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1939-1945

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Alexander,
Andrew Linton Brownlie
A.L.B. Alexander
Son of John Hyslop Alexander and Mary Stevenson Brownlie, of Victoria.
14.07.1894
Gordon Head, B.C.
-
?
[Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery, Victoria]

T/Lt. (E)
29.01.1941 [0-1480]

T/Lt.Cdr. (E)
01.01.1945 (reld 1945/46)

07.04.1941
-
(07.1945)
Naval Engineering Development, Naval Engineering and Construction Branch, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

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Balfry,
Charles Patrick
C.P. Balfry ?
-

T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945 [0-4050]

DSC
?
?

11.03.1944
-
10.05.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Annan (frigate)

Barrett,
Raiffe Dillon
R.D. Barrett 1905 ?
-
19.02.1979
Port Alberni, B.C.
[age 74]

T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945 [0-4640]

15.01.1944
-
04.05.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Antigonish (frigate)

(05.1945)

HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, N.S.) (for disposal or under training)

Baugh,
Gerald Ormsby
G.O. Baugh 1904 ?
-
25.11.1978
Vancouver, B.C.
[age 74]

Lt.
31.01.1933 [0-4990]

Lt.Cdr.
31.01.1941

A/Cdr.
01.01.1944

T/Cdr.
01.01.1945 (reld 12.12.19145)

OBE
02.06.1943
HM's birthday 43

RD
02.01.1944
?

31.10.1940
-

HMCS Naden III (training establishment)

06.01.1941
-
04.04..1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Alberni (corvette)

06.04.1942
-
11.01.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS St. Clair (destroyer)

12.01.1944
-
(07.1945)
Staff, Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMS Burrard]

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Coutts,
David James
D.J. Coutts 1906
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
-
1981
Sydney, NSW, Australia

T/Lt.
14.09.1942
1943?, seniority 14.09.1941 (reld < 04.1946)

(06.)1943
-
(10.)1943
HMCS Dawson (corvette)

22.10.1943
-
(10.)1944
HMCS Prince David (landing ship, infantry)

13.12.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMCS Prince Henry (landing ship, infantry)

Cuthbert,
James
"Hamish"
J. Cuthbert
From Vancouver, B.C.
1911 ?
Troon, Scotland
-
30.04.1994
Head of Jeddore, N.S.
[age 83]

T/Lt.
19.06.1941, backdated 19.06.1939 [0-17640]

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945 (retd 12.09.1945)

MID
01.01.1945
New Year 45

trained as Cadet and served as navigator with Cape Line; obtained his Master's Ticket (Foreign-Going) in 1936; served with the Blue Funnel Line in Far East trade to 1940

19.06.941

joined RCNR

26.11.1941
[11.12.1941]
-
24.04.1944
[20.04.1944]
Commanding Officer, HMCS Grandmere (minesweeper)

24.04.1944
[16.06.1944]
-
04.07.1945
[08.07.1945]
Commanding Officer, HMCS Asbestos (corvette)

commanded Canadian Transport ships on world-wide trade; joined the Canadian Coast Guard (1940) and commanded North Pacific weather ships, icebreakers CCG Labrador and CCG John A. Macdonald, Marine Superintendent at Dartmouth base in 1964, Regional Fleet Superintendent for Maritime Division in 1968 and retired in 1971

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Denyer,
Harry George
H.G. Denyer
Married (25.04.1931, Esquimalt, B.C.) Anne Knowles.
1906 ?
-
22.12.1952
North Vancouver, B.C.
[age 46]

T/Lt.
15.12.1939

28.03.1940
-
(02.1941)
Commanding Officer, HMCS Stanpoint (tug)

21.11.1941
-
19.09.1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Amherst (corvette)

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Easton,
Alan Herbert
A.H. Easton 1902
-
21.09.2001
Ottawa, Ont.

[A/]T/Lt.
15.02.1940 [0-21650]

[A?/]Lt.Cdr.
? [retd 20.10.1944)

DSC
18.11.1942
?

MID
20.01.1945
?

02.1940

joined RCN

16.03.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMCS Acadia (training vessel)

(1941)

HMCS Caradoc

18.05.1941
-
05.04.1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Baddeck (corvette)

06.04.1942
-
10.04.1943
Commanding Officer, HMCS Sackville (corvette)

22.10.1943
-
03.04.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Matane (frigate)

07.04.1944
-
08.08.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Saskatchewan (destroyer)

Published: 50 North : an Atlantic battleground (1963); The adventures of Captain Haylestone (1975); Ships against the sea (1986)

Edwards,
Thomas Bottrell
T.B. Edwards
From St. Ives, Cornwall, England.
(12?).1898
Penzance district, Cornwall, UK
-
26.03.1958
Halifax, N.S.

