|
They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
READING, William Joseph, Sig, 3634, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Henry James Reading and Margaret E. Reading, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Signalman Reading died when his ship, HMCS MARGAREE, was struck by the freighter SS Port Fairy while in convoy and was sunk. 143 of her crew were lost, 86 of them were survivors of HMCS FRASER.
William's father CYS Henry James Reading, and his brother C1RM Trevor George Reading, both served in the RCN.
Ships served in: HMS AJAX - Served in AJAX as a Signalman, RN * Transferred to RCN 10 Sep 1940 as a Signalman, RCN HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 10 Sep 1940
Service file for William Reading Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
|
