For Posterity's Sake         

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Leonard Hill

 

Engineman, V7814, RCNVR

 

Born: 17 Mar 1897, Burnby, Lancashire, England

 

Died: 19 Oct 1940 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

HILL, Leonard, Engineman, V7814, RCNVR, MPK - 19 Oct 1940, HMCS BRAS D'OR - son of John and Helena Hill; husband of Mary Hill, of New Toronto, ON.

 

Ships served in:

TORONTO DIVISION RCNVR

HMCS BRAS D'OR - Drafted to Bras D'Or 01 May 1940 as an Engineman, RCNVR

 

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(1) Article on the death of Leonard Hill  (2-3) RCNVR Service Summary  (4-5) Royal Navy WW1 Certificate of Service

 

 

Second World War Casualty Index

 

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