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Adam, Joseph Murray	? - 12.12.1991 Toronto, Ontario	T/Lt. 09.11.1943 [0-1100]	08.01.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 466 (motor torpedo boat) (05.1945) HMCS Stadacona
Alcock, Ian Ernest From Victoria, BC.	1914 ? - 12.01.1969 Saanich, British Columbia [age 54]	T/A/S.Lt. 27.06.1940 [0-1420] T/A/Lt. 20.03.1941 T/Lt. ?, seniority 20.03.1940 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 10.07.1945 15.09.1945 Operation Baboon (operations on the Arakan coast 03.45): for service in hazardous reconnaissances in Burma MID 22.01.1946 30.03.1946 Operation Confidence (operations off Malayan coast 06-08.45): for good service in reconnaissance work in the Malaya Peninsula	04.12.1940 - 1941 HMS Windflower (corvette) (12.1941)     no appointment listed served Combined Operations (Far East): 30.08.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for landing craft duty) (03.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (06.1945) Combined Operations Pilotage Party (COPP) 3 (04.1946)     HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
Amos, Pierre Charles	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1943 [0-1950]	(05.1945) Naval Service HQ, Ottawa
Amyot, Francis "Frank"	14.09.1904 Thornhill, Ontario - 21.11.1962 Ottawa, Ontario	T/Lt. 21.05.1941 [0-1960] ?, seniority 21.05.1940	Won Canada's only gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the C-1 1000m canoeing event. 05.1941 - 16.01.1944 served in the English Channel 03.1944 - 23.04.1944 HMC ML 077 (motor launch) 24.04.1944 - 16.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMC ML 072 (motor launch) (73rd ML Flotilla) 17.03.1945 - 1945 HMC ML 114 (motor launch) 1945 - 07.1945 HMC ML 115 (motor launch) Welfare Officer with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs. He served as a reservist with H.M.C.S. Carleton and obtained the rank of Lieutenant-Commander.
Arbick, John Henry	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. (A) 15.10.1943 [0-2544]	(05.1945) Naval Service HQ, Ottawa
Atwood, Lorenzo Lysons	? - 08.02.1986 Kemptville	Cdr. 01.01.1945 [0-3340] Capt. RCN 01.07.1950 (retd) VRD 19.01.1945 ? CD ? ?	29.03.1944 - (05.1945) HMCS Prince Robert (A.A.A.S. [= auxiliary anti-aircraft ship?])
Audette, Louis de la Chesnaye	07.04.1907 Ottawa, Ontario - 02.04.1995 Ottawa, Ontario	T/A/Lt. 27.09.1939 [0-3360] T/Lt. backdated 27.03.1938 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945 Lt.Cdr. RCN (R) 01.01.1945 OC ? ? MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45	22.08.1942 - 19.09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMCS Pictou (corvette) 20.09.1942 - 24.05.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Amherst (corvette) 25.07.1944 - 02.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Coaticook (frigate) 04.08.1945 - 18.11.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS St. Catherines (frigate)

 

