Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Frederick Dymott
In memory of:
Fireman William Frederick Dymott
November 3, 1942
Military Service
20
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Chr. J. Kampmann (Montréal, Québec) (173233)
Additional Information
September 29, 1922
Toronto, Ontario
Son of William Henry Dymott and Edith Fanny Chalcroft of Toronto, Ontario.) William Henry enlisted on September 7, 1914, in Milton, Ontario, in the 20th Regiment (Guarding Armouries), regimental number 11125. Transferred to the 4th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he fought in France, where he was wounded twice in action. He was Mentioned in Despatches (MID) on June 1, 1917, by Sir Douglas Haigh for "distinguished service and gallantry and devotion to duty in the field" The London Gazette 30107 of August 9, 1917. He was demobilized as a Sergeant on February 28, 1919.
Sailing with convoy TAG-18, she was torpedoed on November 3, 1942, at 2:02 a.m. by U-160 northwest of Grenada in the Caribbean Sea, position 12°06'N/62°42'W.
Commemorated on Page 130 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada
Panel 21.
The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:
1918-1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.
On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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