*The Halifax Explosion*
--Halifax was devastated on 6 December 1917 when two ships collided in the city's harbour, one of them a munitions ship loaded with explosives bound for the battlefields of the First World War.
The Norwegian vessel 'Imo', en route to New York to pick up relief supplies for the beleaguered population of war-torn Belgium collided—with deadly results—with the French munitions ship 'Mont Blanc', filled with tons of benzol, picric acid, TNT and gun cotton, which was sailing into Halifax Harbour to join a convoy across the Atlantic.
--1,952 people either died instantly or succumbed to their injuries; 9,000 others were wounded, including 300 who were blinded or partially blinded by flying glass.
The Naval Service of Canada's armoured cruiser, HMCS 'Niobe', was laid up in Halifax Harbour, moored 700 yards from the 'Mont Blanc', when this massive explosion occurred; 'Niobe' was extensively damaged and 16 of its naval crew perished.
Boatswain George Cecil Cleveland was one of the casualties of this disastrous accidental explosion...
Nova Scotia death-
George Cecil Cleveland died at Boats Kent, in Halifax, Halifax County on 6 Dec 1917. Death Registration: Year: 1917 book: 1917 page: 169 number: 1017
Military Service-
Rank: Boatswain
Force: Navy
Unit: Royal Canadian Navy
Division: H.M.C.S. Stadacona
Husband of Ellen (née Sharp) Cleveland of Maidstone, Kent, England [they married in 1902 in Kent].
Boatswain George Cecil Cleveland is commemorated on Page 217 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
--Halifax was devastated on 6 December 1917 when two ships collided in the city's harbour, one of them a munitions ship loaded with explosives bound for the battlefields of the First World War.
The Norwegian vessel 'Imo', en route to New York to pick up relief supplies for the beleaguered population of war-torn Belgium collided—with deadly results—with the French munitions ship 'Mont Blanc', filled with tons of benzol, picric acid, TNT and gun cotton, which was sailing into Halifax Harbour to join a convoy across the Atlantic.
--1,952 people either died instantly or succumbed to their injuries; 9,000 others were wounded, including 300 who were blinded or partially blinded by flying glass.
The Naval Service of Canada's armoured cruiser, HMCS 'Niobe', was laid up in Halifax Harbour, moored 700 yards from the 'Mont Blanc', when this massive explosion occurred; 'Niobe' was extensively damaged and 16 of its naval crew perished.
Boatswain George Cecil Cleveland was one of the casualties of this disastrous accidental explosion...
Nova Scotia death-
George Cecil Cleveland died at Boats Kent, in Halifax, Halifax County on 6 Dec 1917. Death Registration: Year: 1917 book: 1917 page: 169 number: 1017
Military Service-
Rank: Boatswain
Force: Navy
Unit: Royal Canadian Navy
Division: H.M.C.S. Stadacona
Husband of Ellen (née Sharp) Cleveland of Maidstone, Kent, England [they married in 1902 in Kent].
Boatswain George Cecil Cleveland is commemorated on Page 217 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
*The Halifax Explosion*
--Halifax was devastated on 6 December 1917 when two ships collided in the city's harbour, one of them a munitions ship loaded with explosives bound for the battlefields of the First World War.
The Norwegian vessel 'Imo', en route to New York to pick up relief supplies for the beleaguered population of war-torn Belgium collided—with deadly results—with the French munitions ship 'Mont Blanc', filled with tons of benzol, picric acid, TNT and gun cotton, which was sailing into Halifax Harbour to join a convoy across the Atlantic.
--1,952 people either died instantly or succumbed to their injuries; 9,000 others were wounded, including 300 who were blinded or partially blinded by flying glass.
The Naval Service of Canada's armoured cruiser, HMCS 'Niobe', was laid up in Halifax Harbour, moored 700 yards from the 'Mont Blanc', when this massive explosion occurred; 'Niobe' was extensively damaged and 16 of its naval crew perished.
Boatswain George Cecil Cleveland was one of the casualties of this disastrous accidental explosion...
Nova Scotia death-
George Cecil Cleveland died at Boats Kent, in Halifax, Halifax County on 6 Dec 1917. Death Registration: Year: 1917 book: 1917 page: 169 number: 1017
Military Service-
Rank: Boatswain
Force: Navy
Unit: Royal Canadian Navy
Division: H.M.C.S. Stadacona
Husband of Ellen (née Sharp) Cleveland of Maidstone, Kent, England [they married in 1902 in Kent].
Boatswain George Cecil Cleveland is commemorated on Page 217 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
--Halifax was devastated on 6 December 1917 when two ships collided in the city's harbour, one of them a munitions ship loaded with explosives bound for the battlefields of the First World War.
The Norwegian vessel 'Imo', en route to New York to pick up relief supplies for the beleaguered population of war-torn Belgium collided—with deadly results—with the French munitions ship 'Mont Blanc', filled with tons of benzol, picric acid, TNT and gun cotton, which was sailing into Halifax Harbour to join a convoy across the Atlantic.
--1,952 people either died instantly or succumbed to their injuries; 9,000 others were wounded, including 300 who were blinded or partially blinded by flying glass.
The Naval Service of Canada's armoured cruiser, HMCS 'Niobe', was laid up in Halifax Harbour, moored 700 yards from the 'Mont Blanc', when this massive explosion occurred; 'Niobe' was extensively damaged and 16 of its naval crew perished.
Boatswain George Cecil Cleveland was one of the casualties of this disastrous accidental explosion...
Nova Scotia death-
George Cecil Cleveland died at Boats Kent, in Halifax, Halifax County on 6 Dec 1917. Death Registration: Year: 1917 book: 1917 page: 169 number: 1017
Military Service-
Rank: Boatswain
Force: Navy
Unit: Royal Canadian Navy
Division: H.M.C.S. Stadacona
Husband of Ellen (née Sharp) Cleveland of Maidstone, Kent, England [they married in 1902 in Kent].
Boatswain George Cecil Cleveland is commemorated on Page 217 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
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