HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

 

River Class Frigate

 


 

HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Courtesy Bob Fenton

 

Battle honours and awards:  Atlantic  1944

 

 

Laid down: 30 Nov 1942

Launched: 17 Jul 1943

Commissioned: 07 Dec 1943

Fate: Sunk on  07 May 1944

 

Built at Quebec City, she was commissioned there 07 Dec 1943. She arrived at Halifax on 20 Dec 1943 and commenced working up in St. Margaret's Bay, completing the process in Bermuda. She left Halifax at the end of Feb 1944, to join EG C-1 and sailed for the U.K. with convoy SC.154, but was detached to Horta en route, escorting a tug and its tow, the rescue ship Dundee. Her next assignment was to escort the damaged HMCS Mulgrave, in tow from Horta for the Clyde. The three left the Azores on 14 Mar 1944 and joined convoy SL.151 (from Sierra Leone) three days later. VALLEYFIELD made one return trip to Canada, and on her next trip left Londonderry on 27 Apr 1944 with convoy ON.234. On 07 May 1944, HMCS VALLEYFIELD sunk by U-548 (Kptlt Eberhard Zimmermann) 0435hrs, 50 miles SE. Cape Race, 46-03N 52-24W.  HMCS VALLEYFIELD was sunk by a single acoustic torpedo. At the time she was part of escort group C1, performing a search for the U-boat. HMCS VALLEYFIELD sank so quickly that other ships in the group did not immediately realize what had happened. A combination of the ship's quick sinking, the delay in rescue efforts, & the cold water resulted in only 38 survivors with 125 crew members including LCdr English lost. Survivors rescued by HMCS GIFFARD K402. She was the only RCN ship of her class to be lost.

 


 

Photos and Documents

 

A wartime letter home, 12 Feb 1944 - Frank Windsor, AB, V8662      Ian Tate - Surviving a torpedo attack      World War II's longest battle felt in Kelowna

 


 

Commanding Officers

 

LCdr Dermot Thomas English, RCNR - 07 Dec 1943 - 07 May 1944

 


 

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

 

 

ARSENEAULT, Willard George

L/Sto, V796, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

ATTWOOD, Albert James

L/Stwd, V19239, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

AVEY, Sydney Charles

Sto, V68471, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

BAREFOOT, Gordon William

Sto, V54372, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

BLOCHLINGER, John E.

Sto PO, V12143, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

BOLITHO, Samuel Symonds

ERA, V25531, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

BOUCHER, George A.

AB, V4538, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

BOUDREAU, Leonard James

Sto PO, A2453, RCNR

MPK - 07 May 1944

BOUTILIER, Ralph Howard

Sto PO, A4681, RCNR

MPK - 07 May 1944

BOUVIER, Theodore Joseph

Sig, V31063, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

BRAULT, Roland

AB, V4427, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

BROWN, David E.

AB, V51452, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

BROWN, David Henry

LS, V19206, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

BURNS, Edward Richard

Cook, V43309, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

BURTON, William C.

Supply Ass't, V36182, RCNVR

killed - 07 May 1944

BYRON, John

Cdr, RNR

MPK - 07 May 1944

CANT, Daniel

Sto, V56590, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

CAREY, Percival G.

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

COOKE, Dwight Russell

Sto PO, V1244, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

CORNWALL, James Anthony

AB, V53512, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

DAOUST, Joseph Harold Hector

Sto, V61903, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

DAVEY, William

AB, V49761, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

DAWES, James Calvin

AB, V16586, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

DENIS, William

Tel, V23508, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

DESLAURIERS, Joseph Jacques Uldege

Sto, V39924, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

DICKENSON, Reginald G

Tel, D/JX 404448

MPK - 07 May 1944

DONOHUE, Donald T.

OS, V59892, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

DUPUIS, Raymond C.

AB, A5954, RCNR

MPK - 07 May 1944

ENGLISH, Dermot T.

LCdr, RCNR

MPK - 07 May 1944

FLATH, John C.

Lt, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

FRIESEN, Louis

Sto PO, V30201, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

GARRIOCH, Elmer George

AB, V/22262, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

GAUTHIER, Joseph Alphonse Jean Paul

ERA, V38722, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

GILES, David Henry

AB, V31768, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

GOSS, Robert William

AB, V55196, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

GRAHAM, Douglas George

L/Supply Ass't, V1905, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

GRIFFIN, John A.

