Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Theodore Estabrooks Rising
In memory of:
Ordinary Seaman Theodore Estabrooks Rising
March 31, 1941
Military Service
V/2459
23
Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
H.M.S. Bonaventure
Additional Information
Son of William C. Rising, and of Elsie B. Rising, of Toronto, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 42 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 8.
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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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram April 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial Stained Glass – 4138 3 lt. Military figure (1945) stained glass memorial window by Robert McCausland Limited. in the Memorial Chapel at Rothsay Collegiate School, now Rothsay Netherwood School, Rothsay, N.B. World War I Lewis Almon Reay Mackay Jasper Boyd Andrews Ralph Markham Percy Irving Baker Norman Mungall John Samuel Brown Theophilus Henry Oliver George Stuart Burchill Lionel Overton Oliver John Daniel Brock George Nugent Dickson Otty Herbert Montgomery Campbell Franklin Sharp Rankin Reginald Herber Hamilton Daniel Earle Markee Scovil Frank Russell Fairweather Alexander Seaman Arthur Vernon Hatch Hugh Mariner Teed James Walter Holly Daniel Lionel Teed Charles Edward Kingdon Jones Lawrence Tremaine Wilkinson Charles Murray Lawson World War II Leo Campbell Armstrong John Colwell Kitchen George Edgar Auld David Maurice Legassick Donald Allison Black Ian Fraser Mac Witt Charles Corbett Brannen Hugh Kaye McAvity Peter George Victor Chandler George Eccles Nixon Arthur DeWitt George William Alexander Paterson Charles Fawcett Thomas Southall Porter Walter William Vassie Foster Walter Allison Prescott Duncan Alexander Hewitt Theodore Estabrooks Rising Alleyne Russell Hubbard Thomas Medley Kingdon Richards Chad Noel Millner Humphrys William Paterson Sprenger Victor Yelverton Haines Charles Lester Stevenson Ralph Royden Ings Gerradus Marinus Stonner Dale Sealy Kent Horace Burpee Tucker Arthur Haliburton King Korean War Cyril Harriot Hugh Meynell -
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Photo of THEODORE ESTABROOKS RISING – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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