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1939-1945

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Adam,
Joseph Murray

J.M. Adam
?
-
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
I.E. Alcock
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)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
10.07.1945
15.09.1945
Operation Baboon (operations on the Arakan coast 03.45): for service in hazardous reconnaissances in Burma
Mention in Despatches 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
P.C. Amos
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.07.1943 [0-1950]
(05.1945)


Naval Service HQ, Ottawa
Amyot,
Francis
"Frank"
F. Amyot (Photo courtesy of Mr Kevin Joynt) F. Amyot

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
J.H. Arbick
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr. (A)
15.10.1943 [0-2544]
(05.1945)


Naval Service HQ, Ottawa
Atwood,
Lorenzo Lysons
L.L. Atwood
?
-
08.02.1986
Kemptville
Cdr.
01.01.1945 [0-3340]
Capt. RCN
01.07.1950 (retd)
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VRD
19.01.1945
?
Canadian Forces Decoration CD
?
?
29.03.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Prince Robert (A.A.A.S. [= auxiliary anti-aircraft ship?])
Audette,
Louis de la Chesnaye
L. de la. C. Audette
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
Officer, Order of Canada OC
?
?
Mention in Despatches 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
J.H. Bailey
?
-
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
J.W. Baillie
?
-
T/Lt.
30.12.1941 [0-3650]



served MTBs (RN)
Baker,
Graham McNaughton
G.M. Baker
1917 ?
-

28.03.1942
[age 25]
St. Nazaire
[Halifax Memorial]
T/S.Lt.
18.03.1940
T/Lt.
18.03.1941

Mention in Despatches

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.
P.A.G.B. Baldwin
?
-
T/Lt.
22.12.1942 [0-3980]
(06.1944)


Commanding Officer, HM MTB 431 (motor torpedo boat) (RN)
Balfour,
Harold Wilson
H.W. Balfour
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)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.01.1945
05.01.1945
New Year 45 *
Volunteer Officers' Decoration 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"
G.E. Bampton
?
-
T/Lt.  09.11.1943 [0-4150]
      served MTBs (RN)
(05.1945)     HMCS Stadacona
Bannerman,
Donald Keith
"Don"
D.K. Bannerman D.K. Bannerman
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
C.V. Barlow
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
C.V. Barlow
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
C.V. Barlow
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)
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal CdnVolSM
-
-
War Medal 1939-1945 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
T.H. Beament
23.07.1898
Ottawa, Ontario
-
T/Lt.Cdr. (retd)
02.08.1936 [0-5090]
A/Cdr.
01.07.1943
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD
?
?
(05.1944?)
-
(05.1945)
Policy and Plans Section, Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [HMCS Niobe]
Beeman,
John Henault
J.H. Beeman
?
-
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
I.H. Bell (Photo courtesy of Mr Bruce Bell) I.H. Bell (Photo courtesy of Mr Bruce Bell)
I.H. Bell (Photo courtesy of Mr Bruce Bell) I.H. Bell (Photo courtesy of Mr Bruce Bell)
I.H. Bell (Photo courtesy of Mr Bruce Bell) I.H. Bell (Photo courtesy of Mr Bruce Bell)
I.H. Bell (Photo courtesy of Mr Bruce Bell)
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) 

Mention in Despatches

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

H. Bell-Irving
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr.
11.09.1939 [0-5760]
T/A/Cdr.
?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
?
?
16.11.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) (miscellaneous duties)



served MTBs ?
Bell-Irving,
Richard Morris

R.M. Bell-Irving
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
J.A. Bennet
?
-
T/Lt.
04.09.1939



served MTBs
Berkeley,
Henry Robert Anthony Cheyne
H.R.A.C. Berkeley
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
G.C. Bernard
?
-
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

L.C. Bishop
?
-
07.09.1953
Halifax, Nova Scotia
T/Lt.
31.12.1941 [0-6650]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
14.11.1944
Op. Neptune, Normandy 06.44 *
Distinguished Service Cross 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
R.W. Blair (Photo courtesy of Mr Bob Crawford)
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"
R.P. Blake (Photo courtesy of Mrs Eileen Marcil)
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
E.J. Blandford
?
-
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
W.S. Blandy
?
-
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
J. de la C. Bogue
?
-
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"
C.E. Bonnell
?
-

