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Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Death:
August 10, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXIII. A. 6.
Additional information
Husband of Helen Sands Macpherson, of Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Major Wallace Spence MacPherson
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Photo of Wallace Spence MacPherson
Major W S MacPherson - picture taken by Capt. C A Conway Algonquin Regiment in Sussex, England 1943 -
Photo of Wallace Spence MacPherson
Major W. Macpherson while in England taken by Capt. CA Conway - both officers in Canadian Algonquin Regiment. -
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 “Maj W. S. MACPHERSON C.I.C.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 40 reads: “Major Wallace Spence MacPHERSON The Algonquin Regiment. University College, BA 1932. Killed in action in North-West Europe, 10 August 1944. Buried in Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, France.” -
Group Photo
Group photograph from Torontonensis, University of Toronto's yearbook in 1932 shows the University College Men's Residence members. MacPherson is in the second row. -
Photo of Wallace Spence MacPherson
Photograph of MacPherson from Torontonensis, University of Toronto's yearbook in 1932
Digital gallery of
Major Wallace Spence MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Major Wallace Spence MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Major Wallace Spence MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Major Wallace Spence MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Major Wallace Spence MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Major Wallace Spence MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Major Wallace Spence MacPherson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 376 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.
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