For Posterity's Sake         

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

They made the Ultimate Sacrifice 

 

George Alfred Ashmore

 

Able Seaman, V39231, RCNVR

 

Born:  27 Jan 1924, Lachine, Quebec

 

Died: 02 Jul 1944 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

ASHMORE, George Alfred, AB, V39231, RCNVR, killed - 02 Jul 1944, MTB 460 - Son of Frederick and Emma Jane Ashmore, Lachine, QC.

 

AB Ashmore was killed when his MTB struck a mine in the English Channel. He is buried in the Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Hampshire, England.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS MONTREAL

HMCS MONTCALM

HMCS YORK

ML Q072 - Served in Q072 27 Oct 1943 - 12 Nov 1943

MTB 460 - Drafted to MTB 460 on 25 Feb 1944

 

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(1) Newspaper article on the death of AB Ashmore  (2) Certificate of Service  (3) Record of Naval Training and Active Service  (4) Service Summary  (5) Report of Death  (6) Letter advising AB Ashmore's mother of his death  (7) Letter from LCdr Tony Law to AB Ashmore's mother expressing his sympathies

 

 

Second World War Casualty Index

 

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