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Alexander, Andrew Linton Brownlie Son of John Hyslop Alexander and Mary Stevenson Brownlie, of Victoria. |
14.07.1894 Gordon Head, British Columbia - ? [Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery, Victoria] |
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Angus, Colin James |
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Balfry, Charles Patrick |
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Barrett, Raiffe Dillon |
1905 ? - 19.02.1979 Port Alberni, British Columbia [age 74] |
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Baugh, Gerald Ormsby |
1904 ? - 25.11.1978 Vancouver, British Columbia [age 74] |
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Brodrick, Charles Edward Cumberland |
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Blackmore, Jacob |
16.11.1918 - 30.04.1965 Halifax |
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Coutts, David James Son of David Coutts, and Mary Reid Mitchell, of Bothwell, Scotland. Married (28.11.1942, St Phillip's Church, Vancouver, B.C.; marriage dissolved 23.05.1952) Thelma Baxter (1909? - 1999), daughter of Reginald Baxter, and Sylvia Elizabeth Jepson, of Vancouver, B.C.; one son, three daughters). |
1906 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - 1981 Sydney, NSW, Australia |
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Served Merchant Navy (Second Mate 07.07.1936; First
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Cuthbert, James "Hamish" From Vancouver, British Columbia |
1911 ? Troon, Scotland - 30.04.1994 Head of Jeddore, Nova Scotia [age 83] |
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Denyer, Harry George Married (25.04.1931, Esquimalt, British Columbia) Anne Knowles. |
1906 ? - 22.12.1952 North Vancouver, British Columbia [age 46] |
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Easton, Alan Herbert |
1902 - 21.09.2001 Ottawa, Ontario |
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Edwards, Thomas Bottrell From St. Ives, Cornwall, England. |
(12?).1898 Penzance district, Cornwall, UK - 26.03.1958 Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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English, Dermot Thomas Son of Edward and Kathleen English. Husband of Virginia S. English, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. |
1911 ? St John's, Newfoundland - 07.05.1944 [age 33] [Halifax Memorial, panel 7] |
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First Officer of the Monarch of
Burmuda of the Furness-Bermuda Line.
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Evans, Leighton |
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Harrison, William Edward From Halifax, Nova Scotia. Married; two sons. |
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Hickey, Lester Alton |
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Hudson, Charles Henry |
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Hutchings, Frank Goddard |
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Jeffrey, Douglas George Son of Pastor R. Foster Jeffrey, 'Ardlui', Cyprus Park, Bloomfield, (East) Belfast. biographical sketch private papers |
23.09.1885 - 23.03.1972 |
Further medal entitlements might be: WW1 British War Medal, Victory Medal, Naval General Service Medal, 39-45, Atlantic, Burma, Defence, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, WW2 War Medal. |
Education: Campbell College, Belfast
(09.1898-12.1899) Served in the Merchant Navy.
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Johnson, Bernard Dodds Leitch "Young Barney" From Vancouver, BC. Married (18.12.1929, New Westminster, British Columbia) Janet Meek. |
1904 - 30.04.1977 Vancouver, British Columbia |
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Literature: Norman Hacking, The two Barneys : Captain Bernard Leitch Johnson, CBE, DSO, 1878-1968, Captain Bernard Dodds Leitch Johnson, OBE, 1904-1977 (1984) |
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Kidd, Peter Fides Married (01.12.1924, Vancouver, British Columbia) Ada Lillian Ruth Ashton. |
1903 ? - 18.10.1980 Vancouver, British Columbia [age 77] |
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Laibø, Kristian Son of Jens and Anette Kjenne, of Oslo, Norway. |
19.07.1912 Norway - 21.05.1941 [age 29] [Cardiff Western Cemetery, C.94] |
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Littler, John Caldecott Of Grimsby, Ontario. |
11.08.1910 Hartford, Cheshire, UK - 05.1997 Kamo, New Zealand |
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Officer Cadet in the Cunard Line Brocklebank
Training Ship 1927-1930. Served in the British Merchant Service 1930-1932.
Served with the Jardine Matheson Line 1933 where he was Chief Officer. (He was
qualified as Master Mariner 1936.) Came to Canada to join the RCNVR from Hong
Kong for Second World War service.
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MacKay, Alastair Ian |
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Magill, James Flevalle Son (with two brothers) of James Magill (1867-1946), and Elizabeth Thompson (1866-). Married (11.08.1930, Romford Registry Office, Essex) Anne O'Connell (1903 - ); one daughter. Residences: Philidelphia, USA (1 year), Belfast (until 1920), 12 years at sea (HQ London until 1934), Tsingtao, China (4 years), left China for Canada 1941. |
14.03.1898 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - 21.06.1942 (MPK) [age 44] [Halifax Memorial, panel 6] |
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Education: St Donards School, Bloomfield, Belfast;
College of Technology, Belfast; College of Engineering, Liverpool. MIME. Served as pilot in RAF, 1915-1916 & 1918 (No. 2 Flight, 4 Squadron, No. 8 Wing attached). Served for 12 years with White Star, Aberdeen White Star and associated lines. Ship/engineer surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Tsingtao.
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McMurtry, William Wesley Married (c. 1930) Annie Crowe. |
29.08.1895 Margaretville, Nova Scotia - 01.1981 Middleton, Nova Scotia |
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Moore, Louis Frederick |
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Mossman, Harris Vernon Son of Thomas Artemas Mossman (1878-1931), and Clara Rosena A. Mosher (1884-1940). Married (06.09.1943, Acaciaville, Nova Scotia) Mary Estelle Murley (1922 - 15.08.2005); two daughters, two sons. |
09.11.1918 Lower Rose Bay, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia - 18.04.1973 Siesta Beach, Sarasota, Florida, USA |
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Orr, John Alexander Son (with six sisters and three brothers) of Capt. George Orr (1849-1936), and Theresa Alexander (1861-1946). Married (30.12.1907, Kent, New Brunswick) Anna Laura Palmer (26.05.1885 - 24.10.1976); four daughters, one son. |
27.05.1882 Jardineville, Kent County, New Brunswick - 10.05.1951 Lancaster Hospital, Saint John, New Brunswick (formerly of Loggieville) [Riverside Cemetery, Chatham] |
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Served Merchant Navy (Master Mariner (Coastal)
01.04.1909). Operated tugs boats for A. & R. Loggie Co.until he was hired on by
Preventive Services (Customs Marine Section) in 1931.By 1932 the federal
government transferred PS to the RCMP.
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Russell, Henry Auchinvole |
1909 ? - 18.09.1972 Vancouver, British Columbia [age 63] |
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Stuart, Charles Joseph |
10.05.1879 Stoke Damerel district, Devon, UK - 03.11.1945 Montreal, Quebec |
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Taylor, George William |
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Walmesley, Hubert Charles |
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Webb, William Silvanus Son of Charles Henry Webb, and Mary Ann Wallace Wilson. Married; ... children. |
(06?).1901 South Shields district, County Durham / Tyne and Wear - ? Brisbane, Australia [buried Guernsey, Channel Islands] |
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Young, Alexander Keith |
1906 ? - 14.02.1980 New Westminster, British Columbia [age 74] |
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Young, Henry Esson Son of Dr. Henry Esson Young (1862-1939), and Rosalind Watson. |
1910 Victoria, British Columbia - 1977 |
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