Next of kin address Phyllis (nee Fisher) Halifax 105 Spring Gardens Road More info Stanley Nelson De Quetteville was born in St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom in 1889 to Jane and Stanley de Quetteville. UK Outward Passenger Lists on Ancestry.co.uk show that Stanley Nelson de Quetteville left England for his new home in March 1910, on board the Empress of Britain, and bound for St John, New Brunswick. He emigrated to Canada in the years before the First World War in search of opportunities. A qualified engineer, he enlisted in 1910 and had served on the cruiser HMCS NIOBE, one of Canada’s first ships. He married Phyllis Fisher of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1915. The Minister of the Naval Service, J. D. Hazen, sent his widow a letter of condolence, which reads: “I wish to express to you not only my personal sympathy, but that of the whole Canadian Naval Service, which, in his death, has lost an Officer of undoubted ability and great promise. That he died a sailor’s death, in action against the King’s enemies, and in defence of the Empire, must be to you some consolation in your great sorrow.” Today, Mount Indefatigable in the Canadian Rockies stands as a tribute to de Quetteville and his fellow crew members. ------------------------- From the Jersey Evening Post of Saturday 3 June 1916: "Only son of Mr & Mrs de Quetteville of 13 David Place, St Helier, Jersey Killied in action, aged 28 years. ... The terrible news of the great naval battle has cast quite a gloom over the Island for a number of Jerseymen are known to have been serving on one or another of the vessels that have been lost. Amongst these is Engineer Lieutenant Stanley Nelson de Quetteville, only son of Mr & Mrs de Quetteville of 13 David Place. Lieutenant de Quetteville, who was 28, had taken up the profession of an engineer and some years ago decided to go out to Canada where he entered the Canadian Navy, being subsequently transferred to the Imperial British Navy. He was serving on the Indefatigable and the news of his loss has been conveyed by the Admiralty to the sorrowing parents. About 12 months ago the deceased officer was married and to the widow and to his parents we would tender our sincere sympathy in their bereavement. A total of 26 Jerseymen are believed to have lost their lives in the Naval Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 and on HMS Hampshire which sank on 6 June 1916 after striking a mine off the Orkneys."