08.01.1943
[age 33]
(KIA)
T/A/Lt.
27.09.1939

Distinguished Service Cross

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
C.H. Bonnycastle
26.12.1904
Winnipeg, Manitoba
-
11.1985
St John, New Brunswick
Cdr.
01.07.1942 [0-7500]
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD
?
?
01.08.1944
-
(05.1945)
Executive Officer, HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Cornwallis, NS)
Borradaile,
Edward Litchfield
E.L. Borrodaile
?
-
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
C.S. Boucher

?
-
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
A.G. Boulton
?
-
03.05.1992
Victoria
Lt.Cdr
? [0-7830]
Cdr.
01.01.1945

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
?
?
Canadian Forces Decoration 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"
R. Bourke R. Bourke
R. Bourke 

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
Victoria Cross VC
?
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
?
?
       
Boxer,
Donald Edward
D.E. Boxer
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
R.J. Boxer
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
J.B. Bracken
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
J.A. Breadner
?
-
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
E.R. Brock
1892 ?
-
13.02.1964
Vancouver, British Columbia
[age 72]

Capt.
01.01.1942 [0-8870]
Cdre. 2nd cl.
25.05.1944

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

CBE
?
?
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD
?
?
       
Brock,
Jeffry Vanstone
"Jeff"
J.V. Brock
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
Distinguished Service Order DSO
?
?
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
?
?
Canadian Forces Decoration 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
J. Brock
?
-
13.12.1990
Rothesay, New Brunswick
T/Lt.
12.10.1939 [0-8890]
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945
Distinguished Service Cross 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
G.H. Brown
?
-
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
G.C. Brown
?
-
T/Lt.
01.06.1941
18.10.1943
-
15.06.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Baddeck (corvette)
Brown,
Thomas Jackson
T.J. Brown
?
-
05.07.1998
Vancouver, British Columbia
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-9690]
       
Bruce,
David Nigel
D.N. Bruce
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
G.N. Bruce
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
G.H. Buntain
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr. (retd)
01.04.1931 [0-10370]
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD ?
?
       
Burdon,
Thomas Holland
"Tom"
T.H. Burdon

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"
C.A. Burk C.A. Burk
C.A. Burk (Photo courtesy of Mr Danny Mercer)
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)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 02.05.1944 4 E-boats damaged Nore 14.02.44 [investiture 10.10.44]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 14.11.1944 action assault area 26.07.44
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune
Mention in Despatches MID 04.05.1943 action E-boats Nore 07.03.43
Mention in Despatches 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"
C. Burke
C. Burke   
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)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 30.05.1944
24.06.1944
action Adriatic coast Italy 0144

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 23.01.1945
03.02.1945
coastal actions Adriatic 08-09.44

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 24.04.1945
15.09.1945
attack on the Island of Lussino 03.12.44
Mention in Despatches 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
S.L. Burke
?
-
T/Lt.
21.06.1944 [0-10530]



served MTBs



Commanding Officer, HM ML 100 (motor launch)
Burnett,
James Evelyn
J.E. Burnett
?
-
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
J.E. Burnett
?
-
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
J.E. Burnett
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
F.E. Burrows
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)

Mention in Despatches

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
I. Butters (Photo courtesy of Lt.Col. Andrew F. Butters, CD (retd))
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)
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal CdnVolSM - & clasp
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Canadian Forces Decoration CD 1951 -
Canadian Forces Decoration 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
F.E. Burrows
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)

Distinguished Service Cross

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
A.M. Byers
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
K.B. Cameron
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
B.A. Campbell
?
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
C.L. Campbell
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
M.R. Campbell
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.07.1943 [0-11810]
A/Cdr.
?
       
