Re: Grimmon family
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In reply to:
Grimmon family
SUSAN DUTY 11/04/07
Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1909
about Ralph Derward Grimmon
Name: Ralph Derward Grimmon
Date of Birth: 16 Feb 1889
Gender: Male
Birth County: Prince Edward
Father's name: Alna Ellis Grimmon
Mother's name: Ellen L Breakenidge
Roll Number: MS929_95
1911 Census of Canada
about Ralph D Grimmon
Name: Ralph D Grimmon
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 22
Birth Date: Feb 1888
Birthplace: Ontario
Family Number: 20
Relation to Head of House: Brother
Mother's name: Ellen L
Tribal: English
Province: Ontario
DISTRICT: Prince Edward
District Number: 115
Sub-District Number: 22
Census Year: 1911
Page: 2
Mother of this person who died at sea during WW2 is listed as Mrs. Beatrice Grimmon, R.R.2 Milford, Ontario
DOB actually given as 24 January, 1922
Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934
about Calvin Douglas Grimmon
Name: Calvin Douglas Grimmon
Death Date: 16 Nov 1942
Death Location: Military
Death Location Other: At Sea
Gender: Male
Estimated birth year: abt 1922
Birth Location: Killam,Ab
Registration #701931
On V.A.C. Canada Remembers
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In memory of
Leading Seaman
CALVIN DOUGLASGRIMMON
who died on November 16, 1942
Military Service:
Service Number: 4026
Age: 20
Force: Navy
Unit: Royal Canadian Navy
Division: H.M.S. Quebec
Citation: Mentioned in Despatches
Additional Information:
Son of Ralph D. and Beatrice Kathleen Grimmon, of Milford, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 78 of the
Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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Burial Information:
Cemetery:
HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia,Canada
Grave Reference: Panel 5.
Location:The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives.
This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs.
The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea.
The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:
1914 1939
1918 1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.
On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.
Milford is in Prince Edward Co. Try contacting the Quinte Branch, OGS to see if they can help.
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