They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Ralph Emmerson Marryatt

 

Able Seaman, V228, RCNVR

 

Born: 12 Aug 1919, Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

Died: 19 Jan 1942 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

MARRYATT, Ralph Emmerson, AB, V228, RCNVR, MPK - 19 Jan 1942, SS LADY HAWKINS - Son of Cyrus S. and Mabel Edith Marryatt, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

 

Able Seaman R. E. Marryatt was aboard S.S. Lady Hawkins as a Gunner when it was torpedoed and sunk as a result of enemy action on Jan. 19, 1941.

 

Ships served in:

HALIFAX DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted in the RCNVR 27 Aug 1917, Halifax, Nova Scotia

HMCS FRASER - Served in FRASER 08 Nov 1939 - 06 Mar 1940 as an AB, RCNVR

HMCS SAGUENAY - Served in SAGUENAY 29 Mar 1940 - 03 May 1940 as an AB, RCNVR

DEMS SAN ANSELMO - Served in SAN ANSELMO 26 Jun 1940 - 29 Jun 1940 as an AB, RCNVR

DEMS A. D. HUFF - Served in A. D. HUFF 30 Jun 1940 - 30 Jun 1940 - 15 Nov 1940

DEMS LADY HAWKINS - Drafted to LADY HAWKINS 09 Dec 1940 as an AB, RCNVR

 

RM01

RM02

RM03

RM04

RM05

(RM01-RM04) Certificate of Service

(RM05) Confirmation of Service

 

RM06

RM07

(RM06) Report of Death

(RM07) Letter to AB Marryatt's father

 


 

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