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1939-1945

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Keene,
Charles Edmund
C.E. Keene (Photo courtesy of Mr Steven B. Keene)
29.08.1914
-
30.11.1966
A/S.Lt. 09.09.1938
A/Lt. 29.08.1940
Lt. ?, seniority 30.08.1939
?, seniority 30.08.1937 (reld < 04.1946)
(04.1940)     no appointment listed
(02.1941)     HMS Victory III (accounting section, Wantage, Berkshire) *
05.10.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Orchis (corvette)
23.02.1944 - (07.1945) RCN Barracks, St John's [HMCS Avalon]
Kelly,
Francis Joseph
"Joe"

F.J. Kelly
1909
Toronto, Ontario
-
1975
Rockingham, Nova Scotia
T/Elect.Lt. 20.04.1940 [0-38080]
T/A/Elect.Lt.Cdr. ?
Lt.Cdr. (L), RCN 31.10.1944
Cdr. (L), RCN ? (retd 1959)
? - ? served at Sydney & HMCS Captor (St. John, NB)
30.10.1944   (1946) HMCS Scotian, Anti-Submarine Base Maintenance (Halifax, NS)
1952-1954 HMCS Magnificent; 1956-1959 Canadian Joint Staff, London (UK); after retirement from the Navy, reconciliation officer of the Nova Scotia government.
Kelly,
Fraser Jellett

F.J. Kelly
26.04.1885
Montreal, Quebec
-
13.06.1942
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lt.Cdr. 21.10.1931 (retd 09.1936)
Joined Bank of Montreal at the Point St Charles Branch in 1901, being transferred to Manitoba a few years later, where he became manager of the Fort Rouge Branch.
      Commanding Officer, Winnipeg Division RCNVR (for training attached to HMCS Patrician, HMCS Armentières, HMCS Skeena, HMCS Saguenay & HMCS Naden)
05.09.1939 - 05.1940 Senior Recruiting Officer, HMCS Naden (RCN base, Esquimalt, BC)
10.05.1940 - 11.1940 Naval Service HQ, Ottawa, Ont. [HMCS Bytown, later borne on HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)]
11.1940 - 1942? Auxiliary Services Officer, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa, Ont. [borne on HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)]
(suffered a severe heart attack while on a mission to Newfoundland, returned after a period of convalescence to Winnipeg, where he eventually died from a second heart attack)
Kelly,
Steven Barry
S.B. Kelly
?
-
T/Lt. 09.11.1942 [0-38160]
05.04.1944 - 05.04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Algoma (corvette)
Kenning,
Angus Moore Colfox
A.M.C. Kenning (Photo courtesy of Mr Kevin Joynt) A.M.C. Kenning (Photo courtesy of Mr Kevin Joynt)
09.07.1922
Victoria, British Columbia
-
21.04.2007
Victoria, British Columbia
T/S.Lt. 21.06.1943 [0-38430]
T/Lt. 21.06.1944
08.11.1943 - (06.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMC ML 089 (motor launch)
08.09.1944 - 03.1945 First Lieutenant, HMC ML 076 (motor launch) (73rd ML Flotilla)
17.03.1945 - 05.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMC ML 072 (motor launch) (73rd ML Flotilla)
Kent,
Robert William
"Bob"
R.W. Kent (Photo courtsey of Mrs Maureen P. Robinson)
Married 1st (09.1943, Victoria) ....(later divorced); one daughter, one son.
Married 2nd Joyce ...; two daughters.
01.05.1921
Brantford, Ontario
-
09.11.2003
Tipton, Cedar, Iowa (USA)
T/S.Lt. 27.04.1942? [0-38520]
T/Lt. 27.04.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Education: Royal Roads RCN Academy (1942); University of Western Ontario (medicine).
14.09.1942 - (02.)1943 HMCS Chignecto (Bangor class minesweeper)
26.10.1943 - (07.1945) HMCS Port Colborne (frigate)
Post-war career as a doctor.
Kidston,
John Richard
J.R. Kidston

?
-
T/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1943 [0-38860]
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1944 New Year 44
       
Kilgour,
Robert Cecil
R.C. Kilgour
?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 30.09.1944 [0-38940]
08.11.1943 - (05.1945) Comptroller, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Killam,
David Allison
D.A. Killam
Son of Lawrence and Edith Humphrey Killam, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Husband of Elizabeth K. Killam, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

08.11.1917
Vancouver, British Columbia
-
03.07.1944
(MPK) [age 26]
[Halifax Memorial, panel 10]
T/A/S.Lt. 18.03.1940 [0-38960]
T/S.Lt. 1941, seniority 18.03.1940
T/Lt. 18.03.1941
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 02.08.1940 withdrawal of troops from the neighbourhood of Le Havre [investiture 07.43]
39-45 St - -

Atlantic Star

Atl St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Defence Medal DefM - -
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal CVSM - & clasp
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
28.06.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)
26.05.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) (for motor launches)
25.02.1944 - 03.07.1944 HMC MTB 460 (motor torpedo boat) (missing, presumed killed when his boat was lost)

Kilpatrick,
John Gordon
J.G. Kilpatrick (Photo courtsey of Mr Ross Kilpatrick)

His brother Ross writes: "John was, I think, gunnery officer in "Sorel" and signals in "Buckingham". After university he re-enlisted as Instructor Lieutenant in the RCN(R), and served in HMCS "Sheerwater". When the Korean war began, he applied to transfer to executive branch once again, but was given little hope. By the time the paperwork did come through, he had already transferred to the Army (2 RCHA) and served in Korea. He recalled seeing (I think it was) "Buckingham" off the coast and being greatly grieved. If only things had turned out differently! He later injured his back in parachute training, which eventually sadly ended his military career."


1924
-
1959
T/S.Lt. 02.02.1945 [0-39888]
Lt. RCNR 03.12.1946
      HMCS York (Toronto Division RCNVR)
      HMCS Kings (officers' training establishment, Halifax, NS)
05.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMCS Sorel (corvette)
      HMCS Buckingham (frigate)
15.07.1946 - (05.1950) HMCS York (Toronto Division RCNVR)
King,
Dudley Gawen
D.G. King

27.12.1909
-
28.08.1999
North Falmouth, Barnstable County, Mass., USA
T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945 [0-39100]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 30.09.1952 Korea [decoration presented]
Mention in Despatches MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44
07.08.1942 - 25.11.1943 Commanding Officer, HMCS Arvida (corvette)
(1952)     HMCS Athabaskan (DSC)
Kirkpatrick,
James Ralph Hilborn
J.R.H. Kirkpatrick
Married Winifred (née ...) (died 1996).

26.12.1916
Kitchener, Ontario
-
05.04.1997

Kitchener, Ontario
Midsh. ? 1938? [0-39360]
S.Lt. 15.06.1938
Lt. 15.04.1939
Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1944 (reld 30.10.1945)
Lt.Cdr. RCNR 01.06.1954, seniority 07.02.1947
Cdr. RCNR 01.07.1955 (retd c. 1961/62)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 07.03.1944
29.04.1944
2 trawlers sunk etc. Nore [aboard MTB 617] 03.11.43
Mention in Despatches MID 03.10.1944
20.01.1945
series of actions with German forces Plymouth area 44
Education: Royal Canadian Military College, Kingston, Ont. (1934-1938); studied law, Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ont. (1938-1940, graduated 1945).
(1938)     training, HMCS Skeena (destroyer)
(1938)     training, HMCS Saguenay (destroyer)
18.09.1939     activated for war service at HMCS York (RCN base, Toronto, Ont.), but continuing his studies
1939 - 1940 served on the examination vessel out of Saint John, New Brunswick
(04.1940)     no appointment listed
1940     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) (90 days course)
? - 03.11.1940 HMS Patroclus (armed merchant cruiser) (torpedoed)
(02.1941)     HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) *
(1941)     Commanding Officer, HM MASB 49 (motor anti-submarine boat)
(07.1941)     Commanding Officer, HM MGB 60 [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
(12.1941)     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) *
(1942)     Commanding Officer, HM MGB 50 (motor gun boat)
10.06.1943 - 22.11.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 630 (motor torpedo boat) (DSC)
23.11.1943 - (10.1944) HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas)
19.02.1944 - 23.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 748 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 65th MTB Flotilla (despatches)
(07.1945)     HM MTB 748 (motor torpedo boat) *
01.06.1954 - (07.1961) HMCS Star (Hamilton Naval Division) (additional; as Commanding Officer, HMCS Kitchener)
Practiced law briefly in Kitchener before being appointed a magistrate in 1950. Served as a judge of the Ontario Provincial Court (Criminal, Juvenile and Family Divisions) until 1991. Concurrently a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo, Galt, Preston and Hespeler Police Commissions and of the Waterloo Regional Police Service Board for forty-two years.
* indexed, but not listed as such.

 
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LaBreque,
Adolphe A
A.A. LaBreque
?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 06.05.1942 [0-39810]
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) ?
15.06.1942 - (05.1945) for duty with staff of the Naval Staff, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Ladner,
Thomas Ellis
"Tom"
T.E. Ladner (Source: http://www.rcnvr.com)

08.12.1916
Vancouver, British Columbia
-
23.06.2006
Vancouver, British Columbia
T/A/S.Lt. 24.07.1940 [0-39850]
T/S.Lt. ?
T/Lt. 24.07.1941 (reld 30.06.1945)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 01.01.1945 New Year 45
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 23.01.1945 coastal actions Adriatic 08-09.44
Mention in Despatches MID 08.09.1942 successful attack enemy tanker Plymouth 14.07.42
Mention in Despatches MID 10.11.1942 Operation Pedestal (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 08.42)
Mention in Despatches MID 30.05.1944 action Adriatic Coast Italy 01.44
Mention in Despatches MID 20.02.1945 action with enemy force Mediterranean 18.08.44
39/34 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; CVSM & Clasp; 39/45 War Medal.
Education: Shawnigan Lake (B.C.) School.; The Leys School Cambridge, Eng.; University of B.C., B.A. 1937; Osgoode Hall Law School Toronto LL.B. 1940.
1940     HMCS York
06.1940 - 08.1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
1940 - 12.1940 HMS Forfar (armed merchant cruiser) (torpedoed)
01.1941 - (02.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for MTB training)
      Commanding Officer, HM MGB 19 (motor gun boat)
01.1942 - (09.1942) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 75 (motor gun boat) (Harwich, then Lowestoft) (despatches twice)
02.1943 - 02.1943 Commanding Officer, "C"Class Gun Boat (temporary)
22.02.1943 - (09.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 663 (motor gun boat) (DSC and Bar, despatches twice)
      Staff Officer (Operations) for the Captain of Coastal Forces at Malta
Post-war, Ladner resumed his law degree and joined his father who was a founding partner in one of Vancouver's largest law firms, Ladner/Downs (Partner, 1945-1993). Queen's Council (1964).
Member of the Board: Police Commissioners, Vancouver 1960-64; Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation; The Hamber Foundation; Public Member of Council, Institution of Chartered Accountants of B.C. 1989-93.
Lane,
Stuart Clarke
S.C. Lane
Son of William S. and Pauline H. Lane, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
1914 ?
-
14.09.1942
(MIA) [age 28]
[Halifax Memorial, panel 8]
T/S.Lt. ?
T/Lt. ?
24.02.1942 - 14.09.1942 HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for MTB's) (missing in action)
? - 14.09.1942 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 310 (motor torpedo boat)
Law,
Charles Anthony Francis
"Tony"

C.A.F. Law
Son of ... Law, and ... Audette.