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Bailey, John Harvard	? - 19.03.2001 White Rock, British Columbia	T/Lt. 29.12.1942 [0-3600] (reld < 04.1946)	05.02.1944 - (06.1944) Third Officer, HMC ML 112 (motor launch) 16.09.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMC ML 097 (motor launch)
Baillie, James Wilton	? -	T/Lt. 30.12.1941 [0-3650]	served MTBs (RN)
Baker, Graham McNaughton	1917 ? - 28.03.1942 [age 25] St. Nazaire [Halifax Memorial]	T/S.Lt. 18.03.1940 T/Lt. 18.03.1941 MID 21.05.1942 St. Nazaire raid 28.03.42 * * "For great bravery and unshaken devotion to duty in control of a gun in his motor launch, and afterward in trying to take a rope onto a jetty heavily enfiladed by intense enemy fire (during an attack on St. Nazaire)."	? - 28.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HM ML 447 (motor launch)
Baldwin, Patrick Alexander G.B.	? -	T/Lt. 22.12.1942 [0-3980]	(06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 431 (motor torpedo boat) (RN)
Balfour, Harold Wilson From Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	1907 ? - 12.06.1986 New Westminster, Vancouver, British Columbia [aged 79]	A/Paym.S.Lt. 06.02.1929 [0-4000] Lt. 06.12.1930 Lt.Cdr. 06.12.1938 Cdr. 01.07.1943 A/Capt. 01.12.1944 (reld 18.12.1945) OBE 01.01.1945 05.01.1945 New Year 45 * VD 18.03.1943 - * This Officer has served zealously with marked ability and enthusiasm over a period of five years, in various appointments and latterly as Commander of the Port, St. John's Newfoundland. He has taken a consistently keen interest in the welfare of service personnel, and has given unsparingly of his time and energy in that connection. Under his chairmanship the past three successive Victory Loans in the Newfoundland Command have been outstandingly successful, and he has played an important part in the organization and development of the Naval Central Canteen.	06.02.1929     joined RCNVR Half Company Saskatoon, RCNVR 21.11.1934 - 1935 Commanding Officer, Saskatoon Half Company RCNVR 1935 - 09.06.1940 Commanding Officer, Saskatoon Division RCNVR (02.1941)     no appointment lsited (12.1941)     HMCS Naden (RCN base, Esquimalt) * 21.09.1942 - 10.01.1944 Executive Officer, RCN Barracks, St John's, Newfoundland [HMCS Avalon] 11.01.1944 - 01.12.1944 Commander of the Port, St John's, Newfoundland [HMCS Avalon] 01.12.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona] * indexed, but not listed as such
Bampton, George Edwin "Joe"	? -	T/Lt.  09.11.1943 [0-4150]	served MTBs (RN) (05.1945)     HMCS Stadacona
Bannerman, Donald Keith "Don" Married (1949) Jean McIlvride; two daughters, one son.	16.12.1920 Vancouver, British Columbia - 12.12.2009 UBC Hospital, Purdy Pavilion	T/S.Lt. (E) 06.12.1943 [0-4235] T/Lt. (E) 06.12.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: Lord Byng High School; University of British Columbia (Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering,1943). 01.03.1944 - 04.10.1944 HMCS Chebogue (frigate) (North Atlantic convoy duty) (ship was hit by a Gnat from U-1227 and damaged beyond repair) 06.12.1944 - (05.1945) HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St Jonh's, Newfoundland) (for Drafting Sub-Depot, St John's, Newfoundland) (07.1945)     no appointment listed After the war, Don completed a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Don worked for a number of years in industry, including positions with BC Electric and the Industrial Development Bank. In 1963, Don began a lengthy and fruitful relationship with the newly developing British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), retiring in 1986. In his roles as teacher and administrator, Don felt strongly that the focus on applied studies resulted in strong graduates of the engineering program. Don was active in the British Columbia Association of Professional Engineers, serving as president in 1975. In June 2008, Don was made a Fellow of Engineers Canada in recognition of his "exceptional contribution to the engineering profession in Canada."
Barlow, Clement Vernon	1921 ? - 28.08.1986 University Edowment, British Columbia [aged 65]	T/Lt.  09.11.1943 [0-4500]	25.02.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 464 (motor torpedo boat)
Bartram, Howard Frederick Brother of Lt. R.M. Bartram, RCNVR. Married Sheil Jaques; ... children.	1918 - 11.05.2009 Hawkesbury General Hospital, Ontario	T/S.Lt. 30.12.1940 [0-4760] T/Lt.  30.12.1941 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 23.07.1943 - 14.04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMC ML 054 (motor launch) 08.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, N.S.) (for command course)
Bartram, Ross Maitland Brother of Lt. H.F. Bartram, RCNVR. Married; one daughter, two sons.	1923 ? - 30.05.1981 Vancouver, British Columbia [age 58]	T/S.Lt. 12.10.1942 [0-4770] T/A/Lt.  < 10.1944 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946) 39|45 St - - CdnVolSM - - WM 39|45 - -	25.03.1944 - (01.)1945 Third Officer, HMC MTB 735 (motor torpedo boat) (65th MTB Floilla, Brixham) * 14.04.1945 - (05.1945) First Lieutenant, HMC MTB 797 (motor torpedo boat) * * index of Navy Lists of (10.1944), (01.1945) & (07.1945) shows him as HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas)
Beament, Thomas Harold	23.07.1898 Ottawa, Ontario -	T/Lt.Cdr. (retd) 02.08.1936 [0-5090] A/Cdr. 01.07.1943 VD ? ?	(05.1944?) - (05.1945) Policy and Plans Section, Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [HMCS Niobe]
Beeman, John Henault	? -	T/Lt.  09.11.1943 [0-5390]	served MTBs (RN) Commanding Officer, HM ML 65 (motor launch) (05.1945) Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [HMCS Niobe]
Bell, Ian Hunter Son of Robert and Janie Bell, both of Scotland. Married 1st (01.04.1944) Audrey Patricia Bell; three sons, one daughter. Married 2nd (21.12.1976) Dr. Mary Bell.	18.06.1918 Vancouver, British Columbia - 13.12.2001 Vancouver, British Columbia	T/A/S.Lt. 28.04.1939 [0-5620] T/A/Lt. 28.04.1940 T/Lt. 28.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1944 T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945 (reld 03.10.1945)  MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44	Education: Kitsilano High School, Vancouver. Articled for his Chartered Accountancy degree with his father, Robert Bell after high school, 1937.       specialized in Navigation 31.08.1939 -   HMCS Nootka (minesweeper) 20.09.1940 - 23.09.1941 on delivery team of USS McCook (destroyer), renamed HMCS St. Croix (destroyer) 24.09.1941 - 05.01.1942 Commanding Officer, HMCS St. Croix (destroyer) 19.04.1942 - 27.09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMCS Swift Current (minesweeper) 30.09.1942 - 11.10.1942 Commanding Officer, HMCS Ville de Quebec (corvette) 12.10.1942 - 21.08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Alberni (corvette) (sunk) 19.03.1945 - (05.1945) HMCS St. Hyacinthe (RCN Signal School) (07.1945)     no appointment listed Rejoined his father in practise after the war, 1945. CA (1948), FCA (1960).Through a series of mergers, his CA firm became Touche Ross & Partners where he finished up his career as International Chairman of the firm. Touche Ross later merged once again to form Deloittes. He always lived in Vancouver, but travelled extensively throughout the world with his business and, after retirement, for leisure. Past Director, B.C. Institure of Chartered Accountants.
Bell-Irving, Henry	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. 11.09.1939 [0-5760] T/A/Cdr. ? DSC ? ?	16.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) (miscellaneous duties) served MTBs ?
Bell-Irving, Richard Morris Son of Richard and Kathleen H. Bell-Irving, of Vancouver, British Columbia; husband of Sally May Bell-Irving, of Vancouver.	1917 ? - 18.03.1945 (KIA) [age 28] [Halifax Memorial, panel 13]	T/S.Lt. (E) 01.01.1944	? - 18.03.1945 HMCS Guysborough
Bennet, John Archibald	? -	T/Lt. 04.09.1939	served MTBs
Berkeley, Henry Robert Anthony Cheyne	1923 ? - 16.03.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium]	T/S.Lt. ?	- 16.03.1944 HM MTB 417 (motor torpedo boat)
Berlin, ... [Berlin, Abraham David ?]	? -	T/Lt. (E) ? [T/Electrical Lt. (01.05.1944) ?]	served MTBs
Bernard, George Clarence	? - 20.06.1982 Toronto, Ontario	T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943 [0-6090] A/Cdr. 01.01.1945	15.03.1943 - (05.1945) Commanding Officer, HMCS Fort Ramsay (depot ship, Gaspe, Que.) & Naval Officer-in-Charge and Commander Superintendent, Gaspe
Bishop, Lennox Craig	? - 07.09.1953 Halifax, Nova Scotia	T/Lt. 31.12.1941 [0-6650] DSC 14.11.1944 Op. Neptune, Normandy 06.44 * DSC 26.12.1944 Op. Neptune, Normandy 07.44 ** * "For courage, leadership and determination in close action with the enemy while serving in Light Coastal Craft." ** "For gallantry, skill, determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the landing of Allied Forces on the coast of Normandy."	served on HMS Castleton (American lend/lease Destroyer) and then to St. Christopher's for MTB training 26.03.1944 - 24.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 464 (motor torpedo boat) 25.02.1945 - 06.03.1945 HMCS Niobe (D/S) for MTB Flotilla 07.03.1945 - 09.04.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 464 (motor torpedo boat) 04.06.1945 - (06.1945) HMCS Stadacona (depot ship, Halifax, NS) (for disposal under training) 09.11.1945 - demobilized
Blair, Robert William	04.06.1921 Montreal, Quebec - 01.2011 still alive at Ottawa, Ontario	T/S.Lt. 01.08.1943 [0-7030] T/Lt. 01.08.1944 (reld 10.1945)	Education: Clarkson College of Technology in Pottsdam, N.Y. (1941; played hockey).       joined RCNVR & training at HMCS Kings (officers' training establishment, Halifax, Nova Scotia) (played hockey for Halifax Navy Team) 21.02.1944 - 17.12.1944 Gunnery Officer, HMCS Ungava (Bangor class minesweeper) 18.12.1944 - (07.)1945 Anti-Submarine Control Officer, HMCS Grandmère (Bangor class minesweeper)