OS, V65619, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

GUILBAULT, Joseph Rene Celestin

AB, V55803, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

GUTHRIE, Robert Milford

LS, 4472, RCN

MPK - 07 May 1944

HANCOCK, Charles

Ord. Tel, RNPS, LT/JX 216637

MPK - 07 May 1944

HARDING, Percival R.

AB, V50475, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

HARVEY, Stanley F.

PO, V23128, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

HOFFMAN, Martin John

OA 4c, V38568, RCNVR

killed - 07 May 1944

HOWE, Ralph Ingram

OS, V65486, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

HOWLETT, Robert F.

SA, V17703, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

IRVINE, Clarence E.

Surg/Lt, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

IRWIN, William Charles

AB, V54304, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

JOBIN, Joseph Romeo Gaston

LS, V3538, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

JOHNSTON, John Stewart

ERA, V43818, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

KING, Albert Edward

Radio Artificer, V52497, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

KNIGHT, Raymond Edward

OS, V64138, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

LARIVIERE, Joseph

AB, V50961, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

LAYTON, Paul Chisholm

L/Writer, V25279, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

LE DREW, Rexford S

A/Engine Room Mechanic 4c

P/MX 92699

MPK - 07 May 1944

LEE, Frank Edward

AB, V57850, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

LENNOX, Allan John

Tel, V51441, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

LOCKWOOD, Harold Laverne

OS, V65120, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

LONG, Jeffrey Alfred

OS, V62261, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

LONSBERRY, Frederick

AB, V49646, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

LYONS, Nelson

Sto, V35602, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MACLACHLAN, George Alan

Lt, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MACLAREN, Ian Pearson

Lt, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MACLEAN, James Douglas

ERA, V41461, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MASON, Stirling C.

Lt, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MCCUE, Thomas B.

Stwd, V35526, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MCDONALD, Richard Alexander Angus

AB, V46463, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MCGETTIGAN, Emmett

  L/ Ck(s), V22563, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MCGIBBON, John D.

OS, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MCNEILL, Bernard James

AB, V15283, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MENZIES, Joseph Blair

ERA, V44690, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MILLS, Archie W.

Coder, V50413, RCNVR

killed - 07 May 1944

MOONEY, Francis J.

Sto 1c, V67335, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MOORE, William Wallace

AB, V54554, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MULCAHY, Daniel

Sto, V35412, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MURPHY, John William

ERA, A1271, RCNR

MPK - 07 May 1944

MURRAY, Leon James Ashworth

Sto, V41543, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

NADEAU, Joseph Raoul Rolland

AB, V3417, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

NELSON, Terrence D.

Sig, V51108, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944 

NEWMAN, Clifford J.

ERA 5c, V27849, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

NICHOLS, Percy Merrill

AB, V2299, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

NOBLE, Wilfred James

Stwd, RNPS, LT/LX 27571

MPK - 07 May 1944

NORMAN, Harry

Tel, P/JX 427047

MPK - 07 May 1944

OAKLEY, Victor Sydney

Tel, V34242, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

OKE, Frederick George

L/SBA, V44790, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

ORME, William Leslie

PO, V18039, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

OZON, Gerald Thomas

Stwd, V399, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

PEDWELL, Jack Aldon

L/Sto, A4506, RCNR

MPK - 07 May 1944 

PHILLIPS, Ronald Keith

OS, V64486, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

POOLE, Donald James

PO, 4649, RCN

MPK - 07 May 1944

PORTER, John D.

AB, V57455, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

RALPH, George

AB, 4122, RCN

MPK - 07 May 1944

RANDALL, Walter G.

LS, 4323, RCN

MPK - 07 May 1944

RAYMOND, Paul Joseph Russell

AB, V5995, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

REYNOLDS, Frank C.

Lt, RCNVR

killed - 07 May 1944

RIDOUT, William G.

Lt, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944 

RUDD, John Sydney

L/Coder, V13701, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

SANGER, Lewis John

Lt, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

SCHOFIELD, Darcy J.M.

Ck(S), V48962, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

SILLERS, John Alfred

Tel, V17305, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

SINCLAIR, Eric William

AB, V41902, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

STEVENS, Cyril Edward

OS, V63143, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

STOREY, John Edmund

Lt (E), RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

STRACHAN, Edward Eloi

Tel, V50046, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

STRINGER, Joseph

AB, V35344, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

SULLIVAN, Samuel

Tel, V5794, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

SUTTON, Kenneth R.

