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  1. 22 hours ago · The memorial will list all the names of service members lost during the Battle of the Atlantic and feature an education program “so it has longevity beyond the names and the physical monument ...

  2. London Ontario's national naval memorial to recognize the sacrifices of the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force and the Merchant Marine Veterans.

  3. The Battle of the Atlantic Memorial is a tribute to the ships and men of the Royal Canadian Navy, lost in the longest running battle of the Second World War. It is a stunning and moving memorial, created with extreme gratitude for those who made the supreme sacrifice and whose final resting places cannot be marked by graves.

  4. Twenty-five cents a day. On top of a dollar thirty daily salary, sailors earned twenty five cents while in enemy-occupied waters. Not enough to risk your life for, even in 1943. But the young sailors who served in the Battle of the Atlantic believed in something bigger. They repeatedly put their lives on the line.

  5. May 5, 2024 · Today, Canadians and sailors from coast to coast to coast commemorated the 79th anniversary of the end of action in the Battle of the Atlantic and the sacrifices of the thousands of Canadians who fought valiantly from 1939 to 1945 during the longest campaign of the Second World War.

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  6. The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest battle of the Second World War and was fought at sea from 1939 to 1945. Much of the burden of fighting the battle fell to the RCN which, at the outbreak of the war, was comprised of only six destroyers and a handful of smaller vessels.

  7. Mar 24, 2022 · The Battle of the Atlantic Memorial (BOAM) charity said the money was gifted by the Naval Club, following the sale of its premises in London.