Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Harry Bloor
In memory of:
Assistant Steward Harry Bloor
November 5, 1940
Military Service
17
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Kenbane Head (Belfast, Northern Ireland) (142492)
Additional Information
December 24, 1922
Toronto, Ontario
Son of Joseph Stanley Bloor and Mabel Edith Mutton, of Toronto, Ontario.
On November 5, 1940, the Kenbane Head was part of convoy HX-84 which was attacked with guns by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer some 755 nautical miles (869 miles/1,398 km) south-southwest of Reykjavik, Iceland. Despite the smoke screen provided by the sole escort, HMS Jervis Bay, the merchant ship was sunk. It took the lives of 23 sailors.
Commemorated on Page 97 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 17.
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 – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star December 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star March 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Harry Bloor – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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