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Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
8th Light AA Regiment
Birth:
October 3, 1909
Wilstead, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 21, 1940
Simcoe, Ontario
Death:
August 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. E. 13.
Additional information
Son of Adam Joseph and Mary Hester Waldie; husband of Laura Berneita Waldie (nee Smith), of Gananoque, Ontario. Captain Waldie held a Phm. B. from the University of Toronto.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Gananoque Remembers
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P> -
Memorial Page
Ernest R. Waldie is honoured on page 145 and 146 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
Memorial Page 2
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
From Gananoque Reporter. -
Photo of Ernest Waldie
Photograph of Waldie from Torontonensis, University of Toronto's Yearbook in 1933. -
Soldiers' Tower Memorial
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Arch
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “Capt E. R. WALDIE R.C.A.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 73 reads: “Capt Ernest Reginald WALDIE 8 LAA Regt RCA. College of Pharmacy, PhmB 1933. Killed on active service in North-West Europe, 8 August 1944. Buried in Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, France.”
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Captain Ernest Reginald Waldie
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Captain Ernest Reginald Waldie
Digital gallery of
Captain Ernest Reginald Waldie
Digital gallery of
Captain Ernest Reginald Waldie
Digital gallery of
Captain Ernest Reginald Waldie
Digital gallery of
Captain Ernest Reginald Waldie
Digital gallery of
Captain Ernest Reginald Waldie
Digital gallery of
Captain Ernest Reginald Waldie
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Captain Ernest Reginald Waldie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 470 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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