Campbell,
Ross
R. Campbell
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

Officer, Order of Canada

OC
24.03.2007
for public service

Distinguished Service Cross

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
D.C. Carter
?
-
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
D.A. Cary
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"
C.D. Chaffey C.D. Chaffey
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)

Mention in Despatches

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
A.E. Chilcott
?
-
1988
Toronto, Ontario
T/Lt.Cdr.
04.05.1940 [0-13490]
       
Chipman,
William Pennock
W.P. Chipman
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.
?

Mention in Despatches

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
W.W. Chipman
?
-
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
A.W. Clark
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

Distinguished Service Cross

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
J.M. Clark (Photo courtesy of Mr J.M. Clark)
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
D. Clark D. Clark
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)
Canadian Forces Decoration 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
J.D. Clouston
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
J.W. Collins
?
-
T/Lt.
18.08.1941 [0-14940]

Distinguished Service Cross

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
J.J. Connolly
?
-
19.02.1990
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Cdr.
01.01.1945 [0-15150]
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD
?
?
       
Connolly,
Joseph Patrick
J.P. Connolly
?
-
Capt.
01.01.1943 [0-15160]

Military Cross

MC
?
?
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD
?
?
       
Cooke,
Murray Hamel
M.H. Cooke
?
-

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)

Canadian Forces Decoration

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"
P.C.H. Cooke (Photo courtesy of Mr Rob Cooke) P.C.H. Cooke (Photo courtesy of Mr David & Rob Cooke)
P.C.H. Cooke (Photo courtesy of Mr David & Rob Cooke)
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)

Canadian Forces Decoration

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]
S.J.M. Coombe

His daughter writes: "From what I remember he was seconded to the Royal Navy for the development of Radar. He was part of a group called "the Kiwanis Group". I believe he eventually was a Lieutenant. He was in Portsmouth (for training?) in mid 1940 then fitting radar in destroyers at Newcastle, Middleborough and Glasgow. In early 1941 he was posted to Londonderry where he organized the radar fitting-out and maintenance base. During 8 months he fitted radar in about 40 destroyers and looked after the maintenance for Belfast and Londonderry. When he left Derry in August 1941 his staff had grown to four officers and about 40 men. Later he went to St. John's NFLD, Halifax and Staten Island New York, the latter base of which he was in charge until he was discharged in July 1945."

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
J.H. Corbett
?
-
T/Lt.
08.03.1943 [0-15780]
11.05.1944
-
21.06.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Annan (frigate)
Coverdale,
Harold Milton
H.M. Coverdale
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
E.H. Cowan
1898 ?
-
16.09.1983
North Vancouver, British Columbia
[age 85]
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-16270]
       
Craig,
Hector Joseph
H.J. Craig
?
-
Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-16410]
A/Cdr.
01.01.1945
       
Creba,
Douglas Glenn
D.G. Creba
?
-
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
P.B. Cross
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
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
01.01.1946
New Year 46
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1943
New Year 43
Volunteer Officers' Decoration 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
L.G. Cumming
?
-
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
J.R. Cunningham
?
-
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
R.E. Curran
?
-
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
W.G. Curry (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jane W. Cowan) W.G. Curry (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jane W. Cowan)
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

Canadian Forces Decoration

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
H.G. Cuthbert (Source: http://www.crunchers.bc.ca/niobe/)
(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)
Canadian Forces Decoration 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)

 
D    

top

Dale,
Stephen Holmes
S.H. Dale
?
-
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
J.M. Davies
?
-
02.08.2001
St John, New Brunswick
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-18370]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
?
?
?
-
?
?
Deane,
Richard Teesdale
J.M. Davies
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
J. Delvin
?
-
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
J. Delvin
?
-
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
J.C.P. Desrochers
?
-
T/Lt.
13.04.1942 [0-19290]
26.11.1943
-
15.03.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Arvida (corvette)
Dewdney,
Frederic Hamilton Bruce *
F.H.B. Dewdney (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Dewdney) F.H.B. Dewdney (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Dewdney)
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
J. Dodds (Photo courtesy of Mr Kevin Joynt) J. Dodds (Photo courtesy of Mr Kevin Joynt)
J. Dodds (Photo courtesy of Mr Kevin Joynt)
?
-
 
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
C.E.M. Donaldson
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.03.1936 [0-20150]
A/Cdr.
01.01.1945
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD
?
?
?
-
(05.1945)
Canadian Naval Administrative Authority, Plymouth (for duty at Portsmouth) [HMCS Niobe]
Douglas,
Lionel Peirce
L.P. Douglas (Photo: Veteran Affairs Canada)
Son of Capt. Lionel Dale Douglas and Christine Peirce Douglas (died 1979), of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Letter sent to Lt. L.P. Douglas's father providing details of his son's last action.



