They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Walter Ernest Trimbee

 

176431, Royal Navy

 

Chief Petty Officer, VR1942, RCNVR

 

Born: 20 Mar 1878, Owlesbury, Hants, England

 

Died: 12 Dec 1916 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

TRIMBEE, Walter, CPO, VR1942, RNCVR, MPK - 12 Dec 1916, HMCS GRILSE - Husband of Frances A. Trimbee, of Toronto, ON.

 

Walter Trimbee joined the RN on 20 Mar 1896 and served until 29 Apr 1908.

 

CPO Trimbee was lost at sea when, along with 5 other men, he was swept overboard off HMCS Grilse in a storm off Nova Scotia.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS NIOBE

HMCS GRILSE

 

Toronto Star

14 Dec 1916

Montreal Gazette

18 Dec 1916

Toronto Telegram

Dec 1916

Toronto Telegram

Dec 1916

Toronto Telegram

Dec 1916

 


 

First World War Casualty Index - RCN

 

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