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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)
Kemper,
Joseph Alphonse
J.R. Kidston
Son of Alphonse Kemper, and Rita Rietsma.
Married (18.09.1943, Saint John, New Brunswick) Phyllis Hutchison Lane (1920-)
1921
Montreal, Quebec
-

[possibly:
03.04.1921
-
17.07.2009
Pompano Beach, Florida, USA]
T/S.Lt. 19.01.1942 [0-38230]
T/A/Lt. 15.01.1944
25.05.1942 - (04.)1944 HMCS Captor (RCN base, St John, New Brunswick)
(06.1944) - (10.1944) HMCS Captor (RCN base, St John, New Brunswick) *
18.05.1944 - 03.10.1944 British Naval Liaison Officer, Norwegian patrol craft "King Haakon VII"
05.10.1944 - (07.1945) HMCS Captor (RCN base, St John, New Brunswick) (for Examination Service) (temporarily)
? - (04.1946) HMCS Brunswicker (for Saint John Naval Division)
* indexed, but not listed as such
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 D.A. Killam
D.A. Killam D.A. Killam
Son (with one sister and three brothers) of Lawrence Killam (1883-1975), and Edith Humphrey (1882-1962), of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Married (06.02.1943, Canadian Memorial Church, Vancouver, British Columbia) Elizabeth Kinnersley Hebb (04.05.1920 - 17.05.1962), daughter (with one brother and one sister) of Thomas Carlyle Hebb (1878-1938), and Evelyn Shewill Hayden (1881-1953), of Vancouver, British Columbia; one son. Elizabeth Killam remarried (1946) Charles Everet Craig (1920-1978).

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. 05.11.1940, seniority 18.03.1940
T/Lt. 18.03.1942
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 - -
Clerk, British Columbia Pulp & Paper Co.
16.03.1940 - 30.03.1940 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for passage to UK and service in RN)
30.03.1940 - 23.05.1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
23.05.1940 - 14.06.1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for RN barracks; for special service)
14.06.1940 - 28.06.1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
28.06.1940 - 15.02.1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services, for minor landing craft)
15.02.1941 - 31.03.1941 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor boat training)
31.03.1941 - 26.05.1941 HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport) (as spare First Lieutenant of 7th ML Flotillla)
26.05.1941 - 22.01.1943 HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) (for motor launches: HM ML 272)
22.01.1943 - 22.03.1943 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (additional; for foriegn service leave)
22.03.1943 - 13.04.1943 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (additional; for return to Canada)
13.04.1943 - 25.05.1943 HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [UK]) (additional; for return to UK)
25.05.1943 - 25.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 20 [HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) (additional)]
25.02.1944 - 03.07.1944 Commanding Officer, HMC MTB 460 (motor torpedo boat) [HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [UK])] (Senior Officer of covering force for Operation Tarbrush 5 (Les Hemmes 15/16.05.1944) (missing, presumed dead on war service overseas, when his boat was sunk off the invasion coast of France)
Mount Killam in British Columbia is named in memory of him.

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.
Knowles,
Murray William
M.W. Knowles M.W. Knowles

02.07.1916
Saint John
-
03.06.2014
Camp Hill Veterans Home
... ...
T/Lt. 25.06.1941 [0-39530]
... - ... ...
08.11.1943 - 25.06.1945 HMCS Louisburg (corvette) (in command from 11.02.1945)
... - ... ...
Knox,
John Lawrence
R.C. Kilgour
Married 1st (12.03.1945, Londonderry, Northern Ireland; marriage dissolved c. 1950) Isabel Common; one son.
Married 2nd Lt. (S) Marjorie Alexandria McNichol, WRCNS; two sons, one daughter.
08.06.1917
Trenton, Ontario
-
T/S.Lt. 26.05.1944 [0-39590]
T/Lt. 26.05.1945
27.05.1944 - (07.1945) HMCS Asbestos (corvette)
(04.1946)     HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Knox,
Robert Dickson
R.D. Know (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))
?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.11.1941 [0-39610]
19.09.1944 - (05.1945) Director of Fleet Mail on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]
       

 
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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)
Laroche,
Albert George
A.G. Laroche (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))
?
-
T/Sg.Cdr. 01.01.1942 [0-40610]
T/A/Sg.Capt. 28.11.1942
28.11.1942 - (05.1945) Senior Medical Officer on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]
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 (Photo courtesy of Mr Pierre Le Fevre)
* Officially: Le Fèvre, Fernand
Married Lucille Auclair (1917-2003); one daughter, one son.
31.07.1917
Montreal, Quebec
-
11.11.1988
T/S.Lt. 01.05.1941 [0-41370]
T/Lt. 31.07.1942
1945?, seniority 31.07.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
31.12.1941 - 11.1942 HMS Givenchy (RCN base, Esquimalt, BC) (for Extended Defence)
24.11.1942 - (04.)1943 HMC ML Q070 (motor launch)
01.05.1943 - (04.)1944 HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Halifax, NS)
13.05.1944 - (10.1945) 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
Luther,
Gordon Martin
G.M. Luther
Son of Walter Edward Julius Luther, and Ora Caroline Lenz, of Hudson Heights and Montreal.
Married Isabelle "Beth" Blane; two daughters.
05.12.1913
-
12.08.2008
T/Lt. 01.05.1940 [0-43190]
T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1944
T/A/Cdr. 20.12.1943
Attended Bishop's College School, Lennoxville QC and was a broker with the Montreal Stock Exchange.
01.05.1940 - (12.)1941 HMCS Venture (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for Naval Control Service)
05.12.1941 - (12.1942) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for service with Superintendent Naval Armament Depot)
14.01.1943 - (08.)1943 HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas, UK)
(10.)1943 - (12.)1943 HMCS Shelburne (RCN base, Shelburne, NS)
20.12.1943 - (04.1946) Director of Armamament Supply, Naval Ordnance Branch, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown]
Worked at National Defence until his retirement in the 1970's.

