Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Edgar John Wilson
In memory of:
Watchman Edgar John Wilson
February 12, 1942
Caribean Sea
Military Service
27
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Ramapo (Panama) (146716)
Additional Information
September 20, 1914
Collingwood, Ontario
Son of John James Wilson and Myrtle Jean Clarke from Collingwood, Ontario.
On 16 February 1942, the Ramapo was sailing unescorted from Bermuda to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when she was torpedoed at 6:56 am by U-108 180 miles (290 km) north of Bermuda, position 35°10'N/65°50'W. The 38 crew members lost their lives, 4 in the explosion and the 34 others lost at sea.
Commemorated on Page 250 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 22.
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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