We Will Remember Them: Private Charles Maltby Molt

The graves of 80 RMR’s are laid out together in one row at Nine Elms cemetery, all killed on the assault on Vimy Ridge, 09 April 1917

Westmount, Quebec – 07 November 2021: Inspired by the book “Canada’s Dream Shall Be of Them – Canadian Epitaphs of the Great War,” by Eric McGeer and Steve Douglas, the RMR Foundation will be posting an epitaph each day during the annual Poppy Campaign that runs until 11 November 2021.

“AFTER THE DIN OF BATTLE HE SLEEPS WELL IN PROUD MEMORY, FROM HIS WIFE”

Private Charles Maltby Molt, 14th Battalion, March 10th 1915 (age 27)

Photo credit: William from https://billiongraves.com/grave/Charles-Maltby-Molt/11581536

Lest We Forget.

The above epitaphs are extracted from the book “Canada’s Dream Shall Be of Them - Canadian Epitaphs of the Great War,” by Eric McGeer and Steve Douglas, Wilfred Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ont., 2017.

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