Name: Lawrence Valentine Frost Rank: Able Seaman Service Number: A/1777 Service: HMCS Margaree, Royal Canadian Navy Reserve Date of Birth: February 14, 1918 Place of Birth: Westport, Briar Island, Digby Neck, Digby County, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: May 25, 1940 Place of Enlistment: Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia Address at Enlistment: 68 Morris Street, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia Age at Enlistment: 22 Height: 5 feet, 8 inches Complexion: Fair Eye Colour: Hazel Hair Colour: Brown Occupation: Deep Sea Fisherman Marital Status: Single Religion: Baptist Next of Kin: Ethel Frost (Mother) Date of Death: October 22, 1940 Age: 22 Memorial: Halifax Memorial, Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia Reference: Panel 6 Commemorated on Page 13 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on January 16 Lawrence Valentine Frost was the son of Woosley Garnet Frost (1884-1953), and Ethel Beatrice (Mailman) Frost (1890-1956), and the brother of Edwin Evan Frost (1912-1984), Constance Victoria Frost (1913-2000), Lloyd Henderson Frost (1914-1987), Margaret Verona Frost (1916-2004, Ila Gracie Frost (1919-1994), Wilbert Earle Frost (1920-2003), Roy Llewellyn Frost (1922-1923), Garfield Eugene Frost (1924-1944), Eleanor Josie Frost (1927-2020), Junie Anna Frost (1930-1985), and Ralph Evans Frost (1932-1991). Lawrence’s brother Garfield Eugene Frost served in the Black Watch of Canada and died October 31, 1944. Lawrence was stationed at HMCS Stadacona on Gottingen Street, in Halifax after enlisting in May 1940, was assigned to HMCS Margaree on August 14, 1940, and served beginning September 6, 1940, when it was commissioned, until his death with the loss of the Margaree on October 22, 1940. In May 1940, the Margaree took part briefly in the Norwegian campaign and in mid-July commenced refit at Albert Docks, London. There the ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy to replace the lost destroyer HMCS Fraser, commissioning as HMCS Margaree on 6 September 1940. On 20 October, Margaree left Londonderry, Northern Ireland, for Canada with a five-ship convoy, OL.8, and two days later was lost in collision with the freighter Port Fairy. One hundred and forty-two members of her ship’s crew were lost, many of them survivors from HMCS Fraser, lost on June 28, 1940.

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial