Chief Radio Officer Geoffrey Dean Williams

Son of Edward Adams Williams and Margaret Annie Dean from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

On 13 April 1942, the Empire Progress, on lest, made the route from Glasgow, Scotland, to Tampay Bay, Florida, with convoy ON-80. At 11:26 p.m., she was hit by a torpedo from U-402, which did not explode, south of Cape Race, Newfoundland. On the 14th, at 0 h 17, another torpedo was fired from the same submarine, which sank the ship in less than 8 minutes, in position 40°29'N/52°35'W. The captain, 7 crew members and 4 gunners lost their lives. The 32 other sailors were recovered by the SS Olaf Fostenes, which landed them in Halifax, Nova Scotia.