Captain Margaret Marjory Fraser

Name: Fraser, Margaret Marjory

Address: Not specified

Religion: Presbyterian

Date of death: 1918-06-27

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia, Panel 1.

Final Rank: Captain (H.M.H.S. Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship))

Battle wounded/killed: Hospital ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86

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LAC ID: 399544

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4

Service file: B3287-S053

Uploader's Notes: Daughter of late Lieutenant Governor (Nova Scotia) D.C. and Bessie G. Fraser of 1710 Fort St., Victoria, British Columbia. The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles southwest of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberately torpedoed and most survivors, including 14 nursing sisters, were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.

Uploader's Research notes: Daughter of late Lieutenant Governor (Nova Scotia) D.C. and Bessie G. Fraser of 1710 Fort St., Victoria, British Columbia. The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles southwest of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberately torpedoed and most survivors, including 14 nursing sisters, were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.