Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Melville Bloomer
In memory of:
Master Melville Bloomer
July 1, 1940
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Military Service
47
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
SS Lord Kelvin (London, England) (139123)
Additional Information
May 1, 1893
London, England
His full name is Melville Henry Bloomer.
Son of Reverend Henry Bloomer and Edith Sarah Jecks, of London, England. Husband of Hylda Marion Morley, of Australia. Father of Peter Henry Edward, Julian Cyril Stephen and Celia Edith Marion Bloomer. In the First World War Hylda served in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps of the Royal Air Force.
He was a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve. He died on July 1, 1940, of a coronary thrombosis in Halifax.
Commemorated on Page 97 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HALIFAX (ST. JOHN'S) CEMETERY
Nova Scotia, Canada
Section M. Row 29. Lot 567
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