When he left for overseas, Col

Original Toronto Star caption: When he left for overseas, Col. Merritt's wife told him, take good care of yourself and forget about the V.C.'s. She is seen here, with her two children, Peter, Left, born a few weeks after his father went overseas, and Cecil, Right, nearly four years. Third from left is Col. Merritt's mother, Mrs. Cecil Mack Merritt, Vancouver. Col. Merritt graduated from Royal Military college, Kingston. His father, a Seaforth Highlander, was killed at Ypres in the last world war.