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Son of Robert Frederick and Edith May Watson, of Oshawa, Ontario.
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Able Seaman Leonard Watson
Able Seaman LEONARD WATSON was one of 15 sailors who died when a sudden night gale drove the destroyer HMCS Skeena ashore on Videy Island, two miles off Reykjavik Iceland, in the late evening/early morning of October 24-25, 1944.
This list contains 14 names. The name of Leading Seaman JOSEPH FREDERIC ANDRE BLAIS is missing from this list, which was published in the Globe and Mail, November 18, 1944.
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Able Seaman Leonard Watson
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Able Seaman Leonard Watson
Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Globe and Mail May 17, 1945
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Able Seaman Leonard Watson
Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Hamilton Spectator, May 16, 1945. Part 1
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Leonard Watson
Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Hamilton Spectator, May 16, 1945. Part 2
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Leonard Watson
This memorial is located in Iceland.
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Leonard Watson
This propellor that was salvaged from HMCS Skeena and it is dedicated in memory to fifteen Canadians who died while serving on the ship.
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Leonard Watson
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Leonard Watson
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Able Seaman Leonard Watson
In memory of the Fathers, Husbands and Sons of the Oshawa Branch of the Silver Cross Women of Canada. From their book titled Book of Remembrance which is held at the Oshawa Public Library.<P>
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Able Seaman Leonard Watson
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Leonard Watson
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Able Seaman Leonard Watson
From the Toronto Telegram May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Leonard Watson
From the Toronto Telegram May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Able Seaman LEONARD WATSON was one of 15 sailors who died when a sudden night gale drove the destroyer HMCS Skeena ashore on Videy Island, two miles off Reykjavik Iceland, in the late evening/early morning of October 24-25, 1944. This list contains 14 names. The name of Leading Seaman JOSEPH FREDERIC ANDRE BLAIS is missing from this list, which was published in the Globe and Mail, November 18, 1944.
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Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Globe and Mail May 17, 1945
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Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Hamilton Spectator, May 16, 1945. Part 1
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Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Hamilton Spectator, May 16, 1945. Part 2
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This memorial is located in Iceland.
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This propellor that was salvaged from HMCS Skeena and it is dedicated in memory to fifteen Canadians who died while serving on the ship.
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In memory of the Fathers, Husbands and Sons of the Oshawa Branch of the Silver Cross Women of Canada. From their book titled Book of Remembrance which is held at the Oshawa Public Library.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 473 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY Iceland
Reykjavik is in the south-western part of the island and the REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR)CEMETERY lies south of the town on the road to Hafnarfjordur.
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