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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 1909
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion Victim
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Born 1915
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion Victim
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Born 1893
Died 1917
Canadian Navy VR/1366 Signaller Royal Naval Canadian Voluntary Reserve
Canadian Navy VR 1366 Signaller Royal Naval Canadian Voluntary Reserve, HMCS Musquash
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Born 1913
Died 1963
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax explosion
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Born 1875
Died 1949
Royal Navy 350198 Ship's Corporal 1st Class HMS Niobe
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Born 1887
Died 1917
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Canadian Navy Petty Officer RNCVR HMCS "Niobe"
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Born 1889
Died 1917
Royal Navy 234241
Royal Navy 234241 Leading Seaman HMS Highflyer
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Born 1873
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1874
Died 1962
Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 219th Battalion
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Born 1885
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion Victim
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Born 1886
Died 1917
Royal Navy 572 Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Highflyer
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Born 1881
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion Victim
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Born 1914
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax explosion
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Born 1893
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax explosion
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Born 1880
Died 1917
Royal Navy 9394 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division
Royal Navy 9394 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Portsmouth Division
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry
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Born 1901
Died 1917
Canadian Navy Boy Steward Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve
Canadian Navy Boy Steward Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve, HMCS Musquash
Canadian Navy Boy Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve, HMCS Musquash
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Born 1890
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Militia
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Born 1883
Royal Navy 209713 Boy 2nd Class HMS Northampton
Royal Navy 209713 Boy 1st Class HMS Curaçao
Royal Navy 209713 Ordinary Seaman HMS Niobe
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Born 1883
Died 1971
Royal Navy 202040 unknown Jutland ship
Royal Navy 202040 Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals HMS Castor
Royal Navy 202040 Boy First Class HMS Niobe
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