Louis Henry “Lou” Howard

Home Town: Selkirk, Manitoba Conflict: World War II Branch: Navy

  • Louis Howard's Medals (L-R): Atlantic Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal (1939-45) - with oak leaf emblem denoting Mention-in-Despatches.
  • Two Carley Floats - holding survivors from the sinking of the HMCS Esquimalt - tied together.
  • Thirteen dead from the HMCS Esquimalt on the quarterdeck of HMCS Sarnia, April 16, 1945.
  • HMCS Sarnia officers on duty, April 16, 1945, Left to Right: Shonfield, Kirby, Douty, Salter, Brown, Cantril, Louis Howard.
  • A survivor from HMCS Esquimalt going ashore from HMCS Sarnia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 16, 1945. Note some of the dead from HMCS Esquimalt in the background.
Louis Howard's Medals (L-R): Atlantic Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal (1939-45) - with oak leaf emblem denoting Mention-in-Despatches. Lou Howard
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