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Adams, Kenneth Frederick Son of Walter Edward & Lilian St. Croix (Beek) Adams. Married Dorothy Rowena Horsey, 12.08.1933; two daughters.	06.09.1903 Victoria, British Columbia - 01.12.1984 Victoria, British Columbia	Lt. 03.01.1928 [0-1160] Lt.Cdr. 03.01.1936 A/Cdr. 07.1940 Cdr. 01.01.1941 A/Capt. 01.01.1944 Capt. 01.07.1944 Cdre. 01.09.1949 R.Adm. 27.05.1955 (retd 28.10.1958) CD ? ? GrWC 15.12.1942 escorting Greek King to UK 41	Education: Oak Bay, BC, elementary school; RN College of Canada (1919-1922) 1922 transferred to RCN(R) [as there were no vacancies] entered merchant service (Master's Certificate) 01.1928 transferred to & commissioned into the RCN 1928 First Lieutenant, HMCS Champlain 1928 HMCS Vancouver (destroyer) 1928 - 1931 served with the RN (overseas): 27.09.1928 - HMS President 04.1929 - (08.1929) Lieutenant's course, Portsmouth 11.11.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Calypso (cruiser) 25.06.1931 - 1933 HMCS Skeena (destroyer) [till 09.06.1931 on stand by] 19.12.1933 - (01.1934) HMCS Cairo (cruiser) & Squadron Physical & Recreational Training Officer 1935 HMCS Stadacona 17.02.1937 - (1939) First Lieutenant, HMCS St Laurent (destroyer) 15.05.1939 - 21.08.1939 Commanding Officer, HMCS Nootka (minesweeper) 1939 - 1941 RCN barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona] (lastly as Executive Officer of the Barracks) 25.03.1941 - 01.12.1941 Commanding Officer, HMCS Prince David (armed merchant cruiser) 20.12.1941 - 02.1943 Commanding Officer, RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona] 11.02.1943 - 30.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMCS Assiniboine (destroyer) 10.1943 - 11.1943 Commanding Officer, HMCS Ottawa (destroyer) [other source: 09.06.1943-06.07.1943] 30.11.1943 - 11.12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMCS Prince Henry (armed merchant cruiser) 12.1943 - 08.1944 Director of Warfare and Training at Naval Service Headquarters, Ottawa 01.08.1944 - 02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Somers Isles (RCN sea training base, Bermuda) 08.02.1945 - 02.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Iroquois (destroyer) 07.1945 - 07.1946 Commanding Officer, RCN barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona] 05.07.1946 - 01.08.1947 Commanding Officer, HMCS Uganda (cruiser) 29.08.1947 - 16.08.1948 Director of Naval Reserves, Naval Reserve HQ 16.08.1948 - 09.1949 Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel, Naval Headquarters 07.09.1949 - 28.10.1951 Commanding Officer, HMCS Magnificent (aircraft carrier) [also Senior Canadian Officer Afloat] 10.1951 - Commanding Officer, RCN Barracks, Esquimalt 27.04.1953 - 27.05.1955 Commanding Officer Naval Divisions (COND) [HMCS Star] 27.05.1955 - 31.03.1958 Flag Officer Naval Divisions (FOND) [HMCS Patriot] 04.1958 joined Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd.; 1959 Western Regional Manager. Director, Naval Officers Association of Canada. Member, Hamilton & District Officers Institution.
Agnew, Ronald Ian   Married (15.10.1921, Oak Bay) Eleanor U. Monteith. From Victoria, BC.	06.06.1895 Toronto, Ontario - 22.03.1949 London, UK [buried at sea from HMS Finisterre]	Cadet 01.01.1911 [0-1290] Midsh. 15.01.1913 A/S.Lt. 26.11.1915 S.Lt. 02.12.1916, seniority 01.12.1915 A/Lt. 15.02.1917 Lt. 15.07.1917 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1925 Cdr. 01.01.1930 A/Capt. 18.01.1935 Capt. 01.07.1941 A/Cdre. 15.03.1946 Cdre. 01.07.1947 OBE 03.06.1935 HM's birthday & jubilee 35 MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43 * * For services in command of one of HMC Auxiliary Cruisers, during which period he was responsible for the destruction of two German Merchant vessels "Hermonthis" and "Munchen"	Education: RN College of Canada (1911-); psc 1913 - 1914 HMCS Niobe; Naval Service Headquarters (NSHQ) 1915 HMCS Diana (for duty at NSHQ); HMCS Margaret; HMCS Canada; Executive Officer, HMCS Grilse; HMCS Niobe 1916 HMS Drake; HMS Manners 28.08.1917 HMS Princess Royal 1919 HMS Pegasus (aircraft carrier); North Russia Relief Force (Bolshevik Revolution); HMS President 05.01.1920 navigation course [HMS Dryad]; RN College, Greenwich 01.11.1920 First Lieutenant, HMCS Patriot 1920 Navigation Officer, HMCS Aurora 08.11.1921 HMS Guelph (additional to NSHQ) 1923 District Intelligence Officer, NSHQ 1923 Flag Lieutenant to Commodore Hose at Imperial Conference 1924 Assistant Navigating Officer, HMS Repulse (Special Service Squadron) 1924 Assistant Navigating Officer, HMS Hood 1925 First Class Ship Course, HMS Dryad 1925 Navigating Officer, HMS Weymouth 1926 HMS Champion 17.08.1926 - 01.01.1928 Commanding Officer, HMCS Patrician 01.03.1928 - 14.08.1928 Commanding Officer, HMCS Vancouver 26.09.1928 - 1930 HMCS Stadacona 1930 RN Staff Course 20.12.1930 - (02.1931) additional & Staff Officer (Operations), HMS Renown (battle cruiser) 24.06.1931 Commanding Officer, HMCS Naden & Senior Naval Officer, Esquimalt 27.05.1932 - (01.1934) Naval Staff Officer, NSHQ [HMS Stadacona] 23.05.1934 - 05.05.1936 Commanding Officer, HMCS Saguenay (destroyer) & Commander (D) Eastern Division [also 01.05.1935-02.05.1936 Captain (D) Canadian Division for exercises] 1936 Honorary Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the Governor-General of Canada 03.06.1936 - (02.1937) Commander-in-Charge RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona] 31.10.1938 - (08.1939) Commander-in-Charge RCN Barracks, Esquimalt [HMCS Naden] 04.12.1940 - 19.12.1941 Commanding Officer, HMCS Prince Henry (armed merchant cruiser) 01.02.1942 - (02.1943) Captain Commanding Canadian Ships and Establishments in United Kingdom Waters for Administrative Control (CCCS) [HMCS Niobe] (initially also Commanding Officer, HMCS Niobe) 06.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Atheling (escort carrier) (05.1945) still serving with the RN (07.1945) no appointment listed 01.11.1945 - 03.1946 Commanding Officer, RCN Barracks, Esquimalt [HMCS Naden] 15.03.1946 Naval Member Canadian Joint Staff Washington 1947 - 22.03.1949 Senior Canadian Liaison Officer London & Commanding Officer, HMCS Niobe
Aitkens, John Ormonde	? - died between 10.2004 and 10.2005	Midsh. (E) 01.05.1942 [O-1380] A/S.Lt. (E) 01.01.1944 S.Lt. (E) 01.08.1944 A/Lt. (E) ?, seniority 01.08.1944 Lt. (E) 02.10.1946, seniority 01.08.1944 Lt.Cdr. (E) 1954?, seniority 01.08.1952 CD > 01.1956 < 07.1961 ?	Education: psc 05.05.1942 - (08.)1943 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] [lent to RN] 23.09.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Matchless (destroyer) [lent to RN] (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed (05.1945) lent to RN (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS Nelson (battleship) [lent to RN] * (07.1948) no appointment listed 17.01.1949 - (05.1950) HMCS Ontario (light cruiser) 15.10.1951 - (05.1953) HMCS Crescent (destroyer) (04.1955) Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] * (01.1956) HMCS Bytown * (07.1961) Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] * (02.1963) HMCS Fraser (destroyer) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Armstrong, Edgar Lorne	? - 17.03.1995 Oakville, Ontario	A/S.Lt. ? [0-2780] S.Lt. 21.03.1924, seniority 30.04.1923 Lt. 30.04.1925 Lt.Cdr. 30.04.1933 (retd 23.08.1934; own request) T/Cdr. (retd) 01.07.1942 Cdr. (retd) 13.09.1942 A/Capt. (retd) ? Capt. (retd) 30.09.1945	1920s? joined RN 1924 - (01.1925) HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines) 1926 - (07.1927) First Lieutenant, HMS L 33 (submarine) (China) 27.04.1929 - (08.1929) First Lieutenant, HMS L 52 (submarine) 18.08.1930 - (02.1931) Commanding Officer, HMS H 27 (submarine) 19.03.1930 - (04.1930) HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (Atlantic Fleet) (for submarines) 18.08.1931 - (01.1934) HMS Kent (cruiser) 1940s? transferred to the RCN 24.09.1940 - 02.07.1941 Commanding Officer, HMCS Niagara (destroyer) 19.02.1942 - 13.11.1942 Commanding Officer, HMCS St Laurent (destroyer) (04.1940) - (06.1944) HMCS Stadacona * 05.12.1944 - 22.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Qu'appelle (destroyer) 22.02.1945 - 08.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Assiniboine (destroyer) * indexed, but not lsited as such
Attwell, William George	1911 - 1985	Engine Room Artificer 05.1940 A/Wt.Eng. 15.01.1943 [0-3330] Wt.Eng. 1944?, seniority 15.01.1943 Cd.Eng. 01.07.1946 Lt. (E) 15.12.1948 Lt.Cdr. (E) 24.06.1955 (retd 1963)	(10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 05.01.1944 - 20.03.1945 HMCS St Thomas (corvette) 21.03.1945 - 14.08.1945 HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas) (for training or disposal) 15.08.1945 - (04.1946) HMCS Givenchy (RCN base, Esquimalt) (for HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt) ... - ... ...

