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Thomas James McIntyre

In memory of:

Leading Cook Thomas James McIntyre

April 16, 1945

Military Service

Service Number:

V/83944

Age:

32

Force:

Navy

Unit:

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

Division:

H.M.C.S. Esquimalt

Additional Information

Son of James and Margaret McIntyre, of Victoria.

Commemorated on Page 543 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VETERANS' CEMETERY (ESQUIMALT)
British Columbia, Canada

Grave Reference:

Naval Sec. Grave 236.

Location:

The Veterans' Cemetery National Historic Site is located adjacent to the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt in the municipality of Esquimalt, British Columbia. On July 14, 1868 the cemetery was consecrated as a one acre Royal Navy plot. Today the site covers 2.2 acres with most of the land surrounding the cemetery owned by the Gorge Vale Golf Course. Presently the cemetery holds over 1700 graves of Canadian and Commonwealth naval and military personnel and their families. The Esquimalt Veterans' Cemetery is significant for its long history of providing a resting place for military dead.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Source: Globe and Mail May 9, 1945

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – Source: Globe and Mail May 9, 1945
  • HMCS Esquimalt– HMCS Esquimalt was a Bangor-class minesweeper. She was torpedoed in the approaches to Halifax, five miles off Chebucto Head, in the morning of 16 April 1945 by a German U-boat U-190. Forty-four crew members died. Esquimalt was the last Canadian warship lost to enemy action in the war.

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    HMCS Esquimalt
    HMCS Esquimalt – HMCS Esquimalt was a Bangor-class minesweeper. She was torpedoed in the approaches to Halifax, five miles off Chebucto Head, in the morning of 16 April 1945 by a German U-boat U-190. Forty-four crew members died. Esquimalt was the last Canadian warship lost to enemy action in the war.

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