15.10.1916
St Pancras district, London, UK
-
15.10.1996
Williams
Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia
T/S.Lt. ? [0-40840]
T/Lt. 18.03.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. ?
T/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1945
Cdr. ? (retd 1966)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 29.08.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06. 44) [investiture 10.10.44]
Mention in Despatches MID 31.03.1942 attack battle cruisers Dover 12.02. 42
Mention in Despatches MID 30.05.1944 attack coastal forces Nore 24.10. 1943
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps.
1940     transferred to RCNVR, went overseas (March 1940)
(02.1942)     Commanding Officer, HM MTB 48 (motor torpedo boat) (despatches)
(10.1943)     Commanding Officer, HM MTB 629 (motor torpedo boat) (despatches)
03.1944 - 05.08.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 459 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 29th MTB Flotilla (DSC)
05.08.1944 - 1945 Senior Officer, 29th MTB Flotilla [aboard MTB 486]
06.1945   05.1946 official war artist
In 1945 he was appointed Official War Artist and completed dozens of paintings and sketches. Following the war he remained in the navy and later worked at the National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa. In 1967, following his retirement from the navy, he became resident artist at Saint Mary's University, Halifax. After leaving Saint Mary's in 1980, Law devoted his full time to painting.
Published: White plumes astern : the short, daring life of Canada's MTB flotilla (1989)
Lee,
Douglas Henry Taylor
D.H.T. Lee (Photo courtesy of Mr Doug Taylor)
25.02.1923
Vancouver, British Columbia
-
30.07.1969

Victoria, British Columbia
T/S.Lt. 01.07.1943 [0-41240]
T/A/Lt. 01.07.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? ?
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
18.11.1944 - (05.1945) HMCS Matane (frigate)
Lefevre *,
Fernand
F. Lefevre
* Officially: Le Fèvre, Fernand
?
-
T/S.Lt. ? [0-41370]
T/Lt. 31.07.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
13.05.1944 - (07.1945) HMCS Lanark (frigate)
Lennie,
Arthur Francis
A.F. Lennie (Photo courtesy of Mrs Dorie Preston)
Married (10.04.1943) Helen Meuser; three daughters. 
From Ottawa, Ontario
16.02.1914
New Westminster, British Columbia
-
1966
Toronto, Ontario
[age 52]
? ? [V22041]
T/Lt. 04.1941, seniority 30.12.1940 [0-41620]
1942?, seniority 30.12.1939 (reld < 04.1946)
26.08.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Bridlington (Bangor class minesweeper)
25.08.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Clinton (Algerine class minesweeper)
21.05.1945 - (05.1945) Toronto Division RCNVR [HMCS York] (at Automotive Builing, Exhibition Park, Toronto 3)
      also served at HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) & HMS Vulcan (Coastal Forces depot ship); possibly also HMS Cardiff (cruiser) & HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint)
Lester,
Richard Kingsley
"Dicky"
R.K. Lester (Photo courtesy of Mr Gord Parker) R.K. Lester (Photo courtesy of Mr Gord Parker)
Son (with one brother and one sister) of Alfred Molineux Lester (1883-1966), and Mary Violet Law (1885-1935).
Married Margaret Muriel Maitland Marshall (26.10.1919 - 16.09.1990), daughter of Colin John Marshall and Gertrude Muriel Irene Maitland; two sons.

04.08.1918
Ecclesall Bierlow district, Derbyshire / West Riding of Yorkshire, UK
-
03.12.2004
Vancouver, British Columbia
T/A/S.Lt. 11.10.1939 [0-41790]
T/Lt. 11.04.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1945 (reld 19.09.1945)
Mention in Despatches MID 25.11.1942
28.11.1942
U-588 sunk, mid-Atlantic 31.07.42 *
* This officer was responsible for the training of A/S Personnel. His coolness and concentration during the prolonged U-Boat hunt in which his ship was engaged and the efficiency of the team for which this officer was responsible, greatly contributed to the success of the action.
13.10.1939 - 11.1939 HMCS Sans Peur (armed yacht) (stand by till 23.10.1939)
11.11.1939 - (10.)1940 HMCS Naden (for duty at HMC Naval Base, Prince Rupert)
17.12.1940 - (1943) Anti-Submarine Control Officer, HMCS Wetaskiwin (corvette) (despatches)
1943     qualified for navigation duties, HMCS Kings (officers' training establishment, Halifax, NS)
09.04.1943 - 17.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Port Hope (minesweeper)
24.03.1944 - 12.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Whitby (corvette) [06.06.1944 commissioned]
Not too long after the war he and his brother Vernon formed Powell-Lester Grain and Shipping in Vancouver, which they ran for many years after.
Lindsay,
Donald Lorne
D.L. Lindsay
23.03.1918
Westmount, Que.
-
14.08.1978
T/S.Lt. (E) ? [0-42120]
T/Lt. (E) 01.11.1941 (reld 30.10.1945)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 01.01.1946
05.01.1946
New Year 46 *
* In addition to carrying out his regular duties as Senior Technical Gunmounting Officer on the staff of the Director of Naval Ordnance, Lieutenant Lindsay has performed invaluable service in working in collaboration with the British Admiralty Technical Mission. He was personally responsible for working out the major change in the design of a new gunmounting being manufactured in Canada which enabled an unique combination of anti-aircraft weapons to be developed and made ready for use in His Majesty's Canadian ships allocated for the war against Japan. The development of this weapon in Canada to meet a particular operational requirement in a remarkably short period of time was in considerable part, due to this Officer.
01.12.1942 - 30.10.1945 Senior Technical Gunmounting Officer with the Director of Naval Ordnance, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa
Little,
Herbert Michael
H.M. Little (Photo courtesy of Mr Jim M.D. Spellmann, archivist, Upper Canada College)
Son of Dr. H.M. Little, and of Mary C. Little, of Montreal, Province of Quebec.
1924 ?
-
06.06.1945
(MPK) [age 21]
[Halifax Memorial, panel 13]
T/S.Lt. 10.08.1942 [0-42250]
T/Lt. 10.08.1943
Education: Selwyn House School, Montreal; Upper Canada College (leaving class 1941).
02.03.1943 - (06.)1944 HMCS Dauphin (corvette)
(10.1944)     HMCS Dauphin (corvette) *
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
(04.1945)     no appointment listed
? - 06.06.1945 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] [his Wildcat JV356 spun into sea after taking off from HMS Ravager (escort carrier)]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Loucks,
George Irvin
G.I. Loucks
?
-
 
T/S.Lt. (E) ? [0-42770]
T/Lt. (E) 01.05.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
14.09.1943 - 07.01.1944 HMS Tweed (frigate) [based at HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)] (ship torpedoed & sunk in Atlantic by U-305; wounded)
03.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMCS Lauzon (frigate)
Lowe,
Douglas Wilson
D.W. Lowe
1918 ?
-
27.07.1985
Vancouver, British Columbia
[age 67]
A/S.Lt. 10.12.1938 [0-42960]
S.Lt. 10.12.1939
Lt. 10.12.1940
1942?/43?, seniority 10.12.1939 (reld < 04.1946)
(04.1940)     no appointment listed
(02.1941)     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Port William) *
(12.1941)     HMCS Stadacona *
15.09.1943 - 07.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Kenora (Bangor class minesweeper)
05.03.1945 - (05.1945) HMCS Discovery (Vancouver Division RCNVR)
* indexed, but not listed as such

 
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Mabee,
Oliver Band
O.B. Mabee

1918
-
T/S.Lt. 30.12.1940 [0-43380]
T/Lt. 30.06.1941 (reld 08.08.1945)
Mention in Despatches MID 14.11.1944
20.01.1945
for undaunted courage, resolution and skill during a series of actions against enemy forces while serving in Light Coastal Craft in the Plymouth area 05-06.44
08.06.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 31 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
(02.1942)     Commanding Officer, HMS MTB 71 (motor torpedo boat) [indicated as being part of Ramsgate Flotilla]
19.08.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 700 (motor torpedo boat)
15.01.1944 - 19.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS MTB 745 (motor torpedo boat) (despatches)
Company executive.
MacCallum,
Peter Malcolm
P.M. MacCallum
1918
-
T/Lt.
30.10.1940 [0-43470] (reld 1945/46)
27.01.1945
-
(08.1945)
HMCS Kenora (Bangor class minesweeper)
Macdonald,
John A
J.A. Macdonald
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr. (S)
01.01.1945 [0-43840]
08.01.1945
-
(05.1945)
Member Regulations Revision Committee, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
MacDonald,
John Malcolm
J.M. MacDonald (Photo courtesy of Mr David MacDonald)
Son of William Price, and Jessie Ward (Burrell) MacDonald. 
Married Frances Elizabeth Story; five sons.
02.07.1921
Edmonton, Alberta
-
12.06.2007
Providence Manor, Kingston, Ontario
T/S.Lt. 1942? [0-43900]
T/Lt. 22.12.1942 (reld < 04.1946)

1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star & Clasp, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal 1939-45 with Bar, War Medal 1939-45, Special Service Medal with Bar and the Canadian Forces' Decoration

04.05.1942 - (02.)1943 HMCS Granby (minesweeper)
07.06.1943 - (07.1945) HMCS Drumheller (corvette) (North Atlantic)
After the war he finished his education and became part of the regular forces as an officer with the Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps serving with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and the Queen's Own Rifles in both Calgary, Alberta and Germany. His last posting was to the Canadian Force's Staff College at Fort Frontenac in Kingston where he retired as a Captain in 1968. After his retirement from the military he continued to serve his country in the Canadian Civil Service working for the Unemployment Insurance Commission's Regional Headquarters in Belleville, Ontario.
MacDonald,
Kline Murdock
K.M. MacDonald
Son of D. Kline MacDonald and Helen L. MacDonald, of Montreal, Province of Quebec.
1924/25 ?
-
19.03.1945
[age 20]
[Halifax Memorial, panel 13]
T/A/Lt. 05.07.1944
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
17.01.1945 - 19.03.1945 HMS Rapid (destroyer) [based at HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)] (killed by shore gunfire)
MacGlashan,
Donald Milne
D.M. MacGlashan
(12?).1903
Sculcoates, Yorkshire, UK
-
TA//Lt.
30.09.1940 [O-44180]
T/Lt.
?, seniority 30.09.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
> 07.1945, < 04.1946
(02.1941)


no appointment listed
27.01.1943
-
15.03.1945
HMS Pennywort (corvette)
15.03.1945
-
(04.1946)
Fighter Directing Officer, later Navigating Officer, HMCS Ontario (cruiser)
MacKenzie,
Colin Roger
C.R. MacKenzie
?
-
?
T/S.Lt.
15.02.1943 [0-44590]
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
?
       
Mackinlay,
James Gilmour
J.G. Mackinlay
?
-
T/Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-44810]
A/Capt.
?
Military Cross MC ? ?
       
MacKinlay,
Russell Anthony
J.G. Mackinlay
Son of Mr & Mrs Samuel MacKinlay.
Married (13.12.1945, Berwick, Kings Co., NS) Barbara Margaret Patterson; at least one son.
?
-
T/S.Lt. (E)
01.05.1944 [0-44815] (reld < 04.1946)



HMCS Tillsonburg (corvette)



HMCS Swansea (frigate)
(05.1945)
-
(07.1945)
HMCS Outremont (frigate)
MacLaren,
Kenneth Frederick
"Ken"
K.F. MacLaren
Married Joyce ...; one son, four daughters.
?
-
02.03.2005
Victoria, British Columbia
T/S.Lt.
03.03.1943 [0-45020]
T/A/Lt.
< 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Education: St Andrew's College (1936-1938)
02.1945
-
06.1945
Gunnery Officer, HMS Obdurate (destroyer)
(07.1945)


HMCS Niobe (London Depot RCN) *
Joined IBM post-war, being transferred to the Vancouver area in 1950.
* indexed, but not lsited as such
MacTavish,
Duncan Kenneth
D.K. MacTavish

?
-
T/A/Capt. (Sp.Br.) ? [0-45700]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46
15.09.1941 - (05.1945) Deputy Judge Advocate General and Chairman Regulations Revision Committee, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Magnusson,
Norman John
N.J. Magnusson
?
-
Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-45830]
A/Cdr.
01.01.1945
       
Maguire,
Edward Henry
E.H. Maguire
?
-
T/A/Lt. 21.06.1940 [0-45840]
T/Lt. 21.06.1940
?, seniority 21.06.1939
(10.1940)     no appointment listed
16.10.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Columbine (corvette)
(06.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed
19.12.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Loosestrife (corvette)
26.08.1942 - 18.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Milltown (Bangor class minesweeper)
11.12.1944 - (05.1945) HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Cornwallis, NS)
Maitland,
John Douglas
J.D. Maitland

1916 ?
-

15.08.1997
Powell River, British Columbia
[age 81]
T/Lt. 05.10.1940 [0-46030]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 30.05.1944 action Adriatic Coast Italy 01.44
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 23.01.1945 coastal actions Adriatic 08-09.44
Mention in Despatches MID 12.09.1944 Operation Gun (operation off West Coast of Italy 27.03.44)
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG ? attack enemy shipping Tyrrenean Sea
      Commanding Officer, HM MGB 14 (motor gun boat)
(1944)     HM MGB 657 (DSC and Bar, despatches)
Marcil,
André
A. Marcil (Photo courtesy of Mrs Eileen Marcil) A. Marcil
Brother of Lt. Georges Marcil, RCNVR.
Married Thérèse Beauchamp.
?
-
T/Lt. ?, seniority 12.07.1940 [0-46360]
?, seniority 12.07.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 13.03.1945 (reld < 04.1946)

