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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
BRUCE, William LS, V25864, RCNVR, MPK: 20 Sep 1943, HMCS ST CROIX - Son of John and Barbara Bruce, of Dundee, Scotland.
Leading Seaman Bruce died when HMCS ST CROIX was sunk on 20 Sep 1943 by U-305. Of her crew of 149, there was only 1 survivor. HMCS ST CROIX was sunk on 20 Sep 1943 and the survivors were picked up by HMS ITCHEN K277 which was in turn sunk on 23 Sep 1943. Other than a couple crew that were identified by the sole survivor of ST CROIX as having been on ITCHEN it is not known which crew members died in the sinking of ITCHEN so all ST CROIX crew are listed as having died on 20 Sep 1943.
Ships served in: * Enlisted in the RNVR 04 Apr 1939 as an Ordinary Seaman, RNVR HMS VICTORY I (AMCA1) - Mobilized 22 Oct 1939 HMS PATROCLUS - British Armed Merchant Cruiser - Drafted to PATROCLUS 12 Dec 1939 * Rated Able Seaman, RNVR 12 Apr 1940 * Survived the sinking of PATROCLUS on 04 Nov 1940. PATROCLUS was torpedoed and sunk by U-99. HMS VICTORY I - Drafted to VICTORY I 22 Nov 1940 * Transferred to the RCNVR 11 Feb 1941 as an Able Seaman, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 12 Feb 1941 HMS DRAKE (HMCS DOMINION for) 12 Feb 1941 HMCS ST CLAIR - Drafted to ST CLAIR 21 Feb 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 14 Sep 1941 HMCS ST FRANCIS - Drafted to ST FRANCIS 19 Sep 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 05 Oct 1941 * Rated Acting Leading Seaman, RCNVR 15 Nov 1941 HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 09 Dec 1941 HMS AGAMENNON - Drafted to AGAMENNON for passage to NIOBE HMS EXCELLENT - Drafted to EXCELLENT 19 Sep 1942 * Rated Leading Seaman, RCNVR 15 Nov 1942 HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 20 Nov 1942 HMCS ST CROIX - Drafted to ST CROIX 01 May 1943
Service file for William Bruce Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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