Canadian Virtual War Memorial
George McGuffog
In memory of:
Pantryman George McGuffog
October 29, 1942
North Atlantic
Military Service
32
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Bic Island (Montréal, Québec) (141871)
Additional Information
June 7, 1910
West Derby, Lancashire, England
Son of David McGuffog and Ann Hughes of Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
During the First World War, David McGuffog enlisted on 31 August 1914, regimental number 13970, with the Liverpool Regiment 3rd Battalion of the British Army. Promoted to lieutenant, service number H-288, he was wounded in action in France on 26 April 1915. Repatriated to England, he was demobilised on 30 June 1916. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.
Brother of seaman Andrew McGuffog, regimental number PLY/X/100465, Royal Marines, British Army, who was killed in action on 19 December 1941 while serving on board HMS Neptune (20), which struck two mines on the night of the 19th to 20th.
At 0:15 am on 29 October 1942, the Bic Island was torpedoed and sunk by U-224 southwest of Rockall, an isolated rock between Ireland and Iceland, position 55°05'N/23°27'W.
Commemorated on Page 188 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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