Jervis Bay Memorials

Saint John,New Brunswick, Canada

Newspaper Articles, 1941

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Along with the Memorial, Saint John opened the "Jervis Bay Club". Click to read full article.


Royal Canadian Navy honors the memory of the men of the Jervis Bay, Trafalgar Day, October 21, 1942	1946

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #53 "Jervis Bay" is named after the famous ship. In 1994 they opened the "Jervis Bay - Ross Memorial Park" on the east side of Saint John.

Home to many monuments, one of the most prominent is that dedicated to the memory of the HMS Jervis Bay, moved from its original location.

In Honoured Memory of
Captain E.S. Fogarty Fegen V.C. Officers and Men of H.M.S. Jervis Bay
Who Gave Their Lives In Gallant Action Against Overwhelming Odds With
A German Raider In The North Atlantic November 5 1940 In Order That
36 Ships Under Their Care Might Be Saved

New Veterans Monument for The Jervis Bay-Ross Memorial Park

The members of the Jervis Bay Memorial Branch #53, Royal Canadian Legion, are pleased to announce that a new monument will be added to their Veterans Memorial Park on Loch Lomond Road this year.

The ‘Stairway to Service’ is a set of thirteen granite steps which will be added to the west end of the park off Graham Street. This new stairway replaces a wood set of steps which had deteriorated and were removed as a safety issue two years ago. The steps at this end of the park are the only means of access to the park from Graham Street and will be located next to the Carleton & York Regimental monument.

The new granite steps will have engraved on the tops of the steps the boot and shoe prints of two Saint John veterans who served during the Second World War. One side of the steps will have images of boots and shoes going down the steps representing those going off to military service. The opposite side of the steps will have boots and shoes coming up the steps representing those returning home from military service.

In the centre of three steps will be engraved hand prints of children representing the families of our service persons waiting for their return from service.

Perhaps the most personal component of this new monument will be the addition of permanent engraved names to the risers of the steps. The names of any veteran or currently serving service person can be added for a $125 fee. A photograph and short biography of each person will be placed online for added permanence.

The name of any veteran or service person, Regular or Reserve Force, war or peace-time, can be added.

If you wish to have a family member or friends name added to this new monument please send an email addressed to the President at jervisbay@rogers.com .

This monument is part of an extensive maintenance and upgrade to the Park which the Branch began in 2019. The East Saint John Cenotaph, the Jervis Bay Memorial, the 26th Battalion stone, and the 5.5 medium howitzer were cleaned, repointed and repointed. A new black granite plaque was added to the Cenotaph with the addition of the Afghanistan War name. The park’s wood benches were previously repaired by Manchester Enterprises Ltd. as a gift-in-kind. Fernhill Cemetery provided stone maintenance and cleaning advice.

Funding for this project came from several sources: the Jervis Bay Memorial Branch #53 and the Commemorative Partnership Program of Veterans Affairs Canada provided $25,700; the City of Saint John’s Land for Public Purposes Trust Fund will provide $2,500 and the Greater Saint John Community Foundation provided $500 from their Jervis Bay fund. An application has been made to the Community Investment Fund of the Regional Development Corporation for the final funds to complete the project this year.

Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada

Owen Sound has a small riverside parkette named for Jervis Bay honouring several local residents amongst her crew on that last fatal day, including "Jimmie" Johnston, Owen Sound's first in-service war casuality.

Contributed by Cliff McMullen.

The park was updated and rededicated in 2017. Read the story here.

Owen Sound, Canada

Saint George's Chapel,
Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham, UK

Bermuda

Memorial to Captain Fogarty Fegen and the ship's company who "cheerfully gave their lives in succesful defense of their convoy fighting their ship to the last against hopeless odds Nov.5.1940"

Granddaughter of Chief Steward Ernest Henry Simmons visits the memorial.