March 7, 1942
NEWFOUNDLAND RATINGS SERVING ON MINE SWEEPER
Included in the photograph above serving on a Mine Sweeper at an English East Coast base are Ewart Patten, G. Gullihal, Wesley Sparkes, Isaiah Stringer and Leo Joseph Tobin.
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May 15, 1942
In Memoriam
DROVER
In Fond and Loving Memory of Our Dear Son and Brother,
WILLIS DROVER, A.B.,
Who lost his life through enemy action on H.M.S. Viva,
May, 1941.
He sleeps serene and safe,
From tempest and from billow;
Where the storm that high above him chafe,
Scarce rock his peaceful pillow.
Inserted by mother, brother and sisters.
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May 23, 1942
Drover – Passed peacefully away at 11:45 p.m. Friday, May 22nd, Archibald Drover, aged 69 years. He leaves to mourn a wife, one daughter, Mary at home, three sons, Ernest at Bowring Bros., Angus with the 166th Field Regiment, R.A., Fred with the Royal Rifles of Canada at Hong Kong; also four grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Georgina Boone, Hodge’s Cove and Mrs. Josiah Stringer, Caplin Cove; two brothers Samuel and Willis at Hodge’s Cove. Funeral at 3:45 p.m. Sunday from his late residence, 92 Cabot Street.
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October 14, 1942
VOLUNTEERS
Undernoted is a list of men who have volunteered for the Newfoundland Militia, some of whom have also volunteered for the Royal Artillery:
Jackman, Valentine, St. John’s.
Hunt, Leo John, Hr. Breton.
Martin, Wm., Hillview, T.B.
Crane, Wm., Corner Brook.
Mercer, Thomas, Corner Brook.
James, Norman, Corner Brook.
Rose, Norman, Flower’s Cove.
Stuckless, Allan, Corner Brook.
Chafe, Gordon, Petty Hr.
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October 19, 1942
Roll of Honor
Vey, William James, R.N., Seaman JX225705. Missing, believed dead 14th Oct. 1942. Next of kin Mr. James Vey, father, Long Beach, Nfld.
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October 24, 1942
A.G. BENSON, ESQ.
Sir John Puddester, Commissioner for Public Health and Welfare, has received the following message from Mr. Allan G. Benson of Brooklyn, N.Y.:
“Sinking of steamship Caribou fires everyone in western world with violent indignation stop This Nazi manifestation of the most dastardly and heinous crime in naval warfare should awaken us to a full realization that we are fighting a bestial and indiscriminate enemy who knows no bounds nor moral decency.
ALLAN G. BENSON.”
A.G. Benson is a native of Newfoundland and is a past Collector of Customs at Clarenville. He left Newfoundland in 1922 and has since that time resided in Brooklyn. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession.
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October 24, 1942
Gardner – Killed through enemy action on Wednesday, October 14th. Mary Katherine, beloved wife of Robert W. Gardner of Cabot Tower, in her 54th year. Left to mourn their sad loss besides husband are two sons. Eric serving as Sub. Lieut. With the R.C.N., Douglas at home; one daughter, Phyllis, also at home; two brothers, Kaleb and Harvey at Hodge’s Cove, T.B.; one sister, Mrs. Richard Baggs, City; one stepson, Stanley, at Flower’s Cove, and one stepdaughter, Mrs. Louis Newell at Verdun, Montreal. Funeral will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, October 26th, from her late residence, Cabot Tower to St. Thomas’s Church.
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October 24, 1942
Casualty Report
Vey, William James, R.N., Seaman JX225705. Missing, believed dead 14th Oct. 1942. Next of kin Mr. James Vey, father, Long Beach, Nfld.
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November 7, 1942
NOMINAL ROLL
ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT CREWS
26th Draft to Canada for Training
789757 Chaffey, Hector Clayton
789758 Christopher, Anthony Joseph
798759 Cole, Raymond Boyd
798760 Cook, Henry William
798761 Earle, Arthur Henry
798762 French, William Harrison
798763 Hollett, Lloyd Russell
798764 Hynes, Gerald Worthington
798765 LeMessurier, Walter Smith
798766 Matthews, Harvey Guy
798767 Murphy, Kevin Francis
798768 Northcott, David George
798769 Peckham, Norman Michael
798770 Pike, Herbert Metry
798771 Reid, James Gordon
798772 Rendell, Raymond
798773 Robbins, Wilbert John
798774 Sheppard, Roscoe Derwin
798775 Trask, Ronald Roy
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Transcribed by Maria Drover, July 2023
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