Paym/Lt, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

SWALES, Leroy Stilson

Stwd, V17781, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

TEMPLETON, Thomas

LS, V14540, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

THERRIEN, Joseph H.C.

Shpwt 4c, V49265, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

TOPP, Charles James

Sto PO, V516, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

URQUHART, Harold Frederick

Sto PO, V25850, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

VALIQUETTE, Raymond James

PO, V3386, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

WAKELEY, Stanley G.

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

WALKER, Robert T.

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

WARD, Victor Albert

Sig, V5911, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

WATSON, John Crittenden

Lt (E), RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

WEST, Robert Evans

Sto, V37893, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

WILLIS, Stanley Turnbull

L/Sto, 21989, RCN

MPK - 07 May 1944

WILSON, Murray F.

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

WILSON, Robert Harvey

AB, V599, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

WILSON, Roderick Arnold

Chief Sto, 21498, RCN

MPK - 07 May 1944

WINDSOR, Frank Louis

AB, V8662, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

WOODS, Mervyl Harrison

AB, V50658, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

WOOLRIDGE, George Leslie

AB, V51989, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

YOUNG, James Earl

AB, V6388, RCNVR

MPK - 07 May 1944

 


 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

(s) - Survived the sinking of HMCS VALLEYFIELD

 

On 12 Apr 2015, the last survivor of the sinking of HMCS VALLEYFIELD Crossed the Bar

 

Addison, Henry C. (s)

Anderson, Norman W. (s)

Avery, William H. (s)

Baulne, J.E. René (s)

Chiesa, John D. (s)

Daly, Robert E. (s)

Daubs, William (s)

Desjardins, Romeo E.

DeWare, Noble H. (s)

Edwards, William L (s)

Erskine, William (s)

Flude, Albert E. (s)

Gallo, Joseph

Gibson, Donald H. (s)

Godwin, Donald H (s)

Graves, Willard M.

Hammick, Laurence (s)

Hocking, William W. (s)

Ioanin, George A. (s)

Ivy, William E. (s)

Kaplan, Irving J. (s)

Laing, Ellsworth C. (s)

Laviolette, James F. (s)

Law, Jack F. (s)

Martin, Leslie F. (s)

McGregor, Alexander (s)

McLaughlin, Russell (s) 

Munro, Edward D. (s)

O'Connor, Terrence P. (s)

O'Grady, Daniel G. (s)

Peet, Samuel A

Perry, Rolland (s)

Pratt, John W.M.

Russ, Clyde R. (s)

Sieber, Thomas J. (s)

Skurdaskas, Thaddeus (s)

Snider, Richard S. (s)

Spurrell, William G.

Tapson, Stanley C. (s)

Tate, Charles I.P. (s)

Warren, Jack H. (s)

Whitlock, Roy N. (s)

Willard, John M. (s)

Yeo, Bertram T. (s)

 

 


 

Former Crew Members

 

Charron, (??), A/D

 

Cottrell, (??), Stwd

 

Gray, (??), Sig

 

Hutchinson, (??), ASDIC

 

LaFord, (??), Cook

Miller, S.A.

 

Spencer, (??), O/O

 

Thomson, Bob, Coder

 

Walsh, (??), Cook

 

Turner, Leslie

 


 

Photos and Documents

 

HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Courtesy Bob Fenton

Painting of HMCS VALLEYFIELD "Last Run"

Artist / Painter - Alfred Leete

HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329, May 1944

"Photo taken just hours before she was sunk by a U-boat"

From the collection of Robert Maklem

Courtesy of Kelly Macklem

 

 

HMCS VALLEYFIELD - Funeral in St. John's, Nfld

Source: Naval Museum of Manitoba

 

Archie W Mills, Coder, V/50413 (RCNVR), VALLEYFIELD, RCN, Killed 07 May 1944 (right)

William C. Burton, Supply Assistant, V36182, VALLEYFIELD, RCNVR, Killed 07 May 1944 (left)

 

"Lest we forget"

 

MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY - ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND.

