• First World War Commemorative Project
• Introduction
• The Memorial Service
• About the Project

Born	June 18, 1894
Died	September 27, 1916
Force	Army
Division	D Bty. 77th Bde., Royal Field Artillery
Home Address	128 Albany Avenue [Map]

Robert Hamilton attended Harbord Collegiate Institute before entering UTS in 1910. After graduation he attended University College at the University of Toronto, becoming a member of Beta Theta Phi fraternity. He left his second-year studies at Osgoode Law School to join the Canadian Field Artillery in 1915 alongside his best friend, fellow UTS boy Leslie Arthur Hyde. He went overseas, where he obtained a commission in the Royal Field Artillery and acquired the nickname “Ham.” His career at the front was brief but notable - on one occasion, he was the sole officer of his battery to survive an engagement, and on another, he rescued several of his men who had been buried by shell fire, and was recommended for the Military Cross. While serving as Liaison Officer to the French Infantry he fought in the attack on Combles in September 1916, and was killed by a shell. He is buried in the Peronne Road Cemetery near the Somme River.

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