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Stuart Stephen Tuffnel Cantlie

In memory of:

Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Stephen Tuffnel Cantlie

July 25, 1944

Military Service

Age:

36

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

Honours and Awards:

Canadian Efficiency Decoration

Additional Information

Son of Lt.-Col. James Alexander and Anne Cantlie; husband of Muriel Temple (née Jamieson) Cantlie, of Montreal, Quebec. Father of James and Colin.

Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Stephen Tuffnel Cantlie has been honoured by having Cantlie Lake named after him. The location of Cantlie Lake is in Yukon (105D10- 60° 39’ 51”- 134° 49’ 42”)

Commemorated on Page 267 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

X. D. 7.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of STUART STEPHEN TUFFNEL CANTLIE– Stephen Colin West Military Police

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    Photo of STUART STEPHEN TUFFNEL CANTLIE – Stephen Colin West Military Police
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    Photo of STUART STEPHEN TUFFNEL CANTLIE – Stephen Colin West Military Police
  • Photo of STUART STEPHEN TUFFNEL CANTLIE– Stephen Colin West Military Foot Police

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    Photo of STUART STEPHEN TUFFNEL CANTLIE – Stephen Colin West Military Foot Police
  • Press Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Press Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Press Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Press Clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario

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    Memorial – Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
  • Stained Glass Window– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1834 Lt Col Stuart Stephen Tuffnel Cantlie CED (RMC 1925) was the son of Lt.-Col. James Alexander and Anne Cantlie. He was the husband of Muriel Temple (née Jamieson) Cantlie, of Montreal, Quebec. He was the father of James and Colin. He served with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. He was awarded the Canadian Efficiency Decoration. He died on Jul 25, 1944. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France X. D. 7.

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    Stained Glass Window
    Stained Glass Window – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1834 Lt Col Stuart Stephen Tuffnel Cantlie CED (RMC 1925) was the son of Lt.-Col. James Alexander and Anne Cantlie. He was the husband of Muriel Temple (née Jamieson) Cantlie, of Montreal, Quebec. He was the father of James and Colin. He served with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. He was awarded the Canadian Efficiency Decoration. He died on Jul 25, 1944. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France X. D. 7.
  • Memorial– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1834 Lt Col Stuart Stephen Tuffnel Cantlie CED (RMC 1925) was the son of Lt.-Col. James Alexander and Anne Cantlie. He was the husband of Muriel Temple (née Jamieson) Cantlie, of Montreal, Quebec. He was the father of James and Colin. He served with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. He was awarded the Canadian Efficiency Decoration. He died on Jul 25, 1944. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France X. D. 7.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1834 Lt Col Stuart Stephen Tuffnel Cantlie CED (RMC 1925) was the son of Lt.-Col. James Alexander and Anne Cantlie. He was the husband of Muriel Temple (née Jamieson) Cantlie, of Montreal, Quebec. He was the father of James and Colin. He served with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. He was awarded the Canadian Efficiency Decoration. He died on Jul 25, 1944. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France X. D. 7.
  • Memorial– Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario

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    Memorial – Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
  • Inscription– Stuart Cantlie was a student at Appleby College. His name is inscribed on a tablet on the Memorial School building, shown above. The building was built as a memorial to the members of the Appleby Community killed in the Second World War. Every Remembrance Day the school Cadet Corps parades at a service in the Chapel, built as a memorial to those members of the Appleby Community killed in the First World War, and the names on the Honour Rolls from both World Wars are read out.

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    Inscription
    Inscription – Stuart Cantlie was a student at Appleby College. His name is inscribed on a tablet on the Memorial School building, shown above. The building was built as a memorial to the members of the Appleby Community killed in the Second World War. Every Remembrance Day the school Cadet Corps parades at a service in the Chapel, built as a memorial to those members of the Appleby Community killed in the First World War, and the names on the Honour Rolls from both World Wars are read out.
  • Plaque– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1834 Lt Col Stuart Stephen Tuffnel Cantlie CED (RMC 1925) was the son of Lt.-Col. James Alexander and Anne Cantlie. He was the husband of Muriel Temple (née Jamieson) Cantlie, of Montreal, Quebec. He was the father of James and Colin. He served with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. He was awarded the Canadian Efficiency Decoration. He died on Jul 25, 1944. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France X. D. 7.

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    Plaque
    Plaque – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1834 Lt Col Stuart Stephen Tuffnel Cantlie CED (RMC 1925) was the son of Lt.-Col. James Alexander and Anne Cantlie. He was the husband of Muriel Temple (née Jamieson) Cantlie, of Montreal, Quebec. He was the father of James and Colin. He served with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. He was awarded the Canadian Efficiency Decoration. He died on Jul 25, 1944. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France X. D. 7.
  • Grave marker– 1834 Lt Col Stuart Stephen Tuffnel Cantlie CED (RMC 1925) was the son of Lt.-Col. James Alexander and Anne Cantlie. He was the husband of Muriel Temple (née Jamieson) Cantlie, of Montreal, Quebec. He was the father of James and Colin. He served with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. He was awarded the Canadian Efficiency Decoration. He died on Jul 25, 1944. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France X. D. 7.

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – 1834 Lt Col Stuart Stephen Tuffnel Cantlie CED (RMC 1925) was the son of Lt.-Col. James Alexander and Anne Cantlie. He was the husband of Muriel Temple (née Jamieson) Cantlie, of Montreal, Quebec. He was the father of James and Colin. He served with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. He was awarded the Canadian Efficiency Decoration. He died on Jul 25, 1944. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France X. D. 7.

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