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Category: Funerary and Commemorative

Gravestones of four sailors from SS Saganaga

Gravestones of four sailors from SS Saganaga

These four graves are in the St. Boniface Anglican Cemetery on Bell Island. The bodies of Able Seamen Thomas C. Wood and Herbert Swain, along with Firemen George […]
Barry and Marita Collings visit Seaman’s Memorial in Lance Cove

Barry and Marita Collings visit Seaman’s Memorial in Lance Cove

Barry and Marita Collings visiting the Seaman’s Memorial in Lance Cove, Bell Island in July 2010. The memorial commemorates the sailors killed in two U-boat attacks at Bell […]
Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Portsmouth Naval Memorial in Portsmouth, England commemorates Royal Navy sailors lost in wartime with no known grave. Names of the Royal Navy gunners who died in the sinkings […]
Halifax Memorial to Canadian Sailors Lost at Sea

Halifax Memorial to Canadian Sailors Lost at Sea

The Halifax Memorial in Halifax, Nova Scotia commemorates Canadian Merchant Navy and Royal Canadian Navy sailors lost in wartime with no known grave. Names of Canadian Merchant Navy […]
Tower Hill Memorial to British Merchant Navy sailors

Tower Hill Memorial to British Merchant Navy sailors

The Tower Hill Memorial in London, England commemorates British Merchant Navy seamen lost in wartime with no known grave. The names of British sailors lost when Saganaga was […]
Seaman’s Memorial in Lance Cove, Bell Island

Seaman’s Memorial in Lance Cove, Bell Island

The Seaman’s Memorial was created by Branch 18 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Lance Cove, Bell Island. It commemorates the Merchant Navy and Royal Navy sailors who […]