 
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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)
MacCharles,
Ernest Daniel
"Pat"
E.D. MacCharles
Son (with one sister) of Dr. Donald "Dan" Neil MacCharles (1891-1962), and Nina Philip.
Married; two daughters.
Of Medicine Hat, Alberta.
1914
Winnipeg, Manitoba
-
T/Sg.Lt. 26.08.1940 [0-43490]
1942?, seniority 26.08.1939
T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. > 10.1944, < 01.1945
T/Sg.Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945
Education: qualified in surgery at Manitoba, 1940; BSc, MD.
(02.1941) - (03.1942) no appointment listed
23.03.1942 - (02.)1943 HMCS St Hyacinthe (HMC Signal School, St Hyacinthe, Que.)
01.03.1943 - (10.1944) HMCS Hochelaga (RCN base, Montreal, Quebec)
13.12.1944 - (05.)1945 HMCS Hochelaga (RCN base, Montreal, Quebec)
19.05.1945 - (04.1946) HMCS Ontario
Staff Medicine Hat General Hospital, 1961.
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 (Photo courtesy of Mr Gregory MacKenzie) C.R. MacKenzie (Photo courtesy of Mr Gregory MacKenzie)
C.R. MacKenzie (Photo courtesy of Mr Gregory MacKenzie) C.R. MacKenzie (Photo courtesy of Mr Gregory MacKenzie)
C.R. MacKenzie (Photo courtesy of Mr Gregory MacKenzie) C.R. MacKenzie (Photo courtesy of Mr Gregory MacKenzie)
1908
Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland
-
?
T/S.Lt. (Shore Patrol) 15.02.1943 [0-44590]
T.Lt. (S.P.) 15.02.1944
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S.P.) > 07.1945, < 04.1946
Apparently he came to Canada from Scotland in 1930, and at the time he married (1934) he was an RCN Stoker on the Saguenay according to the marriage certificate. In 1943 he would have been 34, and had a 7 year old child at home.
28.06.1943 - (04.1946) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (under heading Naval Provost Marshal, initially on staff of, eventually from 1945/46 himself Staff Officer, Shore Patrol, Halifax)
Mackinlay,
James Gilmour
J.G. Mackinlay (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))
?
-
T/Cdr. 01.01.1943 [0-44810]
A/Capt. ?
Military Cross MC ? ?
15.06.1941 - (05.1945) Staff of Naval Member, Canadian Joint Staff Mission, Washington, DC
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)
MacLachlan,
Lauchlan John
"Jack"
L.J. MacLachlan L.J. MacLachlan
L.J. MacLachlan
Son (with one sister) of Allan Vernon MacLachlan (1893-1930), and Gertrude Elvira Maud Corson (1893-1966), of Hamilton, Ontario.
02.05.1919
St John, New Brunswick
-
01.11.1944
North Atlantic
(KIA) [age 25]
[Londonderry City Cemetery, Church of England Plot, section F, grave 44]
T/S.Lt. 1943? [0-44970]
T/A/Lt. 1944?
Shipper & stockkeeper, Mono Ltd., Leaside, Ont.
      nearly two years' sea duty on the lower deck; served at a battleship, being transferred to a destroyer after several months
01.1944 - (02.)1944 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA)
11.03.1944 - 01.11.1944 HMS Whitaker (Captain class frigate) [ship inreparably damaged by U-boat off Malin Head]
 
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 listed as such
MacLeod,
Angus Alexander
A.A. McLeod
?
-
 
T/Wt.Offr. (Sp.Br.) 01.03.1943 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)
(10.1943) - (12.1943) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for RCN Depot, Halifax)
(02.1944) - (10.1944) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
(01.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed
* 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)
Mahoney,
Lewis Daniel
L.D. Mahoney (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))
?
-
T/Lt. 22.01.1940 [0-45920]
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 24.05.1943
24.05.1943 - (05.1945) Staff of Naval Member, Canadian Joint Staff Mission, Washington, DC
Mainguy,
Robert Edgeworth
R.E. Mainguy
Son of Philip Neville Mainguy (1881-1958), and Jessie Mai Spalding (1882-1976).
Married (24.11.1943) Carolina Elmina "Ella" Mackenzie (1922-); two sons, one daughter.
27.02.1919
Montreal, Quebec
-
12.01.1966
Montreal, Quebec
T/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1943 [0-46010]
T/Lt. (E) 01.05.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
(12.1943)     HMS Wear (frigate) *
(10.1944)     HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas) *
12.03.1945 - (05.1945) HMCS Shelburne (RCN base, Shelburne, NS) (for RCN Armament Depot)
Lt. (E) Joseph D. Weed, RCNVR writes: "I saw him several times when our ships were in Londonderry, and several times after the war. I believe he was related to RCN Captain Mainguy."
* indexed, but not listed as such
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)
Maitland,
Robert Reid
R.R. Maitland
Son of Hon. Royal Lethington Maitland (1889-1946), British Columbia's attorney-general, and Ruth Hildred Mills.
Married (10.08.1943) Margaret Inez LeCouteur (16.01.1923 - 22.04.1979); one son, one daughter.
12.09.1917
British Columbia
-
05.11.1976
Vancouver, British Columbia
T/S.Lt. 31.12.1940
T/Lt. 31.12.1942
1945?, seniority 31.12.1941
Education: Shawnigan Lake School; University of British Columbia; Dalhousie University.
(04.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed
(10.1942)     HMCS Niobe (RCN depot, London, UK) *
(12.1942) - (06.1943) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
13.06.1943 - (04.)1944 HMC ML 070 (motor launch)
(06.1944) - (10.1945) HMC ML 066 (motor launch) (75th ML Flotilla) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Service papers seem to indicate service at the following establishments/vessels: HMS Raleigh, HMCS Forester, HMCS Niobe, HMC ML 070, HMC ML 066, MGBs 72, 602 & 606. Another source seems to indicate he was in command of HMC ML 066 04.07.1943-12.01.1944.
Marcil,
André
A. Marcil (Photo courtesy of Mrs Eileen Marcil) A. Marcil
A. Marcil A. Marcil (Photo courtesy of Mrs Eileen Marcil)
A. Marcil (Photo courtesy of Mrs Eileen Marcil)
Son of Georges Marcil, and Marie Perrin.
Brother of Lt. Georges Marcil, RCNVR.
Married (08.10.1938) Thérèse Beauchamp, daughter of Léon Beauchamp; two daughters, one son.
03.11.1910
Montreal, Quebec
-
29.05.1983
Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec
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
Canadian Centennial Medal 1967
Officer of Merit, Sovereign and Military Order of Malta 1967
Queen's Jubilee Medal

Education: Loyoala High School (Sr. Matric.); Loyola College.
      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] (returned from Freetown on the P&O liner Narkunda)
(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) (Murmansk & Malta convoys; torpedoed 06.1942)
(10.1942) - (12.1943) no appointment listed
(02.1944) - (10.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMCS Dunver (frigate) (North Atlantic convoys)
23.11.1944 - (02.)1945 HMCS Somers Isles (RCN work up base, Bermuda)
02.1945 - 13.03.1945 HMCS Jonquière (frigate)
13.03.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMCS Jonquière (frigate)
Mortgage correspondent. Department Chairman and Director, The Mercantile and General Reinsurance Company of Canada Ltd ; Director, Schering Corporation Ltd.; Plough (Canana) Ltd.: Trustee. TD Realty Investments: James T. Stanger and Co. (became Guardian Trust Co.), 1929-1932; opened his own office (disposing of ins. sec. thereof, 1948), 1932; appointed. Mortgage Correspondent for P.Q. and Marltimes, N. Am. Life Assurance Company, 1945; Standard Life Assurance Company,1950, Dominion Life Assurance Company,1952, Northern Life Assurance Company of Canada, 1962; President, Marcil Mortgage Corporation, 1956-76; President & Chief Executive Officer, Montreal City and District Trustees Ltd., and Savings Bank since 1976.
Past President, Headquarters Canadian Corps of Commissionaires; Canadian Red Cross Society: past member: Canadian Housing Design Council; Governor, Hospital Marie-Enfant; Montreal Children's Hospital; Past Chairman, Montreal United Services Institution; Montreal Chapter, Society of Real Estate Appraisers; Past President, National Ballet Guild of Canada.
Marcil,
Georges
"George"

G. Marcil (Photo courtesy of Mrs Eileen Reid Marcil) G. Marcil (Photo courtesy of Mrs Eileen Reid Marcil)
G. Marcil (Photo courtesy of Mrs Eileen Reid Marcil) G. Marcil
G. Marcil (Photo courtesy of Mrs Eileen Reid Marcil) G. Marcil
Son of Georges Marcil, and Marie Perrin.
Brother of Lt.Cdr. André Marcil, RCNVR.

