Military service
Burial/memorial information
He was one of 53 Canadians who lost their lives on July 4-5, 1943. They were travelling in convoy KMS-18B on their way to Sicily, Italy, for Operation Husky. Three ships (City of Venice, St. Essylt and Devis) were torpedoed and sunk by German u-boats in the Mediterranean Sea near Alger, Algeria.
Digital gallery of Signalman William Henry Semple
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Memorial
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Inscription
Inscription on the Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of William Henry Semple
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Cassino Memorial
Photos taken during RCR and Signalers Battlefield Tour October 2010<P> -
Cassino War Cemetery
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Cassino War Cemetery
Photos taken during RCR and Signalers Battlefield Tour October 2010 -
Cassino War Cemetery
Digital gallery of
Signalman William Henry Semple
Digital gallery of
Signalman William Henry Semple
Digital gallery of
Signalman William Henry Semple
Digital gallery of
Signalman William Henry Semple
Digital gallery of
Signalman William Henry Semple
Digital gallery of
Signalman William Henry Semple
Digital gallery of
Signalman William Henry Semple
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 212 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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