Blake, Richard Parr "Dick" Married (1943) Edna Mary Reid (1920-), daughter of Ernest Reid (1885-1957), and Emilia Dalmau Goicochea (1895-1981); three daughters, one son.	1919 -	T/S.Lt. 30.12.1940 T/Lt. 30.12.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945 (reld 11.10.1945)	11.07.1940     Naval Recruiting Station in Hamilton 07.1940     HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) 07.1940     went to UK in HMS Revenge (battleship) 27.07.1940 - 08.1940 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint, Cornwall) 08.1940     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 12.1940     HMS Newmarket (destroyer) 03.1941     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Lancing, Sussex) 02.05.1941 - 15.05.1941 course in advanced navigation 15.05.1941 - 06.1941 advanced navigation training, RN College, Greenwich 14.07.1941 - (08.)1942 Navigating Officer & Sonar Officer, HMS Stonecrop (corvette) 28.09.1942 - 11.1942 two months' leave at home, Applewood, Hamilton (12.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Prak, New Jersey) * 18.02.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Bazely (frigate) (joined the extended support group convoys to Gibraltar and Dakar)       HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth)       training, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)       training, HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)       spare submarine crew, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship, Holy Loch) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 21.12.1943 - (10.)1944 Navigating Officer, HMS Truant (submarine) [tender to HMS Forth] 16.11.1944 - (01.)1945 Navigating Officer, HMS Truculent (submarine) (04.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     HMS Truculent (submarine) * ? - 11.10.1945 HMCS Star (Hamilton Division RCNVR)
Blandford, Edward John	? - 07.1962 still alive	A/Lt. (E) 07.11.1936 Lt.  (E) ?, seniority 07.11.1936 A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.01.1941 (reld < 10.1944) Lt.Cdr. (E) (retd) 07.11.1944	(04.1940) - (12.1941) no appointment listed
Blandy, Walter Stairs	? -	T/Lt. 01.08.1944 [0-7170] Lt.  01.02.1945 Cdr. RCN 1950s	21.11.1944 - (05.1945) MTB Flotilla, Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [HMCS Niobe] 28.08.1945 - (04.1946) HMCS Glace Bay transferred to RCN (1959) Commanding Officer, HMCS Beacon Hill
Bogue, Jackson de la Cour	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943 [0-7390] T/A/Cdr. ?	21.10.1940 - (05.1945) Staff Officer Operations, Operations Division, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Bonnell, Charles Ernest "Chuck"	? - 08.01.1943 [age 33] (KIA)	T/A/Lt. 27.09.1939 DSC 06.01.1942 attack on enemy 03.11.41 Citation: "For courage and skill when an enemy convoy was attacked by our light Coastal Forces."	20.10.1937 RCNVR Company, Toronto Sup/Reserve (09.1941) - (11.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 218 (motor torpedo boat) ? - 08.01.1943 HM Subm P311 (mined Straits of Bonifacio) [HMS Titania]
Bonnycastle, Charles Humphrey	26.12.1904 Winnipeg, Manitoba - 11.1985 St John, New Brunswick	Cdr. 01.07.1942 [0-7500] VD ? ?	01.08.1944 - (05.1945) Executive Officer, HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Cornwallis, NS)
Borradaile, Edward Litchfield	? - 11.06.1952 Bonilla Island, British Columbia	T/A/Lt. 21.09.1940 [0-7600] T/Lt. ?, seniority 21.09.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945	19.11.1940 - (05.1943) Department of the Director of Unexploded Bombs [later: Bomb Disposal] [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 17.05.1943 - (05.1945) Bomb Disposal Section, Division of Warfare and Training, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa
Boucher, Clive Stuart	? -	T/Lt. 19.10.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1944?	WW I     served RNVR (in submarines) 01.03.1944 - (01.1945) Commanding Officer, HMCS Haligonian (Halifax Division RCNVR) (07.1945) HMCS Haligonian (Halifax Division RCNVR) *
Boulton, Angus George	? - 03.05.1992 Victoria	Lt.Cdr ? [0-7830] Cdr. 01.01.1945 DSC ? ? CD ? ?	04.12.1942 - 02.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Annapolis (destroyer) 01.03.1945 - (06.1945) Senior Training Officer, HMCS Somers Isles (work up base, Bermuda)
Bourke, Roland Richard Louis "Rowland"	28.11.1885 Kensington district, London, UK - 29.08.1958 [Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria]	T/Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1939 [0-7860] A/Cdr. 01.01.1944 VC ? ? DSO ? ?
Boxer, Donald Edward Son of Reginald Nephew Clare Boxer (1881-1959), and Oda Evelin Orr (1884-?). Brother of S.Lt. Richard John Boxer, RCNVR.	c. 1922 ? Montreal, Quebec -	T/S.Lt. 12.04.1943 [0-8090] T/A/Lt. 12.041944 (reld < 04.1946)	19.02.1944 - (07.1945) HMCS Barrie (corvette)
Boxer, Richard John Son of Reginald Nephew Clare Boxer (1881-1959), and Oda Evelin Orr (1884-?). Brother of Lt. Donald Edward Boxer, RCNVR. Married Nancy I. Baker; two sons, one daughter.	1918 Montreal, Quebec -	T/S.Lt. 21.05.1944 [0-8094] (reld < 04.1946)	10.08.1944 - (05.1945) HMCS Portage (Algerine class minesweeper) (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Bracken, John Bruce From Burnaby, British Columbia [?]	13.12.1911 - 22.10.2001 Winnipeg, Manitoba	T/A/Lt. 05.10.1939 [0-8210] T/Lt. ? T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	(02.1941) no appointment listed 01.09.1943 - 06.1945 HMCS Prince Henry (landing ship, infantry) 20.06.1945 - (06.1945) on staff of Captain (D), St John's, Nfld. [HMCS Avalon (RCN depot, St John's, Nfld.)]
Breadner, Jack Alvin	? - 18.09.1985 Ottawa, Ontario	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 26.02.1941 [0-8440] T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 26.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946) T/El.Lt. > 01.1945, seniority 26.02.1942	01.09.1941 - (01.)1945 base radar officer, HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) * > 01.1945 < 07.1945 transferred to Electrical Branch (07.1945)     no appointment listed Published: MTB Radar Officer in the North Sea. In: Salty dips. Vol. 1. "When we were young and in our prime. . . " RCN 75th anniversary edition (1985) * initially shown as "for Y Coy. R.M. Aux.Bd."
Brock, Ernest Reginald	1892 ? - 13.02.1964 Vancouver, British Columbia [age 72]	Capt. 01.01.1942 [0-8870] Cdre. 2nd cl. 25.05.1944 CBE ? ? VD ? ?
Brock, Jeffry Vanstone "Jeff"	29.08.1913 Vancouver, British Columbia - 05.01.1997 Kingston, Ontario	S.Lt. 1934 [0-8900] A/Lt. 20.02.1936 Lt. 20.02.1936 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1941 T/Cdr. 01.07.1944 Cdr. RCN 1946, seniority 01.07.1944 Capt. RCN 01.01.1950 Cdre. RCN 03.01.1957 R.Adm. RCN 01.02.1961 DSO ? ? DSC ? ? CD ? ?	1940 HMS King Alfred (RN training establishment) 1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Berkshire (1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Kirkella Commanding Officer, HMS Ranunculus Commanding Officer, HMS Stonecrop (1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Bazely spare escort commander, Western Approaches 1945 Senior Officer, 6th Canadian Escort Group 1945 Senior Officer, Western Naval Reserve Divisions 1946 transferred from RCNVR to RCN (rose to the rank of R.Adm.)
Brock, John	? - 13.12.1990 Rothesay, New Brunswick	T/Lt. 12.10.1939 [0-8890] T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945 DSC ? ?	06.10.1942 - 17.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMCS Baddeck (corvette) 10.04.1944 - (06.1945) Commanding Officer, HMCS La Hulloise (frigate)
Brown, George Henry	? - 01.1982	TS.Lt. ? [0-9450] T/Lt. 04.01.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	17.05.1943 - (06.1944) HMCS Chaleur (RCN base, Quebec) 10.07.1944 - (07.1945) HMCS Quesnel (corvette)
Brown, Grant Cullen	? -	T/Lt. 01.06.1941	18.10.1943 - 15.06.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Baddeck (corvette)
Brown, Thomas Jackson	? - 05.07.1998 Vancouver, British Columbia	T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943 [0-9690]
Bruce, David Nigel Son of Lt.Cdr. George Nigel Bruce, RCNVR.	1922 - 15.09.1952 Tulsequah, British Columbia	T/S.Lt. 15.03.1943 [0-9880] T/A/Lt. 15.03.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	(10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed 19.04.1945 - (05.)1945 HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas) (for training or disposal) (07.1945)     no appointment listed Qualified as a geologist and died in a rockslide on the way to work in Northern BC.
Bruce, George Nigel Father of Lt. David Nigel Bruce, RCNVR.	17.01.1891 - 07.11.1982 London, Ontario	T/Lt. 24.07.1940 [0-9890] ?, seniority 24.07.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 1944? T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945 T/A/Cdr. 1945 (reld 10.1945)	(02.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed 18.11.1943 - (01.)1945 RCN Barracks, St John's, Newfoundland [HMCS Avalon] 20.02.1945 - (07.1945) Toronto Division RCNVR [HMCS York]
Buntain, George Hedley	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. (retd) 01.04.1931 [0-10370] VD ? ?
Burdon, Thomas Holland "Tom" his career in his own words	23.08.1919 Saint John, New Brunswick -	T/S.Lt. 01.04.1941? [0-10420] T/Lt. 01.01.1942	01.01.1941 - 31.03.1941 [first] Officers' Training Class at Royal Roads, B.C. 30.06.1941 - (08.)1942 HMCS Camrose (corvette) (already posted to it while under construction) 1942 - 1943 small anti-submarine course, Halifax (also as teacher) 26.04.1943 - 03.02.1944 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMCS Columbia (destroyer) 06.02.1944 - 07.1944 big anti-submarine course at Anti-Submarine School [HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Halifax, NS)] (also as a teacher) 03.07.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMCS Leaside (corvette) 01.10.1945 - 03.1946 Discharge Officer, HMCS Brunswicker (Saint John Naval Division, N.Br.)
Burk, Charles Arthur "Bones" Married; two sons, four daughters.	17.09.1916 - 06.06.1997 Montreal, Quebec [age 81]	T/S.Lt. 30.12.1940 T/Lt. 17.09.1941 (resigned 25.04.1945) DSC 02.05.1944 4 E-boats damaged Nore 14.02.44 [investiture 10.10.44] DSC 14.11.1944 action assault area 26.07.44 DSC 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune MID 04.05.1943 action E-boats Nore 07.03.43 MID 30.01.1945 attack convoy Nore 01.11.44	Joined the navy at HMCS York as Ordinary Seaman in 1939 after graduating from the University of Toronto and trained in Toronto in 1939 to 1940. He was then sent as an Ordinary Seaman (OD) to the RN to train at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall. Commissioned on 30 February 1940. After training at Davenport Barracks, he was posted to HMS New Market  (USN lend-lease Destroyer). In 1941 he went to King Alfred for Officer training as an Acting Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant. To St. Christopher for Coastal Forces training.       3rd Officer, HM MGB 101 (motor gun boat) 05.11.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HM MGB 14 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)] (03.1943)     Commanding Officer, HM MGB 17 (motor gun boat) 17.04.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 442 (motor torpedo boat) (02.1944)     Commanding Officer, HM MTB 439 (motor torpedo boat) 28.02.1944 - 17.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 461 (motor torpedo boat)       acting Senior Officer, 29th MTB Flotilla ? 04.10.1944 - 29.01.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 491 (motor torpedo boat) He was a President of the Naval Officers Association of Canada and of the Montreal Branch of NOAC.
