Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Ian Gordon Hunter McIntyre
In memory of:
Third Mate Ian Gordon Hunter McIntyre
March 29, 1943
North Atlantic
Military Service
22
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Empire Whale (London, England)(168194)
Additional Information
January 1, 1921
Courtnay, British Columbia
Son of Peter Grand McIntyre and Olive Bewley. Peter enlisted in the First World War on 9 November 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, with the 29th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, regimental number 75994. He had stated that he had served for twelve years with the 104th Innishilling Fusiliers in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He was taken prisoner of war on 29 April 1916 and held at Giessen, Hesse, Germany, until 2 December 1918. He was awarded the War Service Badge number 130978, the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.
At 10:50 pm on 29 March 1943, U-662 fired a salvo of five torpedoes at convoy SL-126, which was about 425 miles (684km) north-west of Cape Finisterre in Spain. Three ships were hit, including the Empire Whale, which sank in position 46°44'N/16°38'W. The captain, 41 crew members, 4 gunners and one passenger lost their lives. Seven sailors, one gunner and two passengers of the RAF were recovered by the British corvette HMS Spey (K246) and landed in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Commemorated on Page 188 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada
Panel 23.
The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:
1918-1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.
On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.
Digital Collection
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Photo of IAN GORDON HUNTER MCINTYRE – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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