Married Eileen Reid, daughter of  Ernest Reid (1885-1957), and Emilia Dalmau Goicochea (1885-1981); three sons, one daughter.
07.11.1912
Montreal, Quebec
-
15.02.2006
Charlesbourg, Quebec
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 - 31.10.1940 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)
01.11.1940 - ? HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) (additional)
(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]
Artist (painter).
Literature: Eileen Reid Marcil, The wide open spaces : a Lieutenant in the RCNVR during World War II (2011).
* 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)
Matchett,
John Boyd
J.B. Matchett (Photo courtesy of Mr David C. Wold) J.B. Matchett (Photo courtesy of Mr David C. Wold)
J.B. Matchett (Photo courtesy of Mr David C. Wold) J.B. Matchett
J.B. Matchett
Son of Lloyd L. Matchett, and Marion Boyd.
Married (13.03.1954) Ottillie Rose Huycke, daughter of George Meredith Huycke, QC, of Toronto, Ontario; two sons, one daughter.
19.06.1923
Hamilton, Ontario
-
09.2017 still alive
Army:  
Gnr. 29.10.1941, seniority 29.09.1941 [B406760]
L/Bdr. 29.10.1941, seniority 20.10.1941
Bdr. 14.01.1942 (reld 27.04.1942; on joining Navy)
RCNVR:  
Prob. T/Midsh. 18.04.1942 [0-47070]
Prob. T/S.Lt. 19.06.1942
T/S.Lt. 19.06.1943, seniority 19.06.1942
T/Lt. 15.01.1944, seniority 19.06.1943 (reld 05.10.1945)
RCN (Active Reserve):  
Lt. 17.05.1946, seniority 19.06.1943
Lt.Cdr. 31.08.1951 (reld 01.04.1968)
39|45 St - -
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal CVSM 01.02.1944 & clasp
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Education: University of Toronto schools; University of Toronto (BA; OC UTS Cadet Corps); London [UK] School of Economics.
29.09.1941 - 27.04.1942 25th Medium Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery (Howitzers)
18.05.1942     signed up for the RCNVR
19.06.1942 - 24.03.1943 HMCS York (Toronto Division RCNVR) (on divisional strength)
25.03.1943 - 24.07.1943 HMCS Kings (officers' training establishment, Halifax, Nova Scotia) (additional; for training and disposal)
24.07.1943 - 02.01.1944 HMCS Kenogami (corvette)
03.01.1944 - 03.04.1944 HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia) (additional; for short anti-submarine course)
03.04.1944 - 07.12.1944 HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia) (for duty in Anti-Submarine School)
07.12.1944 - 15.12.1944 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (additional; for Group anti-submarine duties on staff of Spare Senior Officer)
15.12.1944 - 17.12.1944 HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland) (additional)
18.12.1944 - 27.01.1945 HMCS Kokanee (frigate) (additional; for Group anti-submarine duties in C.3 Group)
28.01.1945 - 09.02.1945 HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland) (additional; for Group anti-submarine duties on staff of Spare Senior Officer)
10.02.1945 - 22.03.1945 HMCS Runnymede (frigate) (additional; for Group anti-submarine duties in C.5 Group; temporary)
23.03.1945 - 05.04.1945 HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland) (additional; on staff of Spare Senior Officer)
06.04.1945 - 08.05.1945 HMCS Hallowell (frigate) (additional; for Group anti-submarine duties in C.1 Group; temporary)
08.05.1945 - 27.08.1945 HMCS Hallowell (frigate), amended 11.06.1945 as HMCS Chaudière (destroyer) (additional; for annual and Pacific leave)
28.08.1945 - 08.09.1945 HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia) (additional; for temporary duty in Anti-Submarine School)
08.09.1945 - 13.09.1945 HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia) (additional; for demobilization)
13.09.1945 - 05.10.1945 HMCS York (Toronto Division RCNVR) (additional; for discharge)
With Massey-Ferguson, 1948-1959 (Canada & USA 1948; Europe, England & France 1949-1952; General Manager of one of their operating divisions in France 1955-1959). Management consultant, Urwick-Currie td., Toronto, Ontario, 1959-1962. With Cara Operations, Ltd. (activities in the food service industry and largely associated with transportation, providing airline meals at major airports, operating restaurants, lounges, coffee shops, gift shops and newsstands in Canada), 1962-... (General Manager, 06.1962; Vice-President, 06.1963; Director, 01.1964; Executive Vice-President, 06.1965; President and Director, since 04.1969). Director, Book & Periodical Acquisitions Ltd. Director, Simpark Lands Ltd. Council on Drug Abuse (CODA). Junior Achievement.
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-submarine 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)
McBurney,
James William
J.W. McBurney (Photo courtesy of Mr Steve McBurney)
07.09.1921
-
T/S.Lt. 19.07.1943 [0-47710]
T/A/Lt. 19.07.1944
28.08.1943 - (10.)1943 HMCS Kings (Officers' Training Establishment, Halifax, Nova Scotia) (for disposal or under training)
13.12.1943 - (05.)1944 HMCS Donnaconna (Montreal Division RCNVR)
26.06.1944 - (11.1944) HMCS Nonsuch (Edmonton Division RCNVR)
24.02.1945 - (03.)1945 HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia) (additional; for disposal or under training)
12.03.1945 - (10.1945) HMCS Dundas (corvette)
      transferred RCN
18.06.1947 - ? HMCS Rockcliffe (minesweeper)
McClung,
M
M. McClung (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))
?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.05.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) ?
(08.1943)     Staff of Naval Member, Canadian Joint Staff Mission, Washington, DC
McClymont,
Hamilton
"Hammie"
H. McClymont (Photo courtesy of Hammy McClymont)
Married Zoe Cook; three sons, one daughter.
10.02.1920
Kingston, Ontario
-
18.09.1975
Tsawwassen, British Columbia
T/S.Lt. 16.02.1942 [0-48130]
T/Lt. 16.02.1943 (reld 25.09.1945)
39-45 St - -

Atlantic Star

Atl St - -
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal CVSM - & clasp
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Education: Nova Scotia Technical College (graduated 1948; earned the Governor General's Gold Medal).
26.02.1942 - 11.04.1943 HMCS Kings (officers' training establishment, Halifax, NS)
11.11.1942 - 01.12.1942 HMCS Buxton (destroyer) [tender to HMCS Kings]
(10.1943)     no appointment listed
30.10.1943 - (06.)1944 HMCS Forest Hill (corvette) [watchkeeping certificate 02.04.1944]
11.09.1944 - 08.08.1945 HMCS Captor (RCN base, Saint John, New Brunswick) (for Naval Control Service)
McConnell,
John Macnab
J.M. McConnell
?
-
Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1943 [0-48220]
A/Cdr.
?
       
McCorkell,
Wilfred James
W.J. McCorkell
Married Ruth ...; three sons, two daughters.

