Dead In Halifax
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Gravestones, memorials and burial places on Canada's East Coast.
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Everett Edward Elliott was born 15 November 1888, in Edmonton, London, England. He was 23 years, 5 months old when he "died on duty" as a trimmer aboard the Titanic. His body was number 317, recovered by the Minia. Fairview Lawn
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Everett Edward Elliott was born 15 November 1888, in Edmonton, London, England. He was 23 years, 5 months old when he "died on duty" as a trimmer aboard the Titanic. His body was number 317, recovered by the Minia. Fairview Lawn
James T. Manning was a police officer who lived on John St. He died of TB two months short of his 29th birthday, on Nov 13, 1891. His prominent and sizeable stone in Holy Cross was paid for by friends mourning his early death. Holy Cross
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
James T. Manning was a police officer who lived on John St. He died of TB two months short of his 29th birthday, on Nov 13, 1891. His prominent and sizeable stone in Holy Cross was paid for by friends mourning his early death. Holy Cross
Edward Cunard was the younger brother of shipping magnate Samuel Cunard. He worked for his brother as a master mariner. He died November 12, 1851. His sons Henry, Thomas, Frederick & James are also listed on his ledger stone in Camp Hill.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Edward Cunard was the younger brother of shipping magnate Samuel Cunard. He worked for his brother as a master mariner. He died November 12, 1851. His sons Henry, Thomas, Frederick & James are also listed on his ledger stone in Camp Hill.
Canadian Merchant Navy Master William F Butler was lost at sea when the SS Port of Dalhousie was sunk by the German submarine UB-10, March 19 1916. He was 63.
Camp Hill.
Camp Hill.
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Canadian Merchant Navy Master William F Butler was lost at sea when the SS Port of Dalhousie was sunk by the German submarine UB-10, March 19 1916. He was 63.
Camp Hill.
Camp Hill.
Royal Navy Petty Officer Gordon Leslie Spriggs was crushed during a battery explosion aboard the British submarine L26, February 27, 1944. Fort Massey
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Royal Navy Petty Officer Gordon Leslie Spriggs was crushed during a battery explosion aboard the British submarine L26, February 27, 1944. Fort Massey
Albert Kynman was a Chief Petty Officer on the HMCS Esquimault, sunk by a torpedo from U-190 April 19 1945, just outside Halifax Harbour. It was the last Canadian ship lost in the war. Camp Hill.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Albert Kynman was a Chief Petty Officer on the HMCS Esquimault, sunk by a torpedo from U-190 April 19 1945, just outside Halifax Harbour. It was the last Canadian ship lost in the war. Camp Hill.
Private John Richard Lambert was 18 when he signed up for No 2 Construction Battalion, Canada's only all-Black unit in the First World War. He died of TB while lifting rail track in New Brunswick to be shipped to France. Camp Hill.
#RemembranceDay
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November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Private John Richard Lambert was 18 when he signed up for No 2 Construction Battalion, Canada's only all-Black unit in the First World War. He died of TB while lifting rail track in New Brunswick to be shipped to France. Camp Hill.
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#RemembranceDay
RCAF Sgt Pilot Glenn Herbert Isralson was from Saskatchewan. He died when his Kittyhawk airplane crashed into Bedford Basin during a snowstorm March 10 1942. He is buried in Fort Massey Cemetery, Halifax
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
RCAF Sgt Pilot Glenn Herbert Isralson was from Saskatchewan. He died when his Kittyhawk airplane crashed into Bedford Basin during a snowstorm March 10 1942. He is buried in Fort Massey Cemetery, Halifax
In March 1943 Pilot Officer Donald Weston Frazee's Beaufighter stalled & ditched off Malta. He survived, only to be shot down & killed less than 2 months later. He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial in Valetta and in Camp Hill Cemetery
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#RemembranceDay
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In March 1943 Pilot Officer Donald Weston Frazee's Beaufighter stalled & ditched off Malta. He survived, only to be shot down & killed less than 2 months later. He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial in Valetta and in Camp Hill Cemetery
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Over The Top: breaking a stalemate by sending waves of soldiers out of the trenches & straight towards the enemy. Almost all were killed, including Sgt Edwin Walter Dorey. Christ Church Cemetery, Dartmouth.
#RemembranceDay #Passchendaele #LestWeForget
#RemembranceDay #Passchendaele #LestWeForget
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Over The Top: breaking a stalemate by sending waves of soldiers out of the trenches & straight towards the enemy. Almost all were killed, including Sgt Edwin Walter Dorey. Christ Church Cemetery, Dartmouth.