 

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Bark, John Charles Edmond	? -	Cd. Wardmaster 01.01.1944 [0-4440]	(1945)     Medical Staff on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]
Bell-Irving, Brian	? - 04.03.1958 at sea	Cadet 01.09.1943 [0-5756] A/S.Lt. 05.03.1947 S.Lt. ?, seniority 21.03.1947 Lt. 20.11.1949 Lt.Cdr. ?	01.09.1943 - (05.1945) Royal Canadian Naval College served MTBs ? (07.1948) Royal Navy ? - (05.1950) HMCS York (Toronto Naval Division) * 03.05.1952 - (05.1953) HMCS Magnificent (for miscellaneous duties) 15.08.1955 - (01.1956) HMCS Venture ? - 04.03.1958 served in Canadian Naval Aviation (killed while flying F2H-3 Banshee aircraft 126333) * indexed, but not listed as such
Bidwell, Roger Edward Shelford Son of Rt Rev. Edward John Bidwell, sometime Bishop of Ontario, and Mary (Morris) Bidwell. Came to Canada 09.1903. Married 02.08.1924, Mary Grafton Bothamley; two sons, one daughter.	14.09.1899 Peterborough, UK - 02.11.1968 [Halifax, Nova Scotia ?]	Cadet 1915 [0-6410] Midsh. 15.02.1918 S.Lt. 15.12.1919 Lt. 15.03.1921 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1929 Cdr. 01.07.1939 A/Capt. 12.1941 Capt. 01.01.1943 Cdre. 01.01.1949 R.Adm. 12.11.1951 (retd 01.06.1958) CBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46 CD 1946 & 2 Bars LM 03.08.1946 * British War Medal; Victory Medal; 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence Medal; CVSM with Clasp; 1939-1945 War Medal; King George V Jubilee Medal; King George VI Coronation Medal; EIIR Coronation Medal * For exceptionally meritorious conduct while serving as Chief Staff Officer to Rear Admiral L.W. Murray, Royal Canadian Navy, in connection with the operations of Task Force TWENTY-FOUR from 13 September 1941 to 30 September 1942. He was in constant communication with Commander Task Force TWENTY-FOUR and his staff in connection with the planning of operations in the operational control of the combined surface forces of Task Force TWENTY-FOUR. His outstanding grasp of escort of convoy and Anti-submarine Warfare Techniques, his unremitting energy, and his intelligent and co-operative attitude were most important factors in the successful operations conducted by Commander Task Force TWENTY-FOUR. Hon. DCL King's Univ., Halifax, NS, 1951	Education: Bishop's College School, Lennoxville, PQ, and St Albans School, Brockville, Ontario; Royal Naval College of Canada, Halifax, NS (1915-1917; 6th term) 1918 served European War 12.03.1918 - HMS Canada [for training] 1919 - HMS Barham [for training] 1921 - HMCS Aurora 20.11.1922 - HMS Malaya course for officers qualifying in Torpedoes [HMS Vernon] Torpedo Officer, HMS Nelson 11.01.1926 - HMCS Stadacona (depot ship, Halifax, NS) 05.11.1928 - (08.1929) Torpedo Officer, HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 19.09.1929 - Commanding Officer, HMCS Armentieres (minesweeping trawler) 18.12.1929 - (02.1931) Torpedo Officer, HMCS Naden (depot ship, Esquimalt) 1931 - First Lieutenant, HMCS Vancouver 25.05.1932 - 06.06.1932 Commanding Officer, HMCS Saguenay (destroyer) 1933 - Commanding Officer, HMCS Armentieres (trawler) 22.06.1934 - 12.1935 Assistant to Director of Operations and Training, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Stadacona] 11.12.1935 - 25.11.1936 Commanding Officer, HMCS Champlain (destroyer) 17.02.1937 - 07.12.1937 Commanding Officer, HMCS St Laurent (destroyer) 11.01.1938 - (10.1938) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 02.01.1939 - (08.1939) Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief RN East Indies [HMS Norfolk, later HMS Gloucester] 10.06.1940 - (1941) Director of Operations Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Stadacona] 1941 Staff Officer, Newfoundland 03.07.1941 - (08.)1942 Chief Staff Officer to the Commodore Commanding Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon] 24.04.1943 - (04.1944) Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Canadian North-West Atlantic [HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)] 10.04.1944 - 16.01.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Puncher (escort carrier) 02.1946 - 12.1946 Director of Naval Air Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 1947 Imperial Defence College, London 1948 - 1949 staff, National Defence College, Kingston, Ontario 07.07.1949 - Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Plans) (Air) and Member of Naval Board, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 1951 Commodore RCN Barracks, Esquimalt [HMCS Naden] 23.11.1951 - 1957 Flag Officer Atlantic Coast (Canada) [HMCS Stadacona] [Commanded Canadian Squadron at Spithead Coronation Review, 1953] 29.01.1953 - 1957 also Commander, Canadian Atlantic (Sub-Area) NATO
Boak, Eric Eversley Garratt	1918 ? Victoria, BC - 25.01.1964 Oak Bay, British Columbia [age 46]	Cadet 31.08.1934 [0-7320] Midsh. 01.09.1935 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1938 S.Lt. 1938?, seniority 01.11.1937 Lt. 01.07.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1943 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1946 Cdr. 01.07.1948 (retd < 04.1955) DSC 19.06.1945 Operation Hotbed (North Russian convoy 02.45) CD ? ? StOlav 02.07.1946 03.08.1946 evacuation Norwegians from Soroya, West Finmark to UK 03.45	31.08.1934     special entry cadet 01.09.1935 - (02.)1937 HMS Dragon (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 09.06.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 03.01.1938 - (08.)1938 promotion course, Portsmouth 03.09.1938 - (04.)1940 HMCS Ottawa (destroyer) 02.04.1940 - 1940 HMCS Skeena (destroyer) 29.07.1940 - (10.)1940 long navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 17.11.1940 - (08.1942) HMCS Dominion (RCN depot ship, Devonport) ? - 01.03.1943 First Lieutenant & Navigating Officer, HMCS Skeena (destroyer) 01.03.1943 - 20.11.1943 Commanding Officer, HMCS Skeena (destroyer) 21.02.1944 - 29.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Sioux (destroyer) (destroyer screens off the Norwegian coast, five convoy escorts to Murmansk, fire support on D-Day, evacuation of Soroya Island) (04.1946) Naval Service HQ 01.07.1946 - (10.1947) Navigating Officer, HMCS Warrior 23.03.1948 - 1948 HMCS Magnificent (from 23.03-06.04.1948 as stand by) 01.12.1948 - (05.)1950 Executive Officer, HMCS Shearwater 27.07.1950 HMCS Stadacona (RCN Barracks, Halifax) (05.1953) - (07.1954) HMCS Ontario *
Boothby, John Oswald	see:	RN officers' section
Brodeur, Victor Gabriel Son of Hon. L.P. Brodeur, PC, KC, LLD; married 1st, 1915, Doris Fages (decd); two sons; 2nd, 1938, Dorothy Whitfield Kennard.	17.09.1892 Beloeil, Quebec - 06.10.1976 Vancouver, British Columbia	Cadet 08.10.1909 [0-8970] Midsh. 21.10.1910 S.Lt. 14.01.1913 Lt. 14.01.1915 Lt.Cdr. 14.01.1923 Cdr. 25.01.1927 Capt. 01.01.1936 Cdre. 1st cl. 10.01.1940 R.Adm. 01.07.1942 (retd 08.03.1947) CB 01.01.1946 New Year 46 CBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 LM 05.10.1946 services to US LegH 27.11.1946 ? CdeG 27.11.1946 ?	Education: Montreal; Imperial Defence College (1936). 1909     entered RCN 1921     qualified Gunnery at Whale Island 14.10.1938 - 31.12.1939 Captain-in-Charge HMC Naval Establishments Esquimalt [HMCS Naden] & Commanding Officer Coast of British Columbia 01.01.1940 - 1940 Captain-in-Charge, HMC Naval Establishments Esquimalt [HMCS Naden] & Commanding Officer, Pacific Coast 04.09.1940 - 06.1942 Canadian Naval Attaché, Washington 06.1942 - 08.1943 Naval Member Canadian Joint Staff, US 01.09.1943 - 01.08.1946 Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]

 

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Chance, Peter Godwin	24.11.1920 Ottawa, Ontario - Sydney, British Columbia	... ... Lt. 01.02.1944 [0-13090] ... ... Cdr. ?	... - ... ... 08.04.1943 - 25.10.1944 Navigation Officer, HMCS Skeena (destroyer) (03.1945) - (05.1945) HMCS Gatineau (destroyer) ... - ... ... Published: A sailor's life, 1920-2001 : before it's too late (2001).
Creery, Wallace Bourchier Married (02.12.1922, Vancouver) Monica Reid A. Hutchison (born 27.06.1899).	22.02.1900 - 04.02.1987 Ottawa, Ontario	Capt. 01.07.1942 [0-16700] Adm. ?