 

  

Ammunitioning ship on the quarterdeck of HMCS VALLEYFIELD

Source: Naval Museum of Manitoba

Bob Thomson on HMCS VALLEYFIELD

Courtesy of Mark Thomson

 

  

FM882                  FM883

 

HMCS VALLEYFIELD Casualty List

 

From the collection of François Messier, AB, RCNVR

 

Courtesy of Denis Messier4

 

 

Newspaper article on the sinking of HMCS VALLEYFIELD - 20 May 1944

Courtesy of Doug Benson

Some crew members of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

 

Front row L-R: Coder Thomson, Asdic Hutchinson, Sig Gray, Sig Lee, Cook Walsh

Back row L-R: S.A. Miller, Cook La Ford, Stwd Cottrell, A/D Charron, O/O Spencer

 

From the World War II photo collection of Robert Thomson

Courtesy of Mark A. Thomson

Christmas card from HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

From the collection of Robert Thomson

Courtesy of Mark A. Thomson

Stirling Cashman Mason

Cash on board HMCS VALLEYFIELD, spring, 1944

Photo by Ian Tate

Courtesy of James Mason 

The Survivors Trophy

Courtesy of James Mason

HMCS VALLEYFIELD Christmas Card

Courtesy of James Mason

Armed Forces Air Letter from  (HMCS VALLEYFIELD) Lt. SC Mason to Myrtle Mason 17 Apr 1944

Courtesy of James Mason


Newspaper article on the loss of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Researched by James Mason

Courtesy of James Mason

Newspaper article on the loss of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Researched by James Mason

Courtesy of James Mason

Newspaper article on some of those missing after the sinking of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Researched by James Mason

Courtesy of James Mason

Newspaper articles on the loss of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329 - dated 07 May 1944

 

           

 

(The above images are from the main article to the left)

 

Researched by James Mason

 

Courtesy of James Mason

Newspaper article on the loss of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Researched by James Mason

Courtesy of James Mason

Newspaper article on the loss of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Researched by James Mason

Courtesy of James Mason

Newspaper article on the loss of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Researched by James Mason

Courtesy of James Mason

Newspaper article on the loss of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Researched by James Mason

Courtesy of James Mason

Newspaper article on the loss of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Researched by James Mason

Courtesy of James Mason

Newspaper article on the loss of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Researched by James Mason

Courtesy of James Mason

Toronto Seaman's Life Saved By Mate While Frigate Sinks

Newspaper article on the loss of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Researched by James Mason

Courtesy of James Mason

Newspaper article on the loss of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Researched by James Mason

Courtesy of James Mason

Torpedo survivors dine on memories

Newspaper article on an impromptu reunion of 4 survivors of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Vancouver Sun 24 Sep 1991

 

VALLEYFIELD survivors - George Ioanin, Les Martin, Henry Addison, Bud Laing

 

Researched by James Mason

Courtesy of James Mason


Lone N.S. survivor recalls sinking of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

Researched by James Mason

Courtesy of James Mason

Ralph Ingram Howe, OS, RCNVR V/65486

 

MPK - 7 May 1944

 

HMCS VALLEYFIELD

 

Courtesy of Mary Queen

Five Ontario men lost in the sinking of HMCS VALLEYFIELD

 

SA William C. Burton, RCNVR,  Lt Frank C. Reynolds, RCNVR,  OA Martin H. Hoffman, RCNVR,  Shpwt Joseph Terrien, RCNVR,  and O/Coder Archie Mills, RCNVR

Clipping from Halifax newspaper on two Dartmouth men lost when HMCS VALLEYFIELD was sunk

David Henry Brown, LS, V19206, RCNVR

 

 MPK - 07 May 1944

 

HMCS VALLEYFIELD

 

LS Brown was one of 3 men who set VALLEYFIELD's depth charges to safe in effort to save the crew as the ship sank

 

Courtesy of John A. Clark

BURNS, Edward Richard Burns, Cook, V43309, RCNVR

 

MPK - 07 May 1944

 

HMCS VALLEYFIELD

 

Courtesy of Harry Roberts

Two Ottawa Men Among VALLEYFIELD Casualties

The Ottawa Journal, Monday, May 15, 1944 page 17

Leslie Turner (bottom) survivor of the sinking of HMCS VALLEYFIELD

Courtesy of Dawn Heuston

 

1979 letter between HMCS VALLEYFIELD survivors  Ian Tate and Norman Anderson

 

Courtesy of Carly York

 

1979 letter from Jim Springgay to J.H. Warren recounting his memories of the sinking of HMCS VALLEYFIELD. Jim Springgay was the Yeoman of Signals on HMCS Edmundston who was in company with HMCS VALLEYFIELD when she was sunk.

