Battle of the Atlantic Memorial
Municipality/Province: London, ON
Memorial number: 35042-029
Type: Stones
Address: 19 Becher Street
Location: On the grounds of the HMCS Prevost, facing towards River Forks Park
GPS coordinates: Lat: 42.98053 Long: -81.25778
Submitted by: LCdr Jeff White, Sean Batte
The Battle of the Atlantic Memorial is a tribute to the ships and men of the Royal Canadian Navy, lost in the longest running battle of the Second World War. It is a stunning and moving memorial, created with extreme gratitude for those who made the supreme sacrifice and whose final resting places cannot be marked by graves. The memorial is built into the hillside at HMCS Prevost. A series of 28 blue granite stones traverse the hillside. Each stone is engraved with the name, the image, the hull number and the date the ship was lost during the Battle of the Atlantic. There is also a stone honouring the sacrifice and service of the Merchant Navy. The memorial rests in central Canada as the sailors represented here, who were lost with their ships, came from small towns and large cities, from every province across this great country.
The memorial is illuminated at night, and is accessible. Open from Battle of the Atlantic Sunday (first Sunday in May) until Remembrance Day each year.
Inscription found on memorial
[stone 01/pierre 01]
HMCS FRASER
(H48)
25 JUNE 1940
[stone 02/pierre 02]
HMCS BRAS D`OR
(J06)
19 OCT 1940
[stone 03/pierre 03]
HMCS MARGAREE
(H49)
22 OCTOBER 1940
[stone 04 /pierre 04]
HMCS OTTER
(S04)
26 MARCH 1941
[stone 05/pierre 05]
MERCHANT NAVY
1939-1945
[stone 06/pierre 06]
- HMCS LEVIS
(K115)
19 SEPTEMBER 1941
[stone 07/pierre 07]
HMCS WINDFLOWER
(K115)
7 DECEMBER 1941
[stone 08/pierre 08]
HMCS SPIKENARD
(K198)
10 FEBRUARY 1942
[stone 09/pierre 09]
HMCS RACCOON
7 SEPTEMBER 1942
[stone 10/pierre 10]
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN
(K244)
11 SEPTEMBER 1942
[stone 11/pierre 11]
HMCS OTTAWA
(H60)
14 SEPTEMBER 1942
[stone 12/pierre 12]
HMCS LOUISBURG
(K143)
6 FEBRUARY 1943
[stone 13/pierre 13]
HMCS WEYBURN
(K173)
22 FEBRUARY 1943
[stone 14/pierre 14]
HMCS ST. CROIX
(J81)
20 SEPTEMBER 1943
[stone 15/pierre 15]
- HMCS CHEDABUCTO
(J168)
21 OCTOBER 1943
[stone 16/pierre 16]
HMCS ATHABASKAN
(G02)
29 APRIL 1944
[stone 17/pierre 17]
HMCS VALLEYFIELD
(K329)
7 MAY 1944
[stone 18/pierre 18]
HMCS REGINA
(K234)
8 AUGUST 1944
[stone 19/pierre 19]
HMCS ALBERNI
(K103)
21 AUGUST 1944
[stone 20/pierre 20]
HMCS SKEENA
(D59)
25 OCTOBER 1944
[stone 21/pierre 21]
HMCS SHAWINIGAN
(K136)
24 NOVEMBER 1944
[stone 22/pierre 22]
HMCS CLAYOQUOT
(J174)
24 DECEMBER 1944
[stone 23/pierre 23]
HMCS TRENTONIAN
(K368)
22 FEBRUARY 1945
[stone 24/pierre 24]
HMCS GUYSBOROUGH
(J52)
17 MARCH 1945
[stone 25/pierre 25]
HMCS FRASER
(J272)
16 APRIL 1945
Street view
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