24.11.1915
Saskatoon
-
17.01.1975
Saskatoon
T/S.Lt. 10.08.1943 [0-48240]
T/Lt. 1944?. seniority 10.08.1942
Lt. RCNR 1947?, seniority 10.08.1942
Lt.Cdr. RCNR 10.08.1950
Sg.Lt.Cdr. RCN(R) 10.12.1954
Sg.Cdr. RCN(R) ?
Sg.Capt. RCN(R) ? (retd 1971)
Education: University of Saskatchewan (BSc 1951); University of Alberta, Edmonton (medical degree 1953).
1935     joined RCNVR
(12.1943)     no appointment listed
01.01.1944 - (07.1945) HMCS Atholl (corvette)
1962 - 1964 Commanding Officer, University Naval Training Division
1968 - 1971 Commanding Officer, HMCS Unicorn
General practitioner, Saskatoon.
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
?
-
02.1963
T/A/Lt. 10.06.1940 [0-48950]
T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943
T/A/Cdr. 01.10.1943 (reld 1945)
01.05.1941 - 14.06.1942 Commanding Officer, Hamilton Division RCNVR
15.06.1942 - 20.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Star (Hamilton Division RCNVR)
07.09.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Donnaconna (Montreal Division RCNVR) & HMCS Cartier (Cartier Division RCNVR)
ACIM. McFetrick went on to become President of the Montreal Hornets of the IRFU (Inter Provincial Rugby Union) along with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts and Ottawa Rough Riders.
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)
McKenzie,
Ralph George
R.G. McKenzie
Son of George Alexander McKenzie (1862-1922), and Lottie Frances Waldron (1874-).
Married (c. 1935) Ruth Harkness.
19.06.1909
Morse, Saskatchewan
-
T/S.Lt. 18.08.1941 [0-49680]
T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 18.02.1941
28.12.1941 - (08.)1942 HMCS Stadacona (RCN barracks, Halifax)
03.08.1942 - 24.02.1944 HMCS Kenogami (corvette)
24.02.1944 - 09.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Kenogami (corvette)
McLaughlin,
Paul James
P.J. McLaughlin
 
?
-
2000
Toronto, Ontario
T/A/S.Lt. 18.03.1940 [0-50020]
T/S.Lt. 1941?, seniority 18.03.1940
T/Lt. 18.03.1942
?, seniority 18.03.1941
T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1946 (reld > 04.1946)
30.03.1940     serving in the Royal Navy
      HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
(07.1940)     no appointment listed
05.08.1940 - (06.)1942 HMS Sheffield (cruiser)
(08.1942) - (12.1942) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
(02.1943) - (04.1943) specialist gunnery course
(06.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed
20.12.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (for flotilla duties)
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
(04.1945)     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth *
(07.1945)     HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
28.07.1945 - (04.1946) Gunnery Officer, HMCS Ontario (light cruiser)
* indexed, but not listed as such
McLaughlin,
Thomas [Avery] Crane
T.C. McLaughlin (Photo courtesy of Fiona McLaughlin)
Youngest son of H. Douglas McLaughlin, and Eunice Andrews, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Married (20.11.1944, King's Chapel, the Savoy, London) 2nd Officer Margaret Wybrants "Margot" Richards (née Hamilton), WRNS (14.03.1917 - 18.06.2002), widow of Paym.Lt. Noel Lawrence Clifford Richards, RN; one son, two daughters.
27.11.1912
Winnipeg, Manitoba
-
18.04.1988
Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia
T/Lt. 24.07.1940 [0-50030]
1944?, seniority 24.07.1939
Lt.Cdr. RCNR 24.07.1947
30.07.1940 - (10.)1941 serving with RN:
01.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Forfar (armed merchant cruiser) (for motor torpedo boats)
03.02.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham)
27.06.1941 - (10.)1941 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 54 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)]
(12.1941)     HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
16.01.1942 - (08.)1942 HMCS Algoma (corvette)
06.08.1942 - (01.)1943 HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland) (for extended defence)
26.01.1943 - (01.)1944 HMCS Collingwood (corvette)
10.01.1944 - (01.)1945 HMCS Restigouche (destroyer)
08.01.1945 - (03.)1945 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for command course)
24.03.1945 - 23.10.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Georgian (Bangor class minesweeper)
* indexed, but not listed as such
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
"Beau"
W.C. McTague
Son of The Right Honourable Charles Patrick McTague (1890-1966), and Margaret Mary McKeon (1899-1982).
Married (26.11.1955) Louise Taylor (22.04.1928 -  05.04.2010), daughter of Morgan and Dorothy Robotham Taylor; four sons, one daughter.
29.08.1924
Windsor, Ontario
-
26.06.2012
Rosemont, Ontario
T/S.Lt. 22.12.1944 [0-51015] (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Educated at St. Michael's College and University of Toronto in Philosophy before being admitted to Osgoode Law School. He graduated Harvard MBA in 1952.
27.12.1944 - (10.1945) Gunnery Officer, HMCS Quesnel (corvette)
Articled under John Tory Sr. and eventually became a partner in the firm of Fraser & Beatty on Bay St., Toronto.
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.
?
       
Medland,
William Abbott
"Barney"
W.A. Medland
Son (with two brothers) of Charles Russell Medland (1883-1970), and Ada Catherine "Kit" Monteith (1891-1956), of Winnipeg.
Married 1st (02.02.1942, Vancouver, British Columbia) Katherine Upham Hall (1921 - 12.04.1954), daughter of Mr & Mrs Carl I. Hall, of Vancouver; three daughters, one son.
Married 2nd (14.07.1955, Winnipeg, Manitoba) Mary Elizabeth Flora "Betty" Johnston (née Blair) (1924? - 16.07.2007), daughter (with one sister) of John McCuaig "Jack" Blair (1896-1974), and Anna Selina Fisher (1895-2000); one daughter.
1917 ?
Toronto, Ontario
-
27.08.1995
Winnipeg, Manitoba
A/S.Lt. 28.03.1938
Lt. 28.01.1940 (reld > 10.1944, < 01.1945)
(12.1939) - (06.1940) no appointment listed
08.07.1940 - (08.)1940 Department of the Inspector of Anti-Aircraft Weapons, Admiralty [HMS President]
(10.1940) - (06.1941) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) *
(08.1941)     HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) *
26.08.1941 - (10.)1941 pilot, 807 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)]
(12.1941)     no appointment listed
(02.1942) - (02.1943) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax) *
02.1943 - (04.)1943 HMS Canada (RN base, Halifax, Nova Scotia)
(06.1943)     no appointment listed
19.07.1943 - (10.)1943 pilot, 741 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)]
27.11.1943 - (02.)1944 No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School, Goderich, Ontario [HMS Canada (RN base, Halifax, Nova Scotia)]
(04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed
(10.1944)     HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Medley,
Charles
C. Medley (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))
?
-
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 21.07.1944 [0-51165]
22.09.1944 - (05.1945) Intelligence Staff on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]
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)
Miller,
Vernon Lorne
V.L. Miller
Son of Vernon Laurie Miller (1878-1926), and Bessie Marguerite Macmillan (1880-1948).
Married (03.03.1931, Bedford) Marion Anne Isenor (12.08.1909 - 16.08.2003), daughter of Rupert Arthur Isenor, and Mabel Lorne MacPhee; one daughter.
18.08.1908
Tusket, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia
-
16.03.1966
Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia
T/Lt. 05.09.1938 [0-51880]
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1944?
22.09.1939 - (12.)1941 HMCS St Laurent (destroyer)
10.12.1941 - (10.)1942 HMCS Naden (for HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt)
12.11.1942 - (04.)1943 HMCS Niobe (RCN depot, London, UK) (for INOs course)
12.04.1943 - (12.)1943 HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland) (for staff of Naval Officer-in-Charge)
18.12.1943 - (06.)1944 HMCS Stadacona (RCN barracks and training establishment, Halifax, NS) (for Superintendent of Naval Armament Depot)
01.06.1944 - (07.1945) HMCS Scotian (RCN base and Reserve Division, Halifax, NS) (as Inspector of Naval Ordnance with the Superintendent of Naval Armament Depot)
Accountant - Canada Permanent Trust/Advertising Executive CJCH.
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
       