1915 ?
-
20.06.1942
(KIA) [age 27]
[Halifax Memorial, N.s., panel 8]
T/Lt.
31.12.1940

L.P. Douglas memorial plaque (Photo courtesy of Mr Wayne Dutcher)

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
J.W. Dresser
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.07.1943 [0-20770]
       
Duck,
Jack MacGregor
J.M. Duck (Photo courtesy of Mr Jim Duck)
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
G.F. Duncan (Photo courtesy of Mrs Eileen Marcil) G.F. Duncan (Photo courtesy of Mrs Eileen Marcil)
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

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 29.09.1942 action E-boats Plymouth 01.08.42
Mention in Despatches MID 03.03.1942 action E-boats Nore 19.12.41
Mention in Despatches 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
G.E. Dunell
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
J.A. Dunn
?
-
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.R. Durley
?
-
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
P.W. Earl
?
-
23.05.1963
Ireland
T/Capt.
01.01.1945 [0-21600]
       
Edwards,
Gordon Cheeseman
"Ted"
G.C. Edwards
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

Mention in Despatches

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
J.F. Elliott
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
M.H. Ellis
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
J.A. Falconer
?
-
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
J.V. Farrow
?
-
Hon. Cdr.
01.07.1943 [0-23100]



not mobilized
Fennell,
Robert George
R.G. Fennell
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
J.N. Finlayson
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
J.F. Foote
?
-
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
E.K. Forbes
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)
Distinguished Service Cross 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
D.M. Fraser
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
C.R. Frayer
?
-
Capt.
01.01.1945 [0-25250]
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD
?
?
       
Fuller,
Thomas George
"Tom"
T.G. Fuller
?
-
09.05.1995
Ottawa, Ontario
T/Lt.
? [0-25620]
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
?
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945
T/A/Cdr.
?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
?
?
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
?
?
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
?
?
Mention in Despatches MID
?
?
?


Commanding Officer, HM MGB 13 (motor gun boat)
?


HMS Mosquito
?


61st MGB Flotilla

 


 
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Gardiner,
William Douglas Haig
W.D.H. Gardiner
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
G.R. Gayman
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
W.P.B. Gedye (Photo courtesy of Mr William R.B. Gedye)
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
K.M. Gilbert
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
J.H.L. Gillis (Photo courtesy of Mr Kevin Joynt)
?
-
 
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
W.J. Gilmore
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
W.W. Givens
?
-
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
J.W. Gladwell
?
-
T/Lt.
22.12.1942 [0-27340] (reld > 04.1946)

Mention in Despatches

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
C.R. Godbehere
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
W.H. Goodwin
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
W.P. Gould
?
-
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
J.M. Gracey
?
-
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
P.H. Grady
?
-
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
R.P.B. Graham
?
-
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
D.A. Grant
?
-
Lt.Cdr.
18.03.1937 [0-28630]
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD
?
?
       
Gray,
Robert Hampton
"Hammy"
R.H. Gray
02.11.1917
Trail, British Columbia
-
09.08.1945
Honshu, Japan
T/S.Lt.
? [0-29020]
T/Lt.
backdated 31.12.1941
Victoria Cross VC
13.11.1945
attack Jap. destroyer Onagawa Wan 09.08.45

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
21.08.1945
air attacks on Japan 45
Mention in Despatches 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"
A.G.S. Griffin
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
Mention in Despatches 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
A.G. Haldane
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
W.F. Hale
?
-
T/S.Lt.
10.06.1943
T/Lt.
?
19.10.1944
-
(07.1945)
First Lieutenant, HM MTB 466 (motor torpedo boat)
Hamm,
Frank Parker
F.P. Hamm
?
-
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
B.G. Hardy (Photo courtesy of Mr Lance Bicknell)
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)
Member of the Order of the British Empire 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
H.S. Hardy (Photo courtesy of Mr Lance Bicknell)
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
J.C. Hart
?
-
Lt.Cdr.
01.10.1942
A/Cdr.
01.01.1945
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD
?
?
       
