They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Kenneth Walter Williams

 

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, A5402, RCNVR

 

Born: 27 Jun 1910, Overton, Hants, England

 

Died: 29 Apr 1944 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

WILLIAMS, Kenneth Walter, ERA 4c, A5402, RCNR, killed - 29 Apr 1944, HMCS ATHABASKAN - Son of Walter J. Williams and Mae Winterbottom Williams; husband of Elsie Blears Williams, of Hamilton, Ontario.

 

ERA Williams died when his ship, HMCS ATHABASKAN, was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on 19 Apr 1944. His body was recovered and he was buried in the Plouescat Communal Cemetery, Finistere, France.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 19 Mar 1942 as an Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, RCNR

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 01 May 1942

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 05 May 1942

HMCS CAMROSE - Drafted to CAMROSE 09 May 1942

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 04 Jul 1942

HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 12 Dec 1943

HMCS ATHABASKAN - Drafted to ATHABASKAN 04 Feb 1943

 

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(KW01-KW02) Articles on ERA Williams Presumed Dead

(KW03) Documents from the Service File of Kenneth Williams

 


 

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