 

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Davidson, Geoffrey Huntley	? - 24.03.1989 Nainamo, British Columbia	Lt. 01.06.1939 [0-18160] A/Lt.Cdr. ?	02.07.1942 - 03.12.1942 Commanding Officer, HMCS Annapolis (destroyer)
Davy, Arthur Cecil Montague Son of Richard Montague and Katharine Josephine (Cudlip) Davy. Married (02.09.1926) Isobel Muriel, daughter of late Iltyd Thomas; one son, one daughter.	11.10.1902 Westmount, Quebec -	Midsh. 01.09.1920 [0-18580] A/S.Lt. (E) 01.01.1923 S.Lt. (E) ?, seniority 01.01.1923 Lt. (E) 01.10.1924 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.10.1932 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1937 A/Capt. (E) 1939 Capt. (E) 01.07.1943 Cdre. (E) 01.01.1950 (retd 17.10.1955) OBE 13.06.1946 15.06.1946 * CVSM and Clasp; 39/45 War Medal; EIIR Coronation Medal; CD and 2 Bars. * Captain Davy has served at Naval Service Headquarters since November 1939, during which time he has given of his best efforts in meeting the many problems of Naval shipbuilding and in keeping abreast of modern developments as representative on various technical committees. As Director of Shipbuilding, this Officer was faced with the momentous task of early organization and development of his directorate, and in rendering cheerful assistance to Canadian shipyards and manufacturers with their multitude of problems. Captain Davy never wavered from the tasks assigned to him, and the repaid commissioning of Ships of the Royal Canadian Navy, are in great part, due to the tireless efforts of this Officer.	Education: Westmount, Quebec, public schools; "The Grove", Lakefield, Ontario; Royal Naval Colleges of Canada (Halifax & Esquimalt) (Eighth Term, 1917-1920) 01.09.1920 HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (for training) HMS Orion 18.05.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Ajax (battleship) (for ER training) 1923 - 1924 RN College, Greenwich 08.05.1924 - (01.)1925 qualifying for engineering duties, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 17.09.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 30.03.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Wallace (flotilla leader) (Atlantic Fleet) 10.02.1928 - 28.05.1931 HMCS Vancouver (destroyer) 29.05.1931 - 14.07.1931 HMCS Stadacona 15.07.1931 - 17.04.1933 Naval Service HQ [HMCS Stadacona] 18.04.1933 - 18.06.1933 Supervisor new construction, HMC Dockyard Halifax 19.06.1933 - 15.07.1935 Engineer Officer, HMCS Skeena (destroyer) & as Engineer Officer (D), Western Division 16.07.1935 - 02.01.1938 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax) 03.01.1938 - 06.11.1938 Director of New Construction [HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax)] 07.11.1938 - (08.1939) Assistant to Chief Engineer, HMC Dockyard Esquimalt [HMCS Naden] 07.09.1939 - (05.1945) Assistant Chief of Naval Engineering Development and Director of Shipbuilding and Director of Naval Engineering Development, Naval Service HQ, also: Assistant Chief of Naval Engineering and Construction, Naval Service HQ 02.07.1946 HMCS Givenchy for HMC Dockyard (Esquimalt) as Deputy Superintendent and Engineer Superintendent and as Commanding Officer 03.07.1947 Naden for HMC Dockyard Esquimalt as Superintendent and Command Engineer Officer 1948 - 1949 National Defence College of Canada, Kingston (Course 2) 08.1949 Deputy Chief of Naval Technical Services and Engineer-in-Chief FRSA
De Wolf, Henry George "Harry" Son of late Henry George De Wolf, Bedford, NS; married 1931, Gwendolen Fowle, daughter of Thomas St George Gilbert, Somerset, Bermuda; one son (one daughter deceased).	26.06.1903 Bedford, Nova Scotia - 18.12.2000 Ottawa, Ontario	Cadet 22.09.1918 [0-19460] Midsh. 01.09.1921 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1924 S.Lt. 01.07.1924 Lt. 01.04.1926 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1934 Cdr. 01.07.1940 A/Capt. 01.12.1941-03.08.1943 Capt. 01.07.1944 A/Cdre. 01.12.1944 Cdre. 01.01.1947 R.Adm. 08.09.1948 V.Adm. 16.01.1956 (retd 15.05.1961) CBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 DSO 27.05.1944 destroyer actions English Channel 26 & 29.04.44 DSC 29.08.1944 destroyer action Plymouth Area 08.07.44 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41; Commanding Officer, St Laurent MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43; convoy escorts MID 10.10.1944 sinking U-971 24.06.44 MID 14.11.1944 action Plymouth Area 15.08.44 LM 03.09.1946 Asst Chief of Naval Staff CdeG 25.08.1947 services at sea LegH 29.08.1947 services at sea Hkn 08.01.1949 ?   AdmM 1998 Admiral's Medal	06.10.1939 - 13.07.1940 Commanding Officer, HMCS St. Laurent (destroyer) 16.08.1940 - Staff Officer (Operations) to Commanding Officer Atlantic Coast [HMCS Stadacona] 1942 Chief Staff Officer to Commanding Officer Atlantic Coast [HMCS Venture] 1942 Director of Plans, NSHQ (Ottawa) 30.08.1943 - 18.12.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Haida (destroyer) 01.12.1944 - (05.1945) Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown] 1947 - 1948 Senior Canadian Naval Officer Afloat 1948 - 1950 Flag Officer, Pacific Coast 1950 - 1952 Vice­Chief of Naval Staff 1953 - 1955 Chairman of Canadian Joint Staff, Washington 1956 - 1960 Chief of Naval Staff, Canada Hon. DSc (M): Royal Military College of Canada, 1966; Royal Roads Mil. Coll., 1980.
Dyer, Kenneth Lloyd	07.10.1915 Toungoo, Burma - 09.10.2000 Halifax, Nova Scotia	... ... [0-21480] Lt. 15.02.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1942 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1944 A/Cdr. 15.08.1944? Cdr. 01.07.1945 ... ... V.Adm. 01.08.1964 (retd 02.07.1967) DSC 22.12.1942 action with U-boats [investiture 13.07.1945]	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... 20.05.1942 - 04.01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMCS Skeena (destroyer) (DSC) ... - ... ... 14.04.1943 - 28.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Kootenay (destroyer) ... - ... ... (03.1945)     HMCS Stadacona (additional; for disposal or under training) ... - ... ...

 

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Edwards, John Crispo Inglis "Dutchie"	05.07.1896 Londerry, Nova Scotia - 31.12.1978 Saanichton, Sidney, British Columbia	Capt. 01.01.1943 [0-21910]
Elcock, Frank Dudley Married Mary Grace Pitfield; three sons, one daughter.	1917 Ottawa, Ontario - 14.01.2007 Ottawa, Ontario	Paym.Cadet 20.08.1937 [0-2230] Paym.Midsh. 20.08.1938 A/Paym.S.Lt. 20.08.1940 Paym.S.Lt. ?, seniority 20.02.1940 Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.11.1941 ?, seniority 01.11.1940 A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. > 06.1943, < 08.1943 A/Lt.Cdr. (S) > 06.1944, < 07.1945 Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.11.1947 Cdr. (S) 31.12.1949 ?, seniority 01.01.1950 Capt. (S) 01.07.1959 Cdre. ? CD ? ?	Moved to Toronto, where he won the opportunity to train with the Royal Navy. 01.05.1938 - (06.)1938 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 17.06.1938 - (08.)1938 HMS Adventure (large minelayer) (China) 19.09.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (China) 1939 - 1945 served with the RCN (Pacific, Atlantic and the Mediterranean): 28.07.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Colombo (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) (02.1941) no appointment listed 11.09.1941 - (04.)1944 Secretary to the Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Naden (RCN base, Esquimalt, British Columbia), later HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, British Columbia)] 1944 - (06.)1944 Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 25.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMCS Ontario (light cruiser) 01.04.1947 - (05.1949) Officer-in-Charge Supply and Secretariat Training School [HMCS Naden (RCN base, Esquimalt, British Columbia)] ? - (05.1950) Naval Service HQ, Ottawa, Ontario [HMCS Bytown] * ? - (05.1953) HMCS Bytown * 01.03.1954 - (01.1956) HMCS Cornwallis ? - (01.1957) Naval Service HQ, Ottawa, Ontario [HMCS Bytown] * ? - (07.1961) Naval Service HQ, Ottawa, Ontario [HMCS Bytown] * ? - (02.1963) HMCS Niobe * 18.01.1963 - (02.1964) HMCS Stadacona Upon retirement from the Navy, he began a second career with Agriculture Canada, and also farmed 350 acres in Alexandria, Ontario. * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Farmer, Donald William	1885 ? - 04.01.1972 North Vancouver, British Columbia [age 87]	RN (retd) T/Capt. 01.07.1943 [0-22990] FRGS

 

