They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Clifford Henry Wesley Naish

 

Able Seaman, V59936, RCNVR

 

Born: 28 May 1915, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

 

Died: 05 Mar 1946, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

Book of Remembrance

 

NAISH, Clifford Henry Wesley, AB, V59936, RCNVR, died - 05 Mar 1946, HMCS HUNTER - Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Percy Naish, of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.; husband of Isabelle E. Naish, of Windsor.

 

Able Seaman C. H. W. Naish died at Christie Street Hospital whilst undergoing treatment. Cause of death was: bronchopneumonia, increased intracranial pressure, glioblastoma multiforme of right parietal lobe.  He was buried in the Victoria Memorial Park, Windsor, Ontario.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS HUNTER - Enlisted 21 Apr 1943

* Commenced Active Service 19 May 1943 as an Ordinary Seaman (W/T), RCNVR

HMCS YORK - Drafted to YORK 24 May 1943

* Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR 10 Aug 1943

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 07 Dec 1943

* Rated Ordinary Seaman (W/T), RCNVR 04 Feb 1944

HMCS ST HYACINTHE - Drafted to ST HYACINTHE 16 Feb 1944

* Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR 01 May 1944

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 02 May 1944

* Rated Able Seaman, RCNVR 19 may 1944

HMCS SCOTIAN - Drafted to SCOTIAN 03 Jul 1944

HMCS PORT HOPE - Drafted to PORT HOPE 10 Jul 1944

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 28 Oct 1944

HMCS WOODSTOCK - Drafted to WOODSTOCK 19 Dec 1944

HMCS GIVENCHY - Drafted to GIVENCHY 27 Jan 1945

HMCS WOODSTOCK - Drafted to WOODSTOCK 17 May 1945

HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 05 Nov 1945

HMCS HUNTER - Drafted to HUNTER 21 Nov 1945

* Demobilized 18 Dec 1945

 

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(CN01) Articles on the funeral for Clifford Naish  //  Courtesy of Operation Picture Me

(CN02) Service File for Clifford Naish  //  Source: Library and Archives of Canada

 


 

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