Boatswain Walter Madore

Son of Alfred (alias Alcide) Madore and Honorine Irène Gallant of Woods Island, Newfoundland. Brother of Private George Albert Madore, regimental number 1458, killed in action in France on 14 April 1917 while serving with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, and of Alfred, son, conscripted into the US Army on 17 September 1918, regimental number 3582, who never took part in the conflict.

On 27 October 1942, the Hartington left Halifax, Nova Scotia, with convoy SC-107 and headed for Belfast, Northern Ireland. On 2 November, at 4:52 am, U-522 fired four torpedoes at the convoy 450 miles (724 km) east of Belle Island, Newfoundland. One of them hit the Hartington. At 6:06 am, U-438 fired a torpedo at the same ship. The ship sank at 8.40 am, position 52°30'N/45°30'W, by a coup de grâce from U-521. The captain, 21 crew members and 2 gunners lost their lives. The 17 surviving sailors and 7 gunners were picked up by HMS Winchelsea (D46) and landed in St. John's, Newfoundland.