Burke, Cornelius "Corny"     Son of Stanley Burke, a pioneering businessman and one of the founders of Pemberton Securities, the largest stockbroking firm in Western Canada. Married 1st (1939) Wendy Bell-Irving (died); three sons, two daughters. Married 2nd (1977) Margo Osborne.	02.09.1916 Vancouver, British Columbia - 25.04.1999 Vancouver, British Columbia	T/A/S.Lt. 18.03.1940 [0-10520] T/S.Lt. 1941, seniority 18.03.1940 T/Lt. 18.03.1943 ?, seniority 18.03.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 T/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1945 (reld 21.01.1946) DSC 30.05.1944 24.06.1944 action Adriatic coast Italy 0144 DSC 23.01.1945 03.02.1945 coastal actions Adriatic 08-09.44 DSC 24.04.1945 15.09.1945 attack on the Island of Lussino 03.12.44 MID 11.07.1944 09.09.1944 E-boat sank Mediterranean 05.04.44	Education: Shawnigan Lake School, Vancouver Island; University of British Columbia. 09.1939     HMCS Discovery (RCN base, Vancouver, BC) 03.1940     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) [sailed on the Duchess of Atholl and smuggled his wife, Wendy (sister of Brigadier Budge Bell-Irving), on board.] 05.1940     went to Le Havre with demolition specialists to blow up docks and harbour installations just before the evacuation from Dunkirk 1940 - 1940 HMS Chitral (armed merchant cruiser) (for 3 months) 26.09.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant & Navigator, HM MASB 42 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport)] (based at Fowey) 18.08.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant & Navigator, HM MGB 17 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)] 20.12.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Minos II (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for 5th MGB Flotilla): 12.1941 - 1942 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 90 (motor gun boat) (based at Felixstowe & Dover) [this boat burned to the waterline when a rating cleaning the Lewis gun fired a shell that hit a box of 20mm shells which exploded causing a major fire] 1942 - 1942 Commanding Officer, HM MGB ... (motor gun boat) (20th MGB Flotilla) (based at Lowestoft) 12.1942     went home to Vancouver for Christmas 18.02.1943 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 658 (motor gun boat) (Gibraltar) [He participated in the Sicily landing patrolling as back-up to the Canadians and the Lovat Scouts just south of Syracuse. In 10.1943, he sank two Flak Ships unaided. On 04.01.1944, MGB 658 joined the new 56th MGB/MTB Flotilla under command of LCdr J.D. Maitland.] (12.1944)     HM LCH 282 (landing craft, headquarters)       Senior Officer, 56th MGB/MTB Flotilla One of the "Three Musketeers" from Vancouver (with Ladner & Maitland).  Ran a travel agency in Vancouver post-war.
Burke, Stanley Louis	? -	T/Lt. 21.06.1944 [0-10530]	served MTBs Commanding Officer, HM ML 100 (motor launch)
Burnett, James Evelyn	? - 16.04.1994 Kentville, Nova Scotia	T/Lt.  20.02.1941 [0-10590] (reld 1945/46)	28.08.1944 - (05.1945) HMCS Fennel (corvette) (07.1945) HMCS Stadacona (RCN barracks, Halifax, NS)
Burnett, John Edward	? -	T/El.Lt. 19.10.1942 [0-10600] (reld 1945/46)	01.03.1944 - (05.1945) Stock Control, Directorate of Electrical Supply, Naval Equipment and Supply Branch, Naval Service Headquarters (Ottawa)
Burritt, John Grindlay	1912 ? - 22.12.2000 Oakville, Ontario [age 88]	T/A/Lt. 01.03.1940 [0-10780] T/Lt. ?, seniority 01.03.1939 (reld < 04.1946)	29.04.1940 - (02.1941) HMCS Stone Frigate (RCN training establishment) (12.1941)     HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith & Granton) * 20.12.1943 - (10.1944) HMCS Chaleur (RCN base, Quebec) (05.1945) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Burrows, Freeman Elkins	17.04.1909 - 06.11.1989 Belville, Ontario	T/A/Lt. 01.03.1940, backdated 01.03.1939 [0-10790] T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1945 (reld 13.10.1945) MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44	23.08.1940 - Naval Base Prince Rupert 04.02.1941 - (08.1942) HMCS Alberni (corvette) 03.05.1943 - 12.05.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Ingonish (minesweeper) 14.05.1944 - 5.5.1945? Commanding Officer, HMCS Agassiz (corvette)* 10.1.1945? - 21.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Wallaceburg (minesweeper)* after leaving the Navy he owned and managed an insurance company in Bellville: Burrows and Frost * Inexplicable double posting; perhaps left Agassiz in 01.1945.
Butters, Ian	13.08.1919 High Blantyre, Scotland - 24.11.1990 Toronto, Ontario	Ord.Sea. 29.06.1937 Able Sea. 21.04.1939 A/Ldg.Sea. 01.08.1941 Prob. T/S.Lt. 10.08.1942 [0-11000] T/S.Lt. 17.12.1942 T/Lt. 15.01.1944, seniority 10.08.1943 T/Lt. (T) 14.03.1944 (reld 30.09.1947) Lt. RCN(R) 30.09.1947, seniority 10.08.1943 Lt. RCN 08.02.1951, seniority ... Lt.Cdr. RCN 10.08.1951 (retd 13.08.1964) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - CdnVolSM - & clasp WM 39|45 - - CD 1951 - CD 1959 1st clasp	10.08.1942 - 28.08.1942 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) [from 25.08.1942 for duty with Naval Guard] 29.08.1942 - 16.12.1942 HMCS Kings (RCN officers' training establishment, Halifax, NS) 17.12.1942 - 09.01.1943 HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland) 10.01.1943 - 21.10.1943 HMCS Wetaskiwin (corvette) 22.10.1943 - 07.11.1943 HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland) 08.11.1943 - 16.04.1944 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for short torpedo course) 17.04.1944 - 02.08.1944 Assistant Flotilla Torpedo Officer on staff of Captain (D) Newfoundland [HMCS Avalon] 03.08.1944 - 06.03.1945 Group Torpedo Duties in C.2 Group [HMCS St Catherines, from 04.09.1944 HMCS Longueuil] 07.03.1945 - 22.04.1945 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) 23.04.1945 - 15.07.1945 HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas) (for Second Crescent Class Destroyer) 16.07.1945 - 11.10.1945 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) 12.10.1945 - 14.11.1945 HMCS Niobe (for Second Crescent Class Destroyer) 15.11.1945 - 21.03.1946 HMCS Crusader 22.03.1946 - 29.09.1947 HMCS Griffon (as Staff Officer and Recruiting Officer) 30.09.1947     placed on RCN(R) Retired List 03.03.1948     transferred to RCN(R) Acitve List 03.03.1948 - 13.10.1949 HMCS Malahat (Victoria Naval Division) 14.10.1949 - 16.04.1950 HMCS Ontario 17.04.1950 - 16.10.1952 HMCS Naden (RCN base, Esquimalt) (on staff of Reserve Training Commander) [08.02.1952 transferred to RCN] 17.10.1952 - 26.04.1953 HMCS Stadacona (for Junior Officers Technical Leadership Courses) 27.04.1953 - 27.08.1953 HMCS Swansea (as sea training officer) 28.08.1953 - 25.01.1954 HMCS Stadacona (for junior officers technical leadership courses) 26.01.1954 - 27.07.1955 HMCS Nonsuch (Edmonton Naval Division) (as Staff Officer Administration) 28.07.1955 - 20.11.1956 HMSC Bytown (on attachment to Military Component Canadian Delegation Viet-Nam) 21.11.1956 - 26.10.1958 HMCS Ontario (as First Lt.Cdr., from 01.09.1958 as Executive Officer) 27.10.1958 - 17.01.1960 Commanding Officer, HMCS New Waterford 18.01.1960 - 23.10.1960 HMCS Naden (on staff of Flag Officer Pacific Coast as Staff Officer (Operations)) 24.10.1960 - 10.09.1962 HMCS Naden (on staff of Officer-in-Charge Royal Canadian Navy Depot as Promotion Monitor) 11.09.1962 - 18.03.1964 Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] (on staff of Director Naval Manning as Assistant Director Naval Manning) 19.03.1964 - 13.08.1964 HMCS Bytown (advancement and promotion for rehabilitation leave)
Butterworth, Charles Edgar	22.11.1922 New York, NY - 03.02.1998 Ottawa, Ontario	T/S.Lt. 06.01.1944 [0-11004] T/Lt. 06.01.1945 (reld 22.02.1946) DSC 20.11.1945 24.11.1945 operations Far East 07-08.45 [award presented]	01.04.1944 - (07.1945) pilot, 1842 Squadron FAA [HMS Fomidable (aircraft carrier)] (04.1946)     no appointment listed From the "Awards to the Royal Canadian Navy" website: BUTTERWORTH, Charles Edgar, Lieutenant (Pilot) - Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) - RCNVR / RNAS Pacific - Awarded as per Canada Gazette of 24 November 1945 and London Gazette of 20 November 1944. Born: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. on 22 November 1922. Home: St. John's, Newfoundland. Enrolled as Naval Airman 2nd Class 17 May 1942 at HMCS Donnacona. To HMS St. Vincent for Naval Airman course #41 in 1942. To USNAS Grosse Isle (Detroit) for flying training in 1943. To USNAS Pensacola and USNAS Miami in 1943. Commissioned as Probationary Sub-Lieutenant (A) (Temporary) on 5 November 1943 and awarded US Navy Wings. To USNAS Lewiston ME for #738 Squadron in 1943. In 1944, to No. 732 Squadron. Joined No. 1842 RN Squadron at USNAS Brunswick Maine in 1944. To USS Charger for Deck Landing Qualifications in 1944. To RNAS Sydeham for No. 1842 RN Squadron in 1944 and joined HMS Formidable that year. To RNAS Donnbristle in 1944 and transferred to the RCNVR. Rank of Sub-Lieutenant (P) (Temporary) assigned with seniority from 6 January 1944. Served in HMS Formidable with No. 1842 RN Squadron 1944 to 1945 flying Corsairs. Went to Jervis Bay Australia in 1945 and back to HMS Formidable. To RAAR Maryborough in late 1945 and demobilized at St. John's, Newfoundland on 22 February 1945. Rank was Lieutenant (P), RCN(R) with seniority 6 January 1945. Joined Trade Commissioner Service (Department of Trade & Commerce) in 1948. Served with the Foreign Service Office Cairo Egypt 1949 to 1951. To Karachi, Pakistan in 1951. To Cairo, Egypt from 1951 to 1952. To New York City 1952 to 1956. To Sao Paulo, Brazil 1956 to 1959. Director Latin America Division Department of Industry Trade and Commerce in Ottawa from 1959 to 1960 and resigned in 1960. To Greenshields Inc. as Salesman and Director of Foreign Division from 1960 to 1966. President Butterworth, Dwyer, McGregor & Co. 1966 to 1970. To Department of Industry Trade and Commerce at Grain Marketing Office 1973 to 1978. Second Secretary (Commercial) Lusaka Zambia 1978 to 1980. First Secretary (Commercial) Budapest, Hungary from 1980 to 1982. Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner Milan, Italy 1982 to 1984. Manager Information Export department of External Affairs Ottawa from 1984 to 1986. Department of External Affairs as United States Trade and Investment Development Bureau 1986 until he retired in 1987. Died on 3 February 1998, age 74, in Ottawa, Ontario. BUTTERWORTH. Charles Edgar, 0-11004, S/Lt(Temp) [6.1.44] RCNVR Lt(P) [6.1.45] RCN(R) DSC~[24.11.45] Demobilized [22.2.46] HMCS DONNANCONA, Montreal Naval Division, (28.1.47-?) HMCS CARELTON Ottawa Naval Division, (14.6.48-?) "For services in Pacific fighter sweeps in July and August, 1945."
Byers, Archibald McAllister	1919 ? - 03.07.1983 Comox, British Columbia [age 64]	T/Lt. 22.09.1942 [0-11030]	HM MTB 744 (motor torpedo boat)

