Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Jean Lamontagne
In memory of:
Able Seaman Jean Lamontagne
October 29, 1942
North Atlantic
Military Service
20
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Bic Island (Montréal, Québec) (141871)
Additional Information
His full name is Joseph Horace Jean Lamontagne.
Son of Edmond Bacquet dit Lamontagne and Anna Rose Legendre of Lévis, Quebec. Edmond was conscripted into the Canadian army on 29 May 1918 in Quebec City and enlisted the same day, service number 3281390. For medical reasons, he was discharged on 14 June 1918 and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, regimental number 182737. He claimed to be a pilot on the St Lawrence. There is no indication that he took part in the conflict.
At 0:15 am on 29 October 1942, the Bic Island was torpedoed and sunk by U-224 southwest of Rockall, an isolated rock between Ireland and Iceland, position 55°05'N/23°27'W.
Commemorated on Page 169 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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Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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