Monk,
Leslie Walter
L.W. Monk
Only son of Frank Monk, Elizabeth Clark, of Regina.
Married (11.03.1944, Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa; Ont.) Barbara Isabelle "Connie" Band; two daughters.
04.06.1914
-
13.08.2005
Vancouver, British Columbia
T/Paym.S.Lt. 16.08.1943 [0-52590]
T/Paym.Lt. 16.08.1944
25.08.1943 - (10.)1943 HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Cornwallis, NS) (for disposal or under training)
05.11.1943 - (05.1945) an Assistant Deputy Secretary (Central Registry), The Naval Secretariat, Naval Service Headquarters. Ottawa [HMCS Bytown]
Post-war career in estate planning with trust companies.
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)
Moore,
William Everitt
W.E. Moore (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))
?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.11.1944 [0-52965]
23.10.1944 - (05.1945) Staff Officer Meteorology on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]
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)
Moreton,
Alan Winsford
"Al"
A.W. Moreton
22.10.1915
Victoria, British Columbia
-
13.07.1993
Liverpool, Nova Scotia
T/A/S.Lt. 25.05.1938
T/S.Lt. 25.05.1939
T/Lt. 25.05.1940 [0-53120]
1944?, seniority 25.05.1939 (demobilized 14.08.1945)
Lt.Cdr. RCN(R) 24.05.1947
1938     HMCS Naden
1939     HMCS Stadacona (mobilized 16.10.1939)
1939 - (05.)1944 served with RN
1939     HMS Berwick (Kent class cruiser)
1940     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
31.08.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Patroclus (armed merchant cruiser)
1940 - (12.1940) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for motor boat training)
1941     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor boat training)
1941 - (02.)1941 HMS Seahawk (Coastal Forces base, Ardrishaig) (for motor boat training)
1941 - (04.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMC ML 214 (motor launch) [HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham), later HMS Beaver III (Coastal Forces base, Immingham)]
01.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Minos II (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft)
1942     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for MTB course)
1942     HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) (additional; for Operational Experience as Commanding Officer Motor Torpedo Boat)
24.02.1942   (06.)1942 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (additional; on Staff of Flag Officer Submarines for Service with Experimental Submarine Unit (Chariots))
1942     HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, 1st Submarine Flotilla, Malta) (additional; for special service)
12.06.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship)
(06.1943) - (10.1943) HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Pt Bannatyne) *
(12.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed
1944     anti-submarine control course
1944     HMCS Stadacona
1944     HMCS CY 1040
18.05.1944 - (05.)1945 HMS St Boniface (Algerine class minesweeper) (as Torpedo Officer, then Executive Officer)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
      HMCS Cornwallis (additional; for demobilization)
? - 14.08.1945 HMCS York
Partner in Touche Ross Chartered Accountants.
* indexed, but not listed as such
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
Son (with one sister and one brother) of Joseph Moyse (1884-1970), and Minnie May Miles (1899-1988).
Married 1st ((03?).1947, Oxford district, Oxfordshire; divorced 1972) Catherine Mallory Rous (15.12.1919 - 26.04.2014), daughter of Frederic William Rous (1881-1921), and Hilda Catherine Hanington (1883-1953), of Toronto; two sons, one daughter. Catherine Moyse remarried (1978) Douglas W. Knowles (?-1984).
Married 2nd (10.03.1972) Caryl Joyce Ray (12.12.1933 - 2021), daughter of Sidney Ernest Ray (1903-), and Madge Elsie Jenkins (1904-1992).
24.01.1920
Winnipeg, Manitoba
-
03.09.1991
Victoria, British Columbia
T/S.Lt. 31.12.1940 [0-53960]
T/Lt. 31.12.1942
1943?, seniority 30.06.1941
Education: University of Manitoba (BA); University of Toronto; Balliol College (1946-1948; Rhodes Scholar; BA 1948, MA 1952).
31.12.1940 - (04.)1943 serving with RN:
      HMS Castleton (destroyer (North Atlantic)
(02.1942)     no appointment listed
(04.1942)     HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) *
08.04.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt)
22.04.1943 - (08.)1943 HMCS Melville (Bangor class minesweeper)
30.10.1943 - (02.)1944 HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [UK]) (additional; for MGB Flotilla)
01.03.1944 - 28.08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMC MTB 462 (motor torpedo boat) (Senior Officer of covering force for Operation Tarbrush 3 (Bray Dunes) 16/17.05.1944)
27.01.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 491 (motor torpedo boat)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Industrial executive. With Department of Finance, Ottawa, 1948-1951. Aluminium Securities, 1951-1958. Secretary-treasurer, Indian Aluminium Co., Calcutta, 1958-1960. Financial director & chief financial officer, Alcan Industries Ltd., London, 1960-1963. Vice-president & treasurer, Aluminium Company of Canada, Montreal, 1964-1965. Vice-president finance, Domtar Ltd., Montreal, 1966-1974.  Vice-president, Alcan International, 1974-1976. Vice-president, Alcan Asia and South Pacific since 1976.
Munro,
Charles Sanderson
C.S. Munro C.S. Munro

Son of  Joseph Anderson Munro (1868-1947), and Elizabeth Pearle Carter Sanderson (1886-1962).
Married (17.05.1943, St James Anglican Church, New Westminster, British Columbia) Laura Eileen Hughes (18.10.1920 - 24.06.1971), daughter of William Hughes (1889-), and Ella Violet Owens (1889-); three daughters, two sons.
18.03.1914
Clanwilliam, Manitoba
-
21.06.1971
Flin Flon, Manitoba
T/Lt. 31.12.1940 [0-54180]
?, seniority 31.12.1939 (reld > 01.1945, < 03.1945)
31.12.1940 - (02.)1943 serving with RN:
08.09.1941 - (02.)1943 French Ship "Largs"
(04.1943)     no appointment listed
29.05.1943 - (07.)1944 serving with RN:
(06.1943)     no appointment listed
26.06.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Westcott (W class destroyer)
(12.1943)     no appointment listed
12.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Lawford (Captain class frigate)
07.08.1944 - (09.)1944 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (additional; for disposal or under training)
13.09.1944 - (01.1945) RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)]
 
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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
Norton,
Arthur Harold
A.H. Norton
?
-
19.03.1996
[age 74]
Kentville, Nova Scotia
T/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1943 [0-55770]
T/Lt. (E) 01.05.1944 (reld 12.19456)
Education: graduated from McGill University in Chemical Engineering (1943).
25.07.1944 - (1945) HMCS Drummondville (Bangor class minesweeper)
? - (05.1945) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)
Joined Shawnigan Chemicals Ltd. (Process Supervisor, 12.1945-1951); St Maurice Chemicals Ltd., Varennes (1951-1961; from 1955 Plant Manager); Shawnigan Works (Manager, Plant Services Division, 1961-1964; Works Manager, 1964-1968; Coordinator of Operations, 01.10.1968).
Lt. (E) Joseph D. Weed, RCNVR writes: "I saw him several times when our ships were in Londonderry, and several times after the war. I believe that he worked for Shawinigan Chemicals."
       
