Douglas George Motor Mechanic Motor Torpedo Boat 460, 29th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve Service Number: V/33991 Date of Birth: Born May 14, 1911 Place of Birth: Armadale, Scotland. Enlisted: April 10, 1942, (HMCS Stadacona, Halifax, NS) Date of Death: July 3, 1944 Age: 33 Memorial: Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia Reference: Panel 12 Commemorated on Page 314 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on July 3 Commemorated on the Scottish National War Memorial Douglas was the son of Charles Rodger George (1865-1928) and Margaret (Scott) George (1866-1922); sister of Helen Walkingshaw George, husband of Helena Josephine (Lightfoot) George (1905-1971), of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and father of Charles Roger George (1933-1939). Douglas married Helena born in Wolfville, Kings Co. on January 7, 1933, in Truro, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia. Their son died in a vehicle accident in 1939. Ships served in and posting: April 11, 1942, HMCS Stadacona, commenced Active Service May 31, 1942, Assigned to HMCS Weyburn, Flower-class corvette, until November 22, 1942 November 21, 1943, Assigned to HMS Wolfe, shore establishment, until December 5, 1943 December 8, 1943, Drafted to Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) 460 as an Acting Motor Mechanic, RCNVR MTB 460, G type, was a Canadian‑crewed motor torpedo boat of the 29th MTB Flotilla, operating under Royal Navy Coastal Forces in the English Channel in 1944–45. MTB 460 was part of the group that supported D‑Day coastal operations, interdiction of German E‑boats, night patrols and convoy protection, and raids and harassment along the French coast. On the night of July 2, 1944, MTB 460, part of MTB Flotilla operating out of Arromanches, in Normandy, France, returning from a protective patrol struck a mine and disintegrated. Water and debris rose some two hundred feet in the air, spraying back upon MTB 465, a hundred yards astern. Of the sixteen crew members, ten, including Motor Mechanic Douglas George were killed. There were six survivors. Service File: Douglas George