Person Record

Metadata

Name

McFaul, R. C.

Othernames

Robert Cecil McFaul
"Cecil McFaul" usually to family and friends
"Ric McF

Born

05/12/1897

Birthplace

Owen Sound, Ontario

Places of residence

Owen Sound, Ontario
Overseas, 1918-1919, returned to Owen Sound

Father

Alexander Wesley McFaul (b. 1859-d. 1949

Mother

Annie Lavina McFaul (nee Roadhouse) d. 1

Nationality

Canadian

Education

Dufferin School
Owen Sound Collegiate Institute (O.S.C.I.)
University of Toronto

Notes

Robert Cecil McFaul was born at Owen Sound, Ontario, on May 12, 1897. His parents were Alexander Wesley McFaul and his wife Annie Lavina Roadhouse McFaul, of 922 2nd Ave. West, Owen Sound.

There is a family group photograph showing Cecil, as he was known by his family and friends, posed with his parents and siblings when he was a boy. Sadly, his mother passed away in 1914.

During the First World War, his father, Alexander W. McFaul, needed help in the family store along main street. Cecil and his sisters Viola and Evie worked there to help out. There are a couple images at the Grey County archives that show what the interior of the store looked like.

R. C. McFaul of Owen Sound was drafted on April 25, 1918 by the Military Service Act of 1917 (his number was 796021). He was born on May 12, 1897 at Owen Sound and his next-of-kin was his father Alexander W. McFaul of 922 2nd Ave. West. He was single, listed as a student, and also was with the University of Toronto Training Co. His number on the attestation form was 2365835.

His older brother, Lt. Wesley Clarence McFaul, died overseas on Nov. 10, 1918, the day before the Armistice occurred. His other brother was Lt. William Lawrence McFaul, who survived the war.

Cecil had arrived overseas towards the end of the war and did not serve in the field, but did have a number of items pertaining to the First Tank Battalion, and he was kept on for a while after the Armistice in order that he could gain some more experience. A large collection of war-time items, including some photographs of tanks, and family letters and photographs of the McFaul family, are kept at the Grey County Archives. There is also a shipboard diary kept by one of the brothers.

R. C. McFaul married Violet Winnifred King on September 18, 1931, at Toronto. They had four children, Mary, Robert, Evelyn and Susan (twin of Evelyn, died in infancy).

R. C. McFaul became an insurance agent after the family store was sold in 1934. In his office, he used to keep three uniformed portraits on his wall, side-by-side, showing himself and his two brothers, as they looked during the First World War.

He died in January, 1965, and is buried at ___________.

Occupation

1st Tank Battalion
Veteran of First World War
The McFauls had a grocery business in Owen Sound in the early 20th-century. After 1934, R. C. McFaul became an Insurance Agent.

Publications

Auer, George Scott, SOLDIERS OF THE SOIL: GREY COUNTY GOES TO WAR, see the listing of the men at the back (includes the three McFaul brothers).

Relationships

Brother: Lieutenant Wesley Clarence McFaul (b. March 27, 1891-d. Nov. 10, 1918), usually known as Clarence
Brother: Lieutenant William Lawrence McFaul (b. March 7, 1889-d. April 4, 1969)
Sister: Lillian Viola McFaul (b. Feb. 6, 1894-died circa 1953 at St. Catharines, m. ___ Hull
Sister: Charlotte Evelyn (Evie) McFaul, b. May 3, 1895-d. February 11, 1951 at St. Catharines, m. Charlie Mitchell (Charles Henry Mitchell), had one son, Clarence Barrie Mitchell