Officer, Order of Canada, 23.06.1971

      signed up for RCNVR at HMCS Donnaconna (Montreal Division RCNVR)
14.07.1940 - 03.08.1940 passage from Montreal to Liverpool aboard SS Corner Brook
09.08.1940 - 1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex), interrupted by:
19.08.1940 - 09.1940 Liaison Officer to Commodore-in-Charge of 12 merchant ships in Operation Menace (attack on Dakar) [in Président Honduce]
(12.1940) - (04.1941) no appointment listed
(06.)1941 - (08.)1941 Admiralty [HMS President] (for British Advisory Repair Mission (to oversee the repairs in the US that were being carried out in shipyards there on British ships))
09.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Liverpool (cruiser)
(10.1942) - (12.1943) no appointment listed
(02.1944) - (10.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMCS Dunver (frigate)
23.11.1944 - (02.)1945 HMCS Somers Isles (RCN work up base, Bermuda)
02.1945 - 13.03.1945 HMCS Jonquiere (frigate)
13.03.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMCS Jonquiere (frigate)
Marcil,
Georges
"George"
G. Marcil
Brother of Lt.Cdr. André Marcil, RCNVR.
Married Eileen Reid.
?
-
T/A/Lt. 12.07.1940 [0-46370]
T/Lt. ?, seniority 12.07.1940
?, seniority 12.07.1939
      signed up for RCNVR at HMCS Donnaconna (Montreal Division RCNVR)
14.07.1940 - 03.08.1940 passage from Montreal to Liverpool aboard SS Corner Brook
09.08.1940 - 1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex), interrupted by:
19.08.1940 - 25.09.1940 Liaison Officer to Commodore-in-Charge of 12 merchant ships in Operation Menace (attack on Dakar) [in Ocean Coast] (returned from Freetown on the P&O liner Narkunda)
(02.1941)     no appointment listed
1941 - 1941 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)
04.1941 - 06.1941 First Lieutenant, HM ML 112 (motor launch)
01.07.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) (for motor launches & small craft)
01.07.1941 - 09.1942 Commanding Officer, HM ML114 (motor launch) [Fort William, then Ardrishaig, then Weymouth, then Gosport] 
(10.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed
(04.1943) - (12.1943) HMC Q 094 (motor launch) *
(02.1944) - (10.1944) RCN College *
27.11.1944 - (07.)1945 HMCS Restigouche (destroyer)
09.07.1945 - (04.1946) on staff of Naval Officer-in-Charge, Montreal [HMCS Donnaconna]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Marshall,
Jordon Hamilton
J.H. Marshall
From Pictou, NS.

?
-
A/Lt.
08.11.1939 [0-46650]
A/Lt.Cdr.
27.01.1942
Lt.Cdr.
01.07.1943 (reld 19.11.1945)
Lt.Cdr. RCN
15.03.1951?, seniority 01.07.1943
Mention in Despatches MID
02.06.1943
05.06.1943
HM's birthday 43 *
* This Officer displayed outstanding seamanship, resourcefulness and initiative under extremely difficult weather conditions in salving a stranded vessel.



served in World War I
21.12.1939
-
30.09.1940
Commanding Officer, HMCS Hunter (RCN base, Windsor, Ont. & Reserve Division)
11.1940
11.1940
1941
-
-
-
(02.1941)
(02.1941)
1941
HMS Montgomery (destroyer)
Third Hand
First Lieutenant
19.09.1941
-
25.03.1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Caribou (armed yacht)
28.03.1942
-
22.08.1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Kamloops (corvette)
18.09.1942
-
14.04.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Milltown (minesweeper)
10.05.1944
-
05.06.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Kokanee (frigate) (stand by)
06.06.1944
-
14.12.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Kokanee (frigate)
23.01.1945
-
(05.1945)
First Lieutenant-Commander, HMCS Peregrine (RCN drafting depot, Halifax, NS)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
15.03.1951
-
(01.1956)
served RCN:
24.10.1952
-
(01.1956)
Staff Officer (Plans) on staff of Flag Officer, Pacific Coast [HMCS Naden (RCN base, Esquimalt, BC)]
Marshall,
Sherwood Barnett
"Barney"
S.B. Marshall
?
-
T/Lt.
02.01.1942 [0-46680]
(07.1944)     Commanding Officer, HM MTB 466 (motor torpedo boat)
Martin,
Charles Philip
C.P. Martin
?
-
T/Lt.
13.05.1944 [0-46760]
26.10.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 485 (motor torpedo boat)
McAvoy,
John Henry
J.H. McAvoy
?
-
T/Lt.
01.05.1941 [0-47600]
17.06.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Pennywort (corvette)
10.11.1944
-
(04.1946)
HMCS Charlottetown (corvette)
McBean,
Athol Oscar
"Ockie"
A.O. McBean (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter McBean)
Son of Athol Robert James McBean (1879-1961), a broker, and Luelle Winona Frances Macleod (1895-1955).
Married (22.06.1935, Winnipeg, Man.) Mary Maxwell Dennistoun (27.04.1912 - 03.05.1998), daughter of Robert Maxwell Dennistoun and Mary Mildred Louisa Beck; five children.
Residence: (1941) Vancouver, British Columbia.
10.07.1911
Winnipeg, Manitoba
-
27.07.1969
Vancouver, British Columbia
Prob. T/S.Lt.
25.06.1941 [0-47620]
T/S.Lt.
25.12.1941
T/Lt.
26.08.1942?, seniority 18.08.1941
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal CVSM
18.02.1944
-
39|45 St
24.02.1944
1939-1943 Star, later replaced by 1939-1945 Star
Education: senior matriculation.
Wood working manager, Pacific Coast Handle Co. Ltd. Security salesman. Four years banking experience.
25.06.1941


on divisional strength, Vancouver
18.08.1941
-
21.08.1941
on active service for duty at Divisional HQ, Vancouver
22.08.1941
-
27.12.1941
(for training and disposal)
28.12.1941
-
31.01.1943
HMCS Vegreville (Bangor class minesweeper) [tender to HMCS Venture (RCN base, Halifax, NS), from 01.05.1942 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS), from 18.08.1942 HMS Fort Ramsay (RCN base, Gaspe, Que.)]
01.02.1943
-
02.04.1943
HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Cornwallis, NS) (additional; for training (Anti-Submarine Group control course)
03.04.1943
-
19.07.1943
HMCS Niagara (training vessel)
20.07.1943
-
12.08.1943
HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (additional; for duty with Captain (D) Halifax, for Anti-Submarine Group control duties with W.9 Group)
13.08.1943
-
25.08.1943
HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (additional; for passage to Bermuda)
26.08.1943
-
08.10.1943
HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda) (additional; for duty at the anti-submarine working-up base, Bermuda)
09.10.1943
-
15.02.1944
HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (additional; for duty with Captain (D) Halifax) (from 10.10.1943 for anti-submarine duties with W.1 Group, from 03.11.1943 with W.2 Group)
16.02.1944
-
04.09.1944
HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Cornwallis, NS) (for duty in Anti-Submarine School)
05.09.1944
-
1944
HMCS St Pierre (frigate) (for anti-submarne duties)
1944
-
15.10.1944
HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Nfld.) (additional; as Anti-Submarine Staff Officer for C-2 Group)
[aboard HMCS Chebogue (frigate) when it was hit by a Gnat from U-1227 at 04.10.1944, badly damaging the ship]
16.10.1944
-
27.03.1945
HMCS Longueuil (frigate) (additional; as Anti-Submarine Staff Officer for C-2 Group)
28.03.1945
-
12.04.1945
HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Nfld.) (additional; for disposal)
13.04.1945
-
06.05.1945
HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (additional; for leave & disposal)
07.05.1945
-
29.08.1945
HMCS Toronto (frigate)
30.08.1945
-
31.08.1945
HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Cornwallis, NS) (additional; for demobilization)
01.09.1945
-
15.10.1945
HMCS Discovery (Vancouver Division RCNVR) (additional; for leave & discharge)
McConnell,
John Macnab
J.M. McConnell
?
-
Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-48220]
A/Cdr.
?
       
McCrimmon,
Gordon Finlay
G.F. McCrimmon
?
-
Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-48360]
A/Cdr.
12.03.1945-(04.1946)
(1944?)


HMCS Naden
12.03.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMCS York (RCN base, Toronto, Ont.)
McFetrick,
John
J. McFetrick
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-48950]
A/Cdr.
?
       
McGowan,
Edward Spence
E.S. McGowan
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.07.1943 [0-49180]
A/Cdr.
?
       
McIlhagga,
Liston Burns
L.B. McIlhagga

1919 ?
Winnipeg, Manitoba
-
01.2006
North York, Ontario
[aged 87]
Ord.Sea.
1939
T/S.Lt.
31.12.1940
T/Lt.
?, seniority 31.12.1940 [0-49300]
Lt.Cdr. RCN(R)
07.1948
Mention in Despatches MID 13.10.1942 action with R-boats Dover 16.08.42
Education: Gordon Bell High School.
1939
 
 
Ordinary Seaman, Winnipeg Division RCNVR
12.1940
-
03.1941
HMS Jupiter (destroyer) (Channel & Mediterranean)
1941
-
1941
HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
(12.1941)
 
 
HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) *



First Lieutenant on three MGBs:
(1942)
-
16.08.1942
First Lieutenant, HM MGB 609 (motor gun boat) [wounded] (despatches)
08.1942
-
01.1943
recovering in Canada
17.01.1943
-
(02.)1943
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 232 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
05.1943
-
05.1944
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 258 (motor torpedo baot) & Executive Officer of MTB Flotilla (Bay of Bengal, India)
05.1944
-
08.1944
Senior Officer, 16th MTB Flotilla (Trincomalee, Ceylon)
15.12.1944
-
04.1946
Executive Officer, HMCS Chippawa (Winnipeg Naval Reserve Division)
04.1946
-
04.1949
recruiting officer, HMCS Donnaconna (RCN(R) Division, Montreal)
14.05.1951
-
07.02.1952
Executive Officer, HMCS Chippawa
07.02.1952
-
10.08.1952
Commanding Officer, HMCS Chippawa
10.08.1952
-
03.11.1953
staff officers' course
03.11.1953
-
27.09.1960
Commanding Officer, HMCS Chippawa
Director of Radio for the Prairies for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
McIsaac,
Wilfred
W. McIsaac (Photo courtesy of Mr Gary LeDrew)
From Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

?
-
S.Lt.
23.06.1937? [0-49450]
A/Lt.
23.06.1938
Lt.
?, seniority 23.06.1937
A/Lt.Cdr.
01.07.1943
Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945 (reld 25.05.1945?)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 14.06.1945
16.06.1945
HM's birthday 45 *
* This officer has served at sea during the last five years of war in Escort Vessels engaged in the Battle of the Atlantic. He has always displayed qualities of courage and endurance under arduous conditions, and by his unbounded zeal, cheerfulness, and devotion to duty has set an outstanding example to all those with whom he has come in contact. His exemplary services, in keeping with  the traditions of the Royal Canadian Navy, are worthy of the highest recognition.
26.06.1937
 
 
RCNVR Half Company Charlottetown



RCNVR Half Company Saint John
12.08.1940
-
?
Commanding Officer, HMCS Elk (patrol vessel) [from 12.08.1940-09.09.1940 stand by]
31.07.1941
-
10.08.1942
First Lieutenant, HMCS Battleford (frigate)
11.08.1942
-
11.09.1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Suderoy IV (auxiliary minesweeper)
12.09.1942
-
28.12.1944
Commanding Officer, HMCS Prescott (corvette)
29.12.1944
-
01.02.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Esquimalt (minesweeper)
12.04.1945
-
31.08.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Suderoy IV (auxiliary minesweeper)
McNally,
Edwin Dean
"Ed"
E.D. McNally (Photo courtesy of Mr Mac McNally)
Photo courtesy of Mr Mac McNally
06.06.1916
Fort William, Ontario
-
19.12.1971
Franklin Centre, Quebec
T/Lt.
06.06.1941 [0-50540]
T/A/Lt.Cdr. ?
? (reld 1945/46)
01.11.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMCS Prince Henry (armed merchant cruiser)
(05.1945)


HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for disposal or under training)
[
according to The Canadian Navy List May 1945]



HMCS Prince David (armed merchant cruiser) ?
Prolific illustrator and political cartoonist with the Montreal Star after the war.
Published: The world of McNally : a decade of history by a great Canadian cartoonist (1972)
McTague,
William Charles
V.G. Meakin
?
-
T/S.Lt.
22.12.1944 [0-51015]
27.12.1944
-
(07.1945)
Gunnery Officer, HMCS Quesnel (corvette)
Meakin,
Victor George
V.G. Meakin
Married (07.04.1923, Victoria, British Columbia) Eva Mary Henrietta Scott.
1898 ?
-
05.01.1953
Nanaimo, British Columbia
[age 55]
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.07.1943 [0-51110]
A/Cdr.
?
       