Harvey,
Denis
D. Harvey
?
-
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
K.P. Hayes
?
-
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
W.R. Hickey
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)
Canadian Forces Decoration 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
G.M. Hobart
?
-
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
G.G.K. Holder (Photo courtesy of Mr Chris Holder)
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"
A. Holland (Photo courtesy of Mrs Kathleen Holland Glanfield)
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
F.W. Holland
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-33720]
       
Hood,
Thomas
T. Hood
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr. (retd)
01.07.1934 [0-33980]
A/Cdr. (retd)
01.07.1944
       
Horne,
John Edmund
J.E. Horne
?
-
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
W.J.F. Hose
(12?).1906
Fulham, Greater London, UK
-
Lt.Cdr.
10.07.1936 [0-34180]
A/Cdr.
1945?
Volunteer Officers' Decoration 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
J.F. Howard
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
J.F. Howard
?
-
T/S.Lt.
01.02.1945 [0-34340]
09.02.1945
-
(07.1945)
First Lieutenant, HM MTB 465 (motor torpedo boat)
Huffman,
Keith Cameron
K.C. Huffman
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
J.R. Hunter
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-35070]
A/Cdr.
01.01.1945
A/Capt.
?
       
Hurcomb,
Philip Redmond
P.R. Hurcomb
?
-
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
E.R. Hyman
?
-
Lt.
15.04.1938 [0-35420]
15.10.1943
-
04.04.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Algoma (corvette)

 
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Ireland,
John Gilmore
J.G. Ireland
?
-
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
R. Jackson
1901 ?
-
08.03.1979
Victoria, British Columbia
[age 78]
Lt.Cdr.
19.11.1939 [0-36020]
A/Cdr.
01.01.1945
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD
?
?
01.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Shelburne, NS [HMCS Shelburne]
Jamdras,
Henry L
H.L. Jamdras
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"
E.G. Jarvis (Photo courtesy of Mr Kevin Joynt)
1917
-
T/S.Lt. ? [0-36300]
T/Lt. 03.10.1942
?, seniority 03.10.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches 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
J. Jeffery
01.09.1907
London, Ontario
-
06.06.1999
London, Ontario
T/Cdr. (S)
14.02.1944 [0-36400]
T/A/Capt. (S)
?
Member of the Order of Canada CM
20.03.1999
University of Western Ontario
Officer of the Order of the British Empire 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
W.B. Jennings (Photo courtesy of Mr Rob Horne)
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
K.L. Johnson (Photo courtesy of Mr Derek Johnson)
?
-
 
A/Lt. 07.09.1937 [0-36870]
Lt. ?, seniority 07.09.1937
Lt.Cdr. 07.09.1944 (reld 14.08.1945)
Mention in Despatches 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"
A.P.G. Joy
?
-
13.07.1996
Toronto, Ontario
T/A/S.Lt.
18.03.1940 [0-37590]
T/Lt.
18.03.1941 (reld 18.07.1945)
Mention in Despatches 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"
R. Judge
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
R.A. Judges (Photo courtesy of Chanin Graham) R.A. Judges (Photo courtesy of Chanin Graham)
R.A. Judges (Photo courtesy of Chanin Graham)
R.A. Judges (Photo courtesy of Chanin Graham)
R.A. Judges (Photo courtesy of Chanin Graham)
R.A. Judges (Photo courtesy of Chanin Graham)
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)
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1944
06.01.1944
New Year 44 *
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Atlantic Star Atl St
-
-
Defence Medal Def M
-
-
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal CdnVolSM
-
-
War Medal 1939-1945 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.


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