 
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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
"Dick"
R. Paddon R. Paddon (Photo courtesy of Mr Dave Paddon)
Son of Harry Locke Paddon, MD (1881-1939), of England, and Mina Gilchrist (1880-), of New Brunswick.
Brother of Sg.Lt.Cdr. William Anthony Paddon, RCNVR.
?
-
?
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
Paddon,
[the Hon.] William Anthony
"Tony"
R. Paddon (Photo courtesy of Mr Dave Paddon)
Son of Harry Locke Paddon, MD (1881-1939), of England, and Mina Gilchrist (1880-), of New Brunswick.
Brother of Lt. Richard Paddon, RCNVR.
Married (20.09.1952) Shelia Mary Fortescue; three sons, one daughter.
10.07.1914
Indian Harbour, Labrador, Newfoundland
-
05.01.1995
St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
T/Sg.Lt. 17.08.1941 [0-57050]
A/T/Sg.Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945
T/Sg.Lt.Cdr. (retd) 05.09.1945
Education: Lenox School in Massachusetts; Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut (BSc 1936); State Medical School of New York (MD 1940).; Dip. P.H.; D.Sc. (Hon.).
21.08.1942 - (09.)1942 HMCS Naden (RCN base, Esquimalt)
27.11.1942 - (04.)1943 HMCS Prince Henry (armed merchant cruiser)
06.05.1943 - (02.)1944 HMCS Kitchener (corvette)
03.02.1944 - (03.)1944 HMCS Stadacona II (RCN base, Halifax, NS)
27.03.1944 - (09.)1944 serving with RN [at HMS Prince Henry??]
21.11.1944 - (05.1945) HMCS Teme (frigate) [ship torpedoed & damaged 29.03.1945]
Medical officer for the IGA, travelling the region by dogteam and on foot in winter, and visiting coastal communities by hospital ship in summer. He was director of the IGA's Northern Medical Services from 1960-78, and retired in 1979. He was qualified as a medical doctor. He was appointed as the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland.
Published: Labrador doctor: my life with the Grenfell Mission (1989).
* 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]
Paterson,
Charles William
C.W. Paterson
Son of Leslie James Paterson (1888-1945), and Ethel Mary Paul (1886-1960), of Montreal.
His brother Acm. 2nd cl. Paul Leslie Paterson, RCAF (21.07.1920-14.08.1942) was accidentally killed on flying training.
14.04.1917
-
14.01.1943
Camp Hill Hospital, Halifax
[age 25]
[Montreal (Mount Royal) Cemetery, Quebec, sec. F8/1368]
T/Lt. 01.05.1941
Education: Westmount High School (graduated 06.1934).
Joined Bank of Montreal late 1934. Joined bank's staff at Masson Street & Fifth Avenue branch, Montreal, and after serving at other branches in the city was treansferred to Upper Town branch in Quebec City.
04.1941     enlisted RCNVR
04.1941 - 08.1941 HMCS Kings (officers' training establishment, Halifax, NS) (for training)
18.08.1941 - 1942 HMCS Lethbridge (corvette)
? - 14.01.1943 HMCS Stadacona (RCN barracks & training establishment, Halifax, NS)
[fatally injured in an accident aboard a Fairmile motor launch in Halifax harbour]
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)
Peever,
Mervyn George
see: RN officers' section  
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
Phillips,
George Hazen Clark
G.H.C. Phillips (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))
?
-
T/Lt. 21.09.1939 [0-58880]
14.01.1943 - (05.1945) Operations Staff on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]
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
Son of Joseph Pickersgill (1863-), and Ada Broadhead (1866-).
Married 1st (06.1932) Sarah Katherine Milne (22.09.1909 - 1973), daughter of Norman Sidney Milne (1877-1963), and Katherine Naomi O'Neil (1879-1932); one daughter, one son.
Married 2nd (06.1951) Margaret McDonald.
From Regina, Saskatchewan.
11.05.1901
Kirkhamgate, York, Yorkshire, UK
-
15.09.1964
Ottawa, Ontario
Lt. 20.05.1933 [0-59130]
Lt.Cdr. 20.05.1940
A/Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945
Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD ? -
Emigrated to Canada, ca. 1904/05.
      Having served in World War I as a boy signalman, he returned to join the local Division as an A. B. Signalman. However, in 1926 he transferred to Ordinary Seaman, and after several years in this branch, including three years as Petty Officer, he was appointed A/Lieutenant in 1933
      at the outbreak of war he left Regina and after 10 months' service in Vancouver, crossed Canada with a draft to the Royal Navy
(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 - (06.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Fara (minesweeping trawler)
(08.1942) - (12.1942) no appointment listed
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 ?)
(04.1945) - (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 (© Imperial War Museum A 20147)
Son of ... Plomer, and ... Brown.
Married Frances B. Randall (01.07.1923 - 25.10.2008).

05.08.1911
Battle district, Sussex, UK
-
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,
John Alan
J.A. Powell
Youngest son (with two brothers and one sister) of Montagu Grant Powell (1884-1933), and Aurelia Curry Hughson (1886-1967), of Rockcliffe Park.
Brother of Cdr. Robert Montagu Powell, RCNVR, and of Capt. Ward Hughson Powell, CIC. Cousin of Lt. Geoffrey Drummond Hughson, RCNVR.
Married (29.01.1942, Cathedral, Portsmouth, UK) Diana Mary Green, of Alvington, Portsmouth.
08.11.1917
Ottawa, Ontario
-
T/S.Lt. 31.12.1941 [0-59920]
T/Lt. 31.12.1943
?, seniority 31.12.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 1944? (reld 22.07.1945)
Mention in Despatches MID 25.08.1942 Operation Ironclad (assault & capture of Diego Suarez 05/07.05.42)
Education: Ashbury College, University of Toronto; Cambridge University (UK).
07.1940     Ordinary Seaman, Ottawa Division RCNVR
08.1940     went overseas to UK for training
1940     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
      No. 23 Pilot Training Course, HMS St Vincent (training establishment, Gosport)
      No. 47 Observer Training Course, HMS St Vincent (training establishment, Gosport)
      observer training, HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)
25.02.1942 - (08.1942) acting observer, 829 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] (despatches)
(10.1942) - (04.1943) no appointment listed
06.1943 - (10.)1944 observer, 849 Squadron FAA
[USNAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island, later USNAS Squantum, Main, from 01.11.1943 HMS Khedive (escort carrier), from 17.11.1943 HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station Speke), from 25.11.1943 HMS Robin (RN Air Station, Grimsetter), later HMS Skrike (RN Air Station Maydown), from 14.02.1944 HMS Gannet (RN Air Station Eglinton), from 25.03.1944 HMS Landrail (RN Air Station Machrihanish), from 20.04.1944 RN Air Station Perranporth, RNAS Lee-on-Solent, from 09.09.1944 HMS Rajah (escort carrier), later RNAS Katakarunda, later HMS Victorious]
04.12.1944 - 07.1945 Naval Service HQ, Ottawa (for special services; for service with the Naval Member of the Canadian Joint Staff, Washington)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Powell,
Robert Montagu
"Bob"
R.M. Powell
Eldest son (with two brothers and one sister) of Montagu Grant Powell (1884-1933), and Aurelia Curry Hughson (1886-1967), of Rockcliffe Park.
Brother of Capt. Ward Hughson Powell, CIC, and of Lt.Cdr. John Alan Powell, RCNVR. Cousin of Lt. Geoffrey Drummond Hughson, RCNVR.
Married (03.09.1938, Bishop Strachan School, Toronto) Louise Hamilton Dewar, daughter of Gordon C. Dewar, and Marguerite Merritt; two daughters.
Residence: Shawinigan, Quebec (pre-war); Halifax, Nova Scotia; Brockville, Ontario (from 1953).

