Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Memorial – Banner commemorating Tony Coughlin at Lisgar Collegiate Institute where he went to high school. Banner will go up prior to each Remembrance Day and come down a week later. Designed by Dave O'Malley.

Newspaper Clipping – Article on Lt.-Cmdr. Clifton R. Coughlin from the October 23, 1944 Ottawa Citizen.

Photo of Clifton Coughlin

Group Photo – Left Photo: (L-R) "First Lieutenant, Lieut.-Cdr. C.R. Coughlin (Ottawa) is standing on the bridge next to Cdr. JamLWes C. Hibbard, (Victoria/ Halifax) captain of the Iroquoisext to Cdr. James C. Hibbard, (Victoria/ Halifax) captain of the Iroquois." Photo series kindness of Jerry Proc naval project (http://jproc.ca/iroquois). AWARD CITATION "For outstanding leadership, skill and devotion to duty in HMS Icarus and H.M. Canadian Ships Chilliwack, Chaudiere, Fennel, Gatineau and St. Catherines in a successful operation against a U-boat. "HMCS Chilliwack (Flower Class Corvette - K131) was serving with C-1 Support Group but joined C-2 Group for the attack. A whaler from HMCS Chilliwack was sent over to U-744 to attempt to board her before she sank. Details on the action in which HMCS Chilliwack and C-2 Support Group 25 sank U-744 in the Atlantic on 5 March 1944 can be found in Chapter 34 of "The Canadian Naval Chronicle 1939-1945"

Funeral – Funeral at Scapa Flow

Funeral – Funeral at Scapa Flow

Memorial – Lieutenant Commander CLIFTON REXFORD TONY COUGHLIN, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, is one of 21 men commemorated on this plaque, placed in St Luke’s Anglican Church, Ottawa, Ontario, In Loving Memory of the Men of St Lukes Parish who gave their lives in the World War II. He died on October 19, 1944 and is buried in LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Orkney, United Kingdom

Newspaper Clipping – Source: Globe and Mail, November 3, 1944.

Newspaper clipping – From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me