AB James Rickard of Port Arthur, ON., lying in a hospital bed with a head wound and OS Douglas Campbell of Ottawa, ON. Campbell sustained a head Injury and shrapnel wounds over most of his body, February 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC005)

Of the 101 men in TRENTONIAN when she was torpedoed and sunk by U-1004 on 22 February 1945 in the English Channel off Falmouth, six were killed or lost with the ship (see Honour Roll) and 96 were rescued, fourteen of these men were wounded, several critically.

Below is the Nominal Roll of the survivors and wounded (*) during that fateful day.

OFFICERS

Glassco, Colin Stinson, Lieutenant, RCNVR, Commanding Officer, Hamilton, ON
Kinsmen, William Burley, Lieutenant, RCNVR, Executive Officer, Vancouver, BC
Abbott, Ralph Patrick, Lieutenant, RCNVR, Navigating Officer, Oakville, ON
Dodds, Donald Jackson, Lieutenant, RCNVR, Westmount, PQ
Mowat, James Keith, Acting Lieutenant, RCNVR, Westmount, PQ
Hindle, Hamilton Francis, Warrant Officer, RCN, Engineer Officer, Vancouver, BC

TRENTONIAN survivors from the Maritimes are (left to right), ERA Mike Farmer, New Glasgow, NS., AB Harry Dye, Somerset, PEI., LS Ross Johnstone, Mahone Bay, NS. AB Donald Roberts, Debert, NS. February 1945
Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC074)

CREW

Newfoundland

*Bennett, Rupert Stanley -Conception Bay

Prince Edward Island

Dye, Harry –Summerside

Nova Scotia

Chadbolt, George –Halifax
Farmer, James Keith –New Glasgow
Johnston, Ross Allison –Halifax
Nolan, Lee Fraser –Halifax

TRENTONIAN survivors from Quebec are (left to right), FRONT ROW; AB Darcy Graham, Trinidad, Coder Phil Kevins, Verdun, Telegraphist Tom Farrell, Montreal and Stoker Isaac Chapman, Hull. BACK ROW; AB Frank Baron, Montreal, Telegraphist John McKay, Terre Bonne, AB Walter Barber, St. Lambert and AB George Hayward, Montreal. February 1945
Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC075)

Roberts, Donald Osborne –Derbert Station
Roberts, Thomas Raymond –Halifax
Roden, Bernard Gerald Joseph –Halifax
Walsh, William Francis –Newport

New Brunswick

Eldridge, Gilbert Edwin –Beaver Harbour

Québec

Barber, Walter Thomas –St. Lambert
Barron, Frank Henry –Montreal
Chapman, Isaie –Hull
Farrell, Thomas Philip –Montreal
Hayward, George Albert –Montreal
Kevins, Philip Anthony –Verdun
McKay, John Clifford –Terrebonne

Ontario

TRENTONIAN survivors from Eastern and Northern Ontario are (left to right), FRONT ROW; AB Weldon Runtz, Arnprior, Chief ERA Murray Angus, Kingston and Smith Falls, Leading Cook Norman McIntyre, Sault Ste. Marie and Stoker PO Norman Crampton, Carleton Place. BACK ROW; AB James Davidson, Sudbury , AB Michael Vak and AB Jack Scott both of Port Arthur. February 1945
Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC025)

Angus, Murray Ross –Smith Falls
Bateman, Earl Douglas -Cobalt
Beaumon, Delmar Stanley –Glen Williams
Beer, Writer Jack –Toronto
Bergin, Michael George –Ottawa
*Campbell, Hector Douglas –Ottawa
Clark, Henry Alexander –King
Crampton, Norman Benjamin –Carleton Place
Davidson, James Archibald –Gatchell
Erwin, Robert J. –Toronto
Gibbons, Gordon –Acton
Goar, George Harvey –Toronto
Grey, Robert William –Toronto
Grigor, Alexander –London
Harley, Gordon –Hamilton
Holden, John –Windsor Vak,
Jacobs, William David –Ottawa
*Karns, Lewis Charles –London
Keir, Bruce Dunston –Toronto