 

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Cameron, Kenneth Bertram	1887 ? - 01.11.1973 North Saanich, British Columbia [age 86]	T/Cdr. (S) 01.07.1944 [0-11420]	21.09.1942 - (05.1945) Secretary to Chief of the Naval Staff, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Campbell, Bruce Alexander	? Strathroy, Ontario - 26.07.1993 Tiverton, Ontario	T/Sg.Lt. 13.05.1940 [0-11530]	Education: University of Western Toronto (graduated in medicine, 1939). Interned at the Hamilton General Hospital. 19.07.1941 - (08.1942) HMCS Assiniboine (destroyer) 15.03.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Duncan (destroyer) 01.07.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Rapid (destroyer) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Postgraduate training in London, Ontario. Practised general surgery in Strafrod & New Liskeard for 30 years.
Campbell, Claude Lane Son of John Malcolm Campbell (1859-1934), and Sabrina josephine Lane (1864-1926). Married (08.11.1924, Vancouver, British Columbia) Jean turner Creelman.	14.09.1899 Victoria, British Columbia - 10.09.1996 Victoria, British Columbia	Lt. ?	16.06.1944 - 19.06.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Baddeck (corvette)
Campbell, Mackenzie Randolph	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1943 [0-11810] A/Cdr. ?
Campbell, Ross Son of William Marshall Campbell, and Helen Isabel Harris. Married (06.1945) Penelope "Pippa" Hill, daughter of Dr. Clermont Grantham Hill, MBE; two sons.	04.11.1918 Toronto, Ontario - 15.08.2007 Aylmer, Quebec	T/S.Lt. 31.12.1940 [0-11840] T/Lt. 31.12.1941 (reld 24.10.1945) Lt.Cdr. RNC(R) (retd) 1949 OC 24.03.2007 for public service DSC 16.01.1945 03.02.1945 coastal actions assault area 07-08.44 [investiture 29.06.45]	Education: University of Toronto Schools; Trinity College, University of Toronto (BA (law), 1940) (11.1940)     HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint) (12.1941) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) * 08.12.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 309 (motor torpedo boat) 01.06.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 480 (motor torpedo boat) 07.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) Diplomat and company president. PRESIDENT, INTERCON CONSULTANTS LIMITED 1983-- ; Dir., ADOPAC Ltd.; began career Legal Division, Department of External Affairs 1945; Third Secretary, Canadian Legation, Oslo, 1946-47; Second Secretary, Copenhagen, 1947-50; European Division Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, 1950-52; First Secretary, Canadian Embassy, Ankara, 1952-56; Head, Middle East Division, 1957-59; Special Assistant to Secretary of State for External Affairs 1959-62; Assistant Under Secretary of State for External Affairs, 1962-64; Advisor, Canadian Delegates to U.N. Gen. Assemblies and Cdn. Ministerial Dels. to N. Atlantic Council, 1958-64; Cdn. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1964-67; (concurrently) to Algeria 1965-67; Ambassador and Perm. Rep. to NATO (Paris May 1967, Brussels Oct. 1967-1972); Ambassador to Japan, 1972-75; (concurrently) to Rep. of Korea 1973-74; Chrmn., Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Jan. 1976-May, 1979; Pres., Atomic Energy of Can. Internat'l, 1979; Nuclear Consultant 1980-81; Pres., Canus Technical Services Corp. 1981-83 * indexed, but not listed as such
Carter, Douglas Claude	? - 05.06.1998 ? Ontario ?	T/S.Lt. 15.09.1944 [0-12586] (reld < 04.1946)	11.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS West York (corvette)
Cary, David Arthur Son of Arthur Everard Falkland Cary and Frances Ida Cary, of Stettler, Alberta, Canada.	1923 ? - 18.08.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Fuveau Communal Cemetery, Bouches-du-Rhône, France]	T/S.Lt. (A) ? [0-12097]	17.12.1943 - 18.08.1944 pilot, 899 Squadron FAA [HMS Khedive (escort carrier)] [Seafire Mk. V NF661 flew on a low-level attack on motor transport into a hill near Fuveau.]
Chaffey, Charles Donald "Chuff Chuff" Grandson of Charles Francis Chaffey. Son of George Edwin Chaffey (1886-1930), and Julia Mackay (1896-1996). Married 1st Elizabeth Anne ....; two daughters, one son. Married 2nd ...; two sons. From Motnreal, Que.	1918 - 1989	Ord.Sea. 10.1940 T/A/S.Lt. 31.12.1940 [0-12960] T/S.Lt. 1941, seniority 31.12.1940 T/Lt. 31.12.1941 (reld 18.06.1945) MID 26.12.1944 20.01.1945 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44.)	Education: Vancouver, BC; left second year engineering at UBC to take a Chartered Accountant's course. 10.1940     HMCS Discovery (RCN base & reserve depot, Vancouver, BC) 11.1940 - 1940 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint, Plymouth) 1940 - 12.1940 HMS Pytchley (destroyer) 12.1940 - 1941 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 05.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) (03?).1941 - (04?).1942 HM ML 209 (motor launch) 02.04.1942 - (08?).1942 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 232 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive ??] (08?).1942 - (08?).1942 HM ML 309 (motor launch) (Dieppe raid) (08?).1942 - 01.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 232 (motor torpedo boat) 01.1943     returned home to Canada, but again went back overseas to the UK in the HMS Queen Elizabeth 26.05.1943 - 02.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 21 (motor gun boat) (in the training flotilla) 27.03.1944 - 09.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMC MTB 465 (motor torpedo boat)  25.02.1945 - 03.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 486 (motor torpedo boat)
Chilcott, Albert Edward	? - 1988 Toronto, Ontario	T/Lt.Cdr. 04.05.1940 [0-13490]
Chipman, William Pennock Son of Kenneth G. Chipman and Majorie Cowan Pennock, from Ottawa. Married (1944) Beatrice Elaine Kemp; two children.	? -	T/Lt. 28.05.1940 [0-13580] ?, seniority 28.05.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 Cdr. ? MID 13.06.1944 2nd Escort Group, 6 U-boats sunk in 10 days   VRD 10.03.1959 ?	(02.1941) HMS Seaborn (accounting base for 3rd Battle Squadron, Halifax, NS) * 01.01.1943 - (06.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Wild Goose (sloop) 22.01.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Weston (sloop) * indexed, but not listed as such
Chipman, William Wainwright	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 01.01.1943 [0-13590]	30.01.1941 - (05.1945) Assistant Judge Advocate General, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Clark, Albert William	25.08.1910 - 02.09.1963 [Greenwood Cemetery, St John, New Brunswick]	T/Sg.Lt.  23.09.1940 [0-13950] ?, seniority 23.09.1939 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. 1945? (reld 11.09.1945) Sg.Lt.Cdr. RCN(R) 11.09.1945 DSC 13.10.1942 Operation Vigorous (Port Said-Malta convoy 11-16.06.42) [award presented]	Education: BSc, MD, CM 12.11.1940 - (02.)1941 Medical Officer, HMS Broadwater (destroyer) (12.1941)     no appointment listed ? - 15.06.1942 Medical Officer, HMS Airedale (destroyer) (ship bombed and sunk by German aircraft in central Mediterranean) 14.02.1944 - (10.1944) HMCS Donnacona (Montreal Division RCNVR) * 01.03.1947 - (01.1956) HMCS Brunswicker (Naval Division St John, NB) * (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Clark, James Main Married; ... children (one son?).	26.03.1916 - 04.12.2001 Surrey, British Columbia	T/A/S.Lt. 06.09.1940 [0-14050] T/S.Lt.  1941?, seniority 06.09.1940 T/Lt. 26.03.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1944? (reld < 04.1946)	(02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941)     HMCS Alberni (corvette) * 1942? - 1943? HMCS Assiniboine (destroyer) 15.04.1944 - (07.1945) Tactical Training Centre, HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland) * indexed, but not listed as such
Clark, Donald Son of Dr. Donald Clark, MB, ChB, and Esther Thomson, and the last surviving grandson of James Rodger Thomson of J & G Thomson Shipbuilding (later John Brown Shipyard) of Clydebank. Married (09.1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba) Lt. Phoebe Sybil Katheryn Morris, WRCNS; one daughter, one son.	07.09.1915 Pollockshields, Glasgow, Scotland - 12.01.2007 Saanich Peninsula Hospital, British Columbia	T/Wt.Offr. (Sp.Br.) 08.10.1942 [0-13980] El.Lt. = Lt. (L) RCN 1946?, seniority 12.05.1940 Lt.Cdr. (L) RCN 12.05.1948 Cdr. (L) RCN 01.01.1952 (retd 1966) CD ? -	Education: Albert Road Academy & Strathbungo (1920-1928). Emigrated to Canada, 1928. Weredale House Orphanage for Boys, 1929-1933. (10.1944)     Naval Service HQ, Ottawa 20.11.1944 - (05.1945) HMCS St Hyacinthe (RCN signal school, St Hyacinthe, Quebec) (for radar course) 12.09.1945 - (04.)1946 Staff Officer, Radar, HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) 16.11.1946 - 08.1949 HMCS Ontario 25.08.1949 - (05.1951) HMCS Naden (for miscellaneous services) (05.1953) - 06.1954 Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 19.06.1954 - 01.1956 HMCS Ontario 13.01.1956 - (01.1959) Manager Electrical Engineering, HM Canadian Dockyard, Esquimalt, B.C. [HMCS Naden] (01.1960) - (07.1961) HMCS Stadacona * (08.1962)     no appointment listed (02.1963)     no appointment listed (02.1964)     no appointment listed Estate agent, Victoria.
Clouston, John Douglas Son of William Stewart Clouston (1861-1934), and Evelyn Campbell (1873-1952). Brother of Cdr. James Campbell Clouston, RN and Cdr. William Stratford Clouston, RN. The Family of Clouston website	c. 1909/10 - 14.03.1942 (MIA) [age 32] [Halifax Memorial, Halifax, Nova Scotia, panel 8]	T/A/Lt. 04.03.1940	29.04.1940 - (02.1941) HMCS Stone Frigate (naval training facility, Kingston, Ont.) ? - 14.03.1942 HMS Loosestrife (corvette) (Atlantic)
Collins, John William	? -	T/Lt. 18.08.1941 [0-14940] DSC 12.06.1945 torpedoing enemy ships Nore 03.07.44	(07.1944) Senior Officer, 65th MTB Flotilla (1945) HM MTB 735 (motor torpedo boat) (05.1945) HM MTB 746 (motor torpedo boat)
Connolly, John Joseph	? - 19.02.1990 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island	Cdr. 01.01.1945 [0-15150] VD ? ?
Connolly, Joseph Patrick	? -	Capt. 01.01.1943 [0-15160] MC ? ? VD ? ?
Cooke, Murray Hamel	? -	T/Midsh. 15.08.1940 [0-15420] T/S.Lt. 01.06.1941 T/Lt. 01.06.1942 Lt. 1945?, seniority 01.06.1943 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1951 (retd > 02.1964, < 02.1968) CD 1954/55? ?	(02.1941) no appointment listed ? - 13.04.1941 HMS Rajputana (armed merchant cruiser) (torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-108 west of Reykjavik, Iceland) (12.1941) HMCS Dauphin * 15.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMCS Kootenay (destroyer) 10.1945? transferred to RCN 23.10.1945 - (04.1946) Port Anti-Submarine Officer under Captain (D) Halifax [HMCS Stadacona] 14.01.1948 - (07.1948) instructional staff, HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Portsmouth) 09.03.1949 - (05.1950) HMCS Stadacona (for miscellaneous duties)` 17.12.1951 - (05.1953) HMCS Ontario ? - (04.1955) Naval Service HQ, Ottawa 15.04.1955 - (01.1957) HMCS Naden (RCN base, Esquimalt) mid/late 1950s Captain of one of the Prestonians ? - (07.1961) Naval Service HQ, Ottawa (02.1963) - (02.1964) HMS Sea Eagle (joint anti-submarine school, Londonderry) * indexed, but not listed as such
Cooke, Philip Chesshire Hamel "Phil" Son of Waldyne Hamel Cooke, and Ruth Monica Chesshire (1884-). Married Aileen Margaret Gordon "Margie" Smith, daughter of Canon Norman E. Smith; one daughter, four sons.	20.12.1919 Tamworth, Staffordshire, UK - 05.05.2011 Victoria, British Columbia	T/A/S.Lt. 05.09.1940 [0-15440] T/S.Lt. ?, seniority 05.09.1940 T/Lt. 05.09.1941 (reld 06.11.1945) Lt. RCN 23.09.1948, seniority 31.07.1943 Lt.Cdr. RCN 31.07.1951 (retd 02.02.1965) CD 11.1954 ?	(02.1941)     no appointment listed ? - (12.1941) HMCS Hochelega II (RCN depot ship, Montreal, Que.) *       HMCS Battleford (corvette)       HMS Glenarm (frigate) [02.1944 renamed HMS Strule] ? - (10.)1944 Staff Officer Anti-Submarine to Escort Group 9, HMCS Matane [borne at HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas)] 12.10.1944 - (07.1945) HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment. Cornwallis, NS) (for anti-submarine school) 27.01.1948     joined RCNR [HMCS Chippawa (Winnipeg Naval Division)] 23.09.1948     transferred to RCN 14.02.1949 - (05.)1950 HMCS Stadacona (for miscellaneous duties) 1950 - 1951 HMCS Magnificent ? - (05.1953) HMCS Stadacona * 1953 - 1954 Executive Officer, HMCS Beacon Hill ? - (04.1955) Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] * 1955 - 1956 Executive Officer, HMCS New Glasgow ? - (01.1956) HMCS Bytown * ? - (01.1957) Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] * 1957 - 1958 Naval Attaché, Washington, DC 1958 - 1959 Staff College, Toronto 25.11.1959 - (07.)1961 Commanding Officer, HMCS Inch Arran 1962 - (02.)1964 Executive Officer, Royal Roads * indexed, but not listed as such
Coombe, Sidney John [Melvin]	1915 Hamilton, Ontario -	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 17.08.1940 [0-15520] T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.04.1941 T/El.Lt. (R) ?, seniority 11.04.1940 T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. (R) 01.01.1944 (reld 07.1945)	Education: McMaster University (physics and chemistry degree) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland) (for flotilla duties) 02.03.1944 - 07.1945 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (miscellaneous staff; for service at Staten Island)
Corbett, John Harper	? -	T/Lt. 08.03.1943 [0-15780]	11.05.1944 - 21.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Annan (frigate)
Coverdale, Harold Milton Married.	09.12.1919 - 28.09.1992 Orange County, California, USA	T/S.Lt. (E) ? [0-16220] T/Lt. (E) 06.05.1944 T/El.Lt. ?, seniority 06.05.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: University of British Columbia (B.AppS 1943). 05.1943 - 09.1943 training, HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (05.1945)     served with RN (07.1945)     825 Squadron FAA * Went to M.I.T. after the war , and then on to Douglas Aircraft in California. * indexed, but not listed as such
Cowan, Edgar Horley	1898 ? - 16.09.1983 North Vancouver, British Columbia [age 85]	T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943 [0-16270]
Craig, Hector Joseph	? -	Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943 [0-16410] A/Cdr. 01.01.1945
Creba, Douglas Glenn	? - 28.06.1990 Victoria, British Columbia	T/Lt. 01.01.1942 [0-16630]	Commanding Officer, HM MTB 463 (motor torpdeo boat) 31.07.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 485 (motor torpedo boat)
Cross, Paul Barbour Son of William C. Cross (1867-1947), and Effie Maud Barbour (1866-1961). Married 1st (1922) Evelyn Currie (1899...). Married 2nd (1947) Adelaine Evans (1919-...); two daughters, one son.	1900 St John, New Brunswick - 06.11.1994 Winchester, Ontario	T/Cdr. 01.07.1940 [0-17020] T/A/Capt. < 10.1944 T/Capt. 01.01.1945 OBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43 VD 31.03.1943 ?	Insurance manager. (02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941)     no appointment listed 21.11.1941 - 21.11.1942 Commanding Officer, HMCS Rosthern (corvette) 15.01.1944 -  (04.1946) Secretary to Chief of Naval Equipment and Supply, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa
Cumming, Lysson Gordon	? -	Lt. ? [0-17360] Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1944	21.04.1942 - 05.10.1942 Commanding Officer, HMCS Baddeck (corvette) 10.10.1942 - (06.1945) Executive Officer, HMCS Fort Ramsay (depot ship, Gaspe, Que.)
Cunningham, John Ritchie	? - 09.10.2002 Vancouver, British Columbia	T/Lt. 08.06.1943 [0-17420]	09.02.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 461 (motor torpedo boat)
Curran, Robert Emmet	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 01.07.1944 [0-17510]	15.06.1942 - (05.1945) Assistant Judge Advocate General, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Curry, William George Married (04.09.1944, King's College Chapel, Halifax, NS)  then S/Lt. Sylvia Evelyn Ruth Salkeld, WRCNS; two sons, one daughter,	05.04.1915 - 24.07.1984	T/A/S.Lt. 08.03.1940 [0-17580] T/Lt. 05.04.1941 ?, seniority 05.04.1940 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. RCN(R) 1952?, seniority 08.09.1945 A/Cdr. RCN(R) 01.03.1952 Cdr. RCN(R) 01.01.1957 CD ? ?	(07.1940) - (10.1940) no appointment listed 27.11.1940 - (02.)1943 HMCS Snowberry (corvette) 1943 - (04.1943) HMCS Kings (officers' training establishment, Halifax, NS) 07.04.1943 - (12.1943) HMCS Fredericton (corvette) ? - (02.)1944 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) 20.03.1944 - 10.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Hawkesbury (corvette) 01.03.1952 - 30.04.1961 Commanding Officer, HMCS Hunter (Windsor Naval Division)
Cuthbert, Henry Greenhalgh	(12?).1907 Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK - 06.04.1983 Victoria, British Columbia	A/Paym.Lt. 10.08.1938 [0-17630] Paym.Lt. ?, seniority 10.08.1938 Lt. (Sp.Br.) ?, seniority 10.08.1938 ?, seniority 10.08.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 25.03.1944? Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) RCN 10.08.1946 (retd < 03.1963) CD ? ?	02.09.1939 - 18.09.1940 HMCS Naden (HMC Naval Base, Esquimalt, BC) (for duty at HMC Naval Base, Vancouver, BC) [initially serving with the Accountant Branch, but transferred (1940?) to the Special Branch] 18.09.1940 - (12.1943) Bandmaster of the second Navy Band, RCN Barracks, Esquimalt [HMCS Naden (HMC Naval Base, Esquimalt, BC)]  25.03.1944 - (1945) Bandmaster, HMCS Niobe (RCN depot in the UK) (for duty with Navy Show) ? - (05.1945) Bandmaster, HMCS Peregrine (RCN drafting depot, Halifax, NS) 15.11.1948 - (05.1953) RCN Barracks, Esquimalt [HMCS Naden] 31.07.1953 1954 - - (01.1956) 1956 HMCS Naden (HMC Naval Base, Esquimalt, BC): Commandant, Canadian Forces School of Music (07.1961) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)