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Gauvreau, Louis Joseph Maurice	1895 ? - 11.09.1977 Victoria, British Columbia [age 82]	Cdr. 01.07.1941 [0-26460] A/Capt. ?
German, Phillip Barry	? - 27.09.1981 Ottawa, Ontario	T/Cdr. 01.01.1942 [0-26720] A/Capt. ?
Godfrey, Valentine Stuart "Val" Son of Ernest H. Godfrey, Secretary to the Central Chamber of Agriculture, and Emmeline (Stuart) Godfrey. Married (08.03.1924, Oak Bay) Margaret Horton, daughter of Leslie Herbert Hardie, Victoria, BC; one son, one daughter. Lived at: * Wandsworth, Surrey, UK (1908) * Victoria, BC	14.08.1898 London, UK - 25.04.1968 Victoria, British Columbia	Cadet 1913 [0-27600] Midsh. 02.08.1915 A/S.Lt. 02.08.1917 S.Lt. 02.03.1918 Lt. 01.07.1919 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1927 Cdr. 30.06.1937 A/Capt. 1942 Capt. 01.01.1943 A/Cdre. 1948 Cdre. 01.01.1949 (retd 15.05.1951) OBE 13.06.1946 15.06.1946 * MID 14.11.1944 20.01.1945 Normandy 06.44 MID 27.03.1945 21.04.1945 invasion S France 08.44 LM 30.01.1946 30.03.1946 ** CD ? ? * As an Officer in the Royal Canadian Navy for over thirty years. Captain Godfrey has served during the war both ashore and afloat, with equal success. For the first two years of the war, he was Inspector of Naval Ordnance in Halifax, which appointment he carried out with zeal, energy and ability. For over a year he had command of HMCS Prince David and was senior Officer of HMC ships operating under orders of the Commanding Officer Alaskan Sector. Following this appointment, Captain Godfrey served in Washington, first as Chief of Staff to the Naval Member, Canadian joint Staff and latterly as Naval Member Canadian Joint Staff. At the termination of this appointment, he returned again to sea as Commanding Officer of HMCS Prince Henry for a period of more than a year, from January 1944 until April 1945. During this time, the HMCS Prince Henry participated in landings in Greece and in D-Day operations. Since then, he has assumed the duties of Chief of Staff to the Commanding Officer, Pacific Coast, which appointment is being filled with loyalty, tact and devotion to duty. ** For exceptionally meritorious service as Chief of Staff to the Naval Member of the Canadian Joint Staff Mission from April 1943 to August 1943, and later as Naval Member from August 1943 to December 1943. Captain Godfrey materially contributed to the war effort of Canada and the United States during a critical period in the course of hostilities against Germany and Japan.	Education: preparatory school, Bedford; (moved to Canada in 1908) Ashbury College, Ottawa; Royal Naval College of Canada (Third Term, 1913-1916) 1915 HMS Barham 1915 - 1916 HMS Cumberland 1917 HMS Dolphin (for submarine training) 28.12.1917 HMS P 19 [attached to HMS Victory] 01.02.1919 - 01.07.1919 Navigating Officer, HMS K 9 (submarine) [attached to HMS Inconstant] 01.11.1919 - 18.05.1920 First Lieutenant, HMS H 27 (submarine) [attached to HMS Dolphin] 18.05.1920 - 17.08.1920 HMS M 2 (submarine) (additional) [attached to HMS Inconstant] 17.08.1920 - ? HMS M 1 (submarine) (additional) [attached to HMS Inconstant] 1921 First Lieutenant, HMS CH 15 (submarine) 27.11.1922 - 01.12.1924 First Lieutenant, HMCS Patrician (destroyer) 01.12.1924 - ? Commanding Officer, HMCS Thiepval (minesweeper) 15.08.1926 - 21.10.1926 Staff Officer to Senior Naval Officer Esquimalt [HMCS Naden] 21.10.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Benbow (battleship) (Atlantic) 18.08.1928 - (04.1930) Staff Officer to Senior Naval Officer Esquimalt [HMCS Naden (depot ship, Esquimalt)] (additional) (02.1931) short course 22.05.1931 - (01.1932) First Lieutenant, HMCS Saguenay (destroyer) 23.05.1932 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMCS Champlain (destroyer) 01.06.1934 - (02.1936) HMCS Naden (depot ship, Esquimalt) 1936? - (02.1937) RN Inspector of Naval ordnance Course 1937 Aide de Camp to the Lieutenant-Governor 20.03.1937 - 12.1941 Inspector of Naval Ordnance, HMC Dockyard Halifax [HMCS Stadacona] 02.12.1941 - 18.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMCS Prince David (armed merchant cruiser) & Senior Officer of HMC ships operating under orders of the Commanding Officer Alaskan Sector 17.04.1942 - 17.04.1943 Commanding Officer, HMCS Prince David (armed merchant cruiser) 04.1943 - 08.1943 Chief of Staff to the Naval Member of the Canadian Joint Staff Mission, Washington, DC 08.1943 - 12.1943 Naval Member of the Canadian Joint Staff Mission, Washington 12.12.1943 - 15.04.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Prince Henry (armed merchant cruiser) (landings in Normandy [Commanding Officer, landing ships, 1st group "J" force], Southern France & Greece) (05.1945) HMCS Stadacona (depot ship, Halifax) (for disposal) 16.07.1945 - (04.1946) Chief of Staff to the Commanding Officer, Pacific Coast [HMCS Givenchy] 01.03.1947 - ? Chief of Staff to the Commanding Officer, Pacific Coast [HMCS Givenchy] 1947 - 1949 Naval Member to the Canadian Joint Staff Washington and Canadian Naval Attaché in Washington 22.07.1949 - 1952 Commodore Newfoundland [HMCS Avalon] Civil Defence Director, Greater Victoria Area since 1958.
Goolden, Massy	see:	Goolden, Massy [RN section]
Gow, Francis Robert Williams Roberts "Peter" Son of Dr. Francis A.R. Gow, and of Mabel Gow, of Greenwich, Nova Scotia. Married Jean M. Gow, of Victoria, British Columbia.	1899 Halifax, Nova Scotia - 08.11.1942 (KIA) [age 43] [Halifax Memorial, panel 5]	Midsh. 02.02.1917 A/S.Lt. ? S/Lt. ? Lt. 01.01.1921 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1929 A/Cdr. > 04.1940, < 02.1941	02.02.1917 - ? Midshipman, HMS Roxburgh 01.08.1923 - (01.1925) HMCS Naden (depot ship, Esquimalt) (additional, as DIO Esquimalt) 01.09.1926 - (07.1927) First Lieutenant, HMCS Patrician (destroyer) 20.07.1928 - (04.1930) HMS Champion (cruiser; gunnery and torpedo school cruiser, Portsmouth) 19.05.1930 - (02.1931) HMCS Stadacona (depot ship, Halifax) 12.08.1931 - (09.1932) HMCS Stadacona (depot ship, Halifax) (additional, as Staff Officer to Senior Naval Officer, Halifax)  19.07.1933 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMCS Festubert (minesweeper) 25.02.1935 - (02.1938) HMCS Naden (depot ship, Esquimalt) (additional, as Naval Staff Officer) 15.03.1938 - (04.1940) Staff Officer (Intelligence), RCN Headquarters, Ottawa [HMCS Stadacona] (02.1941) - 08.11.1942 RCN Headquarters, Ottawa [HMCS Stadacona] * * indexed, but no longer listed as such
Grant, Harold Taylor Wood Son of Hon. MacCallum Grant, former Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. Married (06.08.1932, Halifax, Nova Scotia) Christian Elizabeth Mitchell (16.12.1908 - 05.2002)l one son, two daughters.	16.03.1899 Halifax, Nova Scotia - 09.05.1965 Ottawa, Ontario	Midsh. 02.02.1917 [0-28710] A/S.Lt. 01.02.1918 S.Lt. 03.05.1919 A/Lt. (T) 02.12.1920 Lt. ?, seniority 02.11.1920 Lt.Cdr. 02.11.1928 Cdr. 01.08.1935 Capt. 01.07.1940 Cdre. 01.01.1946 R.Adm. 28.02.1946 V.Adm. 01.09.1947 (retd 01.12.1951) CBE 01.01.1946 New Year 1946 DSO 05.01.1944 26.02.1944 action destroyers Bay of Biscay 12.1943 MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy) British War Medal - WW1 Victory Medal - 39/45 Star - Atlantic Star with Bar France & Germany - CVSM & Clasp - 39/45 War Medal with MID - George VI Coronation - CD (GVI) and two Bars - Bronze Star - Commander, Military Order of Italy	Education: Royal Naval College of Canada (1914). ... - ... ... 23.04.1938 - 30.11.1939 Commanding Officer, HMCS Skeena (destroyer) 01.12.1939 - 09.1940 Staff Officer (Operations) with Commanding Officer of Atlantic Command 02.09.1940 - 09.1942 Director of Personnel and later as Third Member of the Naval Board of Canada, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Stadacona] 23.09.1942 - 03.1943 Captain (D) Newfoundland [HMCS Avalon] 03.1943 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Diomede (cruiser) 07.1943 - 02.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Enterprise (cruiser) 10.1944 - 03.1945 HMCS Niobe (Canadian naval mission overseas) 17.03.1945 - 31.12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Ontario (cruiser) 1946     Chief of Naval Administration and Supply and Third Member of the Naval Board 01.09.1947 - 1951 Chief of Naval Staff, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa
Grant, John Moreau	1896 ? - 02.02.1986 Victoria, British Columbia [age 90]	T/Cdr. 01.07.1941 [0-28740] A/Capt. ? CBE ? ?

 

