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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
DENNENY, James Gordon, Tel, V33275, RCNVR, MPK: 20 Sep 1943, HMCS ST CROIX - Son of Rebecca Denneny of Montreal, Province of Quebec.
Prior to enlisting in the RCNVR James worked as a Laboratory Assistant.
Telegraphist Denneny 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 members 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: MONTREAL DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 15 Sep 1941 * Commenced Active Service 17 Nov 1941 as an Ordinary Seaman W/T, RCNVR HMCS ST HYACINTHE - Drafted to ST HYACINTHE 05 Feb 1942 * Rated Ordinary Telegraphist, RCNVR 04 Apr 1942 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 16 Jun 1942 HMCS AVALON (W/T Station) - Drafted to AVALON W/T Station 20 Jun 1942 HMCS ST CROIX - Drafted to ST CROIX 27 Jun 1942 * Rated Telegraphist, RCNVR 17 Nov 1942 * Rated Telegraphist (T.O.), RCNVR 15 Jun 1943
(JGD001) Article on James Denneny (JGD002) Service file for James Denneny // Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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