Edward Wallace Waites Watling (1888 - 1929)

Born 16 Mar 1888 in Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

Husband of Ellen Dorothy Gunning — married 1912 in New Brunswick, Canada

Died 14 Sep 1929 at age 41 in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Major Edward Watling served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I
Service started:
Unit(s): 26th Battalion CEF, 145th Battalion CEF
Service ended:

Major Edward Watling was Wounded in Action, France during World War I.

Early Life

Edward was born March 16, 1888 in Chatham, New Brunswick. He was a son of Alexander Watling and Catherine (Kelly) Watling.^[1]

Military Career

"He served in the 73rd Regiment of the Canadian Militia before enlisting during WWI. He first went overseas with the 26th Battalion where he advanced to the rank of Corporal. He was then brought on strength as a Lieutenant in the newly formed 145th Battalion at Moncton on Sept 5, 1916, only 20 days before the Battalion set sail for France aboard the S.S. Tuscania on September 25.

During his second tour, he was twice awarded the Military Cross and Bar.

Prior to his discharge, he was promoted to the rank of Major."

He returned to Chatham at the end of War.

Post-War Business Interests

After the war, was engaged in the grocery business in Chatham initially employed by J.B. Snowball. He and a partner, Earl Malley, bought the business in 1923 and confucted it under the name Watling & Malley.

Politics and Public Service

Watling sat for four years on Chatham Town Council and was elected Mayor in 1929.

Athletics

Edward was a star athlete, competing in hockey, track and field, baseball, basketball, rugby and boxing. He was a member of the 1910 Chatham Stars baseball team that captured the NB Championship. He played on three championship hockey teams. He was named top all-round athlete at a Maritime track meet in 1909.^[2]

In 1985, he was posthumously inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame.^[2]

Family, Death and Legacy

"Edward married Nellie D. Gunning and had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters by that marriage. One his sons, Lloyd A. Watling, was an officer in the Canadian Army, served in WWII, and was also decorated with the Military Cross. " He passed away in Moncton on September 14, 1929 after contracting a Meningitis infection following a surgery at the age of 41. He was interred in Chatham at the Riverside Cemetery.^[1][3]

Known Children

• Lloyd Archibald Watling 1920-1986 m. Joyce Theresa Dickson
• Robert Alexander Watling 1925-2018 m. Robin Mae Pugh
• Alison Wallace (Watling) Berryman 1919-1980 m. Robert Lawrence Berryman
• Edward Gunning Watling 1913-1991 m. Frances Alma Gammon
• Phyllis Dorothy (Watling) Hebert 1911-1987 m. Paul Edward Hebert

See also: WATLING, EDWARD WALLACE (1888-1929), Dictionary of Miramichi Biography, Public Archives of New Brunswick. Accessed Oct 22, 2021.

Edward was born in 1888. He passed away in 1929.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Death Certificate, Public Archives of New Brunswick
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} E. Wallace Watling, New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #136671141, Edward Wallace Waites Watling (1888-1929)

• Personal info. from Ancestry.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136671141/edward-wallace_waites-watling

https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/Hamilton/DMB/SearchResults.aspx?culture=en-CA&action=0&page=1052

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=301494