Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Frank Ross Wood
In memory of:
Pantryman Frank Ross Wood
March 26, 1941
Marseille, France
Military Service
44
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Ville de Namur (Antwerp, Belgium) (220984)
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Additional Information
January 29, 1897
Port Wade, Nova Scotia
Son of Thomas Edwin Wood and May Louise Elizabeth Westaver from Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia. Husband of Eleanor Mason from Bridgetown.
He enlisted in the First World War on 29 October 1915 with the Nova Scotia Highlanders, regimental number 222844. He served in England and fought in France with the 85th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was repatriated on 24 January 1919 and demobilized on 19 February.
On 19 June 1940, the Ville de Namur was sailing unescorted from New York to Bordeaux, France, then on to Liverpool, England, when she was torpedoed at 8:05 pm by the U-52. She sank in less than five minutes west of La Rochelle, France, in position 46°25'N/04°35'W. The attack caused the death of 25 people and 54 others survived. He died of an unspecified cause in captivity in a German camp near Marseille, France.
Commemorated on Page 251 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY
Bouches-du-Rhone, France
Plot 3. Row C. Grave 34.
Marseilles is the chief town in the Department of the Bouches-du-Rhone. Mazargues is a suburb on the south-east side of the town, 6 kilometres from the centre of Marseilles, on the coast road to Toulon via La Ciotat - Avenue General Delattre de Tassigny (No.24). The MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY lies on the western side of this road.
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Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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