They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

George Harbord King

 

Chief Petty Officer, VR-3416, RNCVR

 

Born: 05 Jul 1893, Barbados

 

Died: 12 Sep 1918, Sierra Leone, Africa

 

Book of Remembrance

 

KING, George Harbord, CPO, VR-3416, RNCVR, Died:  12 Sep 1918, CD 7 - Son of Mrs. Effie Lamb King, of Detroit, Michigan, USA.

 

CPO King died from pneumonia.  He is buried in the King Tom Cemetery, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa.

 

Ships served in:

CD 7

 

Casualty Card for CPO George King

Courtesy of Allan Miller

 

Headstone for CPO George King

King Tom Cemetery, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo taken by a crew member of HMCS SUMMERSIDE during a port visit in March 2017

 


 

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