T/Lt.
18.07.1941 [0-219700]
?, seniority 18.07.1940

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
08.11.1944?

MID
28.11.1944
20.01.1945
Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)

01.11.1941
-
11.12.1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Elk (patrol vessel)

12.01.1943
-
06.11.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Vegreville (Bangor class minesweeper)

08.11.1944
-
(05.)1945
a Coastal Convoy Commodore, Naval Control Service, Halifax, NS [HMCS Stadacona]

28.08.1945
-
14.03.1946
Commanding Officer, HMCS Arnprior (corvette)

English,
Dermot Thomas
D.T. English
Son of Edward and Kathleen English.
Husband of Virginia S. English, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
1911 ?
St John's, Newfoundland
-
07.05.1944
[age 33]
[Halifax Memorial, panel 7]

T/Mate
19.06.1940

T/Lt.
04.04.1941

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
1943?

First Officer of the Monarch of Burmuda of the Furness-Bermuda Line.

06.1940

enlisted at Halifax, NS

(12.1941)

HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax) *

04.11.1942
-
11.10.1943
Commanding Officer, HMCS Mulgrave (minesweeper)

08.11.1943
-
07.05.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Valleyfield (frigate) [sunk by U-548 south of Newfoundland]

* indexed, but not listed as such

Evelyn,
John
J. Evelyn ?
-

T/Lt.
05.03.1940, backdated 05.03.1939 [0-22660]

(02.1941)

no posting listed

28.09.1942
-
07.04.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Swift Current (Bangor class minesweeper)

22.09.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Captor (depot ship, Saint John, N.Br.)

(07.1945)

HMCS Swift Current (Bangor class minesweeper) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

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Gordon,
John Harold
J.H. Gordon ?
-

T/Ch.Skpr.
22.12.1940 [0-27920]

T/Skpr.Lt.
22.12.1941

09.05.1941
-
(12.1943)
HMCS Matapedia (corvette)

23.05.1944
-
08.1944
First Lieutenant, HMCS Heatherton (tug)

28.08.1944
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMCS Norton (tug)

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Harding,
John
J. Harding ?
-

T/A/Lt.
07.08.1939 [0-30770]

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943

T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945 (reld 10.12.1945)

MID
01.01.1945
New Year 45

20.09.1940
-
23.09.1940
USS Mackenzie for HMCS Annapolis

24.09.1940
-

HMCS Annapolis (destroyer)

26.05.1941
-
10.07.1941
Commanding Officer, stand by HMCS Algoma (corvette)

11.07.1941
-
14.10.1943
Commanding Officer, HMCS Algoma (corvette)

[11.10.1943
-
03.02.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Algoma (corvette) ? ]

20.03.1944
-
27.04.1944
Commanding Officer, stand by HMCS Charlottetown (frigate)

28.04.1944
-
23.04.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Charlottetown (frigate)

24.04.1945
-
01.12.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Springhill (frigate)

Hickey,
Lester Alton
L.A. Hickey ?
-

Skpr.Lt.
14.11.1941 [0-32900]

A/Lt.Cdr.
< 05.1945

26.03.1942
-
21.10.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Arrowhead (corvette)

11.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMCS Victoriaville (frigate)

Hutchings,
Frank Goddard
F.G. Hutchings ?
-

T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945 [0-35320]

20.06.1944
-
29.06.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Baddeck (corvette)

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Jeffrey,
Douglas George
D.G. Jeffrey (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jenny Rowney)
Son of Pastor R. Foster Jeffrey, 'Ardlui', Cyprus Park, Bloomfield, (East) Belfast.

biographical sketch

private papers
23.09.1885
-
23.03.1972

Prob. S.Lt. RNR
?

S.Lt. RNR
01.04.1912

Lt. RNR
(1917)

A/Lt.Cdr. RNR
31.12.1918

Lt.Cdr. RNR
? (retd 07.06.1927)

Cdr. (retd) RNR
07.06.1927

T/Lt.Cdr.
29.08.1939 [0-36420] (retd 03.1947)

MBE
08.06.1963
for political services in Lanark

DSO
17.11.1917

for services in action with enemy submarines

RD
?
?