Metcalfe,
Charles John
V.G. Meakin
?
-
T/Lt.
31.12.1940 [0-51460]
?, seniority 31.12.1939
Lt.Cdr.
?, seniority 31.12.1947 (reld < 02.1964)
Canadian Forces Decoration CD ? ?
(12.1941)


HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
02.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMCS Star XVI (auxiliary minesweeper)



transferred to RCNR
(05.1953)


HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
24.08.1955
-
(02.1963)
HMCS Hunter (Windsor Naval Division) [02.1963 showing as in command of University Naval Training Division]
Milburn,
John Edwards
"Jack"
J.E. Milburn
Residence: Vancouver, BC.
Married (06.1941, Vancouver, BC) Helen Margaret Trant; ... children.
?
-
29.06.2004
British Columbia
T/Lt. 08.06.1942 [0-51530] (reld 02.10.1945)
Mention in Despatches MID 24.10.1944
20.01.1945
destruction U-448 Western Approoaches 14.04.44
Education: University of British Columbia.
19.10.1942 - (07?.)1943 HMCS Kings (officers' training establishment, Halifax, NS)
05.07.1943 - (10.)1944 HMCS Swansea (frigate) (despatches)
05.11.1944 - 04.1945 HMCS Swansea (frigate)
09.04.1945 - (05.1945) HMCS Kings (officers' training establishment, Halifax, NS)
Mitchell,
David Rymal
D.R. Mitchell (Photo courtesy of Mr Ross S. Kilpatrick) D.R. Mitchell (Photo courtesy of Mr Ross S. Kilpatrick)
1903
-
1983
T/Sg.Lt.
1942? [0-52250]
T/Sg.Lt.Cdr.
01.07.1944 [0-52250] (reld < 04.1946)
Education: MD, FRCS
Practised medicine in Toronto, ca. 1922-1942.
05.1942?


joined RCNVR
(12.1942)


Medical Officer, HMCS Columbia (destroyer)
[his ship rescued the disabled British destroyer HMS Caldwell 18.12.1942]
03.02.1943
-
(07.1945)
RCN Hospital, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]
Post-war a urologist.
Mitchell,
George Murray
G.M. Mitchell
09.11.1915
Toronto, Ontario
-
1986
McGregor, Ontario
T/S.Lt. 26.03.1943 [0-52300]
T/A/Lt. < 01.1945
T/Lt. 26.03.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
1939     ASDIC training at Halifax
      served in the RN (initially in the ranks)
      served at HMS Starling (sloop), and HMS Stork (sloop)
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
(07.1945)     HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Mitchell,
John Raymond
J.R. Mitchell
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-52360]
A/Cdr.
01.01.1945
       
Montague,
Robert Michael
R.M. Montague
Fourth of seven children born to Hugh Montague and Catherine Barry.
21.12.1918
West St. John, New Brunswick
-
27.10.1968
Edmonton, Alberta
T/Lt.
01.01.1942 [0-52600] (reld < 04.1946)
T/Lt.Cdr. ?
1946?
Education: St. Patrick's Grade School and St. Vincent's High School in St. John; University of Toronto (1950)
06.08.1942
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Port Hope (Bangor class minesweeper)
Ordained a priest, 1952. See biographical sketch at www.basilian.org.
Moore,
James Doran
J.D. Moore
?
-
T/Lt.
20.02.1942 [0-52850]
(03.1942)


Spare Officer, HM MTB 201 (motor torpedo boat)
Moors,
George Magnus
G.M. Moors (Photo courtesy of Mrs Glenna Snider.)
1915
-
1978
T/A/S.Lt.
15.04.1940 [0-53000]
T/Lt.
19.07.1940 (reld 1945/46)
29.04.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMCS Stone Frigate (RCN training establishment, Kingston, Ont.)
20.11.1941
-
11.09.1942
Executive Officer, HMCS Charlottetown (corvette) (sunk, Gulf of St Lawrence)
(1943?)


Commanding Officer, MTB 736
14.02.1944
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, MTB 744
04.06.1945
-
(06.1945)
HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for disposal or under training)
Morgan [jr.],
William Lloyd
W.L. Morgan Jr.
10.08.1918
Spokane, Wash., USA
-
T/Lt. 22.06.1942 (reld > 01.1945, < 07.1945)
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
(01.1945)     HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Morine,
James Stanley Peter
J.S.P. Morine
?
-
T/Lt.
25.03.1944 [0-53250]
21.12.1944
-
(07.1945)
First Lieutenant, HM MTB 491 (motor torpedo boat)
Morrison,
Donald John
D.J. Morrison
1918 ?
-
13.07.1951
Esquimalt, British Columbia
[age 33]
T/Lt.
08.06.1942 [0-53420]
(02.1943)


Commanding Officer, HM MTB 207 (motor torpedo boat)
(1945)


Commanding Officer, HM ML 071 (motor launch)
Motherwell,
John Phillips
D.J. Morrison

memoirs
1921 ?
-
T/Lt.
22.12.1942 [0-53820] (reld < 04.1946)
spring 1942
-
08.1945
served with RN:
1942
-
06.10.1942
HM MGB 76 (motor gun boat) (8th MGB Flotilla, Felixstowe)) (boat sunk by German fire)
10.1942
-
?
HM MGB 80 (motor gun boat) (8th MGB Flotilla, Felixstowe))
spring 1943
-
21.07.1943
First Lieutenant, HM MA/SB 36 (motor anti-submarine boat) (15th MGB Flotilla, Dartmouth)
22.07.1943
-
10.1944
Commanding Officer, HM MA/SB 36 (motor anti-submarine boat)  (15th MGB Flotilla, Dartmouth)[HMS Cicala (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth)]
28.01.1944
-
29.01.1944
volunteered as Surf Boat Officer for a landing made from MGB 502 at which they put ashore an agent with finances for the French Resistance
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
Moyse,
Robert Joseph
R.J. Moyse
?
-
03.09.1991
Victoria, British Columbia
T/Lt.
30.06.1941 [0-53960]
27.01.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 491 (motor torpedo boat)
 
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Nares,
Hilary George
H.G. Nares

1891 ?
-
10.10.1969
Penticton, British Columbia
[age 78]
T/Cdr. (retd) 01.01.1940 [0-54740]
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD ? ?
Officer, Legion of Merit (USA) LM 30.04.1946 ?
       
Neal,
Roy Elwood
R.E. Neal
?
-
T/S.Lt. ? [0-54830]
T/Lt. 19.07.1944
T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? 1946?
29.08.1944 - (05.)1945 HMCS Eyebright (corvette)
26.06.1945 - (04.1946) HMCS Naden (RCN base, Esquimalt)
Newton,
Donald Hugh
D.H. Newton
1924 ?
-
T/S.Lt. 08.04.1944 [0-55240]
T/A/Lt. < 05.1945 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)
(05.1945)     serving with RN
 
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Orde,
Edward Theodore Cowper
E.T.C. Orde
?
-
24.03.1983
Toronto, Ontario
Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-56560]
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD
?
?
       
Oswell,
Kenneth R
K.R. Oswell
?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
16.08.1944 [0-56790]
04.10.1943
-
(05.1945)
Comptroller, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
 
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Paddon,
Richard
R. Paddon
?
-
T/S.Lt. 27.04.1942 [0-57030]
T/Lt. 27.04.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
15.09.1942 - (02.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMC Q 067 (motor launch)
(04.1943) - (08.1943) HMCS Givenchy (RCN base, Esquimalt, BC) *
06.09.1943 - (04.)1944 HMCS Venture (RCN (motor launch) base, Halifax, NS)
1944 - (06.)1944 HMCS Niobe (RCN depot, Smithson Institute, nr Greenock) (for Coastal Flotilla)
(05.1944)     First Lieutenant, HMC MTB 463 (motor torpedo boat)
31.07.1944 - 01.1945 First Lieutenant, HMC MTB 485 (motor torpedo boat)
24.01.1945 - 06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMC MTB 462 (motor torpedo boat)
20.06.1945 - (06.1945) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for disposal or under training)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Parker,
John Thurston
J.T. Parker
?
-

T/S.Lt.
02.04.1944 [0-57560]
T/Lt.
02.04.1945 (reld 1945?)
04.06.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMCS Asbestos (corvette) 
Parker,
George Leycester
G.L. Parker (Photo courtesy of Mr Gord Parker) Photo courtesy of Mr Gord Parker
Photo courtesy of Mr Gord Parker
15.11.1915
Toronto, Ontario
-
07.08.2003
Savannah, Ga., USA
T/S.Lt.
? [0-57530]
T/Lt.
backdated? 09.11.1942 (reld 30.06.1945)

qualified as a Navigating Officer

Education: BA (Hon.) in languages



served Queen's Own Militia
22.06.1942


joined RCNVR [HMCS York (Toronto Division, RCNVR)] 



HMCS Stadacona (RCN barracks & training establishment, Halifax, NS)



HMCS Kings (officers' training establishment, Halifax, NS)
22.03.1943
-
02.1944
HMCS ML 092 (Atlantic duty; based at HMS Venture)
10.05.1944
-
06.1945
Navigation Officer, HMCS Whitby (corvette) (Atlantic duty; based at HMCS Avalon)
30.06.1945


discharged from HMCS York
Partridge,
John A
J.A. Partridge
?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
10.01.1945 [0-57715]
23.02.1944
-
(05.1945)
Comptroller, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Patterson,
John Arthur
J.A. Partridge
Married Joan Stephens; four sons, two daughters.
Lived in Windsor, Toronto, and Winnipeg.
30.06.1919
Quebec City, Quebec
-
09.07.2008
Brockville, Ontario
T/S.Lt.
09.11.1942 [0-57920]
T/Lt.
09.11.1943
Education: University of Manitoba
04.12.1943
-
(10.)1944
HMC LCI(L) 285 (landing craft, infantry (large)) [HMCS Niobe (Canadian Military Mission Overseas)]
13.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Hunter (Windsor Division RCNVR)
Joined the F.W. Woolworth Co. and for 20 years managed stores in Manitoba, Quebec, and Ontario. In 1959 moved to Brockville, Ontario and later joined the Mutual Life of Canada as a Chartered Life Underwriter for more than 20 years until his retirement.
Pearce,
Edward Burton
E.B. Pearce
?
-
T/A/Lt.
04.09.1940 [0-58150]
T/Lt.
1941?, seniority 04.09.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
127.12.1945? (reld > 04.1946)
12.10.1940
-
(02.)1941
Department of the Director of Unexploded Bombs, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
(12.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
28.10.1943
-
(10.)1944
First Lieutenant, HMCS Hamilton (training vessel)
13.11.1944
-
05.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Husky (training vessel)
03.05.1945
-
17.06.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Collingwood (corvette)
17.12.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMCS Cataraqui (Kingston Naval Division)
Pearce,
Henry Robert
"Bobby"
H.R. Pearce H.R. Pearce
H.R. Pearce
H.R. Pearce
H.R. Pearce 
Son of Sydney-born parents Henry William Pearce, water police constable, and his wife Lily, née Shankleton.
Married 1st (10.12.1930, Hamilton, Ontario) Reita Hendon (died 1938); one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd (20.07.1940, Toronto, Ontario) Velma Hilda, née Whelpton.

30.09.1905
Double Bay, Sydney, Australia
-
20.05.1976
Toronto, Ontario
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
26.04.1942 [0-58160]
A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) RCN(R)
< 07.1948
Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) RCN(R), later RCN
01.07.1948 (retd 1956)
Canadian Forces Decoration CD
?
?

