| Name |
Donovan ERREY |
| Born |
1 Feb 1922 |
Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada  |
| Gender |
Male |
 Shipping records |
1907-1935 |
| Mauretania |
- Passenger Ships and Images
Ship Name: Mauretania
Years in Service: 1907-1935
Funnels: 4
Masts: 2
Shipping line: Cunard
Ship description: Built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Wall-send-on-Tyne, Newcastle, England. Tonnage: 30,696. Dimensions: 762' x 88' (790' o.l.). Quadruple-screw, 26 knots. Four steam turbines. Two masts and four funnels.
History: Launched, September 20, 1906. Passengers: 563 first, 464 second, 1,138 third. Maiden voyage: Liverpool-New York, November 16, 1907. Held the trans-Atlantic speed record, along with her sister ship for a number of years. In June 1909 she made the eastward crossing in 4 days, 17 hours and 21 minutes. Rated at 68,000 shaft horse-power. Equipped with 23 double and 2 single ended boilers working at 200 lb. pressure. In September 1928, made the Cherbourg to Ambrose Light crossing in 5 days, 2 hours, 34 minutes, a remarkable feat for a twenty-two year old liner, especially as she was at the time equipped with her original "Parson's" steam turbines. The grand old ship was finally broken up by ship-breakers at Rosyth in 1935, thus ending the career of one of the most famous and successful of Atlantic liners. Sister ship: Lusitania.
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| UK, World War II Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 |
Between 1939 and 1945 |
Germany |
- UK, World War II Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945
Saved to:
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Name: D. Errey
Rank: L/Cpl.
Military Date: 1939-1945
Regiment: E.s.r.
Service Number: A21808
Description: 3: Imperial Prisoners of War Held in Germany or German-Occupied Territory: Canadian Army
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| UK, British Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 |
Abt 1942 |
Stalag, Germany |
- UK, British Prisoners of War, 1939-1945
Name: D Errey
Rank: L/Cpl.
Army Number: A21808
Regiment: E.S.R.
POW Number: 42867
Camp Type: Stalag
Camp Number: 9C
Camp Location: Muhlhausen, Germany
Section: Canadian Army: Officers and Other Ranks
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| UK, Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 |
1939-1945 |
Germany |
- UK, Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945
Name: D. Errey
Rank: L/Cpl.
Military Date: 1939-1945
Regiment: E.S.R.
Service Number: A21808
Source Description: 3: Imperial Prisoners of War Held in Germany or German-Occupied Territory: Canadian Army
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| UK, Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 |
1939-1945 |
Germany |
- UK, Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945
Name: D. Errey
Rank: L/Cpl.
Military Date: 1939-1945
Regiment: E.S.R.
Service Number: A21808
Source Description: 13: Imperial Prisoners of War Held in Germany or German-Occupied Territory: Canadian Army
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| Shipping records |
31 Jan 1946 |
Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
Name: Donovan Errey
Birth Date: abt 1922
Age: 24
Port of Departure: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Arrival Date: 31 Jan 1946
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ports of Voyage: Halifax
Ship Name: Mauretania
Search Ship Database: Search for the Mauretania in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: Cunard White Star