08.04.1914
Ottawa, Ontario
-
17.03.2004
Brockville, Ontario
T/Lt. 01.09.1936 [0-59960]
T/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943
T/A/Cdr. > 12.1943, < 02.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
Education: Trinity College School, Port Hope (1929-1931); Royal Military College, Kingston (Head Cadet, B.S.M. 1934-35; Sword of Honour); University of Toronto (1935-1937; graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Applied Science).
Received the appointment of Lieutenant in the RCNVR in 1939 and went overseas in June 1940, training with the M.T.B. flotilla until March 1941, when he returned to Canada. He was promoted Lieutenant-Commander in January 1942 and served at sea and in England again from January to September 1944. During the latter part of 1944 and until July 1945, he served in Canada and Newfoundland with some months of sea duty during this period.
09.09.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Seaborn (accounting base for 3rd Battle Squadron, Halifax, Novs Scotia)
30.12.1940 - (02).1941 4th MTB Flotilla [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
? - 02.09.1941 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)
02.09.1941 - ? HM MTB 252 (motor torpedo boat)
04.12.1941 - (04.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMC MTB 252 (motor torpedo boat)
01.04.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Saker II (accounting base, Washington, USA)
04.08.1942 - (02.)1943 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for duty with Fairmiles)
(04.1943) - (10.1944) no appointment listed
? - (01.)1945 HMCS Niobe (Canadian naval mission overseas) (Canadian Naval Administrative Authority, Plymouth)
08.01.1945 - (05.1945) command course, HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)
(07.1945) - (10.1945) 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
Robinson,
Grant Thomas
G.T. Robinson (Photo courtesy of Mr Gary Brookes)
Son of Edgar Stewart Robinson, and Bertha Ensign.
Married Magdalen Jeanie Boyes.
13.08.1921
Calgary, Alberta
-
22.01.1992
Nainamo Regional General Hospital, Nainamo, British Columbia (formerly of Lantzville, British Columbia)
Prob. T/S.Lt. ? 28.10.1943 ? [0-62974]
T/S.Lt. 04.06.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Education: University of British Columbia (BA 1943; B.Com; B.Sc. (Forestry) 1948).
      HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Cornwallis, NS) ?
      HMCS Husky (training vessel) ?
07.11.1943 - (02.)1944 HMCS Chippawa (Winnipeg Division RCNVR)
24.03.1944 - (07.)1944 HMCS Kings (Officers' Training Establishment, Halifax, N.S.) (for disposal or under training)
14.08.1944 - (10.1945) HMCS Beauharnois (corvette)
Worked as supervisor in pulp & paper industry.
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.
Rowntree,
Henry Leslie
H.L. Rowntree (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))
?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 08.06.1942 [0-64070]
28.11.1942 - (05.1945) Staff Officer Legal on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]
Rubin,
David Scott
"Dave"
D.S. Rubin (Photo courtesy of Mr Earl Rubin)
1908?
-
06.11.1986?
Wt. Officer (Sp.Br.) 06.05.1941
Cd. Technical Officer (Sp.Br.) 01.07.1942
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 1943?, seniority 01.01.1942 [0-64180]

* Special Branch officer for photography duties

07.05.1941 - (07.)1941 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for disposal or under training)
08.07.1941 - (10.)1941 HMCS Venture (depot ship for auxiliary vessels, Halifax) (for anti-submarine duties)
31.10.1941 - (04.)1942 RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)]
06.05.1942 - (09.1942) Naval Service Headquarters [HMCS Bytown] (for Naval Photographic Section, Naval Intelligence Division)
14.06.1943 - (10.1945) Naval Service Headquarters [HMCS Bytown] (for staff of Superintendent of Photography)
One of the founders of the Royal Canadian Naval Film Society.
Ryan,
Bernard Kimball
B.K. Ryan (Photo courtesy of Mr Scott Ryan)
From Sydney, Nova Scotia.
09.02.1922
-

Bellevue, WA. USA
T/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1944 [0-64597] (reld 19.11.1945)
Education: Nova Scotia Technical College.
19.06.1944     HMCS Haligonian (Halifax Division RCNVR)
(01.1945)     HMCS Drummondville (Bangor class minesweeper) *
06.02.1945 - (10.)1945 HMCS Ungava (Bangor class minesweeper)
? - 19.11.1945 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
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)
Rymer,
Kenneth William
K.W. Rymer (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))
?
-
T/Lt. 22.12.1942 [0-64680]
08.11.1944 - (05.1945) Operations Staff on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]
       

 
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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
Salmon,
Ernest Frederick Charles
see: RNVR officers' section  
Saunders,
Frank Phillippo Rich
F.P.R. Saunders
Youngest son (with one sister and three brothers) of Frank Phillippo Rich Saunders (1888-1961), and Margaret Jarvie Gordon (1883-1965).

31.08.1922
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
-
24.07.1969
near Ukiah, California, USA
Boy Seaman 1938
T/S.Lt. 1943?, seniority 09.11.1942 [0-65070]
T/A/Lt. 13.01.1944
T/Lt. 1944, seniority 09.11.1943
Lt. RCN 1945, seniority 09.11.1943
Lt.Cdr. RCN 09.11.1951 (retd 1960s/70s?)
Canadian Decoration CD ? -
Mention in Despatches MID 1950s Korea
(02.1944)     no appointment listed
14.02.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (for submarines)
23.04.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Vitality (submarine)
25.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Seanymph (submarine)
? - (04.1946) HMCS Niobe (RCN depot, London) (for spare officer pool)
(07.1948)     serving with RN
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
Second son (with one brother and one sister) of Edward Shanley Sherwood, a real estate broker, and Marion Gertrude Torrance.
Married (1946) Wren Officer Mary Clarke; one daughter, two sons.