 

Education: Double Bay Public School
Employed as a carpenter by Eastment & Clark, builders. Sculler, winning the 1928 Olympic title. From 1930 onwards salesman for the Distillers Co. of Canada, later for Seagrims.
26.04.1943
-
(10.1944)
HMCS Star (Hamilton Division RCNVR) *
16.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Donnaconna (Montreal Division RCNVR)
(07.1945)
 
 
HMCS Star (Hamilton Division RCNVR) *
17.10.1945
-
01.04.1947
Staff Officer, Sea Cadets, HMCS Star (Hamilton Division RCNVR) [transferred from RCNVR to RCN(R) about 1946/47]



was Second-in-Command at Princess Alice Camp on Georgian Bay as well as sports and recruiting officer in 1943 until probably 1945-6
01.04.1947
-
(05.1950)
HMCS Star (Hamilton Naval Division) [tranferred from RCN()R to RCN 1950]
09.06.1952
-
(05.1953)
HMCS Carleton (Ottawa Naval Division)
01.06.1954
-
(01.)1956
HMCS Star (Hamilton Naval Division)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pearce,
Richard Callery
E.B. Pearce
?
-
T/Lt.
18.02.1942 [0-58170] (reld < 04.1946)
30.10.1943
-
(07.1945)
First Lieutenant, HMCS Forest Hill (corvette)
Peirson,
Robert Richard
R.R. Peirson
?
-
04.11.1948
[Military Lot G,  Mount Royal Cemetery]
T/S.Lt.
18.08.1944 [0-58355]
05.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
HM ML 110 (motor launch)
Perrin (Jr.),
John Draper
"Jack"
J.D. Perrin (Photo courtesy of Mr John Draper Perrin III) J.D. Perrin (Photo courtesy of Mr John Draper Perrin III)
J.D. Perrin (Photo courtesy of Mr John Draper Perrin III) J.D. Perrin (Photo courtesy of Mr John Draper Perrin III)
J.D. Perrin (Photo courtesy of Mr John Draper Perrin III) J.D. Perrin
Only son of John Draper Perrin, and Ruth Taylor Litle.
Married 1st (1949) Nancy Suzanne McKay, of Winnipeg; two sons, one daughter.
Married 2nd (1988) Marjorie Joan Irving, of Winnipeg.

27.03.1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba
-
19.11.1992
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Ord.Sea. 09.09.1940
T/S.Lt. 30.12.1940 [0-58660]
T/Lt. 27.03.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
39-45 St - -

Atlantic Star

Atl St - -

Italy Star

It St - -
Defence Medal DefM - -
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal CVSM - & clasp
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Education: Winnipeg public schools & St. Andrew’s College in Aurora, Ontario (1928-1934); studied mining engineering at the University of Manitoba and McGill University.
09.09.1940 - ? training, HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint)
19.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Holderness (escort destroyer)
27.01.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Valorous (destroyer)
21.09.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Termagant (destroyer)
(01.1945)     HMS Termagant (destroyer) *
(07.1945)     HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission overseas, London) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pickels,
Aubrey Ravening
A.R. Pickels
17.02.1921
Ft William, Ontario
-
26.02.1984
Toronto, Ontario
T/S.Lt.
24.05.1943 [0-59110]
T/Lt.
24.05.1944
Lt. RCN(R)
1946?, seniority 24.05.1944
Lt. RCN
1950/51, seniority 17.02.1946
Lt.Cdr. RCN
17.02.1954 (retd 1966)
Canadian Forces Decoration CD
?
?
21.10.1943
-
(10.)1944
HMCS Star (Hamilton Division RCNVR)
09.10.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMCS Buckingham (frigate)
(04.1946)
 
 
HMCS Star (Hamilton Naval Division) *
1946?
 
 
transferred, RCN (Reserves)
10.01.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMCS Griffon (Port Arthur Naval Division)
1950/51?


permanent commission, RCN (served at Esquimalt, Halifax, Victoria, Ottawa & six months in the UK)
16.12.1952
-
(07.)1954
HMCS Ontario
30.09.1954
-
(01.1956)
HMCS Chippawa (Winnipeg Naval Division)
(01.1957)
 
 
HMCS Chippawa (Winnipeg Naval Division) *
05.05.1958
-
(01.1959)
Commanding Officer, HMCS New Glasgow
(07.1961)


HMCS New Glasgow *
?
-
(02.1963)
HMCS Naden (RCN base, Esquimalt)
(02.1954)
 
 
no appointment listed
Moved to Toronto to work as a Personnel Manager for Steinberg stores.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pickersgill,
Norman Loris
N.L. Pickersgill
From Regina, Saskatchewan.
?
-
Lt. 20.05.1933 [0-59130]
Lt.Cdr. 20.05.1940
A/Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD ? -
(04.1940)     no appointment listed
(09.1940?)     HMS Semita (minesweeping trawler)
16.09.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Servitor (minesweeping tug)
23.04.1941 - (01.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Fara (trawler)
03.01.1943 - 15.12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMCS Queen (Regina Division RCNVR)
15.12.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Stadacona II (RCN Barracks, Halifax, NS ?)
(07.1945) - (04.1946) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax) *
* In (British) Navy List indexed, but not listed as such. In Canadian Navy List of May 1945 shown as on indefinite leave.
Piers,
Charles Robert Fitzmaurice
C.R.F. Piers
?
-
01.01.1996
Duncan, British Columbia
T/Lt.Cdr. (retd)
30.06.1934 [0-59200]
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD ? -
       
Pink,
John Frederick
J.F. Pink (Photo courtesy of Mr Joesph D. Weed)
20.01.1920
Winnipeg, Manitoba
-
18.08.2001
Midway, Georgia, USA
T/El.S.Lt. ? [0-59330]
T/El.Lt. 01.05.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Education: University of Manitoba, 1942; University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor in electrical engineering), 1954.
      served with the RN on a convoy run to Murmansk
10.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Bicester (Hunt class destroyer) (Mediterranean)
(10.1944)     HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, Nova Scotia) *
? - (01.)1945 HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas)
(05.)1945 - (07.1945) HMCS Ontario (cruiser)
Professional principal of J.F. Pink Associates, until retiring in 1991. He was a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Professional Engineers of Savannah, the IEEE, and was a member of the International Society of Autmation (ISA) for nearly 50 years. Life member of ISA (and a member of the Coastal Empire Section).
* indexed, but not listed as such
Plomer,
James
J. Plomer

?
-
04.05.1986
Picton, Ontario
Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943 [0-59510]
A/Cdr. ?
Cdr. RCN ?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 30.09.1952 Korea
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 19.10.1943 defence convoy U-boat Western Approaches 05.05.43 [decoration presented]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 18.04.1944 anti-U-boat operations Western Approaches 10-11.43 [decoration presented]
(1943)     HMS Sunflower (DSC and Bar)
(1952)     HMCS Cayuga (OBE)
Porter,
Edward Duncan
"Ted"
E.D. Porter (Photo courtesy of Mr Bob Porter) E.D. Porter (Photo courtesy of Mr Bob Porter)
?
Regina, Saskatchewan
-
08.2008
T/S.Lt.
18.10.1943 [0-59746]
T/A/Lt.
< 05.1945



possibly served on HM MTB 229 & HM MTB 724
21.02.1945
-
(07.1945)
First Lieutenant, HM MTB 793 (motor torpedo boat)
(04.1946)


HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Powell,
Robert Montagu
"Bob"
R.M. Powell
Eldest son of the late M. Grant Powell and Aurelia C. Hughson (Rockcliffe Park). Married Louise Dewar; two daughters.
1914
-
17.03.2004
Brockville, Ontario
T/Lt.
01.09.1936 [0-59960]
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943
T/A/Cdr.
< 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Education: Trinity College School, Port Hope; Royal Military College, Kingston (Head Cadet, B.S.M. 1934-35); University of Toronto
1939
-
1945
served in the Second World War:
30.12.1940
-
(02.1941)
4th MTB Flotilla [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
08.01.1945
-
(05.1945)
command course, HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)
(07.1945)


HMCS Niobe (Canadian naval mission overseas) *
1945?


Commanding Officer, HMCS Belleville (corvette)
Chemical engineer with CIL/DuPont Canada for more than thirty years in Shawinigan, Montreal, Windsor, Texas and Brockville.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Price,
Frederick Avery
F.A. Price
From Quebec City.
Last residence: Hudson, Quebec

12.10.1904
-
25.10.1992
Montreal, Quebec
Lt.
02.09.1927 [0-60260]
Lt.Cdr.
02.09.1935
Cdr.
01.01.1942
Capt.
07.1945 (reld 23.01.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
08.06.1944
10.06.1944
Senior RCN officer London * [decoration presented]
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VRD
15.01.1944
-
* Commander Price has served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve since 1926, and has made an outstanding contribution to the establishment of that force. Latterly he served with distinction on the staff of the Captain Commanding Canadian Ships in the United Kingdom, and for a considerable period, as Senior Canadian Naval Officer, London. He is now resuming a sea appointment as Commander of one of the Aircraft Carriers manned by the Royal Canadian Navy.
Education: Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ont. (1917-1919)
02.11.1926
-
01.09.1935
RCNVR Half Company Quebec
02.09.1935
-
30.08.1939
Commanding Officer, RCNVR Half Company Quebec
01.09.1939
-
09.08.1940
Commanding Officer, Quebec Division RCNVR [HMCS Montcalm]
10.08.1940
-
10.09.1940
HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)
11.09.1940
-
17.01.1941
Staff Officer to Naval Officer-in-Charge, HMC Naval Base, Quebec [HMCS Chaleur (RCN depot ship, Quebec)]
18.01.1941
-
16.05.1941
Commanding Officer, HMCS Reindeer (armed yacht; patrol vessel)
09.07.1941
-
31.07.1941
Commanding Officer, HMCS Reindeer (armed yacht; patrol vessel)
01.08.1941
-
21.11.1941
Commanding Officer, HMCS Vison (armed yacht; patrol vessel)
10.12.1941
-
19.01.1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Vegreville (Bangor class minesweeper)
12.02.1942
-
19.04.1943
Staff Officer (Personnel) to Captain Commanding Canadian Ships and Establishments in United Kingdom Waters for Administrative Control [HMCS Niobe (RCN depot, London)]
20.04.1943
-
15.01.1944
Captain Commanding Canadian Ships & Senior Canadian Naval Officer (London) & Commanding Officer, HMCS Niobe (RCN depot, London)
17.01.1944
-
19.04.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Puncher (escort carrier) *
20.04.1944
-
13.08.1944
Executive Officer, HMS Puncher (escort carrier)
14.08.1944
-
11.1945
Deputy Director of Plans, Naval Staff, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown]
* in the (British) Navy Lists of June & Oct 44 & July 1945 still shown as such

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Read,
Horace Emerson
H.E. Read

?
-
T/Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 06.09.1944 [0-61370]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46
06.09.1943 - (05.1945) Vice-Chairman Regulations Revision Committee, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Rendell,
Arthur Stephen
H.E. Read
?
-
19.07.1993
Vancouver, British Columbia
T/S.Lt.
1941? [0-61720]
T/Lt.
10.11.1942 (reld > 04.1946)



served in MTB's in the Adriatic:
23.02.1944
-
30.05.1944
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 670 (motor torpedo boat)
31.05.1944
-
(10.1944)
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 633 (motor torpedo boat)
07.05.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for disposal or under training)
Richards,
George Edward
G.E. Richards
28.0.1912
Ottawa, Ontario
-
T/Paym.S.Lt. ? [0-61950]
T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 15.04.1942
?, seniority 15.10.1941
Lt.Cdr. (S) RCN(R) 1948/49?, seniority 12.10.1945
Canadian Forces Decoration CD ? ?
08.06.1942 - (12.1943) Central Victualling Depot, Halifax, NS [HMCS Stadacona]
05.04.1944 - (01.)1945 Central Victualling Depot, Halifax, NS [HMCS Stadacona]
01.02.1945 - (07.1945) RCN Barracks, Halifax, NS [HMCS Stadacona]
08.10.1948 - (01.1957) HMCS Carleton (Ottawa Naval Division)
Ripley,
Ralph Crossley
R.C. Ripley
Son of Ralph Crossley Ripley and Janet Lamont Ripley, of Hamilton, Ontario.
1916 ?
-
16.02.1942
(MPK) [age 26]
[Halifax Memorial, panel 8]
T/S.Lt. 31.12.1940 [0-62320]
T/Lt. 1941?, seniority 31.12.1940
Education: University of Toronto.
(06.1941)     no appointment listed
26.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Prince of Wales
? - 16.02.1942 HMS Fanling (auxiliary patrol craft) (sunk at Banka Straits)
Rivers,
Austin Barnhill
"Aussie"
A.B. Rivers
Married Phyllis Elliott Anderson; three daughters.
1920 ?
Saint John, New Brunswick
-
15.07.2002
Kingston, Ontario
T/A/Paym.S.Lt. 15.09.1939
T/A/Paym.Lt. 15.09.1941
T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) ?, seniority 15.09.1940 [0-62460]
Cdr. (S) RCN 01.07.1953 (retd)
Canadian Forces Decoration CD ? ?
(06.)1940 - (02.)1942 no appointment listed
(04.)1942 - (12.)1942 HMCS Avalon II (accommodation ship, St John's, Newfoundland)
14.12.1942 - (06.)1944 Captain's Secretary, HMCS Captor (RCN base, St John's, NB)
01.06.1944 - (04.1946) RCN Barracks, Esquimalt, BC [HMCS Givenchy]
post-war     transferred to RCN
Rolland,
Lewis Skaife
L.S. Rolland
?
-
T/A/Lt.
28.09.1939 [0-63330]
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1944
T/A/Cdr.
< 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)
28.09.1939


joined RCNVR as officer cadet
29.03.1940
-
(12.1941)
Naval Control Service, Montreal [HMCS Venture]
01.12.1942
-
(05.1945)
Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Naval Ordnance Branch, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown]
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
10.01.1946
-
(04.1946)
Superintendent Naval Armament Depot, Pacific Coast [HMCS Givenchy (RCN base, Esquimalt, BC]
ADC of the Lieutenant Governor-General for British Columbia, 1950s.
Rooke,
George Monroe Athey
G.M.A. Rooke
1913 ?
-
02.03.1972
North Cowichan, British Columbia
[age 59]
A/S.Lt.
29.12.1937 [0-63410] 
S.Lt.
29.12.1938
A/Lt.
01.09.1939
Lt.
?, seniority 25.08.1938 (reld < 04.1946)
(04.1940)


no appointment listed
16.05.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMCS Naden (for duty at HMC Naval Base, Prince Rupert)
27.09.1941
-
(02.1943)
First Lieutenant, HMCS Chedabucto (minesweeper)
26.06.1943

