They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Thomas Norman Kemp Beard

 

Midshipman, O-5119, RCN

 

Born: 16 May 1921, Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

Died: 24 May 1941 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

BEARD, Thomas Norman Kemp, Midshipman, RCN, MPK - 24 May 1941, HMS HOOD - Son of Commander Charles Taschereau Beard and Kathleen Adele Beard, of Victoria, British Columbia.

 

He attended Shawnigan Lake School in BC and was later trained as a Naval Cadet at HMCS STADACONA and HMS BRITANNIA. He served in HMS VICTORY and then HMS HOOD as a Midshipman.

 

Ships served in:

HMS HOOD

 

TB01

TB02

TB03

TB04

(TB01-TB02) Record of Service  (TB03) Report of Death  (TB04) Letter to Midshipman Beard's fatehr

 

 


 

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