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Son of Frederick A. Coughlin and Eliza A. Coughlin, of Ottawa, Ontario. Husband of Martha Hazel Dent Coughlin, of Ottawa, Ontario. M. Comm. (McGill University).
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Commander Clifton Rexford Tony Coughlin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Clifton Rexford Tony Coughlin
Article on Lt.-Cmdr. Clifton R. Coughlin from the October 23, 1944 Ottawa Citizen.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Clifton Rexford Tony Coughlin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Clifton Rexford Tony Coughlin
Left Photo: (L-R) "First Lieutenant, Lieut.-Cdr. C.R. Coughlin (Ottawa) is standing on the bridge next to Cdr. JamLWes C. Hibbard, (Victoria/ Halifax) captain of the Iroquoisext to Cdr.
James C. Hibbard, (Victoria/ Halifax) captain of the Iroquois."
Photo series kindness of Jerry Proc naval project (http://jproc.ca/iroquois).
AWARD CITATION
"For outstanding leadership, skill and devotion to duty in HMS Icarus and H.M. Canadian Ships Chilliwack, Chaudiere, Fennel, Gatineau and St. Catherines in a successful operation against a U-boat. "HMCS Chilliwack (Flower Class Corvette - K131) was serving with C-1 Support Group but joined C-2 Group for the attack. A whaler from HMCS Chilliwack was sent over to U-744 to attempt to board her before she sank. Details on the action in which HMCS Chilliwack and C-2 Support Group 25 sank U-744 in the Atlantic on 5 March 1944 can be found in Chapter 34 of "The Canadian Naval Chronicle 1939-1945"
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Clifton Rexford Tony Coughlin
Funeral at Scapa Flow
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Clifton Rexford Tony Coughlin
Funeral at Scapa Flow
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Clifton Rexford Tony Coughlin
Lieutenant Commander CLIFTON REXFORD TONY COUGHLIN, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, is one of 21 men commemorated on this plaque, placed in St Luke’s Anglican Church, Ottawa, Ontario, In Loving Memory of the Men of St Lukes Parish who gave their lives in the World War II. He died on October 19, 1944 and is buried in LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Orkney, United Kingdom
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Clifton Rexford Tony Coughlin
Source: Globe and Mail, November 3, 1944.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Clifton Rexford Tony Coughlin
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Clifton Rexford Tony Coughlin
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Clifton Rexford Tony Coughlin
Banner commemorating Tony Coughlin at Lisgar Collegiate Institute where he went to high school. Banner will go up prior to each Remembrance Day and come down a week later. Designed by Dave O'Malley.
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Article on Lt.-Cmdr. Clifton R. Coughlin from the October 23, 1944 Ottawa Citizen.
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Left Photo: (L-R) "First Lieutenant, Lieut.-Cdr. C.R. Coughlin (Ottawa) is standing on the bridge next to Cdr. JamLWes C. Hibbard, (Victoria/ Halifax) captain of the Iroquoisext to Cdr. James C. Hibbard, (Victoria/ Halifax) captain of the Iroquois." Photo series kindness of Jerry Proc naval project (http://jproc.ca/iroquois). AWARD CITATION "For outstanding leadership, skill and devotion to duty in HMS Icarus and H.M. Canadian Ships Chilliwack, Chaudiere, Fennel, Gatineau and St. Catherines in a successful operation against a U-boat. "HMCS Chilliwack (Flower Class Corvette - K131) was serving with C-1 Support Group but joined C-2 Group for the attack. A whaler from HMCS Chilliwack was sent over to U-744 to attempt to board her before she sank. Details on the action in which HMCS Chilliwack and C-2 Support Group 25 sank U-744 in the Atlantic on 5 March 1944 can be found in Chapter 34 of "The Canadian Naval Chronicle 1939-1945"
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Funeral at Scapa Flow
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Funeral at Scapa Flow
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Lieutenant Commander CLIFTON REXFORD TONY COUGHLIN, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, is one of 21 men commemorated on this plaque, placed in St Luke’s Anglican Church, Ottawa, Ontario, In Loving Memory of the Men of St Lukes Parish who gave their lives in the World War II. He died on October 19, 1944 and is buried in LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Orkney, United Kingdom
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Source: Globe and Mail, November 3, 1944.
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From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Banner commemorating Tony Coughlin at Lisgar Collegiate Institute where he went to high school. Banner will go up prior to each Remembrance Day and come down a week later. Designed by Dave O'Malley.
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Commemorated on:
Page 280 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY Orkney, United Kingdom
LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY Hoy and Graemsay is on Hoy, between Mill Bay and Ore Bay.
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