They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

David Heggie Stewart

 

2nd Engineer Officer, Merchant Navy

 

Born: 1898, Perthshire, Scotland

 

Died: 03 Dec 1944 at sea

Merchant Navy

Book of Remembrance

 

STEWART, David Heggie, 2nd Engineer Officer, Merchant Navy, MPK - 03 Dec 1944, S.S. CORNWALLIS - Husband of Winnifred Stewart, of Cobourg, Ontario.

 

2nd Engineer Officer Stewart died when the SS CORNWALLIS was torpedoed and sunk 10 miles southwest of Mount Desert Rock in the Gulf of Maine by U-1230 on 03 Dec 1944 with the loss of 35 of her crew.

 

Ships served in:

SS CORNWALLIS

 

DHS001

DHS002

DHS003

DHS004

DHS005

(DHS001) 2nd Engineer Officer David Stewart with his dogs

(DHS002) Condolences from the King and Queen on the death of David Stewart

(DHS003) Notification of gratitude from the Government and People of Canada to the Next of Kin of David Stewart

(DHS004-DHS005) David H. Stewart Reported Missing at sea

Photos and documents Courtesy of Donald Stewart

 

 

 

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