#RemembranceDay #Passchendaele #LestWeForget
#RemembranceDay #Passchendaele #LestWeForget
JAMES A. L SERGISON
SAPPER
ROYAL ENGINEERS
WHO WAS DROWNED
IN HALIFAX HARBOUR
NOV 11 1899 AGED 25 YEARS
ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES
OF THE 40TH & 18TH COMPANIES R.E
AS A TOKEN OF OUR ESTEEM
Mount Olivet, Halifax
SAPPER
ROYAL ENGINEERS
WHO WAS DROWNED
IN HALIFAX HARBOUR
NOV 11 1899 AGED 25 YEARS
ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES
OF THE 40TH & 18TH COMPANIES R.E
AS A TOKEN OF OUR ESTEEM
Mount Olivet, Halifax
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
JAMES A. L SERGISON
SAPPER
ROYAL ENGINEERS
WHO WAS DROWNED
IN HALIFAX HARBOUR
NOV 11 1899 AGED 25 YEARS
ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES
OF THE 40TH & 18TH COMPANIES R.E
AS A TOKEN OF OUR ESTEEM
Mount Olivet, Halifax
SAPPER
ROYAL ENGINEERS
WHO WAS DROWNED
IN HALIFAX HARBOUR
NOV 11 1899 AGED 25 YEARS
ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES
OF THE 40TH & 18TH COMPANIES R.E
AS A TOKEN OF OUR ESTEEM
Mount Olivet, Halifax
RCAF Pilot Officer Bruce Henry Webb Stevens was serving with RAF's No. 70 Squadron. He went out over Italy in a Vickers Wellington & never returned. 4 RAF officers went missing with him. He is memorialized at the Alamein War Memorial, Egypt and on his family's stone in Camp Hill.
#RemembranceDay
#RemembranceDay
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
RCAF Pilot Officer Bruce Henry Webb Stevens was serving with RAF's No. 70 Squadron. He went out over Italy in a Vickers Wellington & never returned. 4 RAF officers went missing with him. He is memorialized at the Alamein War Memorial, Egypt and on his family's stone in Camp Hill.
#RemembranceDay
#RemembranceDay
Here lieth Inter'd the Body,
of JOHN NICCOLL: who unfor-
tunatily lost his life by a fall from
his cart: the 10th of November 1790
Aged 39 Years
Also near the same place lieth the
Body of his Son JOSEPH who Departed
this life: the 25th October 178?
Aged 4 Years
Old Burying Ground
of JOHN NICCOLL: who unfor-
tunatily lost his life by a fall from
his cart: the 10th of November 1790
Aged 39 Years
Also near the same place lieth the
Body of his Son JOSEPH who Departed
this life: the 25th October 178?
Aged 4 Years
Old Burying Ground
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Here lieth Inter'd the Body,
of JOHN NICCOLL: who unfor-
tunatily lost his life by a fall from
his cart: the 10th of November 1790
Aged 39 Years
Also near the same place lieth the
Body of his Son JOSEPH who Departed
this life: the 25th October 178?
Aged 4 Years
Old Burying Ground
of JOHN NICCOLL: who unfor-
tunatily lost his life by a fall from
his cart: the 10th of November 1790
Aged 39 Years
Also near the same place lieth the
Body of his Son JOSEPH who Departed
this life: the 25th October 178?
Aged 4 Years
Old Burying Ground
In Memory of
JAMES & GEORGE FREDERICK BOYD
Sons of
JOHN & ELIZABETH BOYD, who
Departed this life
JAMES the 9th Nov'r 1792
Aged 4 Months
Also GEORGE FREDERICK, the
27th Oct'r 1795 Aged 2 Years
Old Burying Ground
JAMES & GEORGE FREDERICK BOYD
Sons of
JOHN & ELIZABETH BOYD, who
Departed this life
JAMES the 9th Nov'r 1792
Aged 4 Months
Also GEORGE FREDERICK, the
27th Oct'r 1795 Aged 2 Years
Old Burying Ground
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In Memory of
JAMES & GEORGE FREDERICK BOYD
Sons of
JOHN & ELIZABETH BOYD, who
Departed this life
JAMES the 9th Nov'r 1792
Aged 4 Months
Also GEORGE FREDERICK, the
27th Oct'r 1795 Aged 2 Years
Old Burying Ground
JAMES & GEORGE FREDERICK BOYD
Sons of
JOHN & ELIZABETH BOYD, who
Departed this life
JAMES the 9th Nov'r 1792
Aged 4 Months
Also GEORGE FREDERICK, the
27th Oct'r 1795 Aged 2 Years
Old Burying Ground
“Sacred to the memory of Frederick Matthias a native of the Kingdom of Prussia who departed this life in joyful hope of a blisful immortality November 9th 1826 Aged 42 years."
