecil Ingersoll awarded the Victoria Cross in World War II, passed away 12 July, 2000 in Vancouver, B.C., his city of birth, at the age of 91.
		Merritt is survived by his sister, Beatrice MacMillan, daughter Elizabeth Systad and husband Roger, sons Peter and Cecil Merritt and wife Lily.
		Cecil Merritt enjoyed an extremely active life having been a Conservative Member of Parliment and serving as Commanding Officer of the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders for a term after the War.
	cap.estevan.sk.ca /ssr/merrittobit.html (156 words)

	Hansard -- Wednesday, November 26, 2003 p.m. -- Vol. 19, No. 1 (HTML)
		My constituency assistant, Elizabeth Merritt, along with her two brothers, Cecil and Peter, and their respective families donated the Victoria Cross belonging to their late father, Lt-Col. Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, Q.C., to the Canadian War Museum — the museum having the best means of promoting the virtues of leadership in a free society.
		Born in Vancouver, Cecil Merritt — whose father died at the second battle of Ypres in 1915 and whose mother, Sophie Tupper, was the granddaughter of Sir Charles Tupper, Father of Confederation — also served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre immediately following the war.
		Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, VC, Q.C., was an inspirational leader and a great Canadian.
	www.legis.gov.bc.ca /hansard/37th4th/h31126p.htm (12519 words)

	Our Newly Fallen
		'Cec' Merritt died of natural causes at the age of 91, on Wednesday 12 July 2000, in Vancouver B.C. One of only two surviving Canadian Victoria Cross winners, LCol Merritt's life is an inspiration to all Canadians.
		Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the 10th of November 1908, the son of a First World War hero.
		His civilian career was just as outstanding as his military "hostilities only" service and his militia service with the Seaforths where he served for years with Seaforth officers such as (LtCol) Cecil Merritt who later won the Victoria Cross at Dieppe, and Budge Bell-Irving who became a Brigadier, and later served as Lt-Gov of BC.
	www.mapleleafup.org /obits.html (1495 words)

	Obituary: Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Merritt, VC [Free Republic]
		Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Merritt, VC, hero of the Dieppe Raid, was born in Vancouver on November 10, 1908.
		We salute Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Merritt, VC, and all that served.
		At 4:52 in the morning, Aug. 19, 1942, 523 soldiers of the South Saskatchewan Regiment commanded by Colonel Merritt scrambled out of landing craft in the English Channel and dashed across a pebbled beach on the western flank of the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a397331ba0405.htm (2578 words)

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		At Newcastle, March 5, Sadie, wife of Charles Delano, aged 32 years; she leaves her husband and a daughter.
		The death of Charles W. Delano occurred at his residence, King George Highway, Sunday at 11.30 pm after a lengthy illness.
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	Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books
		John INGERSOLL, 1778, was chosen to serve on a committee "to remonstrate to the General Court of the nakedness of the army and of the necessity of its being supplied with clothing and other necessaries, immediately.” He was born at Westfield, 1731, and died there, 1792.
		Jonathan INGERSOLL (1747-1817), was captain of the sloop of war “Packett,” 1778, and of the “John,” 1779.
		Charles Coe, (1760-1817), volunteered for the defense of the Hudson under Capt. Samuel Camp.
	www.ingersoll.net /ing_dar.htm (13413 words)

	List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles Ferguson Hoey - 1944; Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma (now Myanmar)
		Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt - 1942; Dieppe, France
		William Metcalf - in World War I; although an American citizen who enlisted in the Canadian army, he is considered Canadian at the time he won the medal
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Canadian_Victoria_Cross_recipients (748 words)

	The Raid on Dieppe, August 19, 1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		One of these men was Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt of The South Saskatchewan Regiment.
		The rearguard itself could not be brought off and Lt.-Col. Merritt and his men became prisoners of war.
		My father was at Dieppe with the South Saskatchewan Regiment and heard Merritt's words at the battle for the bridge over the River Scie.
	members.shaw.ca /rodzimmerman/zowie/collected_poetry/dieppe.html (632 words)

	Science Fair Projects - List of Victoria Cross recipients by Name - M
		Leslie Cecil Maygar - 1901; Geelhoutboom, South Africa
		Anthony Cecil Capel Miers - 1942; Corfu Harbour, Greece
		Charles Herbert Mullins - 1899; Battle of Elandslaagte, South Africa
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/List_of_Victoria_Cross_recipients_by_Name_-_M (661 words)

	America Strikes Back by Steve Brown
		Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cecil “Cec” Ingersoll Merritt, commanding officer of the South Saskatchewan Regiment, came forward to see what was holding up the advance.
		That time Merritt was wounded as he raced through the withering machine gun and rifle fire from Germans who had not been dug out of positions along the river.
		As Merritt’s unit was moving toward the center of town, the radar specialist and his bodyguards fought their way, under heavy fire, in the direction of the radar station east of Pourville.
	www.chicksprings.com /asb8.html (4998 words)

	BCGNIS Geographical Name Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		After Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, VC, commander of the South Saskatchewan Regiment at Dieppe, 1942.
		"Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt was born in Vancouver, 10 November 1908, the son of a First World War hero.
		"....From the point of landing, [Lieutenant Colonel Merritt's] unit's advance had to be made across a bridge in Pourville which was swept by very heavy machine-gun, mortar and artillery fire: the first parties were mostly destroyed and the bridge thickly covered by their bodies.
	srmwww.gov.bc.ca /bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=30268 (445 words)

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	CNEW: - The greatest war heroes of them all
		During the ill-fated Canadian raid on Dieppe, France on Aug. 19, 1942, Merritt first overcame German resistance holding a bridge, personally leading his men forward.
		He refused evacuation and was last seen taking up a defensive position covering his comrades' escape.
		Along with about 2,000 other Canadian soldiers that day, Merritt was taken prisoner.
	www.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Canada/RemembranceDay/2003/11/09/pf-251445.html (1492 words)

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