For Posterity's Sake         

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar

 

Kenneth Claude Beach

 

Signalman, RCN

 

Born: 1939, Hanna, Alberta

 

Died: 04 Oct 2014, Bogota, Columbia

 

BEACH, Kenneth Claude - Born in Hanna, Alberta, Ken spent his early years in the Canadian Navy. He then worked for the Alberta Liquor Control Board in Calgary before joining Foreign Affairs (formally External Affairs). His postings included New York, NY, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Caracas, Venezuela, Bagdad, Iraq, Bonn, Germany and Bogota, Colombia where he retired. Ken died peacefully at age 76 on October 4, 2014 in Bogota. He is survived by his wife and three sons all of Ottawa. (Ottawa Citizen 10 Jan 2015)

 

Ships served in:

HMCS MARGAREE - Commissioning crew

 

Portrait of Signalman Kenneth C. Beach

Courtesy of Tyler Beach

 


 

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