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Haddon, Philip Edwin	? -	Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1944 [0-29850]	20.04.1945 - 02.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Algonquin (destroyer)
Hall, Lionel Douglas	1913 ? - 20.08.1975 Victoria, British Columbia [age 62]	Lt. (S) ? MBE ? ?	06.01.1944 - (05.1945) Member Regulations Revision Committee, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Hallewell, Edmund Gilling Married; ... children.	29.01.1887 Wynberg, South Africa - 09.10.1952 Morva Mullion, near Helston, Cornwall	A/S.Lt. RN ? S.Lt. RN 06.04.1907, seniority 15.03.1906 (invalided out) Lt. 01.08.1910 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1918 (retd 01.08.1924) (reactivated 25.08.1939) A/Cdr. (retd) 12.03.1942 (reverted to retd 16.02.1945) (granted War Service Rank of Cdr. 27.02.1946)	served Royal Navy, but after being invalided out, he joined the RCN 24.11.1915 HMS Albemarle (battleship) (for Torpedo duties) 18.03.1916 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (for courses) 08.03.1916 Torpedo Officer, HMS Africa  (battleship) (Chatham) 08.11.1918 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (to requalify for Torpedo Officer duties) 04.03.1919 HMS St Vincent (battleship) (as Torpedo Officer in Reserve Division Portsmouth) 03.05.1919 Torpedo Officer, HMS Caledon (Portsmouth) 06.11.1919 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (additional; for Torpedo training duties) 01.09.1920 Torpedo Officer, HMS Aurora (light cruiser) [based at HMS Vivivd (RN base, Devonport)] 30.09.1920 Torpedo Officer, HMS Patriot  (RCN destroyer) 26.09.1922 War Staff Course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] [lent to RN] 01.08.1923 Assistant War Staff Officer, HMS Revenge (battleship) (Devonport) 31.05.1924 HMS Stadacona (Halifax) (for dispersal) 25.08.1939 - 15.10.1939 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional; as Chief Examination Officer at Falmouth) 16.10.1939 - 11.03.1942 HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) (additional; as Chief Examination Officer at Falmouth) 12.03.1942 - 15.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Forte IV (Coastal Forces base, Falmouth)
Harrison, Leslie	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1927 [0-31250]	22.11.1943 - (05.1945) Manning Officer on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]
Hart, Frederick Gordon Married (15.07.1925, Victoria, BC) Ethel Monica Davie.	1900 ? - 20.12.1967 Saanich, British Columbia [age 67]	Capt. 01.01.1944 [0-31310]	15.09.1943 - (05.1945) Chief of Staff to Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]
Hennessy, Ralph Lucien	05.09.1918 -	Lt. [0-32440] Lt.Cdr. ? V.Adm. ? DSC 22.12.1942 action with U-boats	12.02.1941 - 01.10.1942 Commanding Officer, HMCS Assiniboine (destroyer) 09.11.1944 - 21.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Assiniboine (destroyer)
Hibbard, Godfrey Musgrave	? - 1972 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island	Capt. 01.01.1942 [0-32850] Cdre. 2nd cl. ?
Hollins, Robert	1914 ? - 12.09.1978 Victoria, British Columbia [age 64]	Cd.Wtr.Off. ?	10.04.1944 - (05.1945) Member Regulations Revision Committee, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Holms, William Boyd Love	04.08.1900 Victoria, British Columbia - 23.12.1989 Victoria, British Columbia	Cdr. 01.01.1940 [0-33920] A/Capt. ?
Hope, Adrian Mitchell "Boomer"	13.06.1899 Montreal - 15.02.1963 Nova Scotia [buried at sea]	Midsh. 02.02.1917 [0-34020] S.Lt. 01.02.1919 Lt. 01.02.1921 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1929 Cdr. 01.07.1940 Capt. 01.07.1943 A/Cdre. 01.07.1945 Cdre. 01.01.1948 (retd 03.10.1951) OBE 13.06.1946 ?	1914 naval cadet, RN College of Canada 08.12.1937 - 05.10.1939 Commanding Officer, HMCS St. Laurent (destroyer) 1940 Inspector of Naval Ordnance [HMCS Naden] 03.12.1940 - Executive Officer, RCN Barracks, Esquimalt [HMCS Naden] 1941 Commanding Officer, HMCS Stadacona 11.08.1941 - Commanding Officer, Officers' Training Establishment Halifax [HMCS Kings] 07.06.1943 - 07.12.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Prince Robert (armed merchant cruiser) 12.1944 - 02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Somers Isles (RCN Work up Training Establishment Bermuda) 20.02.1945 - 01.02.1946 Chief of Naval Personnel and Third Member of the Naval Board of Canada [HMCS Bytown] 01.02.1946 - Senior Canadian Liaison Officer London and Head of Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [HMCS Niobe]
Houghton, Frank Llewellyn	18.07.1897 - 03.08.1981 Ottawa, Ontario	Capt. 01.01.1943 [0-34210] R.Adm. ?
Howe, John Parker "Jack" Son of Roland Douglas Howe (1881-1971), and Winifred Marie Martin (1892-1976), of Vancouver, British Columbia. Married (01.03.1948, Regina, Saskatchewan) Pauline Peggy Roberts (24.04.1926 - 19.03.2003), daughter (with one sister) of Caste "Casey" Roberts (1896-1979), and Katie Krasiun (1908-1998), of Regina, Saskatchewan; two sons.	21.12.1923 Cranbrook, British Columbia - 06.03.1964 Victoria, British Columbia (illness)	Boy 1st class 24.03.1941 Ord. Sea. 05.07.1941 Able Sea. 05.04.1942 A/T/Ldg. Sea. 22.06.1942-05.12.1942, 01.02.1943-31.12.1943 A/Ldg. Sea. 01.01.1944 A/T/Petty Officer 15.12.1943-31.08.1944 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1944 [0-34415] Lt. 01.02.1945 Lt. (C) 07.10.1949 Lt.Cdr. (C) 01.02.1953 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1960 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Pac St - - Afr St - - Def M - - CVSM - & clasp WM 39|45 - - CD 1953 - CD 1963 1st clasp	Education: public & high schools, Port Alberni, British Columbia. Fisherman. 24.03.1941 - 10.08.1941 HMCS Naden (RCN Barracks, Esquimalt) 11.08.1941 - 08.09.1941 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) 09.09.1941 - 18.09.1941 HMCS Beaver (training vessel) [tender to HMCS Venture (depot ship)] 19.09.1941 - 13.11.1941 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) 14.11.1941 - 15.11.1941 HMCS Niagara (training vessel) 16.11.1941 - 27.02.1942 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) 28.02.1942 - 05.12.1942 HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary) (North African landings at Arzu) 06.12.1942 - 08.02.1943 HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [UK]) 09.02.1943 - 11.03.1943 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 12.03.1943 - 09.06.1943 HMS Howe (King George V class battleship) 10.06.1943 - 14.09.1943 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 15.09.1943 - 27.11.1943 HMS Dauntless (D class cruiser) 28.11.1943 - 09.01.1944 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 10.01.1944 - 31.08.1944 Cochrane course, Final Selection Board, Upper Yardmen & Upper Yardmen (Air), HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, nr Portsmouth, Hampshire) 01.09.1944 - 28.04.1945 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 29.04.1945 - 15.06.1945 HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [UK]) 16.06.1945 - 14.04.1946 HMS Black Prince (improved Dido class cruiser) (Pacific) 15.04.1946 - 21.03.1947 HMCS Naden (for duty with Training Commander) 22.03.1947 - 23.03.1948 Staff Officer, HMCS Queen [borne on HMCS Bytown] 24.03.1948 - 26.09.1948 Executive Officer, HMCS Portage (minesweeper) 27.09.1948 - 06.01.1949 Executive Officer, HMCS Iroquois (destroyer) 07.01.1949 - 18.10.1949 HMCS Stadacona (for communications course) 19.10.1949 - 19.12.1949 on loan to US Navy [HMCS Bytown] 20.12.1949 - 06.09.1951 for Naval Member Canadian Joint Staff, Washington, for duty with Commander-in-Chief of US Atlantic Fleet [HMCS Bytown] (as Fleet Call Sign and Frequency Officer, from 01-07.1951 to USS Palau for operational experience) 07.09.1951 - 06.04.1952 on staff of Naval Member Canadian Joint Staff, Washington [HMCS Niagara] 07.04.1952 - 28.06.1954 Communications Officer, HMCS Shearwater 29.06.1954 - 04.09.1955 Communications Officer, HMCS Magnificent 05.09.1955 - 29.04.1956 HMCS Stadacona 30.04.1956 - 08.10.1956 HMCS Stadacona (for duty with Reserve Training Commander) 09.10.1956 - 15.09.1959 on staff of Flag Officer Pacific Coast as Assistant Staff Officer Intelligence [HMCS Naden] 16.09.1959 - 06.03.1964 on staff of Officer-in-Charge RCN Depot Esquimalt as Staff Officer Seaman Personnel
Howland, Vernon Wadsworth	11.02.1918 Winnipeg, Manitoba - 19.03.2000 Halifax, Nova Scotia	A/Lt.Cdr. (S) ?	02.08.1944 - (05.1945) Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]

