Canada. A Memorial Group to the Lincoln and Welland Regiment; Netherlands KIA

Canada; 1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; War Medal 1939-1945; and Memorial Cross, George VI ((F.32136 L-CPL R.S. WATERHOUSE), sterling silver, maker marked "LACKIE", hallmarked and marked "STERLING" on the reverse). Naming is engraved on the MC, the five Second War medals are un-named as issued. Un-mounted, the DM and CVSM with original ribbons, the others with replacement ribbons, better than very fine. Accompanied by a Lincoln & Welland Regiment Cap Badge (bronze gilt, unmarked, 41.5 mm (w) x 51 mm (h), intact lugs and pin); and a Lincoln & Welland Regiment Shoulder Flash (red embroidered lettering on blue wool, black cotton mesh backer, 120 mm (w) x 30 mm (h)).

Footnote: Ronald Sidney Waterhouse was born on March 21, 1913, the son of Harold Victor Waterhouse and Ellen Elizabeth Waterhouse. He was married to Nina Meredith Waterhouse of Sydney, Nova Scotia. F32136 Lance Corporal Ronald Sidney Waterhouse, Lincoln and Welland Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps was Killed in Action on November 2, 1944, at the age of 31. He is buried in Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Bergen-op-Zoom, Netherlands, Grave Reference: 8. A. 9. and is commemorated on page 472 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. The cemetery is located thirty-nine kilometres north west of Antwerp and nineteen kilometres after passing the border into the Netherlands. (C:42)