 

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Dale, Stephen Holmes	? -	T/S.Lt. 15.02.1943 [0-17700] T/A/Lt. 15.02.1944	19.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMCS Whitby (corvette)
Davies, John Mortimer	? - 02.08.2001 St John, New Brunswick	T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943 [0-18370] DSC ? ?	? - ? ?
Deane, Richard Teesdale Son of Arthur Makreth Deane (1837-1926), and Mary Jane Teesdale (1850-). Married 1st ((09?).1908, Merrow Church, Guildford, Surrey) Dorothy Wyatt-Smith (1876-17.09.1940; lost on SS City of Benares), daughter of Henry Archer Wyatt-Smith, and Ellen Margaret Neild; seven children Married 2nd ((03?).1941, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Helene Wellisch; two children.	02.07.1884 East Marden, Westbourne district, Sussex - 21.12.1973 Vancouver, British Columbia	T/S.Lt. RNVR 21.07.1916 T/Lt. RNVR 21.07.1917 (reld 1919?) T/Lt. RNVR 30.10.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. RNVR < 10.1940 T/Lt. 12.1942, seniority 30.10.1939 [0-18880] T/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1944 (reld 28.09.1945)	Consulting engineer. served in the ranks, Corps of Royal Engineers 21.07.1916     commissioned, RNVR [temporary commission] 30.10.1939 - (05.)1940 Minesweeping Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 26.08.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Malabar (RN base, Jamaica) (for service at Trinidad) 01.01.1941 - (12.1941) Minesweeping Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth; department moved to Edinburgh in 1941) 12.1942 transferred, RCNVR 04.01.1943 - (09?.)1945 Development Officer, Naval Ordnance Branch, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa
Delvin, John	? -	T/El.Lt. (R) 01.02.1941 [0-18990] Lt.Cdr. (L) RCNR 14.01.1946 (reld 1954/55?)	01.06.1944 - (05.1945) Chief Radio Engineer Office, Commodore Superintendent, Halifax, NS [HMCS Scotian] (07.1945) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) * 1946? transferred to RCNR 05.03.1947 - (05.1953) HMCS York (Toronto Naval Division) * indexed, but not listed as such
Denny, Roy Campbell	? -	T/A/Lt. 06.09.1940 T/Lt. ?, seniority 06.09.1939 (reld < 05.1945)	(02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941)     no appointment listed served on North Atlantic convoy duty and was also in the planning department 01.06.1944 - (01.1945) Commanding Officer, HMC ML 127 (motor launch)
Desrochers, Jean Charles Paul	? -	T/Lt. 13.04.1942 [0-19290]	26.11.1943 - 15.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Arvida (corvette)
Dewdney, Frederic Hamilton Bruce * Son of Frederic Dewdney. * later changed third name from "Bruce" to "Peter"	? -	T/S.Lt. 16.08.1941? [0-19430] T/Lt. 01.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	12.05.1941 - 16.08.1941 2nd Officers Training Class, HMCS Royal Roads 09.05.1942 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMC ML 065 (motor launch) 08.03.1944 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMC ML 119 (motor launch) (87th ML Flotilla) 1944? - 1945? Commanding Officer, HMC ML 091 (motor launch) 25.01.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMC ML 101 (motor launch) (78th ML Flotilla) 07.11.1945 - (04.1946) HMCS Discovery (Vancouver Naval Division)
Dodds, John O	? -	T/S.Lt. 23.03.1945 [0-19978]	04.11.1944 - (05.1945) executive officers' course, HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Cornwallis, NS) (1945?)     First Lieutenant, HMC ML 072 (motor launch) (73rd ML Flotilla)
Donaldson, Charles Edward McArthur	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1936 [0-20150] A/Cdr. 01.01.1945 VD ? ?	? - (05.1945) Canadian Naval Administrative Authority, Plymouth (for duty at Portsmouth) [HMCS Niobe]
Douglas, Lionel Peirce Son of Capt. Lionel Dale Douglas and Christine Peirce Douglas (died 1979), of Vancouver, British Columbia.	1915 ? - 20.06.1942 (KIA) [age 27] [Halifax Memorial, N.s., panel 8]	T/Lt. 31.12.1940	Education: University of British Columbia (1937) 07.07.1941 - 11.1941 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) 27.11.1941 - 20.06.1942 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] (additional, for various services) [was killed in action while in command of a Motor Launch during the evacuation of Tobruk]
Dresser, John Woodward	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1943 [0-20770]
Duck, Jack MacGregor Married (1942?) Margaret Lois Elliott; four sons.	1919 - 2006 Ottawa, Ontario	T/S.Lt. ? [0-20930] T/Lt. 13.04.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	13.10.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMC ML 084 (motor launch) [79th ML Flotilla] (Gaspe, Halifax, Sidney, Cornerbrook) 28.04.1945 - (05.1945) HMCS Coppercliff (corvette)
Duncan, George Findlay Son of George Collins Duncan and Margaret Duncan, of Brome, Province of Quebec.	02.04.1916 Pollokshields district, Glasgow, Scotland - 02.10.1942 (KIA) [age 26] [Halifax Memorial, panel 8]	T/A/S.Lt. 09.01.1940 T/S.Lt. 1941?, seniority 09.01.1940 T/Lt. 09.02.1942 DSC 29.09.1942 action E-boats Plymouth 01.08.42 MID 03.03.1942 action E-boats Nore 19.12.41 MID 20.11.1945 defence against enemy trawler 02.10.42 [posthumously]	Education: Westmount High School (...-1934); McGill University (Treasurer 1936; Vice-President 1937; Frosh rubgy 1934; Gym team manager 1938). Member of the Society of Chartered Accountants of the Province of Quebec. ? - (10.1940) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) ? - (02.1941) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 27.04.1941 - 02.10.1942 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) 27.04.1941 - 12.1941 First Lieutenant, HM MGB 65 (motor gun boat) 12.1941 - 1942 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 65 (motor gun boat) (08.)1942 - 02.10.1942 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 78 (motor gun boat) [detailed story of the loss of the ship]
Dunell, George Eric Only son of Bernard and Lilla Dunell, of North Vancouver, British Columbia.	1918 ? - 07.01.1944 (MPK) [age 25] [Halifax Memorial, panel 11]	T/S.Lt. (E) 05.1943 ?	Education: North Star Public, North Vancouver High School; University of British Columbia (graduated 14.05.1943 with second class honours in Mechanical Engineering). 05.1943 - 09.1943 training, HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) 09.1943     passage to Gourock, Renfrewshire, Scotland per "Queen Mary" 14.09.1943 - 07.01.1944 HMS Tweed (frigate) [based at HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)] (ship torpedoed & sunk in Atlantic by U-305)
Dunn, James Alexander	? -	T/Lt. 04.03.1939 [0-21200] T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945	05.05.1945 - 02.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Antigonish (frigate)
Durley, Thomas Richard	? -	T/El.Lt. 28.05.1942 [0-21380] A/T/El.Lt.Cdr. 29.05.1944-(05.1945)	29.05.1944 - (05.1945) a Chief Fire Officer, Directorate of Fire and Safety, Naval Engineering and Construction Branch, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown]

  

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Earl, Paul Whitney	? - 23.05.1963 Ireland	T/Capt. 01.01.1945 [0-21600]
Edwards, Gordon Cheeseman "Ted"	07.1917 Toronto, Ontario - 02.02.2005 Ottawa, Ontario	T/A/S.Lt. 12.07.1940 [0-21880] T/S.Lt. 1941?, seniority 12.07.1940 T/Lt. 12.07.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1943, < 04.1944 T/A/Cdr. 22.08.1945 (reld 30.09.1947) Lt.Cdr. RCN 01.01.1947 A/Cdr. RCN 1948 Cdr. RCN 01.07.1950 Capt. RCN 01.07.1956 (retd 1969) Cdre. RCN 06.10.1964 MID 01.101.1945 New Year 45	Merchant Navy cadet with Anchor Donaldson Line, 1930s. Joined the Aircraft Division of Canadian Vickers Ltd. in Montreal,1938. 12.07.1940     joined RCNVR (Montreal Division)       on Channel Convoy Duty for anti-aircraft guard with RN 1941     flying training with RN (Pilot Training Course No. 29)       No. 31 Service Flying Training School (RCAF Kingston) 1941     HMS Argus (for Deck Landing Qualification) (12.1941)     no appointment listed       HMS Unicorn       HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 01.10.1942 - (12.1943) 824 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent), then HMS Striker (escort carrier)] (04.1944) - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, 824 Squadron FAA [HMS Striker (escort carrier)] (01.1945)     no appointment listed 07.04.1945 - 28.06.1945 Commanding Officer, 769 Squadron FAA [HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus), deck landing training at HMS Smiter (escort carrier) 04.1945-05.1945] ... - ... ...       Returned to service as LCdr.(P) RCN (SSA) in May ‘48 in NHQ as D/DNA, then A/Cdr. to Cayuga for additional trg. RN for Cdr.(Air) Cse in ‘50, then RCAF Staff College and for Jet training. Permanent Commission and confirmed Cdr. 24/5/53. Shearwater as Cdr.(Air), thence Stettler i/c 1954-55. Prom. Capt. 1/7/56 to NDC, fllowed. by NHQ. Athabaskan and Iroquois i/c and as CCC3 1961-62. App’t. Shearwater i/c in ‘62 and prom. Cmdre. 6/10/64 to be COMPERSLANT. Patriot as COND 1965-67, then Naval Staff as NDC. Assumed command CFB Borden in ‘69, and ret’d. from there.
Elliott, James Frank	25.12.1913 - 22.07.1998	T/Sg.Lt. 08.06.1941 T/Sg.Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1944 [0-22130] (reld 12.1945)	Education: MD. (12.1941)     HMCS Naden (RCN base, Esquimalt, British Columbia) * 19.12.1941 - (02.1943) RCN Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia [HMCS Stadacona] 07.12.1944 - (07.1945) RCN Hospital, St John's, Newfoundland [HMCS Avalon] * indexed, but not listed as such
Ellis, Martin Henry Married (04.07.1933, Saanrichton, British Columbia) Sheelagh D. Mcdonnell Parr.	? - 01.03.1993 Victoria, British Columbia	T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943 [0-22250] A/Cdr. ?

 

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Falconer, James Alexander	? -	T/Lt. 01.03.1940 [0-22890] 1942/43?, seniority 01.03.1939 (reld < 04.1946)	29.04.1940 - (12.1941) HMCS Stone Frigate (RCN training establishment, Kingston, Ont.) 1944 - (10.1944) Gunnery Officer, HMCS New Waterford (frigate) (01.1945)     HMCS New Waterford (frigate) * 11.04.1945 - (07.1945) Gunnery Officer, HMCS Matane (frigate)
Farrow, John Villiers	? -	Hon. Cdr. 01.07.1943 [0-23100]	not mobilized
Fennell, Robert George	31.12.1923 -	T/Lt. 25.05.1943 [0-23250]	03.04.1944     joined submarine service 03.07.1944 - 07.1944 HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) 07.1944 - 24.08.1944 HMS Thorough (submarine) 24.08.1944 - 15.01.1944 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) 11.09.1944 - 28.10.1944 HMS Sea Rover (submarine) 15.01.1944 - 16.03.1944 HMS Spiteful (submarine) 16.03.1945 - 18.04.1945 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) 18.04.1945 - 23.05.1945 HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) 23.05.1945 - 12.06.1945 HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) 12.06.1945 - 04.10.1945 HMS Voracious (submarine) 01.08.1945 released to RCN 04.10.1945 HMS York (cruiser)
Finlayson, John Norison	1916 ? - 13.11.1977 North Vancouver, British Columbia [age 61]	T/Lt. 24.08.1940 [0-23690]	12.08.1944 - 02.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Algoma (corvette)
Foote, John Frederick	? -	T/S.Lt. ? [0-24290] T/A/Lt. ? T/Lt. 12.04.1944	10.10.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, MTB 459
Forbes, Eric Keith	11.06.1917 - 10.03.2004 Virginia Beach, VA, USA	T/A/S.Lt. 01.07.1940 [0-24320] T/Lt. 01.07.1941 (reld 02.08.1945) DSC 29.12.1942 sank U-boat Mediterranean 24.06.42 [investiture 11.05.43]	(10.1940)     no appointment listed 11.11.1940     submarine course [HMS Dolphin] 28.12.1940 - 16.01.1941 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (as spare officer) 16.01.1941 - 23.06.1941 HMS H 44 (temporarily) [tender to HMS Cyclops] 23.06.1941 - 07.07.1942 HMS P 34 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin, from 20.08.1941 HMS St Angelo, from 01.09.1941 HMS Talbot] (from 20.05.1942 First Lieutenant & Navigating Officer) ? - 19.04.1943 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax) 19.04.1943 - 26.04.1943  HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 26.04.1943 - 02.07.1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Stoic (submarine) (workups) 02.07.1943 - 07.07.1943 HMS P 231 (submarine) [tender to HMS Forth] 07.07.1943 - 11.11.1943 HMS Seanymph (submarine) [tender to HMS P 223?] (Home Waters) 11.11.1943 - 21.11.1943 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 21.11.1943 - 11.01.1944 submarine Commanding Officers' qualifying course (failed) [HMS Dolphin] 11.01.1944 - 30.01.1944 HMS Ambrose (additional) 30.01.1944 - 07.03.1944 submarine Commanding Officers' qualifying course (failed) [HMS Cyclops] 07.03.1944 returned to general service 22.08.1944 - (10.1944) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 26.02.1945 - 02.04.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Ambler (training vessel) 01.05.1945 - (05.1945) HMCS Stadacona (for service with Captain (D) Halifax) (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Fraser, Donald McNeish Son of George Emerson Fraser, and Hazel McNeish.	15.02.1913 -	Lt. ?	25.05.1944 - 16.12.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Amherst (corvette)
Frayer, Conan Rudyard	? -	Capt. 01.01.1945 [0-25250] VD ? ?
Fuller, Thomas George "Tom"	? - 09.05.1995 Ottawa, Ontario	T/Lt. ? [0-25620] T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945 T/A/Cdr. ? DSC ? ? DSC ? ? DSC ? ? MID ? ?	? Commanding Officer, HM MGB 13 (motor gun boat) ? HMS Mosquito ? 61st MGB Flotilla