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Jenson, Latham Brereton "Yogi" Son on Maj. Ernest Latham Jenson, RCASC, and Sarah (Holgate) Jenson. Married Alma Doupé; two sons, one daughter. obituary	02.05.1921 Calgary, Alberta - 29.12.2004 Halifax, Nova Scotia	Cadet 26.08.1938 [O-36570] Midsh. 01.09.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1941 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.05.1941 Lt. 01.09.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1950 Cdr. 01.07.1955 (retd 1964) CD < 05.1953 ? CM 30.10.2003 helped to preserve the history and heritage of Atlantic Canada	sea cadet at the Calgary Armouries 1938 special entry cadet for the RCN at Portsmouth 02.09.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (1940) HMS Matabele (destroyer) 05.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) 03.11.1941 - 14.09.1942 HMCS Ottawa (destroyer) (sunk) (Assistant Gunnery Officer?) 13.11.1942 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HMCS Niagara (destroyer) 1943? Commanding Officer, HMCS Long Branch (corvette) 23.01.1944 - 14.05.1945 First Lieutenant, HMCS Algonquin (destroyer) 14.05.1945 - (04.1946) RCN College (MMCS Royal Roads, Vancouver Island) 13.09.1946 - (07.1948) Executive Officer, HMCS Cayuga instructor at the NATO Defence College in Paris (05.1949) - (05.1950) Naval Service HQ, Ottawa 19.02.1951 - (05.1953) RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona] (04.1955)     Naval Service HQ Ottawa 01.06.1955 - (01.1957) Commanding Officer, HMCS Crusader (destroyer) Commanding Officer, HMCS Micmac (destroyer) (01.1959)     Naval Service HQ Ottawa 11.08.1960 - (07.1961) Commanding Officer, HMCS Fort Erie (frigate) (and as CANCOMORTRON SEVEN) [= SO 7th Escort Squadron] (02.1963) - (02.1964) Naval Service HQ Ottawa Founder of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Vice-president of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. Published: Tin hats, oilskins and seaboots (2000; memoirs); wrote or illustrated 16 books on maritime subjects
Johnston, William David Falconer	? - ?	... ... Lt. 09.09.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMCS Ontario ... - ... ...
Johnstone, Edmund	? - [1959 still alive]	Lt.Cdr. RN 15.11.1922 [0-37110] (retd) T/Cdr. 01.07.1941 A/Capt. 01.07.1944 OBE 01.01.1943 New Year 43	joined RN transferred to RCN 15.10.1940 - 27.06.1945 Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown]: Chief of Naval Equipment and Supply 15.10.1940 - 27.06.1945 Executive Assistant to Chief of the Naval Staff, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Jones, George Clarence "Jetty" Eldest son of J.C. and H. R. Jones. Married (1932) Helen Fordham Johnson; two sons, one daughter.	24.10.1895 Halifax, Nova Scotia - 08.02.1946 Ottawa, Ontario	Cadet 19.01.1911 [0-37330] Midsh. 15.01.1913 A/S.Lt. 01.12.1915 S.Lt. 01.12.1916 A/Lt. 01.01.1917 Lt. 01.06.1917 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1925 Cdr. 01.01.1929 Capt. 01.08.1938 Cdre. 1st cl. 07.06.1940 R.Adm. 01.12.1941 V.Adm. 09.05.1944 CB 02.06.1943 05.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 LM 10.07.1946 ? LegH 01.01.1946 ? CdeG 01.12.1948 ? Olav 01.12.1948 ?	Education: RN College of Canada; idc 1913 Cadet, HMS Berwick (for training) 1914 HMS Suffolk (for training) 1915 HMS Cumberland 1916 promotion course, RN Barracks, Portsmouth 1916 HMS Victory II 1916 HMS Excellent 1916 HMS Pelican [HMS Woolwich] 1917 HMS Hecla 15.10.1917 - First Lieutenant, HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) [HMS Woolwich] 1918 HMS Wallington 1918 HMS Leander 1919 - 1920 RN College of Canada 04.08.1920 - 31.10.1920 stand by, HMCS Patrician (cruiser) 01.11.1920 - 02.09.1922 Commanding Officer, HMCS Patrician (cruiser) 03.09.1922 - 23.08.1923 Commanding Officer, HMCS Patriot (cruiser) 1923 HMS Vivid III 1923 RN War Satff College [HMS President] 04.09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Resolution (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (for Operations duties) (temporary) 1925 HMCS Stadacona 15.06.1925 - 1927 staff officer, Naval Service HQ 1927 HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 1928 HMS Benbow (battleship) 14.01.1929 - (08.1929) imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 27.12.1929 - 24.05.1932 Commanding Officer, HMCS Stadacona (RCN Barracks, Halifax) & Senior Naval Officer [Commander-in-Charge], Halifax 25.05.1932 - 14.05.1934 Commanding Officer, HMCS Skeena (destroyer) & Cdr. (D) Western Division 15.05.1934 - 18.05.1936 Commanding Officer, HMCS Naden (RCN Barracks, Esquimalt) & Commander-in-Charge, Esquimalt 19.05.1936 - 20.11.1938 Director of Naval Operations and Training, Naval Service HQ [HMCS Bytown] 21.11.1938 - 01.04.1940 Commanding Officer, HMCS Ottawa (destroyer) & Captain (D) Canadian Flotilla 03.04.1940 - 15.09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMCS Assiniboine (destroyer) & from 06.1940 Commodore Commanding Halifax Force 28.09.1940 - 13.09.1942 Commanding Officer, Atlantic Coast, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona] 13.09.1942 - 15.01.1944 Vice-Chief of Naval Staff & Second Member of the Naval Board [HMCS Bytown] 15.01.1944 - 08.02.1946 Chief of the Naval Staff & First Member of the Naval Board, Naval Service HQ [HMCS Bytown]

 

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Kingsley, Harry	1900 ? - 07.03.1976 Victoria, British Columbia [age 76]	Cdr. 01.01.1941 [0-39200]

 

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Laidlaw, David Kennedy	? -	T/Cdr. 01.07.1943 [0-39900] T/A/Capt. 09.10.1944-(05.1945)	served RN       transferred to RCN 09.10.1944 - (05.1945) Director of Operations, Operations Division, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
Landymore, William Moss "Bill" Only son of Dr. Frederick and Gladys (Moss) Landymore. Married 1st (14.09.1940, Staffordshire, UK) Joan ‘Judy’ Leonore G. Hall (1918-1998), daughter of the late John Hall; one daughter, two sons. Married 2nd (1999) Eleanor Fairn, widow of Sydney Riggs Kennedy; four step-children.	31.07.1916 Brantford, Ontario - 27.11.2008 The Veterans' Memorial Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia [burial of his ashes at sea]	Cadet 28.08.1936 [0-40220] Midsh. 01.05.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1939 S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 01.03.1939 Lt. 01.11.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. 05.06.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1947 Cdr. 01.07.1949 A/Capt. 14.06.1952 Capt. 01.01.1953 Cdre. 01.10.1959 R.Adm. 01.11.1962 (retd 19.07.1966) OBE 23.02.1954 20.02.1954 Korea's cease fire list * [investiture 20.07.54] NGSM ? & clasp Palestine 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Pac St - - Def M - - CVSM - & clasps BWM 39|45 - - MID 01.01.1946 05.01.1946 New Year 46 Kor M - - MID 13.06.1953 Korea UN Kor - - Cor M 53 - - CD ? & 2 bars * Captain Landymore, throughout two tours of duty as Commander, Canadian Destroyers, Far East, in Korean Waters, has set a fine example of leadership and courage. As Commanding Officer HM Canadian Destroyer Iroquois, he has on several occasions engaged enemy shore batteries, and maintained an efficient blockade in enemy waters. His devotion to duty has been most marked.	Education: Brantford College Institute; Royal Military College, Kingston (Gentleman Cadet No. 2399), 1934-1936. 28.08.1936 basic training, HMCS Stadacona 1936 - 1937 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) [RCN Special Entry Group No. 40] 01.05.1937 - (08.)1938 HMS Emerald (cruiser) (East Indies,  Palestine campaign, Portsmouth) 12.10.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 01.05.1939 - (09.1939) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 1939 - 1940 HMS Windsor (destroyer) (Atlantic) 06.03.1940 - 25.06.1940 HMCS Fraser (destroyer) (ship lost after collision with HMS Calcutta) (Atlantic) 01.09.1940 - 22.10.1940 Navigating Officer, HMCS Margaree (destroyer) (Atlantic) (ship lost) 31.12.1940 HMCS Naden (RCN Base, Esquimalt) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 1941? HMCS Restigouche (destroyer) (Atlantic) 1942?     HMS Belfast (cruiser) (Arctic patrols) 30.04.1942 - (02.)1943 HMCS Niobe (Captain Commanding Canadian Ships, UK) (for disposal) 1942 HMS Excellent (for longe gunnery course) 18.05.1943 - (12.1943) Gunnery Officer, HMS Grenville (destroyer) (Arctic patrols) ? - (04.)1944 HMCS Stadacona 1944 - (06.)1944 for duty with Director of Warfare and Training, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 05.06.1944 - (04.)1946 Gunnery Officer, HMCS Uganda (light cruiser) (Pacific) 1946 - 1946 Staff Gunnery Officer, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 1946 - (07.1948) Deputy Director of Weapons and Tactics, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 1948 RN Staff Course [HMS President] 1949 tactical course [HMS President] (05.1949)     HMCS Niobe (Senior Canadian Naval Liaison Officer, London) * 1949     joint services staff course (05.1950)     lent to RN 1950     Director of Manning and Personnel Statistics, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 21.10.1951 - 25.11.1952 Commanding Officer, HMCS Iroquois (destroyer) 26.11.1952 - 31.10.1953 Commanding Officer. HMCS Iroquois (destroyer) & as Commander Canadian Destroyers, Far East ** 17.12.1953     imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College [HMCS Bytown (additional)] 21.01.1955 - (01.)1957 Director of Naval Plans and Operations, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 06.09.1957 - 1958 Legal Officer, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 15.01.1958 - 11.09.1959 Commanding Officer, HMCS Bonaventure (aircraft carrier) 01.10.1959 - (07.1961) Chief of Staff to Flag Officer Atlantic Coast & on staff of Commander Canadian Atlantic as Secretary [HMCS Stadacona] 06.09.1962 - 1962 Senior Canadian Officer Afloat Atlantic [HMCS Bonaventure] 01.11.1962 - (02.)1964 Flag Officer Pacific Coast & as Senior Officer in Command, HMCS Naden & Maritime Commander, Pacific 16.11.1964 - 1966 Flag Officer Atlantic Coast and Senior Officer in Chief Command and Maritime Commander Atlantic and Commander Canadian Atlantic Sub-Area 1966 - 19.07.1966 Commander Maritime Command and Commander Canadian Atlantic Sub-Area (retired prematurely by the Minister of National Defence during the unification of the three armed forces on 19 July 1966 effective 5 April 1967) Served with distinction on the Board of the Grace Hospital, Halifax, for which he was awarded the Salvation Army Cross of the Order of Distinguished Auxiliary Services and was made and Honorary member of the Nova Scotia Health Organizations. * indexed, but not listed as such ** (07.1954) still shown as such; according to other sources he was Commander Canadian Destroyers Far East 20.06.1952-26.11.1952 & 18.06.1953-06.11.1953
Laws, Charles Vincent	? - 15.12.2001 Saanich, British Columbia	Paym.Cadet 01.09.1933 [0-40950] Paym.Midsh. 01.09.1934 Paym.S.Lt. 01.09.1936 Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.10.1938 ?, seniority 01.10.1937 A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. = A/Lt.Cdr. (S) < 06.1944 Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.01.1945 A/Cdr. (S) < 05.1945 Cdr. (S) 01.01.1948 (retd > 02.1963, < 02.1969) A/Capt. (S) < 01.1956 CD > 01.1956, < 07.1961 ?	06.08.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 18.12.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Resource (repair ship) (for duty in Admiral's office) (Mediterranean) 25.11.1936 - (02.1938) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet) 25.05.1938 - (08.1939) HMCS Naden (depot ship, Esquimalt, BC) 10.02.1940 - (02.1941) Secretary to Commander-in-Charge HMC Naval Establishments, Halifax,NS [HMCS Venture] (08.1942) HMCS Venture (RCN base, Halifax, NS) * 01.12.1942 - (12.1943) Accountant Officer, RCN Barracks, Esquimalt, BC [HMCS Naden] 20.12.1943 - (06.1944) Base Accountant Officer, RCN Barracks, Esquimalt, BC [HMCS Givenchy] (05.1945) HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas) (for training and disposal) (07.1945) HMCS Givenchy (depot ship, Esquimalt, BC) * (04.1946) HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas) * (05.1950) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) * (05.1953) HMCS Bytown * (01.1956) HMCS Bytown * 30.07.1956 - (02.1963) Chief Supplies Officer to Flag Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Naden] * indexed, but not listed as such
Lay, Horatio Nelson	23.01.1903 Skagway, Alaska, USA - 08.05.1988 Perth, Ontario	Cadet 22.09.1918 [0-41040] Midsh. 01.09.1921 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1924 S.Lt. 01.07.1924 Lt. 01.11.1925 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1933 Cdr. 01.07.1940 A/Capt. 15.10.1943 Capt. 01.01.1945 A/Cdre. 12.04.1948 Cdre. 01.01.1949 R.Adm. 01.10.1954 (retd 21.10.1958) OBE 01.01.1941 New Year 41 * MID 26.12.1944 Operation Offspring (Home Fleet operation, 08.44) **   PolMC 21.10.1941 withdrawal Polish forces from France 40 CD ? ? * For gallantry and distinguished services before the enemy. This Officer was in command of one of HMC Destroyers engaged in convoy and other duties in United Kingdom waters in the early part of the war, and assisted in the evacuations from France. As Senior Officer of a convoy escort group in the Atlantic over a considerable period, his keenness and efficiency were an inspiration to those serving under his command. ** For good service when his ship HMS Nabob was damaged.	Education: Royal Naval College of Canada (Ninth Term, 1918) 26.10.1921 - Midshipman, HMS Resolution 1923 HMS Cloud 1924 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich & Portsmouth 24.08.1925 - HMCS Patrician (torpedo boat destroyer) 1927? HMS Tiger 1927? torpedo course 1928 HMS Repulse 03.01.1929 - (08.1929) course for officers qualifying in Torpedo [HMS Vernon] 11.08.1930 - (02.1931) Torpedo Officer, Atlantic Coast [HMCS Stadacona (depot ship, Halifax)] 10.06.1931 - (09.1932) HMCS Skeena (destroyer) 03.07.1933 - (01.1934) Torpedo Officer, Pacific Coast [HMCS Naden (depot ship, Esquimalt)] 01.12.1934 - 12.1935 First Lieutenant, HMCS Vancouver (destroyer) 16.12.1935 - (07.1937) First Lieutenant, HMCS Skeena (destroyer) 15.08.1937 - Torpedo Officer, Pacific Coast [HMCS Naden (depot ship, Esquimalt)] 11.01.1938 - (10.1938) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.01.1939 - 17.08.1939 Commanding Officer, HMCS Gaspe (minesweeper) & as Staff Officer Operations to Commanding Officer, Atlantic Coast 27.08.1939 - Assistant Staff Officer (Operations), Commanding Officer Atlantic Coast 26.12.1939 - 23.06.1941 Commanding Officer, HMCS Restigouche (destroyer) 30.06.1941 - 10.1943 Director of Operations, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] (06.1943) - 09.1943 RCN HQ, Ottawa 15.10.1943 - 30.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Nabob (escort carrier) [ship damaged 22.08.1944, paid off 30.09.1944] * (05.1945) HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas) [for Negotiations with Royal Navy for Aircraft Carriers] 1945 US Army/US Navy Staff College 1945 Director of Plans and Naval Intelligence, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 1948 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Plans and Air), Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 1949 Canadian Naval Attaché Washington and Naval member of the Canadian Joint Liaison Staff 1952 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Warfare) and Member of the Naval Board of Canada, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 03.08.1954 - (01.1956) Vice-Chief of Naval Staff and as Chairman of Naval Staff, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] Active in the Ottawa United Appeal from 1958 to 1972. Published: Memoirs of a Mariner (Stittsville, Ontario : Canada's Wings, 1982). * Navy List gives since 09.1943
Ley, John Richard Hale	1923 ? Victoria, British Columbia - 29.11.2008 Victoria, British Columbia [age 85]	Midsh. 01.05.1942 [0-42030] A/S.Lt. 01.01.1944 S.Lt. 01.09.1943 (backdated) Lt. 01.08.1945 Lt.Cdr. ? (retd) CD ? ?	Education: RN College Dartmouth. 23.08.1941 joined RCN in Halifax - 1942 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) 01.05.1942 - 09.1943 HMS Malaya (battleship) 09.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Keppel (destroyer) S/Lt. courses, HMS Excellent (06.1944) landing craft (Normandy invasion) HMCS Algonquin - (04.1946) HMCS Niobe (spare officer pool) 1946 - 08.1950 qualified for flying & service with Fleet Air Arm [HMCS Shearwater & HMCS Magnificent] 1951 - 1953 HMCS Crescent 1953 - HMCS Cayuga

