48th Highlander Pall Bearer Party going into church for burial of Captain Robert Clifford Darling in Toronto. He is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Captain Robert Clifford Darling, 27 years old, was seriously wounded when a bullet pierced a main artery. On March 23, 1915 he was evacuated to the military hospital in Amesbury, England. Less than a month later, on April 19, 1915, the young Torontonian died. His body was returned to his hometown and after a private service at the family home, 2 Dale Avenue in Rosedale, and public funeral at St. James’ Square Presbyterian Church on May 6, 1915, Darling was buried in a plot in Mount Pleasant Cemetery specially selected for its proximity to the graves of other fallen Highlanders, including that of Colonel Davidson, the unit’s first Commanding Officer (Plot V, Lot 126.)

(Prior accession No. P0838)