Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Albert Edward Gabriel
In memory of:
Trimmer Albert Edward Gabriel
November 2, 1942
North Atlantic
Military Service
20
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Rose Castle (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (137438)
Additional Information
July 22, 1922
Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
Son of Frederick Samuel Gabriel and Elizabeth Jane Youden, of Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Brother of Able Seaman Gordon Gabriel, regimental number P/JX-247959, killed in action on 28 January 1945, while serving aboard HMS Diadem (84), Private William Alfred Gabriel of the Newfoundland Regiment, Private Harold Herbert Gabriel, regimental number 33738123, and Seaman Herbert Valence Gabriel of the SS Theris. The latter three survived the Second World War.
Rose Castle was torpedoed at anchor, awaiting convoy WB-9, by U-518 off Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, position 47°36'N/52°58'W.
Commemorated on Page 139 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 21.
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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Photo of ALBERT EDWARD GABRIEL – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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