Official Number: 166267
Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 Transcription
First name(s) DONAVAN
Last name ERREY
Gender Male
Age 25
Birth year 1921
Occupation GLASS WORKER
Departure year 1946
Departure day 8
Departure month 4
Departure port LIVERPOOL
Destination port HALIFAX
Destination HALIFAX
Country CANADA
Destination country CANADA
Ship name EMPIRE MACKENDRICK
Ship official number 123108
Ship master's first name W C
Ship master's last name WILSON
Shipping line CUNARD WHITE STAR LIMITED
City LIVERPOOL
Ship destination port HALIFAX
Ship destination country CANADA
Ship registered tonnage 5106
Number of passengers 43
Record set Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960
68 Whytecliffe Road South, PURLEY, Surrey?
UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
Passenger Lists
NAME: Donovan Errey
BIRTH: abt 1922
DEPARTURE: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
ARRIVAL: 31 Jan 1946 - Liverpool, England
OTHER: Halifax
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| Shipping records |
6 Apr 1946 |
Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
- UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Passenger Lists
NAME: Donovan Errey
BIRTH: abt 1921
DEPARTURE: 6 Apr 1946 - Liverpool, England
DESTINATION: Halifax, Canada
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| Shipping records |
8 Aug 1946 |
Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
- Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960
First name(s) Donavan
Last name Errey
Gender Male
Age 25
Birth year 1921
Occupation GLASS WORKER
Departure year 1946
Departure day 8
Departure month 4
Departure port Liverpool
Destination port Halifax
Destination HALIFAX
Country Canada
Destination country Canada
Ship name Empire Mackendrick
Ship official number 123108
Ship master's first name W C
Ship master's last name WILSON
Shipping line CUNARD WHITE STAR LIMITED
City LIVERPOOL
Ship destination port HALIFAX
Ship destination country CANADA
Ship registered tonnage 5106
Number of passengers 43
Record set Passenger Lists Leaving Uk 1890-1960
Category Travel & migration
Subcategory Passenger lists
Collections from Australia & New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, United States & Canada
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| Electoral Rolls, Canada |
1953 |
Lambton - Kent, Ontario, Canada |
- Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 about Donald Errey
Name: Donald Errey
Location: Lambton; Kent, Ontario
Electoral District: Lambton-Kent
Year: 1953
844 Errey, Donald, forman 162
844 Errey, Helen, - 163
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| Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 |
1974 |
London, Ontario, Canada |
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
Name: Donovan Errey
Occupation: Carpet Salesman
Year: 1974
Location: London, Ontario, Canada
Electoral District: London West
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| Occupation |
1974 |
London, Ontario, Canada |
| Carpet Salesman |
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
Name: Donovan Errey
Occupation: Carpet Salesman
Year: 1974
Location: London, Ontario, Canada
Electoral District: London West
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| Obituary |
1998 |
London, Ontario, Canada |
- Errey in the London Free Press (Ontario) Obituaries, 1998-99
Name: Donovan Errey
Birth Date: 1921
Death Date: 31 Oct 1998
Place of Death: Parkwood Hospital, London, ON
Residence: London, ON. CAN
Spouse: Helen Neill
Married: 53 yrs
Siblings: Kathleen (Stultz), Fred, Victor, Roy, Arthur
Children: June (Hines), Victor
Grandchildren: Jeffrey, Wesley Hines
Funeral Home: Westview Funeral Home, London, ON
Cemetery/Cremation: Riverview Cem.
Town/City: Wallaceburg,
County: Kent Co.
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| Obituary |
1998 |
London, Ontario, Canada |
| London Free Press (Ontario) Obituaries, 1998-99 about Errey |
- London Free Press (Ontario) Obituaries, 1998-99 about Errey
Name: Donovan Errey
Birth Date: 1921
Death Date: 31 Oct 1998
Place of Death: Parkwood Hospital, London, ON
Residence: London, ON. CAN
Spouse: Helen Neill
Married: 53 yrs
Siblings: Kathleen (Stultz), Fred, Victor, Roy, Arthur
Children: June (Hines), Victor
Grandchildren: Jeffrey, Wesley Hines
Funeral Home: Westview Funeral Home, London, ON
Cemetery/Cremation: Riverview Cem.
Town/City: Wallaceburg,
County: Kent Co.
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| Died |
31 Oct 1998 |
Parkwood - London, Ontario, Canada |
| Buried |
Nov 1998 |
Riverview Cemetery - London, Ontario, Canada |
- Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Donovan Errey
Birth Date: 1922
Death Date: 31 Oct 1998
Death Place: London, Ontario, Canada
Cemetery: Riverview Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Wallaceburg, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Has Bio?: Y
Spouse: Helen A Errey
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| Story |
19 Sep 2006 |
Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada |
An emotional trip to Dieppe
Posted Sept 19, 2006 in the Wallaceburg Courier Press
Mere mention of "Dieppe" to an older segment of the local populace strikes a severely negative
chord. It was 64 years ago Aug. 19, 1942 that the Essex Scottish Regiment was sent into battle
for the first time during the Second World War.
Within the ranks were several boys from Wallaceburg and area, many who would spill blood
along the Dieppe section of the French coastline. During the raid by combined British,U.S. and
Canadian forces, only two officers and 49 soldiers from the Essex Scottish would return to
England later that fateful day.
The raid, Operation Jubilee, fashioned by Lord Louis Mountbatten, was designed to test the
German strength along the Normandy coast with surprise expected to be the Allied advantage.
