Navy Memorial
Municipality/Province: Victoria, BC
Memorial number: 59032-012
Type: Shaft - granite
Address: 1495 Fairfield Road
Location: Ross Bay Cemetery
GPS coordinates: Lat: 48.4122204 Long: -123.3400886
Submitted by: Terry MacDonald. Ernest Barnes.
Photo credit: Terry MacDonald; Ernest Barnes
The Navy Memorial lists the names of those who were lost or buried at sea in the Pacific Ocean. Thirty-six of the names listed were on HMCS Galiano when it was lost on October 30, 1918.
HMCS Galiano was short-handed as a result of the Spanish Flu. Her sister ship Malaspina was to re-supply West Coast lighthouses and wireless stations, in particular the one on Triangle Island. Before Malaspina could sail she crushed her bow on the jetty and Galiano had to sail in her stead. Galiano arrived in a timely fashion at Triangle Island and accomplished the first task despite a green crew and a troublesome boiler.
At 5 p.m. on October 29, she set sail, bound for stations in the Queen Charlottes. A storm intensified through the night and as the light at Cape St. James on the southern tip of the Queen Charlottes became visible, she transmitted her last message: “holds full of water - send help". The message was sent by wireless operator Michael Neary and received by his brother W.C. Neary, one of the operators on Triangle Island. Nothing more was heard. HMCS Galiano was the only Canadian naval vessel lost in the First World War.
Inscription found on memorial
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IN MEMORIAM
H.M.C.S. "GALIANO"
30. OCT. 1918
LIEUTENANT R.N.C.V.R. POPE, ROBERT MAYES
BOATSWAIN GILBERT, JOSEPH
CHIEF ARTIFICER ENGINEER GREENSHIELDS
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
NEARY, MICHAEL JOHN
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IN MEMORIAM
H.M.C.S. "GALIANO"
30. OCT. 1918
V.R. 5893 ABLE SEAMAN AITKIN, PETER
V.R. 7057 STOKER DOBBYN, MATTHEW
V.R. 1247 " HANBURY, CHARLES R.
V.R. 5284 ABLE SEAMAN JEWKES, ARTHUR L.
V.R. 5904 " " JONES, ALAN O.
V.R. 5921 " " KING, WILLIAM J.
V.R. 6733 STOKER MUSTY, GEORGE H.
V.R. 6159 ABLE SEAMAN ORANDO, AUSTIN R.
V.R. 6147 " " STAFFORD, WILLIAM J.
V.R. 6728 STOKER STIRRUP, HAROLD
V.R. 7020 " THERIAULT, WILLIAM G.
V.R. 974 " YOUNG, JOHN
V.R. 6194 ORDINARY SEAMAN MC GUFFIN, HUDSON J.
V.R. 6161 BOY MC LEOD, RODERICK
V.R. 6187 " NEWTON, ROY E.
V.R. 7016 “ PETERS, FREDK. G.
V.R. 6193 " WALLACE, WILLIAM
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IN MEMORIAM
H.M.S. “VICTORY”
V.R. 2943 ORDINARY SEAMAN
DODDS, GORDON 18 MAY 1917
V.R. 3003 STOKER
LANCASTER, JAMES 6 DEC. 1917
H.M.S. “PEMBROKE”
V.R. 3269 ORDINARY SEAMAN
JONES, WILLIAM JOHN 17 JUNE 1917
V.R. 3298 ORDINARY SEAMAN
WALKER, FRED K. HENRY 21 JULY 1917
H.M. SUBMARINE “H.10”
SUB-LIEUTENANT
MAITLAND-DOUGALL, W. McKAY 15 MARCH 1918
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IN MEMORIAM
H.M.C.S. “GALIANO”
30 OCT. 1918
H.M.C.S. “GALIANO”
30 OCT. 1918
V.R. 5725 CHIEF PETTY OFFICER VINNICOMBE , JAMES
V.R. 5723 ENGINE ROOM ARTIFICER EDMONDS, PETER W.
V.R. 6418 ENGINE ROOM ARTIFICER MERCER, HAROLD
V.R. 2713 ENGINE ROOM ARTIFICER WATSON, PHILIP ALEX
V.R. 6117 SHIP’S COOK BATE, GEORGE D.S.
V.R. 6318 LEADING STOKER KANEEN, THOMAS F.
V.R. 5654 LEADING STOKER PRICE, NOEL G.
V.R. 199 COOK REEVES, ALFRED JAS.
V.R. 4785 VICTLEG. PETTY OFFICER TABONE, MICHAEL
V.R. 5416 VICTLEG. PETTY OFFICER WILLIAMSON, GEORGE
V.R. 5046 LEADING STOKER WHITEWORTH, FREDK.
V.R. 5672 LEADING SEAMAN BENTLEY, WILLIAM JAS.
V.R. 5727 LEADING SEAMAN MUNROE, ALEX E. PAUL
V.R. 5016 LEADING SEAMAN MCLEAN, NEIL
V.R. 5344 LEADING SEAMAN POERE, EDWARD C.
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