 

Courtesy of Carly York

Heroism of Halifax Commander Revealed

Article on the death of LCdr Dermot English, Commanding Officer of HMCS VALLEYFIELD

The Halifax Mail 20 May 1944

Researched by / Courtesy of George Newbury

Funeral procession for VALLEYFIELD dead

Article on the death of LCdr Dermot English, Commanding Officer of HMCS VALLEYFIELD

The Halifax Mail 20 May 1944

Researched by / Courtesy of George Newbury

Navy Tells of Courage of VALLEYFIELD Crew

Article on the sinking of HMCS VALLEYFIELD

The Halifax Mail 20 May 1944

Researched by / Courtesy of George Newbury

Article on Albert Flude surviving the sinking of HMCS VALLEYFIELD

The Halifax Chronicle 22 May 1944

Researched by / Courtesy of George Newbury

Four maritime survivors of the sinking of HMCS VALLEYFIELD arrived in Newfoundland

The Halifax Chronicle 20 May 1944

Researched by / Courtesy of George Newbury

 

Sailors mentioned in article:  Tel Russell L. McLaughlin, Hillsboro, NB;  AB Noble Deware, Moncton, NB; Coder Edward Munro, Belle Cote, NS; AB Roy Whitlock, Charlottetown

Five sailors from HMCS Giffard rescue HMCS VALLEYFIELD survivors

 

Halifax Morning Chronicle, 23 May 1944

Researched by / Courtesy of George Newbury

 

Sailors mentioned in the article:  Lt Ralph Flitton, of Mount Royal, QC;  LS Douglas Edgar of Swift Current, SK;  AB Donald Marks of Halifax, NS;  Stoker Charles Coleman of Victoria, BC

Tel Robert E. Daly, Royal Navy, owes his life to friend and shipmate Tel Harry Norman, who died when HMCS VALLEYFIELD was sunk

 

Halifax Morning Chronicle, 23 May 1944

Researched by / Courtesy of George Newbury

Story of the VALLEYFIELD sinking told by Anti-Sub Control Officer

 

The Montreal Gazette 26 May 1944

Awards to sailors after the sinking of HMCS VALLEYFIELD

 

From the Windsor Star, 02 Jan 1945

 

AB Joseph Emile Rene Baulne, HMCS VALLEYFIELD, of Hull, QC - BEM

 

LS David Brown, Roseland, ON, HMCS VALLEYFIELD - MID (Posthumous)

 

Tel Harry Norman, HMCS VALLEYFIELD - MID (Posthumous)

 

AB David Edgar Brown, , HMCS VALLEYFIELD,  of Eburne, BC - MID (Posthumous)

 

LCdr Charlese Peterson, HMCS GIFFARD, of Victoria, BC - MID

 

Lt Ralph Johnston Flitton, HMCS GIFFARD, of Mount Royal, QC - MID

 

Yeoman of Signals Irving Jack Kaplan, HMCS VALLEYFIELD, of Montreal - MID

 

AB George John  McDoanld, HMCS GIFFARD, of Paris, ON - MID

 

Leading Air Fitter Edward George Grinsted, HMCS GIFFARD - MID

 

Stoker First Class, Charles Robert Coleman, HMCS GIFFARD, of Victoria, BC - MID

 

Sub-Lt Donald Harold Godwin, HMCS VALLEYFIELD, of Hamilton, ON - MID

 

Article on VALLEYFIELD survivors

 

Sig Terrance P. O'Connor,  L/Sto John Murray Willard, PO William Ivy, OS Albert Flude and Sto Harold Avery

 

 

Family of Casualties and Survivors of HMCS VALLEYFIELD

 

photo 1

photo 2

photo 3

photo 4

photo 5

(1) Family of Seaman Albert Flude, survivor  (2) Family of L/Sto John Willard, survivor  (3) Children of LCdr English, CO, casualty  (4) Mother of PO William Ivy, survivor  (5) Sister of Stoker Harold Avery, survivor

 

Articles courtesy of "Operation Picture Me"

 

"Out of the Dark"

by Robert E. Daly, Tel, Royal Navy

Courtesy of Sharon Anderson

 

 

Article on the loss of HMCS VALLEYFIELD K329

 

From the collection of CPO J. Vincent Wesley, CPO, RCNVR

 

Courtesy of Marilynn Taylor

 

 


 

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