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Halifax Explosion, Dec 6, 1917 - Remembrance from a variety of resources
Halifax Explosion, Dec 6, 1917 - Remembrance from a variety of resources
The initial resource used for this community was the Remembrance Book, the official register of Explosion fatalities.When the register was closed in December 1918, it contained 1,631 entries. Full details of the fire and explosion aboard munition ship, Mont Blanc are at https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/halifax-explosion/halifax-explosion-infosheet. Mont-Blanc with her cargo of high explosives was en route from New York via Halifax to Bordeaux, France. She collided at low speed with the unladen Imo, chartered to pick up a cargo of relief supplies in New York. The resulting fire aboard the French ship rapidly became out of control. Approximately 20 minutes later the Mont-Blanc exploded. The blast was the largest man-made explosion prior to the development of nuclear weapons, releasing the equivalent energy of roughly 2.9 kilotons of TNT. The community also remembers the highly disciplined members of C.E.F. and others who were instrumental in coordinating relief efforts. The crew of HMCS Niobe, a Canadian Navy Depot ship made a valiant and tragic effort to avert the tragedy and men with a link to the ship and its history are also remembered. Additional web resources at http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_NIOBE.htm. https://legionmagazine.com/features/halifax-explosion/index.html
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Born 1880
Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Army Pay Corps Composite Battalion
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Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1891
Died 1924
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2688433
Canadian Navy VR/4142 Ordinary Seaman HMCS Niobe
Canadian Navy VR/4142 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
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Born 1880
Died 1959
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Catherine Tulloch Macdonald -
Born 1899
Died 1957
Canadian Expeditionary Force 489267
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Born 1899
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 283202
Canadian Expeditionary Force 283202 Private Special Service Troops, Canadian Army
More about Emery Haliburton Rost -
Born 1885
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Lalia Elizabeth Thomas -
Born 1868
Died 1938
Canadian Expeditionary Force Rev Major Canadian Chaplain Services 99th Battalion
More about James Craig Tolmie -
Born 1894
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 479037 Private Royal Canadian Regiment
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Born 1912
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion victim
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Born 1898
Died 1917
Other Empire Force 1046 Private Royal Canadian Regiment
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Born 1895
Died 1917
Canadian Navy Stoker 2nd Class Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
Canadian Navy Stoker 2nd Class Royal Naval Canadian Voluntary Reserve, HMCS Musquash
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Born 1912
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion victim
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Died 1917
Canadian Navy Lieutenant Commander Royal Naval Reserve
Canadian Navy Lieutenant-Commander Royal Naval Reserve, Port Convoy
Canadian Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Niobe
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Born 1890
Died 1917
Canadian Navy 20714 2nd Engineer HMCS Musquash
Canadian Navy Chief Engine Room Artificer Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
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Born 1887
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion victim
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Born 1908
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion Victim
More about Hazel May Beuree