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Mainguy, Edmond Rollo Married (04.06.1927, Victoria, BC) Maraquita F.C. Nichol. more details 1  more details 2	11.05.1901 Chemainus, British Columbia - 29.04.1979 Nanaimo, British Columbia	Cadet 1915 Midsh. 05.02.1919 A/S.Lt. 05.12.1919 Lt. 09.05.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1929 Cdr. 31.12.1936 Capt. 01.06.1941 A/Cdre. 1st cl. 1942-21.10.1944 Cdre. 01.07.1946 A/R.Adm. 01.08.1946 R.Adm. 01.07.1947 V.Adm. 01.12.1951 (retd 01.01.1956) OBE 01.01.1943 New Year 43 CD ? ? MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41 MID 11.06.1946 wind up Far East LM 01.01.1946 Capt. (D) Newfoundland	10.09.1939 - 02.04.1940 Commanding Officer, HMCS Assiniboine (destroyer) [also Senior Officer Escort for several convoys] 02.04.1940 - 20.07.1941 Commanding Officer, HMCS Ottawa (destroyer) 27.08.1941 - 11.1941 Commanding Officer, HMCS Sambro (destroyer) & Captain (D) Halifax 08.11.1941 - 23.09.1942 Captain (D), Newfoundland [HMCS Avalon*] & Commander Newfoundland Force 11.1942 - 1944 Naval Service HQ: Chief of Naval Personnel & Third Member of the Naval Board 15.08.1944 - 04.07.1946 Commanding Officer, HMCS Uganda (cruiser) [initially stand by, 21.10.1944 official] 01.08.1946 - 08.09.1948 Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Givenchy] * listed as "additional for leave", 23.10.1942
Miles, George Ralph	1903 ? - 19.02.1951 Esquimalt, British Columbia [age 48]	Capt. 01.01.1944 OBE ? ?	02.02.1943 - 22.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMCS Athabaskan (destroyer)
Murphy, Vincent John Married (1953); three sons.	08.02.1923 Ladner, British Columbia - 30.09.2011 Surrey, British Columbia	Cadet 01.09.1941 [O-54380] Midsh. 01.05.1942 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1944 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.04.1943 Lt. 01.07.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1952 Cdr. 01.01.1959 Capt. 1969? (retd 1969) CD < 07.1961 ?	01.05.1942 - (08.)1943 Midshipman, HMS Nelson (battleship) 02.08.1943 - (12.1943) Midshipman, HMS Tumult (destroyer) (04.1944)     HMS Strule (frigate) * (06.1944)     no appointment listed 21.07.1944 - 30.03.1945 HMCS Qu'Appelle (destroyer) 31.03.1945 - (05.1945) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (additional) (for disposal or under training) (1945)     flying training in Ireland (later had considerable flying flying experience on HMCS Magnificent in the late 40's and early 50's, where he was leader of 2 squadrons) ? - (04.1946) Spare Officer Pool, HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas) ? - (07.1948) Royal Navy 15.09.1948 - (05.)1949 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for miscellaneous duties) 12.05.1949 - (05.1950) on staff of Flag Officer Atlantic Coast [HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)]  07.09.1951 - (05.)1953 HMCS Niagara (destroyer) [ (1952/53?)     liaison officer to the USN for Naval aviation (Washington, DC) ?] 03.06.1953 - 31.08.1954 pilot, HMCS Shearwater (RCN Air Station, Dartmouth, NS) 01.09.1954 - 03.1955 HMCS Shearwater (RCN Air Station, Dartmouth, NS) (additional) 18.03.1955 - (01.1957) Executive Officer, HMCS Sussexvale (frigate) (1957)     served in Ottawa, Ontario (01.1959)     Naval Service HQ, Ottawa, Ontario [HMCS Bytown] 27.04.1960 - (07.1961) Executive Officer, HMCS Venture (RCN training establishment & base, Esquimalt)       HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) 09.11.1962 - (02.1964) Commanding Officer, HMCS Nootka (destroyer)       Commanding Officer, HMCS Crescent (destroyer) late 1964     RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 1965 - 1969 Canadian Military Attaché to Norway & Denmark Retired to Victoria, BC. * indexed, but not listed as such
Murray, Leonard Warren 2nd son of Simon Murray. Married 1st (1921) Jean Chaplin Scott (died 1962); two sons. Married 2nd (1963) Mrs Nina Sergeievna Shtetinin Seaford Warwick, Buxton.	22.06.1896 Granton, Nova Scotia - 25.11.1971 Buxton, Derbyshire, UK	Lt. 1917 [O-54510] Lt.Cdr. 1925 Cdr. 1929 Capt. 02.08.1938 Cdre. 2nd cl. 1940 Cdre. 1st cl. 1941 R.Adm. 02.12.1941 (retd 14.03.1946) CB 08.06.1944 10.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 CBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 LegH 1946 ? CdeG 1946 ? LM 1946 ? Hkn 1948 ?	Education: Pictou Academy, NS; RN College of Canada; RN Staff College Greenwich (1927-1928); Imperial Defence College (1938) 1911 entered RCN 1912 HMS Berwick (for training) (Mexican Revolution service) 1914 - 1918 served European War in Atlantic Convoys and Grand Fleet: 1914 HMS Essex 1914 cypher officer, Naval Service HQ 1914 HMCS Niobe Flotilla Gunnery Officer, HMCS Margaret 1916 HMCS Rainbow Assistant Navigation Officer, HMS Leviathan 1918 HMS Agincourt 1919 - 1919 specialized in navigation, HMS Dryad 1919 HMS Calcutta 1920 HMS Aurora 1924 Assistant to the Master of the Fleet [HMS Revenge & HMS Queen Elizabeth] 1925 advanced navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth 1925 Executive Officer, HMCS Stadacona (RCN Barracks, Halifax) 1925 Navigating Officer, HMS Tiger 1927 RN Staff College 23.01.1929 - 24.06.1931 Commanding Officer, HMCS Naden & Senior Naval Officer, Esquimalt 06.1931 - 1932 Director of Naval Operations and Training, Naval Service HQ 07.06.1932 - 22.05.1934 Commanding Officer, HMCS Saguenay (destroyer) & SO East Coast Flotilla 05.1934 - 1936 Commanding Officer, HMCS Stadacona & Senior Naval Officer [Commander-in-Charge], Halifax, NS 1936     Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (UK) 1938     imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 1939 Executive Office, HMS Iron Duke 1939     Director of Naval Operations and Training, Naval Service HQ (Ottawa) 1939 - 1940 Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Naval Service HQ (Ottawa) and a founding member of Canada-US Permanent Joint Defence Board 30.10.1940 - 11.02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMCS Assiniboine (destroyer) & SO Halifax Force 1941 Commanding Officer, HM Canadian Ships and Establishments in European Waters (London) 10.06.1941 - (08.)1942 Commodore, later Flag Officer, Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon] 18.09.1942 - 01.04.1943 Commanding Officer, Atlantic Coast (Canada) [HMCS Stadacona] 01.04.1943 - 09.1945 Commander-in-Chief, Canadian North West Atlantic [HMCS Stadacona] & Deputy Commander US Task Force 24 (04.1946) HQ Ottawa Barrister at law. Admitted Middle Temple, 1947; Pres., Inns of Court Students' Union, 1948-1949. Called to the Bar, 1949.  Literature: Kenneth Edwards, Seven sailors (1945)