-

(07.1945)
Communication Staff on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Canadian North West Atlantic [HMCS Stadacona]
B.Acc.
Ross,
Charles Alexander
C.A. Ross 
Son of Charles Hamilton Ross (1876-1958) and Harriet Hoskins Roffey (1876-1947), of Montreal, Province of Quebec; husband of Mona Jean
Ross, of Montreal.
07.07.1916
-
20.09.1943
(KIA) [age 27]
[Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia, panel 9]
T/Lt.
?
?
-
20.09.1943 HMCS St Croix (destroyer) (died aboard HMS Itchen after being rescued from the sinking of his ship which had been torpedoed and sunk by U-305)
Ross,
Francis Lawrence [Peter]
F.L. Ross
10.08.1922
-
02.03.1984
T/A/S.Lt.
? [0-63574]
T/S.Lt.
06.05.1944
T/Lt.
?
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
?
06.1940


joined RCNVR, and served on destroyers HMCS Athabaskan, HMCS Haida & HMCS Crusader; was also Staff Adjutant at the National Defense College (Kingston, Ont.)
10.04.1944
-
02.1945?
HMCS Chaleur (RCN base, Quebec)
02.02.1945
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Kenora (Bangor class minesweeper)
(04.1946)


HMCS Chaleur (RCN base, Quebec) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Ross,
Hugh John McKim
"Kim"
H.J.M. Ross
Son of Charles Whitfield Watson Ross (1877-1943), and Jane Bacon Gallaway (1881-1963).
Married (03.10.1936, Edmonton, Alb.) Margaret Jane "Peggy" Phillips (07.02.1913-26.04.1971); two sons.

01.05.1910
Rossburn, Manitoba
-
28.03.1968
Edmonton, Alberta
Prob. S.Lt. VR
08.1944 [0-63604]
T/S.Lt.
23.03.1945 (reld 28.03.1946)
Education: B.Ed & M.Ed
09.1943
-
?
HMCS Tecumseh (RCN base, Calgary, Alberta)
?
-
?
HMCS Fort William (minesweeper)
04.11.1944
-
(05.)1945
executive officers' course, HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Cornwallis, NS)
30.10.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMCS Queen (Regina naval division)
28.03.1946
 
 
released, HMCS Discovery (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)
Teacher/administrator.
Ryan,
Lorne Ernest
L.E. Ryan (Photo courtesy of Mr Gord Parker)
?
-
T/Lt.
21.06.1944 [0-68263]
(03.1944)
-
?
Gunnery Officer, HMCS Whitby (corvette)
25.02.1945
-
(05.1945)
radar course, St. Hyacinthe (RCN Signal School, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec)

 
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Sabiston,
Donald
D. Sabiston
?
-
T/Midsh.
01.08.1944 [0-64690]
T/S.Lt.
01.02.1945
21.12.1944
-
(07.1945)
... Officer, MTB 491
Scarth,
George Archibald Campbell
G.A.C. Scarth
?
-
Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-65240]
       
Schreiber,
Joseph Roger Godfrey
J.R.G. Schreiber

?
-
T/A/Lt.
09.10.1939 [0-65360]
T/Lt.
1941?, seniority 09.10.1939
?, seniority 09.10.1938
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 10.1944
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 07.08.1945
15.09.1945
for services as Liaison Officer to the French in support of the advance of the Allies on the Franco-Italian Border
Croix de Guerre avec palme en bronze (France) CdeG 22.03.1945 for services as Liaison Officer to the French in support of the advance of the Allies on the Franco-Italian Border
05.10.1940
-
(02.)1941
First Lieutenant, HMS Northern Spray (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
(05.1941)
 
 
British Naval Liaison Officer, French destroyer "Le Triomphant"
(12.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
(10.1944)
 
 
HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto) *
01.01.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto) (additional; for miscellaneous duties)
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
Sellers,
Henry Eugen
H.E. Sellers
?
-
Hon. Capt.
15.04.1938 [0-65980]



not mobilized
Shand,
John Haddon
J.H. Shand
?
-
T/Lt.
27.04.1943 [0-66140]
12.09.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 459 (motor torpedo boat)
Shaver,
Clare Edward
C.E. Shaver
?
-
T/S.Lt. 22.12.1941 [0-66270]
T/Lt. 22.12.1942 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)
20.08.1942 - (02.)1943 HMCS Chatham (depot ship, Prince Rupert, BC)
(08.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed
04.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMCS Wentworth (frigate)
Shaver,
Everett Phelps
E.P. Shaver
?
-
Cdr.
01.01.1944 [0-66280]
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD
?
?
       
Shedden,
William Geoffrey
W.G. Shedden
?
-
Cdr.
01.01.1940 [0-66440]
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD
?
?
       
Sheppard,
Henry Campbell
H.C. Sheppard
?
-
T/S.Lt. ? [0-66540]
T/Lt. 25.05.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
30.06.1944 - 04.12.1944 HMCS Lanark (frigate)
05.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMCS Swift Current (Bangor class minesweeper)
Sherwood,
Frederick Henry
"Freddie"
F.H. Sherwood
Son of Edward S. Sherwood, and Marion Torrance.

25.06.1914
Ottawa, Ontario
-
2003 still alive
Midsh.
17.06.1933
A/S.Lt.
17.06.1934
Lt.
17.04.1936 [0-66640]
Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943 (reld 24.07.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
23.03.1943
sinking 9 enemy ships Mediterranean 07-10.42 [investiture 16.10.45]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
10.07.1945
15.09.1945
6 patrols Far East sinking enemy shipping [investiture 16.10.45]
17.06.1933
 
 
RCNVR Half Company Ottawa
01.09.1939
-
05.06.1940
Commanding Officer, RCNVR Division Ottawa
30.09.1940
-
11.11.1940
submarine course, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)
11.11.1940
-
22.12.1940
HMS Elfin (submairne depot ship) (as spare officer)
22.12.1940
-
22.08.1941
Watchkeeping Officer, HMS Sealion (submarine) (Home Waters) [tender to HMS Elfin]
22.08.1941
-
07.01.1942
First Lieutenant, HMS L 23 (submarine) [tender to HMS Ambrose, from 13.10.1941 to HMS Elfin]
07.01.1942
-
25.11.1942
First Lieutenant, HMS P 211 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin, later Mediterranean/Malta] (DSC)
25.11.1942
-
07.12.1942
HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship) (additional; for passage)
07.12.1942
-
15.03.1943
submarine Commanding Officer's qualifying course [HMS Dolphin]
15.03.1943
-
15.06.1943
HMS P 556 (submarine) (operating from AST Clyde for the Ocean Escort training establishment)
15.06.1943
-
20.07.1943
HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship)
21.07.1943
-
01.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Spiteful (submarine) (Far East & Australia) (Bar to DSC)
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
(04.1946)
 
 
HMCs Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Shorteno,
Peter V
P.V. Shorteno
?
-
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
01.05.1944 [0-66785]
15.08.1944
-
(05.1945)
for duty with staff of the Naval Staff, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Simpson,
Lorne Edward
J.P. Singleton
1921
Fergus, Ontario
-
23.03.2008
Orting, Wash., USA
[age 86]
T/S.Lt.
04.01.1943 [0-67200]
T/Lt.
04.01.1944
04.12.1943
-
(10.)1944
First Lieutenant, HMC LCI(L) 117 (landing craft, infantry (large)) [HMCS Niobe (RCN depot, Greenock)]
04.11.1944
-
04.1945?
HMCS Fergus (corvette)
16.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
HMCS St Hyacinthe (RCN signal school, St Hyacinthe, Quebec) (additional; for H/F D/F course)
19.06.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMCS Unicorn (Saskatoon Naval Division)
Simpson,
Ralph Sherman
R.S. Simpson
?
-
T/A/Lt.
1941, seniority 28.06.1939 [0-67260]
T/Lt.
1942?, seniority 28.06.1939
Transferred from National Resources Branch, Department of the Interior to Canadian Hydrographic Service as an experienced draftsman, 1931. Transferred to the Drafting Office of the Map Service, 1937. Listed as a Senior Map Draftsman, 1939. Granted leave to join RCN, 01.1941. Resigned from Department, 12.07.1946.
(02.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
(12.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
01.10.1943
-
(04.1946)
HMCS Givenchy (RN base, Esquimalt, BC) (for Chart Depot)
Singleton,
John Peel
J.P. Singleton
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.07.1943 [0-67390]
A/Cdr.
?
       
Smith,
Albert Martin
A.M. Smith
?
-
Lt.Cdr.
11.07.1942 [0-67830]
A/Cdr.
01.07.1944
       
Smith,
James Young
J.Y. Smith (Photo courtesy of Mr Gord Parker)
?
-
T/Wt.Eng.
01.01.1944 [0-68263]
(03.1944)
-
?
Engineering Officer, HMCS Whitby (corvette)
Spence,
Robert George
R.G. Spence
?
-
T/S.Lt. ? [0-69160]]
T/Lt. 03.07.1944 (reld 08.1945)
03.04.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HCM ML 058 (motor launch) (72nd ML Flotilla)
Spinney,
Wilbur Ramsay
W.R. Spinney
Son of George W. Spinney, CMG, and Martha Maud Spinney, of Westmount, Province of Ouebec. Canada.
19.06.1920
Montreal, Que.
-
03.06.1945
Basingstoke, Hampshire
[age 26]
[Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, UK, 59.B.10]
T/Lt. 01.05.1942 [0-69250]
21.07.1944 - (01.)1945 HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas)
(05.)1945 - 03.06.1945 HMCS Ontario (cruiser) (died, following a ship board accident)
Stairs,
John Fitzwilliam
J.F. Stairs

?
-
31.12.1999
Abercorn, Quebec
Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943 [0-69400]
Mention in Despatches MID 05.10.1943 salvage [m?] Luckenbach
(1943)     HMCS Colombia (despatches)
Stapley,
Reginald George
"Reg"
R.G. Stapley
?
-
T/Lt.
18.06.1941 [0-69540] (reld < 04.1946)
(10.1944)


HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland) *
07.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
Signal Officer, HMCS Penetang (frigate)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Steele,
Richard Miles
"Dick"
R.M. Steele
Married Nancy McDonald; two daughters, one son.

