Remembering World War II

Name: Clarence Victor Atkinson Rank: Civilian Radio Operator Service Number: Civilian Service: Ferry Command, Royal Air Force Date of Birth: 1903 Place of Birth: Elham, Kent County, England Date of Enlistment: Unknown Place of Enlistment: Unknown Age at Enlistment: Unknown Address at Enlistment: Nova Scotia Height: 5 feet, 9 inches Complexion: Fair Hair Colour: Light Brown Eye Colour: Blue Grey Date of Death: October 14, 1942 Age: 39 Cemetery: Port of Spain (St. James) Military Cemetery, Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago Grave: Grave 68, Eastern Portion Commemorated on Page 609 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa December 26 and 27 Clarence Victor Atkinson was the son of William Edward Atkinson (b. 1864) and Mary Ann (Chiddenden) Atkinson (b. 1867) of Hythe, Kent County, in South East England, and the brother of Viola St Clair Atkinson (b. 1892), William B J Atkinson (b. 1895), and Pearl Ada Atkinson (1902-1947). Clarence immigrated to Canada from the United Kingdom aboard the SS Ascania from Southampton, disembarking on Quebec in 1927. In the late 1920’s and in 1930, Clarence lived in Halifax and worked as a seaman. When travelling to New Jersey in 1930, he listed his contact in Halifax as Mrs. May Virtue (1926-2001) at 172 Windsor St in Halifax. May worked as a police woman and resided on Windsor St. in 1940. She worked as a police woman at least from 1921-1940. On October 14, 1942, Pilot Thomas Leonard Livermore (of Sarasota, Florida), together with Pilot William Campbell Chitty (of New York), Navigator George Frederic Johnston (of Beaumont, Texas), and Radio Operator Clarence Victor Atkinson (of Sydney, Nova Scotia), and Flight Engineer Charles Frederick McDougall (of Granum, Alberta) died in a B-24D Liberator aircraft crash on the southern ferrying route across the Atlantic. Their Liberator #41-23883 crashed five miles west of Sangre Grande, Trinidad, after takeoff from the airfield Piarco. Clarence was interred at the Port of Spain (St. James) Military Cemetery in Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago. He is also remembered on the Hythe War Memorial in England.

Clarence Victor Atkinson

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave