Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Ernest Solloway Catherwood
In memory of:
Major Ernest Solloway Catherwood
September 14, 1944
Military Service
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Army
Westminster Regiment (Motor), R.C.I.C.
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Efficiency Decoration and Efficiency Medal
Additional Information
November 5, 1907
Hatzic, British Columbia
September 2, 1939
New Westminister, British Columbia
Son of John Alexander and Edith Margaret (nee Solloway) Catherwood; husband of Elizabeth Doris Catherwood, of Mission City, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 270 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
II, G, 63.
GRADARA WAR CEMETERY is situated in the Commune of Gradara in the Province of Pesaro, at a distance of about 1.5 kilometres from the shores of the Adriatic. To reach the GRADARA WAR CEMETERY from Highway A14 (Bologna-Taranto), exit at Cattolica, which is the nearest town and a seaside resort. The Cemetery is on the main road 5 kilometres south west of the town. The cemetery occupies a unique position on a hillside which was terraced for agriculture, each row of graves taking up one terrace. The site for the cemetery was chosen in November 1944 and it contains the graves of casualties incurred during the advance from Ancona to Rimini (which broke the Gothic Line) and in the heavy fighting around Rimini, which was taken by the Allies on 21st September 1944.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of Ernest Solloway Catherwood – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Circumstances of death – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Cemetery – View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of the Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
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Cross of Sacrifice – Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Cemetery – Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Grave Marker – Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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