Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Kenneth Royden Jackson
In memory of:
Corporal Kenneth Royden Jackson
September 29, 1945
Buried at Sea
Military Service
H/6347
35
Army
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Additional Information
June 2, 1910
Clanwilliam, Manitoba
September 10, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Son of John Henry Royden Jackson and Lila May Simpson, of Tisdale, Saskatchewan. Husband of Isabel Mina Milne, of Toronto, Ontario.
Married on 6 March 1931 in Ridgedale (Saskatchewan), he was the father of Shirley May Jackson and Kenneth Morley Jackson, born in Valparaison (Saskatchewan).
He served in Canada from 1939 to 1940, in Jamaica with Force Y from 1940 to 1941, and in Hong Kong from 1941 to 1945.
He died on USS Gosper (APA-170), and was buried at sea, at position 12°54’N/168°09’E, approximately 120 milles (193 km) South of Taongi Atoll, in the Marshall Islands.
Commemorated on Page 527 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada
Panel 16.
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.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Photo of Kenneth Royden Jackson – In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
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Newspaper Clipping – From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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