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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
STANDING, Thomas, LS LTO, 2415, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Thomas J. Standing, and of Agnes Standing, of London; husband of Alice Standing, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Leading Seaman Thomas Standing of Saskatoon was the son of Thomas J. and Agnes Standing of Leeds, South Yorkshire, England, and left a wife Alice at Vancouver. Thomas Jr. was born in South Yorkshire, England on a farm where he was a labourer when he enlisted on September 23, 1929 as a boy seaman at Esquimalt, British Columbia. Leading Seaman Standing 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: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 23 Sep 1929 as a Boy Seaman, RCN * Rated Leading Boy, RCN 06 May 1930 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 03 Jul 1930 HMS NELSON - Drafted to NELSON 23 Jul 1930 * Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCN 06 Jan 1931 HMS VICTORY I - Drafted to VICTORY I 15 Apr 1931 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 10 Jun 1931 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN 06 Jun 1932 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 02 Aug 1932 HMS VERNON - Drafted to VERNON 07 Jan 1933 for Seaman Torpedoman Course * Rated Seaman Torpedoman, RCN 13 Apr 1933 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 13 May 1933 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 01 Jul 1933 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 01 Jan 1935 HMCS ARMENTIERES - Drafted to ARMENTIERES 07 Feb 1935 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 15 May 1936 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 02 Sep 1937 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 27 Nov 1937 * Lent to HMCS COMOX from NADEN 20-21 Apr 1939 * Lent to HMCS FRASER from NADEN 21-30 Jun 1939 * Rated Acting Leading Seaman, RCN 20 Jun 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 01 Jul 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 14 Oct 1939 for Leading Torpedoman Course * Rated Leading Torpedoman, RCN 18 Nov 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 23 Nov 1939 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
Service file for Thomas Standing Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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