This past August, I was fortunate to be part of a contingent that included Dieppe as part of a
battlefield tour. Three days were spent at Dieppe with the main focus being dedication of a new
memorial on Aug. 19, the 64th anniversary of the ill-fated raid. Having sufficient time to study
various aspects of the landing site, I developed a much clearer perspective of what the Essex-
Scottish faced when they landed during the dark morning at 5:25 a.m. on Aug. 19, 1942.
The odds were stacked heavily against the Canadians, particularly where the Essex Scottish
landed. On each end of the beach area are what the locals call "headlands". These two high bluff
areas were perfect for setting up heavy gun emplacements. Running along the beach area facing
the Dieppe esplanade are a series of buildings, including hotels, where the Germans had placed
additional heavy guns to counter any frontal attack.
Thus, the beach area is closely protected on three sides, giving any intruders very little chance to
advance.
To those who have studied or read about the Dieppe raid, there is always mention of the stone
chard covering the entire beach area. Inability to gain solid footing was another factor stacked
against the Canadians.
Several in our party tried to put themselves in the position of an attacking soldier, finding how
difficult it was to gain solid footing. Given that a soldier would have 40 to 50 or more pounds of
pack strapped to his body, laden with heavy hob nail boots, besieged with an inordinate amount
of fear and anxiety, shells whizzing all around him, his mates dropping beside him, it is soon
realized the Canadians on Dieppe beach were in a disadvantaged situation.
In fact, many did not even reach the beach, being killed or maimed in the landing craft, the
element of surprise long lost.
Our party wanted to experience some sense of that early morning 64 years before so we
assembled at the water?s edge at 5:25 a.m. on Aug. 19.
Once gathered, to set the atmosphere, in the distance bagpiper Tom Fox began to play. Two of
the young army cadets in the group actually went into the cold morning water, trying to place
themselves in the role of an attacking Essex-Scottish soldier 64 years earlier.
After a prolonged and dramatic silence allowing us all to ponder with our thoughts, it was only
fitting a tribute be made to those brave men.
An appropriate toast was offered, a most touching moment.
Remarkably, four Dieppe veterans who fought on that same bloody beach 64 years before were
along on the trip. Quite hearty and enthusiastic, they were once again at that dreadful location, by
some strange fate chosen to survive, able to pay final respects to their mates of yesteryear. They
all made the scene so much more meaningful, offering stories of the fateful landing, pointing to
various locations with such remarks as, ?I was right there, hiding behind a tank,? or ?I was
wounded and crawled towards the wall.?
This writer had ample opportunity to talk to each of the Dieppe vets (all had been taken prisoner)
attempting to connect them with the Wallaceburg boys in the Essex-Scottish.
One remembered the two Errey boys (Don and Victor) and had recollection of the Holmes
brothers (David and Walter) while another asked about Reg Sherwood, Pat Murphy and Bill
Barnes.
The Dieppe beach was the main assault area, coded White and Red Beaches. Our tour also
covered the other four assault areas.
Blue and Yellow beaches to the east and Orange and Green to the west.
Sapper Elmer Shova from Wilkesport came in with the Royal Engineers at the western portion of
the main beach, their objective to disassemble the German tank traps and other obstructions near
the casino. Shova never touched shore, being killed by German mortars while still in his landing
craft.
Donald McCreary was also with the Engineers and miraculously was able to return to England.
A visit to the Dieppe War Cemetery, where 707 identified Canadians are buried, was quite
emotional with several graves marked, ?A Canadian Soldier? ( with no name.)
Carolyn Foster-Doan (who visited with me following my return) who lives in Guernsey,
(Channel Islands) never knew her father, Joe Foster of Wallaceburg, who grew up on Queen
Street. Joe was killed before Carolyn was born. Carolyn has made one emotional pilgrimage to
Dieppe. She recalled, walking the Dieppe cemetery, tears flowing down her cheeks, wondering if
one of the ?unknownî? gravesites was final resting spot of a father she had never met.
Our hotel at Dieppe faced the very beach where the Essex-Scottish landed.
Several times during my three-day odyssey, I looked out the window and tried my best to
imagine that horrible early morning of Aug. 19, 1942. I thought of the two Errey boys, Don and
Vic, and their brief but final parting, hands stretched towards each other, the next second
separated forever by a German mortar as they lay on a landing craft. Victor Errey is perhaps one
laying in an unknown grave at Dieppe cemetery.
I thought of Vendel Riedl, Paul's brother. He never reached the beach, killed in his landing craft,
his body later found washed up on the shoreline somewhere in Holland.