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Piers, Desmond William "Debby"   Son of the late William Harrington Piers and the late Dr. Florence Maud (O'Donnell) Piers, and a member of one of the City's founding families. Married Janet Macneill; one stepdaughter.	12.06.1913 Halifax, Nova Scotia - 01.11.2005 Halifax, Nova Scotia	Cadet 02.09.1932 [0-59210] Midsh. 01.09.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1936 ?, seniority 01.11.1935 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.11.1935 A/Lt. 26.09.1936 Lt. 26.09.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1942 [acting rank] A/Lt.Cdr. 17.02.1944 [appointed rank] Lt.Cdr. 26.03.1944 Cdr. 01.01.1947 Capt. 01.01.1951 Cdre. 31.07.1957 R.Adm. 27.08.1962 (retd 06.1967) CM 25.12.1982 ? DSC 02.06.1943 05.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 CD ? & Bar LegH 06.2004 ? 39/45 Star; Atlantic Star with Bar France & Germany; Africa Star; CVSM & Clasp; 39/45 War Medal; SSM with bar NATO; EIIR Coronation Medal; Canada 125 Medal; Golden Jubilee Medal; Commissionaires LS Medal	Education: Halifax County Academy 1930 - 1932 special entry cadet, Royal Military College of Canada 1932 - 1933 HMS Erebus (monitor; cadet training ship) 09.09.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Resolution  (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.01.1936 - 30.08.1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.08.1936 - (02.)1937 promotion course, Portsmouth (07.1937) no appointment listed 18.10.1937 - 08.1938 HMCS Saguenay (destroyer) 14.08.1938 - 29.06.1941 First Lieutenant, HMCS Restigouche (destroyer) 30.06.1941 - 07.06.1943 Commanding Officer, HMCS Restigouche (destroyer) & Senior Officer, 4th Canadian Escort Group (10.)1943 - 12.1943 on staff of Captain (D), Halifax [HMCS Stadacona] 22.12.1943 - 16.02.1944 Commanding Officer (stand by), HMCS Algonqiun (destroyer) 17.02.1944 - 19.04.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Algonquin (destroyer) 23.04.1945 - (05.1945) HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Cornwallis, NS) ? - (04.1946) Executive Officer, RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona] 07.01.1947 - 06.04.1948 Executive Officer (stand by), HMCS Magnificent (aircraft carrier) 07.04.1948 - (05.)1949 Executive Officer, HMCS Magnificent (aircraft carrier) 1949 RN Staff College 1949 Director Naval Plans and Operations, National Defence HQ 1951 National Defence College 1952 Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel and Administration) Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic 1953 - 1955 Naval Member of the Directing Staff of the National Defence College of Canada 01.08.1955 - 08.05.1956 Commanding Officer of HMCS Quebec (cruiser) 11.05.1956 - 28.07.1957 Commanding Officer, HMCS Algonqiun (destroyer) & Senior Officer, 1st Canadian Destroyer Squadron & Senior Officer Afloat, Atlantic 1957 Commandant Royal Military College 1957 also: Honorary ADC to the Governor-General 1960 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Plans, Operations and Intelligence) at National Defence HQ 1962 - 1966 Chairman Defence Liaison Staff Washington and Canadian Representative on NATO Military Committee Agent-General for Nova Scotia in the UK and Europe 1977 to 1979. Made a Freeman of the City of London in 1978. Honorary DMSC from RMC in 1978. Chairman Canadian Corps of Commissionaires (Nova Scotia Division).
Prentice, James Douglas "Chummy" Son of Hon. James Douglas Prentice. Married (03.06.1925) Florence Patricia O'Carroll Darby (04.01.1904 - ), daughter of Jonathan Charles Darby (1855-1943), and Mildred Henrietta Gordon Dill (1867-1932).	25.03.1899 Victoria, British Columbia - 14.03.1979 Saanichton, British Columbia	S.Lt. RN 15.01.1918 Lt. RN 26.10.1920, seniority 15.06.1919 Lt.Cdr. RN 15.06.1927 (retd 08.06.1934; own request) Cdr. RN (retd) 25.04.1939 T/Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1927 [0-60140] T/A/Cdr. (1939) T/Cdr. 01.01.1942 T/A/Capt. 1942 (retd 02.04.1946) DSO 03.03.1942 successful attack U-boat Western Approaches 10.09.41 [decoration presented] DSC 28.11.1944 20.01.1945 sinking U-678 Channel 09.07.44 DSC 05.12.1944 20.01.1945 probable sinking of a U-boat Plymouth Area 19.08.44	... - ... ... 27.08.1919 - ? HMS Venomous (torpedo-boat destroyer) 30.03.1923 - (08.1923) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] ... - ... ... 28.08.1939 - 1940 HMCS Venture (as Staff Officer to Naval Officer-in-Charge, HMC Naval Base, Sydney, British Columbia) 18.10.1940 - 14.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMCS Levis (corvette) 26.03.1941 - 12.11.1942 Commanding Officer, HMCS Chambly (corvette) (DSO) (06.1943) - (08.1943) HMCS Venture * (10.1943) - (04.1944) HMCS Stadacona * 19.05.1944 - 09.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Ottawa (destroyer) (DSC, Bar to DSC) 10.09.1944 - 04.12.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Qu'appelle (destroyer) 14.02.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMCS Somer Isles (work up base, Bermuda) (04.1946)     HMCS Stadacona *       also: Naval ADC to the Governor-General * indexed, but not listed as such
Pressey, Arthur Roddy Son (with one brother and five sisters) of Lt.Col. Arthur Pressey (1860-1923), and Thekla Emma Roddy (1863-1941). Married 1st (11.06.1928, Oak Bay, British Columbia) Margaret Emily McVittie (26.06.1902 - [(09?).1937??]), daughter of Archibald Westmacott McVittie (1858-1926), and Emily Louisa Leslie (1869?-1966). Married 2nd Gwendolyn Coombe.	21.07.1897 Dinapore, Bengal, India - 27.04.1981 [buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario]	Midsh. 02.08.1915 A/S.Lt. 02.08.1917 S.Lt. 16.11.1917 Lt. 16.05.1919 Lt.Cdr. 27.05.1927 Cdr. 01.07.1941 (retd 08.10.1946) A/Capt. 06.1943 OBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 [decoration presented]	Education: RN College of Canada, Halifax (1913-1915). 15.12.1938 - 26.12.1939 Commanding Officer, HMCS Fundy (minesweeper) ? - (02.1943) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)  * (04.1943) - (12.1943) Naval Service HQ, Ottawa (Deputy Director of Warfare and Training) 08.01.1944 - (10.1945) Naval Assistant Weapons and Equipment, HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas, UK) (04.1946)     HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas, UK) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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