Paul Fredrich Meyn – Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, HMCS Chebogue

Leading Stoker Paul Fredrich Meyn – Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, HMCS Chebogue

Paul Fredrich Meyn

Early Life

Paul Fredrich Meyn was born in 1920 in Germany, the son of Leonard Meyn and Hilda Meyn. At some point before or during the war he left Europe, later marrying Sarah Louise Meyn of West Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, establishing his ties to Canada before entering naval service.

Royal Canadian Navy Service

Paul served as a Leading Stoker with the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR), a branch composed largely of wartime volunteers who formed the backbone of Canada’s naval expansion during the Second World War. He was posted to the frigate HMCS Chebogue, one of the River‑class escort vessels tasked with protecting Allied convoys in the Battle of the Atlantic. Stokers such as Paul worked in the engine rooms, maintaining the ship’s boilers and propulsion systems—an essential and physically demanding role.

Death and Burial

British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records

Paul Fredrich Meyn
Morriston Cemetery
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According to the British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Paul died from drowning at Port Talbot on 5 August 1945, only weeks after the end of the Second World War. His death forms part of the earliest post‑war naval losses recorded in the Swansea district. He was laid to rest at Morriston Cemetery, where his grave stands among the final wartime and immediate post‑war burials of 1945.