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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
GUTTRIDGE, Neville Howard, Sto PO, 21314, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of William Edward Guttridge, and of Bertha Guttridge, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Stoker Petty Officer 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.
Stoker Petty Officer Neville Howard Guttridge, age 29 lived at 45 West Thirteenth Avenue, was in the water for more than an hour before he was rescued from the Fraser sinking, and only to lose his life when HMCS Margaree went down. He joined the Navy 11 years ago, after attending Mint Pleasant and Florence Nightingale schools in Vancouver and completing his education at Penticton, B.C. His mother Bertha Guttridge told the Sun that she had expected him home for Christmas.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 03 Sep 1930 as a Stoker 2nd Class, RCN HMCS VANCOUVER - Drafted to VANCOUVER 17 Jan 1930 * Rated Stoker 1st Class, RCN 04 Sep 1931 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 26 Jun 1933 HMS DRAGON - Drafted to DRAGON 30 Jun 1933for Aux Machinery Course HMCS ARMENTIERES - Drafted to ARMENTIERES 01 Oct 1933 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 18 Jun 1934 HMS DANAE - Drafted to DANAE 10 Jul 1934 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 17 Sep 1934 HMCS ARMENTIERES - Drafted to ARMENTIERES 01 Dec 1934 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 01 Jan 1935 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 01 Sep 1935 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 21 Dec 1935 for M.T.E. Course HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 24 Apr 1946 HMCS VANCOUVER - Drafted to VANCOUVER 29 Jul 1936 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 31 Aug 1936 * Rated Acting Leading Stoker, RCN 07 Sep 1937 HMCS VANCOUVER - Drafted to SKEENA 15 Oct 1936 * Rated Leading Stoker, RCN 07 Sep 1937 HMCS ST LAURENT - Drafted to ST LAURENT 21 Apr 1938 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 26 Apr 1938 HMS COMET - Drafted to COMET 03 Jun 1938 HMS RESTIGOUCHE (former HMS COMET) - Drafted to RESTIGOUCHE 01 Jul 1938 * Commissioning crew HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 16 Nov 1938 HMCS NOOTKA - Drafted to NOOTKA 06 Dec 1938 * Rated Acting Stoker Petty Officer, RCN 01 Jan 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 17 Jan 1939 * Rated Stoker Petty Officer, RCN 01 Jan 1940 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER on 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
(NHG001) Article on the death of LS William Calder and SPO Neville Guttridge (NHG002) Petty Officer Guttridge Missing Presumed Dead // The Vancouver Sun // Courtesy of Operation Picture Me (NHG003) Service file for Neville Guttridge // Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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