Fireman Charles Francis O'Neill

Son of Francis O’Neill and Mary Charlotte Josephine Adams of Truro, Nova Scotia. Husband of Hazel Brunt of Truro. Father of Reginald Francis, George Alfred, of Gunner Russell Charman, service number F-79532, in the 3rd Battery of the 5th Anti-Armor Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery, killed in action on 10 August 1944 in France, Carl Manly , Vincent Leonard, Lilian Marion and Helen Vera O'Neill.

During the First World War, Charles Francis enlisted on 29 May 1917 in Truro, Nova Scotia, at the Nova Scotia Forestry Depot, service number 2329541. He fought in France with the 75th Company of the Canadian Forestry Corps. He was discharged on 13 March 1919 in Halifax.

He died on 21 January 1944 at Dalwich Hospital in London, England, possibly from injuries sustained when his ship, the SS Botwey, was torpedoed on 26 July 1941 by U-141, 365 miles (588 km) away from Bloody Foreland, in the North Atlantic, position 55°42'N/09°53'W. There were no casualties.