22.09.1915
Rothesay, New Brunswick
-
14.03.2010
Rothesay, New Brunswick
Prob. T/S.Lt. 22.12.1941 [0-69700]
T/Lt. ?, seniority 22.12.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 13.03.1945 (reld 15.03.1946)
... ...
Capt. RCN 01.07.1958 (retd 1970)
Member of the Order of Canada CM 13.05.2004 *
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 23.12.1952
20.12.1952
Korea (5th List)
Mention in Despatches MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45
* For over 50 years, Richard Steele has made outstanding contributions to horticulture in Canada. One of North America's leading experts in rhododendrons and azaleas, he is renowned for having developed hundreds of new hybrids that can withstand Atlantic Canada's harsh growing climate. His infectious enthusiasm for rhododendrons and his willingness to share his vast knowledge have earned him the respect of plant breeders nationally and internationally. Bayport Plant Farm, his nursery of 30,000 ornamental plants, will be a living legacy for generations of Canadians who share his passion.
29.04.1942 - (02.1943) HMCS Rimouski (corvette)
20.01.1944 - (04.1946) Navigating Officer, HMCS Algonquin (destroyer)
... - ... ...
29.10.1951 - 16.01.1953 Commanding Officer, HMCS Nootka (Korea)
... - ... ...
Had a second career as an internationally renowned and respected rhododendron breeder, teacher and plantsman.
Storey,
Donald William Green
D.W.G. Storey

?
-
T/Lt. 01.11.1940 [0-70540]
Mention in Despatches MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45
16.03.1944
-
10.06.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Arvida (corvette)
Stuart,
Orme Gordon
O.G. Stuart
see also Flower Class Corvette website

20.02.1914
-
04.02.1990
Vancouver, British Columbia
A/Lt.
15.03.1938 [0-70940]
Lt.
?, seniority 15.03.1938
A/Lt.Cdr.
> 06.1943, < 08.1943
Lt.Cdr.
01.07.1944 (reld 22.01.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 14.08.1945 probably destroyed 2 U-boats Western Approaches 04.45 [investiture 13.11.45]
1930
-
1939
came to Prince Rupert, BC, to work in & later run his uncle's pharmacy
16.10.1936
-
30.08.1939
joined RCNVR Half Company Prince Rupert
01.09.1939
-
14.06.1940
RCNVR Division Prince Rupert
01.12.1939
-
?
HMC Naval Base, Prince Rupert
10.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Bath (destroyer)
11.02.1943
-
11.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Pennywort (corvette)
24.11.1943
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Abelia (corvette)
?
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Fitzroy (frigate) (DSC) *
?
-
22.01.1946
HMCS Stadacona (RCN barracks & training establishment, Halifax, NS)
After the war he returned to Prince Rupert, married, had four children and became president of the Chamber of Commerce, as well as being involved with many other local organizations.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sylvester,
Roy Howard
R.H. Sylvester

?
-
T/Lt. 01.01.1942 [0-71600]
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45
      HMCS The Pas (despatches)
22.10.1944 - 27.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Arrowhead (corvette)

 
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Teekman,
Henri
"Teek"
H. Teekman

?
-
T/S.Lt.
? [0-72310]
T/El.Lt. (R)
26.02.1942
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 20.10.1942 attack convoy Dover 17.08.42 [investiture 01.12.42]
(03.1942)


Maintenance Officer, MTB Base Dover
(08.1942)


HM MTB 218 (motor torpedo boat) (DSC)
Tessier,
Cyrille Antoine Jules McKenzie
"Mac"
C.A.J.M. Tessier (Photo courtesy of Mr Derek Johnson) C.A.J.M. Tessier (Photo courtesy of Mr Derek Johnson)
Son of Joachim DesRivières Tessier (1884-1973), and Eugénie Painchaud (1894-?).
07.06.1918
-
T/S.Lt. ? [0-72450]
T/Lt. 18.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
10.06.1943 - (07.1945) HMCS Drumheller (corvette)
Thom,
Stuart Douglas
S.D. Thom
1906
-
05.12.1997
Islington, Ontario
T/A/Lt.
05.09.1940 [0-72540]
T/Lt.
?, seniority 05.09.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Education: University of Toronto ( BA 1927); University of Saskatchewan (LLB  1929).
Called to the Bar, 1930. Practiced law with his father in Regina until the War.
(02.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
11.09.1941
-
(02.1943)
First Lieutenant, HMCS Summerside (corvette)
08.06.1944
-
02.09.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Arnprior (corvette)
Queen's Council (QC), 1957. Hon. LL.D (Law Society, 1979). Moved to Toronto in 1947 and spent most of his legal career with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt. Bencher (1966) & treasurer (1974-1976) of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and was active in its affairs as a Bencher until this past August 1997. He was involved in a number of organizations including the Canadian Tax Foundation and the Victorian Order of Nurses. After his retirement from law practice, his activities included serving on the Ontario Securities Commission and acting as Commissioner of the Commission of Inquiry into Residential Tenancies.
Thomas,
Gordon Coslett
G.C. Thomas
?
-
T/Lt.
02.12.1942 [0-72580]
06.05.1945
-
12.06.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Agassiz (corvette)
[ (07.1945)


HMCS Dunvegan (corvette) ?]
Thompson,
Francis W
F.W. Thompson
?
-
21.10.1999
Nanaimo, British Columbia
T/Lt.
20.02.1941 [0-72820]
06.04.1942
-
20.04.1942
Commanding Officer, HMCS Baddeck (corvette)
Thompson,
Peter Andrew Ruttan
P.A.R. Thompson

?
-
T/A/S.Lt. ? [0-72880]
T/Lt. 18.03.1941
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 05.05.1942 action E-boats Nore 15.03.42 [investiture 30.06.42]
Mention in Despatches MID 26.07.1940 preventing war material falling into enemy hands
Mention in Despatches MID 25.09.1942 action convoy & escorts Nore 30.07.42
(03.1942)     Commanding Officer, HM MGB 91 (motor gun boat) (DSC)
(07.1942)     Commanding Officer, HM MGB 83 (motor gun boat) (despatches)
(05.1945)     prisoner of war
Thomson,
Walter Herbert Bruce
W.H.B. Thomson
07.1909
Toronto, Ontario
-
T/A/Lt. 07.02.1940 [0-73140]
T/Lt. ?, seniority 07.02.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1944 (reld 31.08.1945)
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1945
06.01.1945
New Year 45 *
* For exceptional keenness and devotion to duty. This Officer has carried out his duties as Commanding Officer in Motor Launches as Senior Officer of a Motor Launch Flotilla for over two years with outstanding ability, leadership and zeal. Previously, he successfully served for 18 months as Executive Officer of HMCS Drumheller during a period when the Battle of the Atlantic was at its height.
03.07.1940 - 07.02.1941 Commanding Officer, RCNVR Half Company, Kingston
15.02.1941 - 30.04.1941 Commanding Officer, RCNVR Half Company, Hamilton
06.1941 - 12.1942 Executive Officer, HMCS Drumheller (corvette)
14.12.1942 - 16.12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMC ML 051 (motor launch)
03.03.1944 - 26.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMC ML 051 (motor launch) & as Senior Officer, 77th ML Flotilla (despatches)
Tozer,
Douglas Horton
D.H. Tozer (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian D. Byrne)
21.07.1917
Timmons, Ontario
-
19.07.1982
Liverpool, Nova Scotia
[Trinity Anglican Cemetery
Liverpool, Nova Scotia]
T/S.Lt. 30.12.1940 [0-73870]
T/Lt. 30.12.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
(11.1940)     HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint, Plymouth)
16.06.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Radiant (armed yacht; anti-submarine duties)
18.10.1943 - 15.10.1944 HMCS Baddeck (corvette)
15.10.1944 - 04.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Baddeck (corvette)
Turner,
Archie Campbell
A.C. Turner (Photo courtesy of Mr Gord Parker)
?
-
T/S.Lt.
08.02.1944 [0-74430]
T/A/Lt.
08.02.1945
10.04.1944
-
(05.1945)
Signals Officer, HMCS Whitby (corvette)

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Wade,
Henry Read
H.R. Wade
1892 ?
-
01.04.1980
Vancouver, British Columbia
[age 88]
T/Lt.Cdr. (retd)
08.05.1936 [0-75280]
A/Cdr.
01.01.1944
       
Walker,
Harry Normand
H.N. Walker (Photo courtesy of Mr Gord Parker)
?
-
T/Lt.
09.11.1942 [0-75530]
24.03.1944
-
(05.1945)
Excecutive Officer, HMCS Whitby (corvette)
Wallace,
John George William
J.G.W. Wallace
Married Vera May Sunderland; two sons.
25.08.1912
Calgary, Alberta
-
22.08.1991
Vancouver, British Columbia
T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S)
18.08.1941 [0-75730] (reld < 04.1946)
02.09.1941
-
20.12.1941
Nelson and Benbow Division 3, 3rd officers class [HMCS Royal Roads]
(08.1942)
 
 
HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
07.06.1944
-
29.08.1944
HMCS St Therese (frigate)
29.08.1944
-
(07.1945)
RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)]
Warr,
John Arthur
J.A. Warr
05.04.1901
Manchester, UK
-
15.04.1978
Oakville, Ontario
T/Electr.Lt.
22.03.1940 [0-76130]
A/Electr. Lt.Cdr.
11.03.1944-(05.1945)



served in Scotland, England and occasionally made trips to Washington, D.C.
11.03.1944
-
(05.1945)
Engineering and Inspection, Directorate of Electrical Supply, Naval Equipment and Supply Branch, Naval Service Headquarters, Ottawa
Warren,
Jack Hamilton
"Jake"
J.H. Warren
04.1921
-
04.2008
T/Lt.
? [0-76170]
       
       

Jack H. (Jake), O.C., LLD After a short stay at Ottawa General, Jake has passed away in the full embrace of his loved and loving family. Born in April, 1921 on an Ontario tobacco farm, he was raised and educated in Ottawa and completed his studies at Queen's University, Kingston, B.A., LLD. In World War II he welcomed responsibility as a naval officer on many ships, notably HMCS Valleyfield which was torpedoed and sunk in the frigid North Atlantic in 1944. His survival only ensured and reinforced his commitment to deliver a genuine public service to a country that he loved. An interest in trade and internationalism brought him post-war to the Department of External Affairs and in due course to appointments as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1971-1975) and Ambassador to the United States of America (1975-1977). His focused dedication and overwhelming work ethic were rewarded with varied positions of significance throughout his life, including Deputy Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce (1968-1971). In 1977 he returned to Canada to act as Ambassador and Canadian Coordinator of the Tokyo Round of World Trade Negotiations (1977-1979). Upon his well-deserved retirement from the federal public service, but still hungry for intellectual challenge, he accepted the Vice-Chairmanship at Bank of Montreal and then represented the Province of Quebec as its Free Trade Policy Advisor during NAFTA negotiations. He received the Public Service Outstanding Achievement Award in 1975 and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1982. The many achievements in his professional life only pale against the happiness and love that he shared with dear Joan, his wife of 55 years, his four children, Hilary, Martin, Jennifer (Charlie), Ian (Andrea) and his grandchildren, Andrew, Colin, Alec, Beverly, Thomas, Madeline, Emily, Jack, Robert and the late Fiona, who will miss his great wit, dining-room table exuberance and unsuccessful efforts at discipline. He has been a great friend of many and his absence at Round Table, CHIMO, Stammtisch, White Pine and on the salmon rivers will be conspicuous. Funeral service will take place at St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church, 125 MacKay Street on Monday, April 7th, 2008 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to the NAC Orchestra Bursary would be appreciated. Condolences/Donations/ Tributes at mcgarryfamily.ca Telephone:001 613 233 1143.

Watson,
Clifford Gordon
C.G. Watson
Son of Stanley Alvin Watson. Husband of Joan Mary (nee Fawcett) and father of Wendy Watson of Upminster, Essex, England.
05.01.1922
Toronto, Ontario
-
28.08.1949
Malton, Ontario
(flying accident) [age 27]
[Toronto (Park Lawn) Cemetery, Ontario, lot 172, section S, grave 4]
T/S.Lt. ? [0-76336]]
T/Lt. 01.01.1944
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946
Lt. RCN 1946?, seniority 01.07.1943
A/Lt.Cdr. RCN < 07.1948
39-45 St - -

Atlantic Star

Atl St - -

Italy Star

It St - -
Defence Medal DefM - -
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal CVSM - & clasp
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
11.11.1941     enlisted at Portsmouth, UK
20.12.1943 - (07.1945) pilot, 846 Squadron FAA
(04.1946)     846 Squadron FAA *
15.05.1947 - (07.1948) No. 1 Training Air Group [HMCS Stadacona]
(05.1949)     no appointment listed
? - 28.08.1949 HMCS Shearwater (Two pilots flying Seafire fighter planes were killed when their wings touched while practising for the CNE air show)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Weed,
Joseph Dodsworth
"Joe"
J.D. Weed (Photo courtesy of Mr Joesph D. Weed)
Son of Harry Harmon Weed (1876-1950), and Hilda Agnes Dodsworth (1882-1964).
Married Sara Charlotte "Sally" Squires, daughter of Lombard Squires (1906-2007) and Elisabeth Woodard Dilks (1908-2002); two sons, one daughter.
20.01.1922
Calgary, Alberta
-