 

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Gardiner, William Douglas Haig	21.04.1917 Chatham, Ontario -	T/Lt. 01.01.1941 [0-26140]	14.10.1943 - 27.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Atholl (corvette) 27.10.1944 - (06.1945) Commanding Officer, HMCS St. Lambert (corvette)
Gayman, George Raymond	17.03.1915 - 01.11.2002 Vancouver, British Columbia	T/Sg.Lt. 29.04.1941 [0-26500] (reld 1946)	Education: University of Toronto (medical school; MD) had numerous postings in Winnipeg, St. John's, and Halifax before being sent overseas 1942 - 1946 lent to RN: 27.03.1944 - (09.1945) Medical Officer, HMS Wager (destroyer) (Scotland, Mediterranean, Suez, Ceylon, Australia); represented Canada as one of the senior naval officers at the signing of the peace in Tokyo Bay on the US battleship Missouri on 02.09.1945 (04.1946) HMCS Stadacona (RCN barracks, Halifax, NS)
Gedye, William P B	1910 ? London, UK ? - 04.1966 Toronto, Ontario	Prob. T/S.Lt. VR - [0-26546]	30.12.1944 - (05.1945) Executive Officers' Course, HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Halifax, NS) (1945?)     HMCS La Hulloise (frigate)
Gilbert, Kenneth McArthur Son of Russell Richard Gilbert, and Margaret McArthur. Married (10.08.1945) Evelyn Irene Bates, daughter of Thomas Norman Bates; three sons.	03.01.1920 Camrose, Alberta -	T/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1942? [0-26950] T/Lt. (E) 01.05.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: Toronto Public School, Humberside Collegiate; University of Toronto (BASc, 1942). ? - 10.11.1942 HMS Martin (destroyer) (ship torpedoed & sunk by U-431 off Algeria) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed 15.03.1945 - (05.1945) HMS Buckingham (frigate) President and Chief Executive Officer, Dale and Company Ltd., est. 1907, insurance brokers, Toronto. President, Steers Insurance Agencies Ltd.; Vice-President, Dale Ross Holdings Ltd.
Gillis, John Hugh	? -	T/S.Lt. 15.03.1943 [0-27190] T/A/Lt. 15.03.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	(06.1944)     no appointment listed 14.08.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMC ML 072 (motor launch) (73rd ML Flotilla)
Gilmore, William James	1903 - 06.02.1974 Vancouver, British Columbia [age 71]	T/A/Lt. 15.04.1940 [0-27250] T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 15.04.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	29.04.1940 - (02.)1941 officer training, HMCS Stone Frigate (RCN training establishment, Kingston, Ont.) 20.09.1941 - 10.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Mahone (minesweeper) 25.05.1944 - 10.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Parry Sound (corvette) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Givens, William W	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 04.05.1945 [0-27338] T/S.Lt. 1945?, seniority 04.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	16.12.1944 - (07.1945) Executive Officers' Course, HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Halifax, NS) (04.1946) no appointment listed
Gladwell, James William	? -	T/Lt. 22.12.1942 [0-27340] (reld > 04.1946) MID 30.05.1944 action Dieppe 28.03.44	10.01.1943 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 614 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven) from 25.09.1944] 04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Godbehere, Cecil Richard Married 1st (28.06.1943) Elizabeth M.D. Cooper (died 1972), one son, two daughters. Married 2nd (29.08.1972) Shirley Mae Webber.	28.05.1922 -	T/Lt. 15.02.1944 [0-27570] (reld 1945/46)	26.03.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM ML 115 (motor launch)
Goodwin, Walter Hardenbroecke Son of Ray Starr Goodwin (1888-1984), and Emma Augusta Skibbe Brune (1888-1947). Married.	10.09.1919 Vancouver, British Columbia - 17.05.1973 Arcadia, California, USA	T/S.Lt. (E) ? [0-27810] T/Lt. (E) 06.05.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: University of British Columbia (BA; B.AppS 1943); Caltech, California, USA (MSc). 05.1943 - 09.1943 training, HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) 28.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMCS Thunder (Bangor class minesweeper) Ended up with an aircraft company in California.
Gould, William Pierce	? -	T/S.Lt. 22.12.1942 [0-28170] T/Lt. ?, seniority 22.12.1942	24.04.1944 - (05.1945) HMCS Orangeville (corvette)
Gracey, James Marshall	? -	T/S.Lt. 30.12.1940 [0-28310] T/Lt. 05.01.1941 1944/45?, senioriity 05.07.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	(12.1941)     HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) * 20.01.1942 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Star XVI (auxiliary minesweeper) 05.10.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMCS Canso (Bangor class minesweeper) * indexed, but not listed as such
Grady, Peter Harold	? -	T/A/Lt. 13.01.1944 [0-28320] T/Lt. 1945?, seniority 25.05.1943 Lt. RCN ?, seniority 25.11.1943 Lt.Cdr. RCN 25.11.1951	07.10.1944 - (10.1944) observer, 744 Squadron FAA [HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown, Northern Ireland)] (01.1945)     838 Squadron FAA * (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMCS Stadacona (RCN barracks and training establishment, Halifax, NS) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Graham, Robert Patrick Bateman	? -	T/S.Lt. 01.08.1943 [0-28530] T/Lt. seniority 01.08.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	(10.1944) no appointment listed (01.1945) no appointment listed 05.06.1945 - (06.1945) HMCS Stadacona  (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for disposal or under training) (07.1945) HMC MTB 462 (motor torpedo boat) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Grant, Donald Alexander	? -	Lt.Cdr. 18.03.1937 [0-28630] VD ? ?
Gray, Robert Hampton "Hammy"	02.11.1917 Trail, British Columbia - 09.08.1945 Honshu, Japan	T/S.Lt. ? [0-29020] T/Lt. backdated 31.12.1941 VC 13.11.1945 attack Jap. destroyer Onagawa Wan 09.08.45 DSC 21.08.1945 air attacks on Japan 45 MID 16.01.1945 4 attacks on Tirpitz 08.44 * For great valour in leading, from the aircraft carrier Formidable, an attack on a Japanese destroyer in Onagawa Wan, in the Japanese Island of Honshu, on August 9, 1945. In the face of fire from shore batteries and a heavy concentration of fire from some five warships, Lieutenant Gray pressed home his attack, flying very low in order to ensure success. Although he was hit and his aircraft was in flames, he obtained at least one direct hit, sinking the destroyer. Lieutenant Gray has shown a brilliant fighting spirit and most inspiring leadership.	Education: University of Alberta (1936-1938); University of British Columbia (1938-1940) 07.1940 joined RNVR 09.1940 - 03.1941 arrived in the UK, trained at HMS Raleigh & HMS St Vincent 03.1941 - 06.1941 No 24 Elementary Flying Training School at Luton near London 06.1941 - 09.1941 No. 31 Service Training School in Kingston, Ontario 09.1941 - 02.1942 RN Air Station, Yeovilton [HMS Heron] 02.1942 - 05.1942 757 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm [HMS Ketral] (Worthy Down) 08.05.1942 - 08.1942 789 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm [HMS Afrikander] (South Africa) 08.1942 - 09.1942 795 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm [HMS Kipanga] (Kenya, Tangyanika, East Africa) 09.1942 - 12.1942 803 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm [HMS Kipanga] (Tanga) 12.1942 - 02.1943 803 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm [HMS Illustrious] 01.04.1943 - 02.1944 877 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm [HMS Kipanga] (Tanga, Mombassa) 02.1944 returned to UK 03.1944 - 05.1944 10 weeks leave [HMS Stadacona] 05.1944 - 08.1944 training at HMS Heron 06.08.1944 - 09.08.1945 1841 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm [HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)]
Griffin, Anthony George Scott "Tony" Married Kathleen Lockhart Gordon; at least one son. memoirs (8 episodes)	15.08.1911 Lovehill, Langley, Buckinghamshire, UK -	T/Lt. 16.07.1940 [0-29390] T/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1943 (reld 09.11.1945) T/A/Cdr. < 07.1945 MID 22.12.1942 21.11.1942 action with U-boats * * Lieutenant Griffin was Commanding Officer of HMCS Pictou when she located an enemy U-Boat which she followed and attacked on the surface forcing it to dive. With coolness and daring, he directed and carried out a most promising depth charge attack.	Education: Royal Military College of Canada (1930-1931) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 29.04.1941 - 05.09.1941 HMCS Pictou (corvette) 05.09.1941 - 21.08.1942 Commanding Officer, HMCS Pictou (corvette) 20.09.1942 - 14.03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMCS Pictou (corvette) 03.1943 - 09.1943 senior escort officer on the staff of Admiral Murray, Commander-in-Chief, Canadian North Atlantic in Halifax [HMCS Stadacona] 28.09.1943 - (10.1944) Staff Officer (Operations) to Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon] 18.03.1945 - 17.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Toronto (frigate) 06?.1945 - 11.1945  wartime assets disposal branch, Ottawa [07.1945 indexed as HMCS Avalon] * Published: Footfalls in memory (privately published, 1998) * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Haldane, Alexander Goodall	05.02.1906 Dunfirmline, Scotland. -	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 20.03.1944 [0-29957] (reld < 04.1946)	commanded the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps, Ark Royal in Toronto 15.06.1944 - 04.1945 HMCS York (RCN base, Toronto, Ont.) 30.04.1945 - (05.1945) HMCS Ettrick (frigate)
Hale, William Frederick	? -	T/S.Lt. 10.06.1943 T/Lt. ?	19.10.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 466 (motor torpedo boat)
Hamm, Frank Parker	? -	T/S.Lt. 01.11.1939 [0-30450] T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 01.11.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	05.04.1940 - (12.1941) HMC Naval Base, St John, N.Br. [HMCS Venture] (10.1944)     HMCS Prince Henry (landing ship infantry (medium)) * 03.10.1944 - (07.1945) Gunnery Officer, HMCS Lanark (frigate)
Hardy, Blake Gilby Brother of Lt. Harold Stevenson Hardy, RCNVR.	26.01.1914 Fort William, Ontario - 30.12.1966 Oakville, Ontario	T/A/S.Lt. 20.10.1939 [0-30820] T/A/Lt. 26.01.1940 T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 26.01.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1943 T/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1945 (reld > 04.1946) MBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 07.08.1940 - (04).1943 Naval Control Service, Sydney, NS [HMCS Protector (depot ship, Sydney, NS)] 01.05.1943 - 03.1945 Naval Control Service, Sydney, NS [HMCS Protector (depot ship, Sydney, NS)] 14.03.1945 - (04.1946) Naval Control Service, Quebec [HMCS Chaleur (depot ship, Quebec), later HMCS Montcalm (Quebec Division RCNVR)]
Hardy, Harold Stevenson Brother of Lt.Cdr. Blake Gilby Hardy, RCNVR.	23.08.1917 Fort William, Ontario - 16.03.1990 Thunder Bay, Ontario	T/Lt. 18.08.1942 [0-30830]	04.01.1942 - (04.)1943 HMCS Fredericton (corvette) 30.07.1943 - (06.)1944 HMCS Fredericton (corvette) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed 26.02.1945 - (05.)1945 HMCS Qu'Appelle (destroyer) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 16.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMCS Poundmaker (frigate)
Hart, John Cyril	? -	Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1942 A/Cdr. 01.01.1945 VD ? ?
Harvey, Denis	? -	T/Cdr. (Sp.Br.) ? [0-31440] Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 01.01.1945	15.11.1942 - (05.1945) Comptroller, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Hayes, Kenneth Price	? -	T/Lt. (S) 05.12.1940 [0-31860]	10.06.1942 - (05.1945) Assistant Secretary to Chief of the Naval Staff, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Hickey, William Ross Married (05.01.1943, St Thomas, Ontario) Kathleen Anne Elizabeth Maze; at least one son.	? -	T/Lt. (S) 01.03.1941 [0-32910] T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S) < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. (S) RCNR 29.09.1945 Cdr. (S) RCNR 01.07.1951 (retd > 01.1959) CD ? ?	26.08.1944 - (07.1945) Supply Officer, HMCS Provider (base supply ship, Bermuda) transferred to RCNR (07.1948) HMCS Hunter (Windsor Naval Division) * 07.03.1951 - (01.1959) HMCS Nonsuch (Edmonton Naval Division) * indexed, but not listed as such
Hobart, George Maxwell	? -	T/S.Lt. ? [0-33370] S.Lt. 01.02.1945	08.01.1945 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 464 (motor torpedo boat)
Holder, Gordon Guthrie Keith Son of Lt.Col. G.G.K. Holder, Canadian Army, and Edith Mary Kee (1892-1990).	17.02.1920 Saint John, New Brunswick - 1966 Toronto, Ontario [buried at Saint John, N.Br.]	Midsh. 26.11.1937 [0-33680] A/S.Lt. 26.11.1938 S/Lt. 26.11.1939 Lt. 26.11.1940 ?, seniority 26.11.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. RCN 1950/51?, seniority 26.11.1947	26.11.1937 joined RCNVR, Saint John (N.Br.) Division 18.02.1940 - (02.1941) HMCS Cartier (armed coastal patrol ship & training vessel) (12.1941)     HMCS Niagara (training vessel) * 11.10.1943 - (06.)1944 [Commanding Officer?], HMCS Granby (Bangor class minesweeper) (for anti-submarine duties) 03.07.1944 - 15.06.1945 Commanding Offcier, HMCS Leaside (corvette) 29.10.1945 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, Saint John Naval Division [HMCS Brunswicker (RCN base, Saint John, NB)] 30.11.1951 - (05.)1953 HMCS York (Toronto Naval Division) 23.05.1953 - (07.1954) Commanding Officer, HMCS Granby (Bangor class minesweeper) Captain, Canadian Coast Guard till his death.
Holland, Albert [A] "Buz" Son of the late Mr & Mrs Harold H. Holland, formerly of Toronto. Married (Chapel of HMCS York, Toronto) Hazel Audrey Darragh, daughter of the late Emerson W. Darragh, and Mrs James L. Casey, of Toronto, Ont.	early 1920s Winnipeg, Manitoba -	T/S.Lt. 21.06.1943 T/Lt. 21.06.1944 [0-33710] (reld < 04.1946)	(10.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed 14.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMCS Summerside (corvette)
Holland, Frederick William	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943 [0-33720]
Hood, Thomas	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. (retd) 01.07.1934 [0-33980] A/Cdr. (retd) 01.07.1944
Horne, John Edmund	? -	T/El.Lt. 11.04.1939 [0-34130] T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946	07.02.1944 - (07.1945) on staff of Captain (D) Halifax [HMCS Stadacona] (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Hose, Walter John Frederick	(12?).1906 Fulham, Greater London, UK -	Lt.Cdr. 10.07.1936 [0-34180] A/Cdr. 1945? VD ? ?	02.09.1939 - (02.1941) RCN Headquarters, Ottawa [HMCS Stadacona] 16.10.1943 - (07.1945) Staff Officer Appointments and Records, HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland)
Houghton, Wilfred Tudor Brother of Col. J.M. Houghton, Canadian Army.	1912 - 02.02.1991 Oakville, Ontario	T/Lt. 01.05.1941 [0-34220] (reld < 04.1946)	06.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMCS Poundmaker (frigate)
Howard, John Francis	? -	T/S.Lt. 01.02.1945 [0-34340]	09.02.1945 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 465 (motor torpedo boat)
Huffman, Keith Cameron Son of Henry Milroy Huffman V, and Hazel Timms.	? -	T/S.Lt. ? [0-34670] T/Lt. 22.12.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	02.10.1942 - (12.1943) HMCS Swift Current (Bangor class minesweeper) 18.09.1944 - (07.1945) Navigating Officer, HMCS Sea Cliff (frigate)
Hunter, John Rooke	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943 [0-35070] A/Cdr. 01.01.1945 A/Capt. ?
Hurcomb, Philip Redmond	? - 17.11.1983 Ottawa, Ontario	T/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 01.01.1945 [0-35170] T/A/Cdr. (Sp.Br.) ?	05.04.1942 - (05.1945) Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Hyman, Ernest Roy	? -	Lt. 15.04.1938 [0-35420]	15.10.1943 - 04.04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Algoma (corvette)

