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Military service
Age:
40
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
Depot.
Death:
February 19, 1919
Burial/memorial information
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Family
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Waldie, of Burlington, Ontario. Husband of Alice Irene Perry (formerly Waldie), of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Second Lieutenant Charles Percival Waldie who served with The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) and died on September 26, 1915.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Walter Scott Waldie
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Walter Scott Waldie
From "The War Book of Upper Canada College", edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during WWI. -
Photo of brother Charles Waldie
Walter Scott Waldie's brother Charles Percival Waldie served with the British army. He was killed in action at the Battle of Loos. Both attended Upper Canada College. This picture is from "The War Book of Upper Canada College", edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War. -
Memorial Tablet
Both Waldie brothers are remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Royal Canadian Yacht Club Memorial
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario. Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918". -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 544 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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