In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar

 

Ralph Sydney William (Jigger) Mott, C.D.

 

Stoker 1st Class, RCNR

 

Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class Engineering Mechanic, 21893, RCN

 

Born: 15 Dec 1917, Woodside, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia

 

Died: 05 Au 1992, Head of Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia

 

A son of Sydney William and Grace Elizabeth (née Duncan) Mott.  Ralph was working as a fireman when he enlisted in the RCN. He married Ulua Emma Wile on 15 May 1940 in Bridgewater, NS. He was a Stoker 1st Class at the time of his marriage. In 1986 he attended a reunion of the crew of HMCS COLLINGWOOD in Collingwood, Ontario.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS STADACONA

HMCS INTERCEPTOR

HMCS COLLINGWOOD

HMCS CORNWALLIS

HMCS PROTECTOR

BD3

HMCS NIOBE

HMS DEVONSHIRE

HMCS UGANDA

HMCS KINCARDINE

HMCS SCOTIAN

HMCS NOOTKA

HMCS ST STEPHEN

HMCS LA HULLOISE

HMCS CRESCENT

HMCS QUEBEC

HMCS HURON - Served in HURON during her 3rd Korean War Tour as a P1EM4

HMCS CAPE BRETON

HMCS HUNTER

HMCS IROQUOIS

 

Retirement notice for CPO Ralph Sydney Mott

CROWSNEST magazine Dec 1959

 

Article on Ralph Mott attending the HMCS COLLINGWOOD crew reunion in 1986

The COLLINGWOOD Enterprise-Bulletin

Click on the above article to view a larger image

 

 

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