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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
ROY, Joseph Wilton Rouer, Cdr, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Joseph R. and Edna P. Roy; husband of Eileen P. Roy, of Victoria, BC.
Commander Roy was one of our bright officers who would have gone a long way," Admiral P. W. Nelles, chief of naval services, declared today of Joseph W. Roy, skipper of the Canadian destroyer Margaree, lost at sea with her captain and all but 31 of her 171 men. In the spring of 1940 Commander Roy was sent from Ottawa on a "secret naval mission," and performed his task most satisfactorily. Before he left Canada in August he had acted as director of naval operations at Naval Service headquarters, Ottawa, directing the movement of ships in the Royal Canadian Navy. He sailed on the lone boat for England with his brother, Major Arthur Roy, of Vancouver, member of the Canadian Permanent Force, and now serving in the United Kingdom. He was born in Ottawa in 1901, the son of Joseph Roy, one-time civil engineer and inspector-general of the Dominion department of public works, and the former Edna Harvey of Victoria. His mother died before he reached his second birthday, and he was brought up in Montréal. He was educated at Loyola college, and upon graduation from that institution entered the Royal Canadian Naval College of Canada in 1916, where he remained until 1918. After attending the Royal Naval Staff college in England, he saw service in HMCS Skeena, Fundy and Patriot; the British Navy vessels Aaron, Royal Sovereign, Benhew, Excellent, Valerian, Vivid and Pembroke, and also at the Canadian dockyards at Halifax and Esquimalt. He married Miss Eileen Pamela Shaw, of Victoria, in July, 1929. They have two children, Louise, nine, and Richard, three. Mrs. Roy is at present residing in Halifax.
Ships served in: Royal Naval College of Canada - Appointed to RNC of Canada 03 Aug 1916 as a Cadet, RCN * Appointed Midshipman, RCN 25 Feb 1919 HMCS NIOBE (Depot Ship) - Appointed to NIOBE, Add'l 04 Apr 1919 for passage to the UK HMS EXCELLENT - Appointed to EXCELLENT 24 Apr 1919 HMS ERIN - Appointed to ERIN 05 Jul 1919 HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN - Appointed to HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN (HMS ORION for) 22 Dec 1919 HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN - Appointed to ROYAL SOVEREIGN 06 Jan 1920 HMS COURAGEOUS - Appointed to COURAGEOUS (HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN for) 29 Jan 1921 * Lent to HMS FORRIS 21-26 Feb 1921 * Lent to HMS IRON DUKE 14-23 Mar 1921 HMS BENBOW - Appointed to BENBOW 14 Mar 1921 * Appointed Acting Sub-Lieutenant, RCN 24 Jun 1921 HMS EXCELLENT - Appointed to EXCELLENT 21 Dec 1921 HMS DRYAD - Appointed to DRYAD 19 Mar 1922 HMS VICTORY - Appointed to VICTORY 14 Apr 1922 HMCS GUELPH (depot ship) - Appointed to GUELPH Add'l for passage 21 Apr - 02 May 1922 / then leave 09 Dec 1926 - 30 Jan 1927 HMS VALERIAN - Appointed to VALERIAN 20 Jul 1922 * Appointed Lieutenant, RCN 24 Jan 1923 HMCS PATRIOT - Appointed to PATRIOT 27 Feb 1923 HMS EXCELLENT - Appointed to EXCELLENT 26 Sep 1924 HMS VIVID III - Appointed to VIVID III 15 May 1926 HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA 26 Nov 1926 HMCS NADEN - Appointed to NADEN 01 Feb 1927 HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA 29 Jul 1929 HMS VICTORY - Appointed to VICTORY 01 Oct 1929 * Lent to HMS EXCELLENT 23 Sep - 09 Oct 1930 HMS PEMBROKE -Appointed to PEMBROKE Add'l for HMS HAWKINS 10 Oct 1929 HMS HAWKINS - Appointed to HAWKINS 31 Dec 1929 * Appointed Lieutenant-Commander, RCN 24 Jan 1931 HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA 30 Apr 1931 // Leave 12-31 May 1931 HMCS SKEENA - Appointed to SKEENA 03 Jul 1933 HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA 16 Dec 1935 HMS VICTORY - Appointed to VICTORY 05 Jan 1936 HMS PRESIDENT - Appointed to PRESIDENT 14 Jan 1936 for Staff Course HMS LONDON - Appointed to LONDON 19 Dec 1936 HMS DEVONSHIRE - Appointed to DEVONSHIRE 22 Feb 1937 HMS LONDON - Appointed to LONDON 19 Apr 1937 HMS VICTORY - Appointed to VICTORY 03 Nov 1937 HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA 13 Nov 1937 NSHQ - Appointed to NSHQ 20 Dec 1937 as Assistant to D.N.O.&T. HMCS FUNDY - Appointed to FUNDY 02 Sep 1939, Commanding Officer (02 Sep 1938 - 14 Dec 1938) // Source: Macpherson-Burgess Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-1981 * Appointed Commander, RCN 01 Dec 1938 NSHQ - Appointed to NSHQ as Director of Operations Division 30 Aug 1939 HMCS VENTURE - Appointed to VENTURE Add'l for Quebec 30 Jun 1940 as Senior Naval Officer HMCS VENTURE - Appointed to VENTURE Add'l for Gaspé Port 01 Jul 1940 as Senior Naval Officer and In Commander Auxiliary Vessels based at Gaspé HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA 09 Aug 1940 - for passage to England // Margaree in Command on Commissioning HMS PRESIDENT - Appointed to PRESIDENT for duty outside Admiralty HMCS MARGAREE - Appointed to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940. 1st Commanding Officer
Service file for Joseph Roy Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
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