Hockessin, DE, USA
T/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1943? [0-76820]
T/Lt. (E) 01.05.1944 (reld 03.01.1946)
Education: University of British Columbia (B.AppS 1943); Massachusetts Instistute of Technology (S.M. 1947).
05.1943 - 09.1943 training, HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)
09.1943     passage to Gourock, Renfrewshire, Scotland per "Queen Mary"
13.09.1943 - 22.12.1943 HMS Evenlode (frigate)
[convoy escort trips from Londonderry to Algiers; Watchkeeping and engine room duties]
23.12.1943 - 09.03.1944 HMS Rochester (sloop)
[convoy escort trips from Londonderry to Gibraltar; obtained Watchkeeping Certificate]
10.03.1944 - 07.07.1944 passage back to Canada on HMCS St. Laurent (17 day trip with a slow convoy); foreign service leave, and shore duties at HMCS Stadacona
08.07.1944 - 09.03.1945 Engineer Officer, HMCS Westmount (Bangor class minesweeper)
[convoy escort between Halifax, Boston and St. John's, Newfoundland, plus local escorts around Nova Scotia]
01.04.1945 - 31.12.1945 Engineer Officer, HMCS Cape Breton (frigate) [work-ups at Bermuda; escort Halifax to Londonderry for two ships returning German prisoners to Europe; sail from Londonderry through the Panama  Canal to Esquimalt, BC; stand by in Vancouver, BC while the Cape Breton was tropicalized for service in the Pacific theater; served as stand by Engineering Officer for a group of frigates moored at  Esquimalt until discharge]
Employed by  the DuPont Company in Wilmington, DE USA 07.04.1947 (became an  American citizen 07.12.1951).
Whalley,
Arthur George Cuthbert
A.G.C. Whalley
Son of the Very Rev. Arthur Francis Cecil and Dorothy (Quirk) Whalley.
Married (25.07.1944) Elizabeth Cecilia Muriel Watts; two daughters, one son.
25.07.1915
Kingston, Ontario
-
27.05.1983
T/A/S.Lt. 01.07.1940 [0-77240]
T/Lt. ?, seniority 25.07.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944
T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945
Royal Humane Society Medal in Bronze RHS 1943 rescue of survivors of "Mashona" 05.41
Education: St Alban's School, Brockville, Ont.; Bishop's University, B.A., 1935, M.A., 1948; Oriel College, Oxford, B.A., 1939, M.A., 1945; King's College, London, Ph.D., 1950.
20.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel)
(05.1941)     HMS Tartar (destroyer)
13.09.1941 - ? Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services: Naval Intelligence Division) *
26.04.1945 - (05.1945) HMCS Chaudière (destroyer) **
C.D., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.L., F.R.S.C. Rhodes scholar at Oxford University, 1936; Nuffield fellow, 1956-57; Guggenheim fellow, 1967-68; Killam senior fellow, 1973-75; D.Litt. from Carleton University, 1977, and University of Saskatchewan, 02.06.1979; D.C.L. from Bishop's University, 1979.
Rothesay Collegiate School, New Brunswick, teacher, 1935-36, 1939-40; Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec, lecturer, 1945-47, assistant professor of English, 1947-48; Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, assistant professor, 1950-53, associate professor, 1953-58, professor of English, 1958-80, James Cappon Professor, 1962-67, 1977-80, head of department, 1962-67, 1977-80, professor emeritus, beginning 1980. Visiting professor at University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1962. Member of Advisory Committee on Canadian Service Colleges and Ontario Rhodes Scholarship Selection Board, 1962-67.
Published: Poems 1939-1944 (1946); No man an island (1948); etc.
* In Navy List (07.1945) still showing as such with rank of T/Lt.
** According to Canadian Navy List (05.1945).
White,
Charles Arthur Ernest
C.A.E. White
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1943 [0-77370]
       
White,
Richard Paul
R.P. White

?
-
20.11.2002
Ottawa, Ontario
Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1943 [0-77510]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46
       
Whitmore,
Norman Eugene
N.E. Whitmore
?
-
Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943 [0-77670]
A/Cdr. ?
       
Wilcox,
Robert C
R.C. Wilcox
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) ? [0-77940]
10.05.1943 - (05.1945) Comptroller, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Wilson,
David Bryce
D.B. Wilson
Son of Dr. David Bruce Wilson, of Toronto, Ontario
Married (18.06.1945) Anne Mary Cecil Gascoyne-Cecil (born 29.07.1918), daughter of Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil, and Elizabeth Claire Turner; four daughters, one son.
30.10.1922
-
18.04.2002
Ottawa, Ontario
T/S.Lt. 25.05.1942 [0-78760]
T/A/Lt. < 07.1945
T/Lt. 1945?, seniority 25.05.1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? (reld > 04.1946)
Education: University of Toronto (B.Comm.).
      training, HMCS York
      training, HMCS Kings (Halifax, NS)
      served on motor launches in the Gulf
30.10.1943     arrived in the UK
10.01.1944 - (06.)1944 First Lieutenant & Navigating Officer, HMC MTB 748 (motor torpedo boat) & for flotilla duties [65th ?] MTB Flotilla
(10.1944)     HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas) * [sent out with a truck convoy of Allied Forces representatives to follow the front line as the Allies rolled up the Netherlands and Germany, back in London mid-May 1945]
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
1945? - 1946? Executive Officer of the demobilisation centre [HMCS Niobe?]
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Wilson,
James Sutherland
J.S. Wilson

?
-
06.02.1987
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Cdr. 01.01.1944 [0-78920]
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD ? ?
Mention in Despatches MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42
(1942)     HMS Kingston Beryl (despatches)
29.12.1942 - (05.1945) Executive Officer, RCN Barracks, Sydney, NS [HMCS Protector]
Winsby,
Kenneth William
K.W. Winsby
?
-
T/Lt.
23.05.1941 [0-79140]
17.12.1944
-
11.07.1945
Commanding Officer, HMCS Amherst (corvette)
Wright,
George Alexander
G.A. Wright

?
-
T/S.Lt. RNVR
? [0-79960]
T/Lt. RNVR
03.08.1940
T/Lt.
16.09.1943, seniority 03.08.1940 (reld 05.10.1945)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
02.10.1942
Operation Jubilee [investiture 09.03.43]
39-45 St
-
-

Atlantic Star

Atl St
-
-
Defence Medal DefM
-
-
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal CVSM
-
& clasp
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
-
-
Mention in Despatches MID
11.06.1942
HM's birthday 42
03.05.1940
-
22.07.1940
HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
23.07.1940
-
09.09.1940
HMS Cilicia (armed merchant cruiser)
25.09.1940
-
11.10.1941
HM ML 113 (motor launch) (despatches)
12.10.1941
-
16.09.1943
Commanding Officer, HM ML 343 (motor launch) [initially at HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)] (DSC)
16.09.1943


transferred, RCNVR
16.09.1943
-
20.10.1943
HMCS Niobe (RCN depot, Smitson Institute, nr Greenock) (additional)
21.10.1943
-
01.11.1943
HMCS Niobe (RCN depot, Smitson Institute, nr Greenock) (additional; for passage to Canada)
02.11.1943
-
10.01.1944
HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)
11.01.1944
-
06.02.1944
HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Nfld.) (additional; for passage to UK) & HMCS Niobe (RCN depot, Smithson Institute, nr Greenock)
07.02.1944
-
31.08.1944
Commanding Officer, HM ML 111 (motor launch) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
01.09.1944
-
16.01.1945
HMS Skirmisher II (Coastal Forces base, Pembroke Dock) & HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven)
17.01.1945
-
05.06.1945
HMCS Niobe (RCN depot, Smithson Institute, nr Greenock) (for duty on staff of Commodore (D) Western Approaches
06.06.1945
-
09.07.1945
HMCS Niobe (RCN depot, Smithson Institute, nr Greenock)
10.07.1945
-
27.07.1945
HMCS Niobe (RCN depot, Smithson Institute, nr Greenock) (additional; for passage to Canada)
28.07.1945
-
31.07.1945
HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (additional; for disposal)
01.08.1945
-
27.09.1945
HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)
28.09.1945
-
05.10.1945
HMCS Naden (RCN base, Esquimalt, BC) (additional; for discharge)
Wright,
Bruce Stanley
B.S. Wright B.S. Wright
Married Marjorie Hatheway McMurray (died 14.05.2003, aged 89), daughter of J. Harold and Fredericka McMurray, of Fredericton; one son, one daughter.

17.09.1912
Quebec City, Quebec
-
19.04.1975
T/Lt. 01.05.1941 [0-79910]
T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944
T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945
Education: University of New Brunswick (BSc in forestry, 1936); Univeristy of Wisconsin (MSc in wildlife management).
Forest biologist with the Dominion Forest Service, 1936-1940.
1940     joined RCNVR (New Brunswick)
      posted to St. John's, Newfoundland
1942? - 1945? Officer Commanding of the Sea Reconnaissance Unit (Combined Operations, Royal Navy) which was a section of the Special Operations Group that saw active service in Far East Asia
09.04.1945 - (05.1945) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (additional; for disposal)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Returning to New Brunswick, Bruce became officer-in-charge of the eastern Canada waterfowl surveys for Ducks Unlimited. The Wildlife Management Institute of Washington D.C. took over this work done by Ducks Unlimited and formed the Northeastern Wildlife Station. Located at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, it would later (in 1962) become an adjunct of the Department of Biology. Bruce was appointed Director of the Station in 1947. As Station Director and Research Associate in biology, he supervised the overall wildlife research program, conducted personal research, directed the wildlife graduate program of the University and taught at both undergraduate and graduate levels. His appointment as Adjunct Professor of Wildlife Biology at the University came in 1971. That same year he also received the John Pearce Memorial Award from the Northeast Section of the Wildlife Society for contributions in the area of wildlife administration, research and public education in eastern Canada. He retired 1974.
Published
: The frogmen of Burma : the story of the Sea Reconnaissance Unit (1968); close to 100 scientific and semi-popular titles including six books on black ducks, eastern cougars, and wildlife anecdotes.
       

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Yarrill,
Eric Herbert
E.H. Yarrill (Photo courtesy of Mr Bruce Milner)
Son of Herbert George Yarrill (1884-), and Amelia Louise Blackford (1881-).
Married (24.07.1945, Newport, Vermont) Edith Marguerite Oedelshoff (28.08.1910 - 09.05.2004).
28.12.1914
Heston Hounslow, Middlesex, UK
-
02.01.2005
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 18.01.1944 [0-80290] (reld < 04.1946)
Education: University of Toronto (BA (Hons) 1937, MA 1938); University of Paris, 1938; University of Chicago (graduate courses) (various awards at Toronto, Paris and Chicago).
Came to Canada, 1926.
1940 - 1943 served with Reserve Army (Canadian Officer Training Corps)
1943 - 1945 served with  Directorate of Naval Intelligence
1944 - 1944  serving with the Admiralty (on loan to RN)
(10.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed
(07.1945)     HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
Became a Canadian citizen 02.10.1947. Professor of Modern Languages of Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, 1938-1977. FIAL.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Young,
Robert MacKenzie
R.M. Young

?
-
T/Lt.
28.07.1940 [0-80540]
Lt. RCN
1946, seniority 28.01.1940
Lt.Cdr. RCN
28.01.1948
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
02.11.1943
Operation Emolument (operations in the Eastern Mediterranean 08.43) [award presented]
Canadian Decoration CD
?
?
Mention in Despatches MID
10.11.1942
Tobruk withdrawal summer 42
06.05.1942
-
(08.)1942
HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) (for motor launches)
summer 1942


HM ML 1046 (motor launch) (despatches)
17.11.1942
-
(06.)1944
Commanding Officer, HM ML 361 (motor launch) (DSC)
08.07.1944
-
(10.1944)
HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)
26.02.1945
-
14.04.1945
HMCS Collingwood (corvette)
15.04.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMCS Chicoutimi (corvette)
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
1946
 
 
transferred RCN
10.1946
-
(10.1947)
HMS Ajax (cruiser)
(07.1948)
 
 
HMS Ajax (cruiser) *
(05.1949)
-
12.02.1950 
Naval Service HQ, Ottawa *
13.02.1950
-
?
Manning Commander, RCN Depot, Esquimalt
30.08.1951
-
12.04.1953
HMCS Ontario
13.04.1953
-
(07.1954)
HMCS Star (Hamilton Naval Division) (for Naval Divisions)
(04.1955)
 
 
lent to RN
05.05.1955
-
14.04.1957
Commaanding Officer, HMCS Ungava (minesweeper)
?
-
(01.1959)
HMCS Scotian (Halifax Naval Division) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Young,
William Mather
W.M. Young
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943 [0-80600]
A/Cdr. ?
01.06.1944 - (05.1945) Executive Officer, Dockyard Barracks, HMCS Scotian (Commodore Superintendent Halifax)

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