Canadian Virtual War Memorial
George Arthur Connolly
In memory of:
Chief Engineer George Arthur Connolly
February 25, 1942
Military Service
66
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. La Carrière (London, England) (166530)
Additional Information
January 25, 1876
India
Son of Patrick Connolly. Husband of Florence Sallnow. Father of Florence, Arthur Albert, Lily Ethel and Edith Connolly, and husband of Agnes C. Connolly of Algoma, Ontario. Patrick served with the 89th British Regiment.
George Arthur fought in South Africa from 1899 to 1902 with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, regimental number 5016. He was discharged from the British Army on 30 September 1904.
On 25 February 1942, the La Carrière was sailing unescorted from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Port of Spain, Trinidad, when she was torpedoed by U-156 75 miles (120 km) north-west of Guanica, Puerto Rico, position 16°53'N/67°05'W. She did not sink. At 8.39 am, she was hit again by a torpedo and sank in less than three minutes 17 miles (27 km) south-south-west of Guanica, position 17°42'N/67°00'W. Of a crew of 41 sailors, 15 lost their lives.
Commemorated on Page 115 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 20.
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.
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