Methodist Burying Ground
Methodist Burying Ground
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“Sacred to the memory of Frederick Matthias a native of the Kingdom of Prussia who departed this life in joyful hope of a blisful immortality November 9th 1826 Aged 42 years."
Methodist Burying Ground
Methodist Burying Ground
"ERECTED
By
Elizabeth Brunnen
In memory of Her Son
Elias Tupper
Barrister at Law
Who died by Accidence
November 1847
Aged 35 Years"
Camp Hill
By
Elizabeth Brunnen
In memory of Her Son
Elias Tupper
Barrister at Law
Who died by Accidence
November 1847
Aged 35 Years"
Camp Hill
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"ERECTED
By
Elizabeth Brunnen
In memory of Her Son
Elias Tupper
Barrister at Law
Who died by Accidence
November 1847
Aged 35 Years"
Camp Hill
By
Elizabeth Brunnen
In memory of Her Son
Elias Tupper
Barrister at Law
Who died by Accidence
November 1847
Aged 35 Years"
Camp Hill
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October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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#OTD in 2012
Paramedic John Michael Rossiter was killed when a 20-metre oak tree was blown from Camp Hill Cemetery and crushed his ambulance during Hurricane Juan. This plaque marks the spot.
Paramedic John Michael Rossiter was killed when a 20-metre oak tree was blown from Camp Hill Cemetery and crushed his ambulance during Hurricane Juan. This plaque marks the spot.
September 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
#OTD in 2012
Paramedic John Michael Rossiter was killed when a 20-metre oak tree was blown from Camp Hill Cemetery and crushed his ambulance during Hurricane Juan. This plaque marks the spot.
Paramedic John Michael Rossiter was killed when a 20-metre oak tree was blown from Camp Hill Cemetery and crushed his ambulance during Hurricane Juan. This plaque marks the spot.
Leonard Hickman was born in Birmingham UK in 1887. He immigrated to Canada in 1907. He was Chief Petty Officer aboard the HMS Repulse, a Renown-Class Battlecruiser. He died of accidental drowning #OTD Aug 10 1924.
Fort Massey
Fort Massey
August 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Leonard Hickman was born in Birmingham UK in 1887. He immigrated to Canada in 1907. He was Chief Petty Officer aboard the HMS Repulse, a Renown-Class Battlecruiser. He died of accidental drowning #OTD Aug 10 1924.
Fort Massey
Fort Massey
"Purified by the Affliction of severe bodily pains for twelve Months, this meek and patient Sufferer entered into the Joy of her much loved Lord & saviour Jesus Christ."
Margaretta Susan Tapp, died #OTD June 14 1838 age 26. Also her brother, Hanson George Tapp, 1823.
Little Dutch Church.
Margaretta Susan Tapp, died #OTD June 14 1838 age 26. Also her brother, Hanson George Tapp, 1823.
Little Dutch Church.
June 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"Purified by the Affliction of severe bodily pains for twelve Months, this meek and patient Sufferer entered into the Joy of her much loved Lord & saviour Jesus Christ."
Margaretta Susan Tapp, died #OTD June 14 1838 age 26. Also her brother, Hanson George Tapp, 1823.
Little Dutch Church.
Margaretta Susan Tapp, died #OTD June 14 1838 age 26. Also her brother, Hanson George Tapp, 1823.
Little Dutch Church.
May 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Halifax’s Old Burying Ground is open for its 276th year!
May 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Halifax’s Old Burying Ground is open for its 276th year!
Today is the National Day of Mourning for Canadians injured or killed on the job.
“The death of this lovely promising youth was occassioned by a fall from a scaffold.”
John McQuillan June 14, 1829. He was 18 years old.
Little Dutch Church Burying Ground Halifax
“The death of this lovely promising youth was occassioned by a fall from a scaffold.”
John McQuillan June 14, 1829. He was 18 years old.
Little Dutch Church Burying Ground Halifax
April 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Today is the National Day of Mourning for Canadians injured or killed on the job.
“The death of this lovely promising youth was occassioned by a fall from a scaffold.”
John McQuillan June 14, 1829. He was 18 years old.
Little Dutch Church Burying Ground Halifax
“The death of this lovely promising youth was occassioned by a fall from a scaffold.”
John McQuillan June 14, 1829. He was 18 years old.
Little Dutch Church Burying Ground Halifax
Tomorrow, we will be removing the winter covers to prepare @buryingground.bsky.social for its 276th year. We could still use a few helping hands. Please DM for details.
April 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Tomorrow, we will be removing the winter covers to prepare @buryingground.bsky.social for its 276th year. We could still use a few helping hands. Please DM for details.
