For Posterity's Sake         

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

They made the Ultimate Sacrifice 

 

Matthew Watson

 

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, A1258, RCNR

 

Born: 11 Dec 1900, Carnbroe, Lanarkshire, Scotland

 

Died: 19 Oct 1940 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

WATSON, Matthew, ERA 4c, A1258, RCNR, MPK - 19 Oct 1940, HMCS BRAS D'OR - Born 11 Dec 1900, son of Thomas and Mary D. Watson; husband of Margaret Watson, of Three Rivers, QC.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS BRAS D'OR - Drafted to BRAS D'OR 25 May 1940 as an ERA 4c

 

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(1-2) Certificate of Service  (3) Report of Death

 

 

Second World War Casualty Index

 

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