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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
BRIGHT, Jerome Denny OS RDF 2c, V17524, RCNVR, MPK - 07 Dec 1941, HMCS WINDFLOWER - Son of the Revd. Denny Bright and Violet Ruth Bright, of London, Ontario.
Ordinary Seaman J. D. Bright served as a Radar Operator aboard HMCS WINDFLOWER. He had enlisted in April 1941. He went down with his ship in the Atlantic on December 07, 1941, the same day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He was only seventeen, born on February 28, 1924; he was the Son of the Rev. Denny Bright and Violet Ruth Bright. Attended advanced class Empress Ave. and Central Collegiate and Naval Radar Class at the University, Member of the Church of St. John the Evangelist.
Ships served in: RCNVR DIVISION LONDON - Enlisted 14 Apr 1941. Commenced Active Service 14 Apr 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 27 Jul 1941 as an OS, RCNVR HMC SIGNAL SCHOOL - Drafted to HMC SIGNAL SCHOOL 16 Sep 1941 as an OS, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 28 Sep 1941 as an OS, RCNVR * Rated RDF 2c 07 Oct 1941 HMCS WINDFLOWER - Drafted to WINDFLOWER 14 Oct 1941 as an OS, RCNVR
(JB01-JB02) Certificate of Service - pages 1 and 2 (JB03) Report of Death
(JB04) Memorial on Manitoulin Island in memory of Jerome Denny Bright who died at sea on December 7, 1941. Jerome's father Denny Bright, an Anglican minister, took Jerome to Manitoulin Island near South Baymouth in 1936 at age 12. He also took Jerome there when he was on leave in 1941 and stayed on the Island while Jerome returned to Halifax, so it was the last time he saw his son. It was believed that Denny purchased the land in 1946, and his family created a plaque to honour Jerome Bright.
(JB05) Article on HMCS WINDFLOWER casualties and survivors - Toronto Star Dec 1941
Second World War Casualty Index
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