 

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Ireland, John Gilmore	? -	T/S.Lt. 01.02.1945 [0-35630]	21.12.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 486 (motor torpedo boat)

 

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Jackson, Reginald	1901 ? - 08.03.1979 Victoria, British Columbia [age 78]	Lt.Cdr. 19.11.1939 [0-36020] A/Cdr. 01.01.1945 VD ? ?	01.04.1945 - (05.1945) RCN Barracks, Shelburne, NS [HMCS Shelburne]
Jamdras, Henry L From New York City, US.	1920s ? -	T/S.Lt. (E) ? (reld 1944/45?)	08.10.1943 - (04.1944) HMS Wild Goose (sloop)
Jarvis, Edward Gilbert "Ted"	1917 -	T/S.Lt. ? [0-36300] T/Lt. 03.10.1942 ?, seniority 03.10.1941 (reld < 04.1946) MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45	05.03.1942 - (12.1942) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (miscellaneous staff) 22.09.1942 - ? HMC MTB PT9 (motor torpedo boat) 18.05.1943 - 18.11.1943 Commanding Officer, HMC ML 072 (motor launch) (73rd ML Flotilla) (12.1943) - (02.1944) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) 06.03.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMC ML 064 (motor launch) & as Senior Officer, 72nd ML Flotilla 17.01.1945 - (05.1945) HMCS Venture (depot ship) Company executive.
Jeffery, Joseph	01.09.1907 London, Ontario - 06.06.1999 London, Ontario	T/Cdr. (S) 14.02.1944 [0-36400] T/A/Capt. (S) ? CM 20.03.1999 University of Western Ontario OBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	1940 - 1945 Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown]: Secretary to Director of Naval Intelligence; - 26.06.1943 Deputy Secretary to the Naval Board; 26.06.1943 - (05.)1945 Secretary to the Naval Board After a successful career in commerce and law, he holds the distinction of having the longest record of continuous service at the University of Western Ontario.
Jennings, William Bruce Son of Harry Bruce Jennings. Married (12.01.1945) Joyce Walker, daughter of Albert William Walker.	? - 11.12.2002 Toronto, Ontario [19.11.2002 ? Lancaster, OH ?]	? ? [V27217] T/S.Lt. ? [0-36550] T/Lt. 04.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	served as a rating 24.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMCS Collingwood (corvette)
Johnson, Kenneth Lorne	? -	A/Lt. 07.09.1937 [0-36870] Lt. ?, seniority 07.09.1937 Lt.Cdr. 07.09.1944 (reld 14.08.1945) MID 10.04.1945 21.04.1945 for leadership, initiative and good judgement in rescuing the survivors of HMCS Clayoquot and in providing for the safety of his convoy during the rescue operations 24.12.44	07.09.1937     RCNVR Half Company Quebec City 06.09.1939 - 19.03.1940 Extended Defence, HMC Naval Base at Quebec [HMCS Venture] 20.03.1940 - 09.08.1940 Naval Control Service, HMC Naval Base at Quebec [HMCS Venture] 10.08.1940 - 30.09.1942 Commanding Officer, Quebec Division RCNVR, from 01.11.1941 known as HMCS Montcalm 15.01.1943 - 16.01.1944 First Lieutenant, HMCS Medicine Hat (minesweeper) 17.01.1944 - 15.05.1944 First Lieutenant, HMCS Acadia (anti-aircraft training ship) 16.05.1944 - 12.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Fennel (corvette) (despatches)
Joy, Alexander Primrose Grahame "Alec"	? - 13.07.1996 Toronto, Ontario	T/A/S.Lt. 18.03.1940 [0-37590] T/Lt. 18.03.1941 (reld 18.07.1945) MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky	30.03.1940 served RN  02.09.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 03.05.1943 - 03.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 633 (motor torpedo boat) (1944/45?) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 759 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth)]
Judge, Ronald "Ron" Son of Thomas Judge (1856-1926), and Jane Ann Shotton (1874-1959). Married Dorothy Ada Mary Taylor-Stoll.	(03?).1915 Sunderland, Co. Durham, UK - 19.03.1997 The Glebe Centre, Ottawa, Ontario	T/Constr.Lt. 10.01.1943 (reld < 05.1945)	Apprenticeship at R.L. Thompson in Sunderland. (10.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed
Judges, Ronald Alfred Son of Mrs. Nellie Sara Judges. Married (01.02.1940, Toronto, Ontario), Marjorie Adelaide Stoneburgh, a Canadian platform diving champion (died 31.05.1993); two daughters From Toronto, Ontario	24.08.1910 Hastings district, Sussex, UK - 02.04.1993 [Toronto?], Ontario	T/A/Lt. 15.01.1940 [0-37650] T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? T/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1944 (reld 21.12.1945) MID 01.01.1944 06.01.1944 New Year 44 * 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Def M - - CdnVolSM - - WM 39|45 - - * Acting Lieutenant-Commander Judges, as Commanding Officer of HMCS Cobalt showed a fine fighting spirit and great skill and determination in the handling of his ship, laying it alongside a blazing tanker with a cargo of gasoline. It was due to his inspiration, leadership and bravery that he and his ship's company were able to save this valuable ship from total loss by putting out the fires.	Employed by the Advertising Department of the Toronto Telegram. (02.1941)     no appointment listed 01.05.1941 - 1941  HMCS Saskatoon (corvette) (till 08.06.1941 'stand by') 23.11.1941 -  (02.)1943 HMCS Sudbury (corvette) 06.05.1943 - 03.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Cobalt (corvette) 05.04.1944 - 03.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Winnipeg (minesweeper) 04.09.1944 - 18.10.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Cap-de-la-Madeleine (frigate) (till 30.09.1944 'stand by') 22.10.1945 - (04.1946) Montreal Naval Division [HMCS Donnaconna] Assistant Director, then Director of Advertising of the Montreal Star. President of Advertising and Sales Executives Club of Montreal. Member of the Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association, and made President of the Newspaper Advertising Managers Association of Eastern Canada. President of the Canadian Newspapers Association, 1964-1969. Executive Vice President of the Montreal Star (1970), and the second Canadian ever to be elected President of the International Newspaper and Advertising Executives. President of the Naval Officers Association of Montreal. Active member of the RCYC (Royal Canadian Yacht Club) and the National Yacht Club, as well as the QCYC (Queen City Yacht Club), winning several sailing races.