Croix de Guerre (France); Order of White Eagle (Serbia); Otder of St George (Russia)
Further medal entitlements might be: WW1 British War Medal, Victory Medal, Naval General Service Medal, 39-45, Atlantic, Burma, Defence, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, WW2 War Medal.
Education: Campbell College, Belfast (09.1898-12.1899)
Served in the Merchant Navy.

served RNR:

?
-
1914
First Officer, SY Endurance

"Quest" (with Ernest Shackleton) (antarctic expedition), 1921-22. Worked in oil, newspaper & aircraft businesses, 1924-1939.

served RCNR on staff appointments [Chief Examination Officer, Halifax, NS; Deputy Senior Officer, Assault Group 'W.1'; Assistant to Staff Officer, 'Q' to East Indies Naval Control Service Officer, Netherlands East Indies; Canadian Naval Mission, London] & ships:

24.11.1939
-
(02.1941)
HMCS Stadacona (RCN barracks, Halifax, N.S.) (for Naval Control Service)

HM Torpedo Boat 050

HMS Thorn (submarine)

HMS Chagford (Q ship)

HMS Gossamer (minesweeper)

HMS Hollyhock (corvette)

HMS Daffodil

?
-
28.04.1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Renard [from 02.10.1940??] *

24.05.1942
-
29.09.1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Ville de Quebec (corvette)

20.07.1943
-
18.01.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Hamilton (destroyer)

23.02.1944
-
20.02.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Teme (frigate)

30.03.1945
-
10.05.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Lauzon (frigate)

14.09.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for Naval Control Service duties)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Johnson,
Bernard Dodds Leitch "Young Barney"

From Vancouver, BC.
Married (18.12.1929, New Westminster, B.C.) Janet Meek.
1904
-
30.04.1977
Vancouver, B.C.

Prob. Lt.
05.04.1939 [0-36730]

Lt.
> 04.1940, seniority 05.04.1939

A/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1942

Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943

A/Cdr.
06.04.1945? (reld 03.12.1945)

OBE
01.01.1944
08.01.1944
New Year 44

11.01.1940
-
02.11.1940
Commanding Officer, HMCS Haro (tug)

02.11.1940
-
23.01.1941
Naval Base Prince Rupert

23.01.1941
-
14.03.1943
Commanding Officer, HMCS Agassiz (corvette)

18.03.1943
-
23.11.1943
Commanding Officer, HMCS Columbia (destroyer)

01.10.1944
-
?
SO Escort Group C-7 [HMCS Niobe]

06.04.1945
-
09.05.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Lanark (frigate)

09.08.1945
-
14.11.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Grou (frigate)

Port Manager, Vancouver
Literature: Norman Hacking, The two Barneys : Captain Bernard Leitch Johnson, CBE, DSO, 1878-1968, Captain Bernard Dodds Leitch Johnson, OBE, 1904-1977 (1984)

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Kidd,
Peter Fides
P.F. Kidd (Photo courtesy of Mr Chris Holder)
Married (01.12.1924, Vancouver, B.C.) Ada Lillian Ruth Ashton.
1903 ?
-
18.10.1980
Vancouver, B.C.
[age 77]

T/Cd.Eng.
01.07.1944 [0-38810]

...
-
...
...

08.05.1944
-
(07.1945)
Engineer Officer, HMCS Leaside (corvette)

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Laibø,
Kristian
K. Kjenne
Son of Jens and Anette Kjenne, of Oslo, Norway.
19.07.1912
Norway
-
21.05.1941
[age 29]
[Cardiff Western Cemetery, C.94]

T/S.Lt.
29.07.1940

(02.1941)

HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith & Granton) *

?
-
21.05.1941
HMS Darnett Ness (minesweeping trawler)

* indexed, but not listed as such

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MacKay,
Alastair Ian
A.I. MacKay ?
-

T/Lt.
? [0-44450]

T/Lt.Cdr.
01.07.1944

01.11.1940
-
06.08.1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Arvida (corvette)

12.12.1942
-
(05.1945)
Mercantile Plotting Section, Division of Warfare and Training, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

Magill,
James Flevalle
J.F. Magill
Husband of Anne Magill, of Tsingtao, North China. 14.04.1898
-
21.06.1942
(MPK) [age 44]
[Halifax Memorial, panel 6]

T/Lt. (E) 18.06.1941

(12.1941) HMCS Naden (RCN base, Esquimalt, BC) *

? - 21.06.1942 HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland) [missing, presumed killed while being on board HMS P 514 (submarine) when it was rammed by HMCS Georgian (minesweeper)]

McMurtry,
William Wesley
W.W. McMurtry (Photo courtesy of Mr Alex Wadden)
Married (c. 1930) Annie Crowe.
29.08.1895
Margaretville, N.S.
-
01.1981
Middleton, N.S.

T/Lt.
1940?, seniority 22.08.1939 [0-50510] (reld > 04.1946)

01.12.1940
-
(02.)1943
HMCS Prince Henry (armed merchant cruiser)

05.04.1943
-
(04.1946)
First Lieutenant, HMCS Ross Norman (mobile deperming vessel)

Moore,
Louis Frederick
L.F. Moore ?
-
10.08.1996
Digby

Lt.
?

