Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Howard MacDonald
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
MacDonald,
Thomas Howard
Date of birth: 1877-12-15
Place of birth: Port Mulgrave Guysboro Co. Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Katherine C. Macdonald, wife. Port Hawksbury, Nova Scotia
Marital status: married
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1918-06-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Halifax Memorial, Panel 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant-Colonel
Rank detail
- Lieutenant-Colonel (Army).
- Major (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 4021629
LAC ID:
148701
Service file: B6765-S016
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Dr. Patrick and Annie Macdonald, of Port Hawkesbury, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Husband of Katherine C. Macdonald, of 1, Collins St., Quebec, Quebec.
Served Militia Aldershott, Nova Scotia
The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west 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 the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
Uploader's Research notes: [Major Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Bearwood Convalescent Hospital, Wokingham Lieutenant Colonel Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship) ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2013-07-20