They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 


 

William Joseph Reading

 

Signalman, JX 149180, RN

 

Signalman, 3634, RCN

 

Born: 20 Dec 1920, Sandwick, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

 

Died: 22 Oct 1940 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

READING, William Joseph, Sig, 3634, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Henry James Reading and Margaret E. Reading, of Victoria, British Columbia.

 

Signalman Reading died when his ship, HMCS MARGAREE, was struck by the freighter SS Port Fairy while in convoy and was sunk. 143 of her crew were lost, 86 of them were survivors of HMCS FRASER.

 

Ships served in:

HMS AJAX - Served in AJAX as a Signalman, RN

* Transferred to RCN 10 Sep 1940 as a Signalman, RCN

HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 10 Sep 1940

 

Service file for William Reading

Source: The Library and Archives of Canada

 


 

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