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Lieutenant Walter Scott Waldie

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1879-01-11
Place of birth:
Marital status: no data
Date of death: 1919-02-19

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Rank detail
  1. Lieutenant (Army).
  2. Private (Army).
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Died of pneumonia after the war ended.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 425216
LAC ID: 294698
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B9995-S016
Uploader's Notes:

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.

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Transcription of an article originally appearing in the Toronto Star on March 18th, 1919, pg. 19:

LIEUT. W. S. WALDIE BURIED
Victim of Pneumonia in England
Laid to Rest in Burlington.

The funeral of the late Lieut. W. S. Waldie, who died in England, was held this afternoon at 1.30 from the residence, 127 Bloor street west, to Burlington, Ont., where the late soldier's relatives reside. The cortege consisted of many friends and admirers, who followed in motor cars to the family plot. The pall-bearers were Col. W. B. Kingsmill, Major Marlatt, Capt. Temple, Col. Osborne, Lieut. Holland, Major B. A. Boome, Col. Syer and Major Wright.

Uploader's Research notes:

Researched by M. I. Pirie
JHA September 2017 Auction offers his BWM/VM pair

[Not Specified Army Canadian Infantry 122nd Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 1st Depot Battalion, 1st Central Ontario Regiment ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2017-09-02