They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Howard Hibbert Adlington

 

Supply Assistant, V25539, RCNVR

 

Born: 21 Jul 1919, Bedford, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia

 

Died: 13 Sep 1942 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

ADLINGTON, Howard Hibbert, Supply Assistant, V25539, RCNVR, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Stephen Augustus and Elsie Maud Adlington, Bedford, NS.

 

SA Howard Adlington died when HMCS OTTAWA H60 was torpedoed and sunk by U-91 on 13 Sep 1942.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 31 Jul 1940 as a Prob. Victualling Assistant

HMCS OTTAWA - Served in OTTAWA 17 Aug 1941 - 28 Mar 1942 as an VA and SA, RCNVR.  Rated SA 01 Mar 1942.

HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 14 Apr 1942 as as SA, RCNVR

 

HA01

HA02

(HA01-HA02) Certificate of Service - pages 1 and 2

 


 

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