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Remembering the sailors

Battle of the Atlantic memorial parade and commemorative service on Sunday in Cloverdale.
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Survivors of torpedoed merchant ships aboard the rescue trawler HMS Northern Gift

The 67th-annual Battle of the Atlantic memorial parade and commemorative service will take place May 6 at 10:30 a.m. at the Cloverdale Cenotaph.

The service will honour the memory of the 2,000 Canadian sailors, 1,600 merchant seamen, eight merchant sea-women, 752 airmen and numerous soldiers who lost their lives during the longest battle of the Second World War.

Participants will include sea, and air and army cadets, members of the Royal Canadian Navy and Merchant Navy Veterans Associations and members of the Royal Canadian Legions of Cloverdale, White Rock, Surrey and Crescent Beach.

Newspaper Clipping courtesy National Archives.