My mind pictured Frank Pauwels, Pat Murphy, Reg Sherwood, Don Errey, Bill Barnes, all
spared, their horrendous few hours of battle ending as German prisoners.
And by some miraculous twist of fate, Don McCreary, Walt and David Holmes, and Herman
Hofmans, who managed to return across the English Channel to safety.
For flashing moments, it seemed all too real.
During the impressive dedication ceremony, at precisely 1 p.m., a Spitfire fighting plane (one
that had actually fought at Dieppe 64 years before) flew over the site, the hour marking the time
surrender was declared, ending the senseless killing.
Two years later there was some measure of satisfaction for the Essex-Scottish but little
consolation for those who had lost loved ones.
Padre Cuthbert McRitchie, Sombra native, was assigned to the Essex-Scottish following Dieppe
and ministered to them through Belgium, France and Holland. In his memoirs, he stated, ?After
five years, the enemy was apparently on the run everywhere. The Canadian Army by returning to
Dieppe had officially squared accounts for the losses of 1942. I well recall our victory march the
following day, a Sunday, through the streets of Dieppe.?
Historians have tried to justify the Dieppe raid as a prelude learning experience in preparation for
the D-Day invasion in June of 1944.
Yet try and convince the many families of the 530 known casualties who sacrified their lives that
summer of ?42.
Join us next week as our third and final segment outlines other highlights of the tour as they
pertain to involvement by Wallaceburg and area soldiers.
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| Story |
19 Sep 2006 |
Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada |
| Wallaceburg Courier Press |
- An emotional trip to Dieppe
An emotional trip to Dieppe
Posted Sept 19, 2006 in the Wallaceburg Courier Press
Mere mention of "Dieppe" to an older segment of the local populace strikes a severely negative
chord. It was 64 years ago Aug. 19, 1942 that the Essex Scottish Regiment was sent into battle
for the first time during the Second World War.
Within the ranks were several boys from Wallaceburg and area, many who would spill blood
along the Dieppe section of the French coastline. During the raid by combined British,U.S. and
Canadian forces, only two officers and 49 soldiers from the Essex Scottish would return to
England later that fateful day.
The raid, Operation Jubilee, fashioned by Lord Louis Mountbatten, was designed to test the
German strength along the Normandy coast with surprise expected to be the Allied advantage.
This past August, I was fortunate to be part of a contingent that included Dieppe as part of a
battlefield tour. Three days were spent at Dieppe with the main focus being dedication of a new
memorial on Aug. 19, the 64th anniversary of the ill-fated raid. Having sufficient time to study
various aspects of the landing site, I developed a much clearer perspective of what the Essex-
Scottish faced when they landed during the dark morning at 5:25 a.m. on Aug. 19, 1942.
The odds were stacked heavily against the Canadians, particularly where the Essex Scottish
landed. On each end of the beach area are what the locals call "headlands". These two high bluff
areas were perfect for setting up heavy gun emplacements. Running along the beach area facing
the Dieppe esplanade are a series of buildings, including hotels, where the Germans had placed
additional heavy guns to counter any frontal attack.
Thus, the beach area is closely protected on three sides, giving any intruders very little chance to
advance.
To those who have studied or read about the Dieppe raid, there is always mention of the stone
chard covering the entire beach area. Inability to gain solid footing was another factor stacked
against the Canadians.
Several in our party tried to put themselves in the position of an attacking soldier, finding how
difficult it was to gain solid footing. Given that a soldier would have 40 to 50 or more pounds of
pack strapped to his body, laden with heavy hob nail boots, besieged with an inordinate amount
of fear and anxiety, shells whizzing all around him, his mates dropping beside him, it is soon
realized the Canadians on Dieppe beach were in a disadvantaged situation.
In fact, many did not even reach the beach, being killed or maimed in the landing craft, the
element of surprise long lost.
Our party wanted to experience some sense of that early morning 64 years before so we
assembled at the water?s edge at 5:25 a.m. on Aug. 19.
Once gathered, to set the atmosphere, in the distance bagpiper Tom Fox began to play. Two of
the young army cadets in the group actually went into the cold morning water, trying to place
themselves in the role of an attacking Essex-Scottish soldier 64 years earlier.
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| Name |
Don Errey |
| Person ID |
I3812 |
Errey Family |
| Last Modified |
1 Dec 2022 |
Detailed Family History
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