Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Romeo Joseph Lamoureux
In memory of:
Able Seaman Romeo Joseph Lamoureux
February 10, 1942
Military Service
A/1705
22
Navy
Royal Canadian Navy Reserve
H.M.C.S. Spikenard
1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Additional Information
December 23, 1919
Vankleek Hill, Ontario
May 22, 1940
Pictou, Nova Scotia
Son of Levi Olivier Lamoureux, of Thorold, Ontario. Brother of Herman and Juliet.
Between 01.33 and 01.35 hours on 11 Feb, 1942, U-136 fired four torpedoes at the convoy SC-67 south of Iceland and reported hits on two steamers and on a corvette and later sighted debris and two lifeboats.
In fact, the Heina and HMCS Spikenard (K 198) were sunk.
Commemorated on Page 88 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 6.
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.
Digital Collection
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Photo of ROMEO JOSEPH LAMOUREUX – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the St Catharines Standard .c1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Group Photo – Marion Stewart (nee Head) is seen posing with her friend who is believed to be Romeo Joseph Lamoureux. This photo was taken in 1940. -
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H.M.C.S. Spikenard – Between 01.33 and 01.35 hours on 11 Feb, 1942, U-136 fired four torpedoes at the convoy SC-67 south of Iceland and reported hits on two steamers and on a corvette and later sighted debris and two lifeboats. In fact, the Heina and HMCS Spikenard (K 198) were sunk. Photograph courtesy of National Defence#MC-2975
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