06.04.1944
-
24.08.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Algoma (corvette)

More,
Edward Middlemas
E.M. More ?
-

T/Lt.
13.06.1940 [0-53060]

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1944

T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945 (reld 15.11.1945)

MID
02.06.1943
HM's birthday 43

15.09.1941
-
04.10.1941
Commanding Officer, HMCS Melville (minesweeper)

08.11.1941
-
15.03.1943
Commanding Officer, HMCS Gananoque (minesweeper)

15.03.1943
-
15.03.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Agassiz (corvette)

16.03.1944
-
28.04.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Ettrick (frigate)

19.07.1945
-
09.11.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Prestonia (frigate)

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Russell,
Benjamin Thomas Robert
B.T.R. Russell ?
-

S.Lt. RNR
06.02.1938

Lt. RNR
06.02.1940

T/Lt.
?, seniority 06.02.1939 [0-64330] (reld < 04.1946)

12.09.1939
-
(02.1941)
Commanding Officer, HMS Charles McIver (armed yacht)

08.04.1942
-
(10.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMCS Guysborough (Bangor class minesweeper)

?
-
(05.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMCS Snowberry (corvette)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Russell,
Henry Auchinvole
H.A. Russell (Photo courtesy of Mr John Andrew Russell) 1909 ?
-
18.09.1972
Vancouver, B.C.
[age 63]

T/Lt.
20.08.1940 [0-64360]

T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945

T/A/Cdr.
1945? (reld < 04.1946)

26.06.1941
-
30.05.1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Prescott (corvette)

02.07.1942
-
11.09.1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Prescott (corvette)

28.09.1942
-
(07.1945)
on staff of Commander-in-Chief Canadian North West Atlantic [HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)]

28.09.1942
-
(12.1943)
Operations Staff

(06.1944)
-
(07.1945)
Staff Officer Convoys

Continued ashore in the marine industry and was vice-president of Lunham and Moore in Montreal for some years, then President and CEO of Northland Navigation in Vancouver till his death.

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Skinner,
Edgar George
E.G. Skinner ?
-

A/Lt.
03.04.1929 [0-67520]

Lt.
1930?, seniority 03.04.1929

Lt.Cdr.
03.04.1937

Cdr.
01.07.1942 (reld 11.12.1945)

DSC
11.06.1942
13.06.1942
HM's birthday 42 *

RD
06.07.1943
-

* Lieutenant-Commander Skinner has displayed great devotion to duty and given invaluable service in connection with the escort of convoys during exceptionally severe winter months. This Officer, when left as senior officer of the escort, has consistently shown himself capable of carrying responsibility and by his exemplary conduct, initiative and resource, has set an example to others and thus improved the efficiency of those under his command.

20.09.1939
-
07.1940
Commanding Officer, HMCS Rayon d'Or (private yacht)

27.07.1940
-
17.01.1941
Commanding Officer, HMCS Reindeer (armed yacht)

18.01.1941
-
19.04.1943
Commanding Officer, HMCS Arrowhead (corvette)

04.07.1943
-
17.11.1943
Commanding Officer, HMCS Provider (auxiliary)

27.12.1943
-
01.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Roxborough (destroyer)

22.01.1944
-
02.02.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Long Branch (corvette)

03.02.1944
-
11.06.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Monnow (frigate) (till 07.03.1944 stand-by) [from 07.01.1945-02.04.1945 also nominal Commanding Officer, HMCS Qu'appelle (destroyer) which was refitting at the time]

Smith,
Frank Chalmers
F.C. Smith ?
-

T/Skpr.Lt.
25.05.1944 [0-68010]

29.03.1941
-
01.07.1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Annapolis (destroyer)

17.12.1944
-
(05.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMCS Bittersweet (corvette)

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Taylor,
George William
G.W. Taylor 25.03.1898
London, UK
-

T/Lt. 09.09.1940 [0-71990]

T/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

(12.1941) HMCS Venture (RCN base, Halifax, Nova Scotia) *

01.05.1942 - (04.1946) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, Nova Scotia) (for Naval Control Service)

* indexed, but not listed as such

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Walmesley,
Hubert Charles
H.C. Walmesley ?
-
16.05.1987
Halifax, N.S.

T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945 [0-75860]

03.03.1944
-
24.08.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Annapolis (destroyer)

18.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMCS Preserver (base supply ship)

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Young,
Alexander Keith
A.K. Young 1906 ?
-
14.02.1980
New Westminster, B.C.
[age 74]

Lt.
16.12.1935

A/Lt.Cdr.
?

27.05.1940
-
(02.1941)
Commanding Officer, HMCS Caribou

06.02.1941
-
20.11.1941
Commanding Officer, HMCS Amherst (corvette)

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