To request information for the committal of ashes from HMCS Sackville please contact either Padre Andrew Cooke, Chaplain of the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust, at 902-717-2275 (andrew.cooke.ac@gmail.com) or Mrs. Brenda Wallace, Administrative Assistant at the Formation Chaplain’s Office, CFB Halifax, at 902-721-8660 (Brenda.wallace@forces.gc.ca) during normal working hours 0800-1600 Monday to Friday.
It is important to contact the above as soon as possible following the death of the one whose ashes are to be interred from HMCS Sackville so that the committal can be included in the next Battle of the Atlantic Committal Service. Also, it is requested that the ashes be in a container that will permit them to be removed and placed in a standard biodegradable, weighted, container at the Formation Chaplain’s Office (the original urn will be returned to the family, if requested, at the time of the service). The burial permit issued by the funeral home should accompany the ashes. It is important that a biographical account, especially of the individual’s navy/merchant navy/military service, and a copy of the obituary accompany the cremains when brought into, or sent to the Formation Chaplains’ Office. A contact person’s name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, is needed as well.