TRENTONIAN survivors from Toronto, Ontario are (left to right), FRONT ROW; Telegraphist Henry Clark, AB Robert Gray, Stoker Bruce Keir. BACK ROW; AB Gordon Simpson, Signalman Jack Terrill and AB Eric Muff. February 1945
Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC026)

Majoros, Leslie –Hamilton
Muff, Eric Edward –Toronto
McIntyre, Norman –Hilton Beach
Poulin, Edmund Joseph –Ottawa
*Rickard, James Allen –Port Arthur
Runtz, Weldon Walter –Arnprior

Salmon, Harold Keith –Hamilton
Scott, John Richardson –Port Arthur
Shanahan, John Charles –Clinton
Shields, William Noel –Oakville
Simpson, Gordon Thomas –Toronto
Straw, Jack Eugene –Hamilton
Terrell John William –Toronto
*Thorogood, Edwin –Brantford
Vak, Michael –Port Arthur
Yakowenko, Joseph –London

TRENTONIAN survivors from Ontario are (left to right), FRONT ROW; Stoker William Shields, Oakville, Telegraphist Edmund Poulin, Ottawa, AB Harold Salmon and Stoker Leslie Majoros, both of Hamilton. BACK ROW; Signalman George Bergin, Ottawa, LS Gordon Harley, Hamilton, AB Delmar Beaumont, Glen Williams and AB Gordon Gibbons, Acton. February 1945
Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC077)

Manitoba

*Brako, Lawrence Douglas –Minnedosa
Gosskie, Joseph Edward –Birnie
Johnson, Russell Arden –Clanwilliam
Karbonic, Stanley Lawrence –East Kildonan
Kresko, John –Transcona
*MacIver, Alexander John –Winnipeg
Slater, Arthur Bernard –Winnipeg
Robertson, Thomas W. –Winnipeg

Saskatchewan

Baker, Elmer Bernard –Tribune
Cochran, Maurice Edward –Ratener
Evans, Roy –Saskatoon
*Guthrie, George Walter, Regina
*Hadley, Vincent Earnest –Prince Albert
*Hanson, Odell Lorne –Nipawin

TRENTONIAN survivors from Southern Ontario are (left to right), FRONT ROW; AB John Holden, Windsor, Stoker Joseph Yakowenko and AB Alex Grigor, both of London. Standing; Leading Coder John Shanahan, Clinton and PO William Jacobs, Stratford. February 1945
Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC076)

McLaughlin, George Robert -Saskatoon
*Meyer, Peter Barrington –Regina
*Murphy, Lewis Joseph –Moose Jaw
Powell, Robert James –Portreeve
Saretzky, Leo Bernard –Richlea
Singleton, Allan Egerton –Saskatoon
Taylor, Robert Creighton –Weyburn

Alberta

Coates, Sidney John –Carbon Starr,
Starr, Charles R. –Calgary

British Columbia

*Atkinson, Sidney Charles –Vancouver
*Baril, William Richard –Trail
Brennan, Bernard Benjamin –Victoria

TRENTONIAN survivors from Manitoba are (left to right), FRONT ROW; Stoker Stanley Karbonic, LS Bernard Brennan and LS Arthur Slater, all of Winnipeg. BACK ROW; AB Lawrence Brako, Minnedosa, Stoker Russell Johnson, Clanwilliam, and John Kresko, Transcona. February 1945
Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC027)

Butler, Thomas Walter –Vancouver
Excell, Douglas –New Westminster
Gurr, Patrick Charles –Kelowna
Lounsbury, Raymond -Vancouver
Medhurst, Richard Paul –Victoria
Miner, Reginald Allen –Vancouver
Roy, Robert Alex –Vancouver
Sharpe, Norman Henry –Vancouver
Thompson, Wilfred Bruce –Vancouver

British West Indies

Graham, Darcy Hamel –San Juan, Trinidad

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TRENTONIAN survivors from British Columbia and Alberta. Left to Right: Front Row: Leading Stoker Norman Sharp and Bruce Thompson, both of Vancouver; A.B Patrick Gurr, Kelowna and AB Robert Roy, Vancouver: Top Row: AB Tom Butler and PO Richard Medhuurst, both of Edmonton and Stoker Sidney Coates of Carbon. February 1945 Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC028)