25.06.1914
Winnipeg, Manitoba
-
14.05.2013
Ottawa, Ontario
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]
Education: Rockcliffe Park Public School; Ashbury College.
Worked for his father in his real estate company.
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 (submarine 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) *
Partner in E.S. Sherwood Company Ltd., his father's real estate business.
* 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, Quebec
-
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)
Spratt,
Campbell Young
C.Y. Spratt
Son of Dr Oliver Campbell Spratt, DDS (1888-1974), and Ermel Baird Young (1893-1964), of Ottawa, Ontario.
Married (03.02.1943, St Thomas's Church, St John's, Newfoundland) Elise Darby Smyth, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Charles M. Smyth, of Sydney, Nova Scotia; two sons, three daughters.
03.06.1918
Almonte, Lanark, Ontario
-
31.08.1991
Victoria, British Columbia
T/S.Lt. 13.05.1941 [0-69290]
T/El.Lt. 13.05.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Lt.Cdr. (L) RCNR 13.05.1950
Cdr. (L) RCNR 01.01.1956 (reld early 1960s)
Education: Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (electrical engineering).
1941     enlisted, RCNVR
(08.1942)     HMCS Kings (officers' training establishment, Halifax, Nova Scotia)
01.08.1942 - (10.)1944 HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland) (for anti-submarine duties)
05.10.1944 - (10.1945) Anti-Submarine Base Maintenance Officer, HMCS Somers Isles (RCN work up base, Bermuda)
President, Spratt & Associates Consulting Engr. Ltd., Victoria, British Columbia.
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.
Stevens,
Charles Peter Rodger
see: RNVR officers' section  
Stevenson,
John Harold
J.H. Stevenson (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))
?
-
T/Lt. 10.08.1942 [0-69970]
27.02.1945 - (05.1945) Staff Officer to Chief of Staff to Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]
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 O.G. Stuart (© Imperial War Museum (A 28199))

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
Swan,
Thomas Robertson
T.R. Swan
Son of Thomas Swan, and Mina Robertson.
Married 1st (08.09.1937, St James' Church, Vancouver, BC) Phyllis Margaret Harold (1916? - ), daughter of Thomas Speakman Harold, and Mary Humphries; ... children (one son?).
Married 2nd Ilene Grunberg.
17.02.1912
Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
-
26.04.1993
Pender Island, British Columbia
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.02.1942 [0-71460]
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.02.1943
T/Lt. 07.02.1944?, seniority 16.02.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Hotel clerk.
26.02.1942 - (04.)1942 HMCS Kings (Officers' Training Establishment, Halifax, NS)
20.07.1942 - (09.1942) HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC) (for Foreign Intelligence Staff)
01.03.1943 - (10.)1943 HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC) (for duty with Staff Officer (Y))
12.10.1943 - (10.1943) HMCS Givenchy (RCN base, Esquimalt, BC) (for signal staff)
07.02.1944 - (07.)1944 HMCS Meon (River class frigate)
15.08.1944 - (09.)1944 HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas) (for disposal)
14.09.1944 - (11.1944) HMCS Teme (River class frigate)
? - (03.1945) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for disposal or under training)
(04.1945) - (10.1945) HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas) *
Manufacturer.
* 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)
Thackray,
James Carden [Barclay]
J.C.B. Thackray
Son of Carden Cousens Thackray, and Maud Stewart Barclay Macpherson.
Married (06.03.1948) Second Officer Marie Therese Stephensen, WRNS, daughter of Dr David Stephenson, of Scarborough, Yorkshire; two sons, two daughters.
25.02.1924
Granby, Quebec
-

Westmount, Quebec
T/S.Lt. 21.06.1943 [0-72480]
T/A/Lt. 21.06.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
Education: Westmount Secondary School; McGill University (BSc, 1946).
Joined Bell Canada as mail porter, Montreal, 1940.
1942 - 1946 served with Navy in North Atlantic, Mediterranean, UK and South East Asia:
(06.1944)     HMS Nigeria (cruiser) *
(10.1944) - (04.1945) no appointment listed
18.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Glasgow (cruiser)
(04.1946)     HMS Glasgow (cruiser) *
Rejoined Bell Canda, served in Commercial and Employee Relations, 1949-1951. Rate Engineer with A.T.&.T. in New York, 1952. various management posts in Commercial and Marketing, Montreal and Toronto, and Trans-Canada Telephone System, with Bell Canada, 1955-1965.Vice-President and General Manager, Toll Area, 1965. Vice-President and General Manager, Central Area, Ottawa, 1966. Vice-President, Toronto Area, 1969. Executive Vice-President (Western Region), 1970-(1975). Executive Vice-President, Operations, Bell Canada. Director: Union Carbide Canada Limited and Northern Electric Company Limited; ank of Montreal; IAC Limited; Maritime Telegraph & Telephone Company; The New Brunswick Telephone Co. Lts.; Bell-Northern Research Ltd. Chairman of the Board of Tele-Direct Limited. President: Canadian Telecommunications Carriers Association; member on the Board of Management of the Trans-Canada Telephone System. Past President, Canada Safety Council, 1970-1972. Member of the Council, Toronto Board of Trade. Chairman, Toronto Redevelopment Advisory Council. Champaign Chairman, United Appeal of Metro Toronto, 1971. Member, Board of Trustees, Hospital for Sick Children, 1973-(1975). Director, Comité Canada Committee.
* indexed, but not listed as such
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,
Garth Osborne
G.O. Thomson (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))
?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.06.1944 [0-73030]
(1945)     Staff Officer "Y" on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]
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)
Thornton,
Peter Fremeaux
P.F. Thornton (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))
?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 02.06.1938 [0-73210]
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 28.11.1942
28.11.1942 - (05.1945) Intelligence Staff on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]
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)
Turcot,
Marc Marie René
M.M.R. Turcot
?
-
T/A/S.Lt. 09.10.1939 [0-74350]
T/S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 09.10.1939
T/Lt. 09.10.1940 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
09.10.1939 - (04.)1940 Quebec Division RCNVR
(10.1940) - (11.1940) no appointment listed
16.12.1940 - (12.1940) HMCS Stadacona (RCN barracks & training establishment, Halifax, NS) (for disposal or under training)
10.05.1941 - (02.)1943 HMCS Naden (RCN base, Esquimalt, BC) (for Torpedo School)
21.04.1943 - (12.1943) HMCS Annapolis (Town class destroyer) (for torpedo duties)
21.02.1944 - (03.)1945 HMCS Sioux (V class destroyer) (for torpedo duties)
(03.1945) - (10.1945) HMCS Stadacona (RCN barracks & training establishment, Halifax, NS) (for disposal or under training)
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)
Turner,
William John McCrea
W.J.M. Turner
14.07.1920
-
10.2012

T/A/S.Lt. 21.10.1939 [0-74540]
T/S.Lt. ?, seniority 12.10.1939
T/Lt. 12.11.1941
?, seniority 12.11.1940 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Lt.Cdr. RCN(R) 12.11.1948
19.09.1940 - (07.)1941 HMCS St Francis (destroyer)
06.10.1941 - (04.)1942 HMCS St Hyacinthe (HMC Signal School, St. Hyacinthe, Que.)
01.05.1942 - (06.)1943 HMCS Prince David (armed merchant cruiser)
07.06.1943 - (02.)1944 HMCS Venture (RCN base, Halifax, NS)
02.1944 - 03.1944 HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas) (for Castle class corvettes)
14.03.1944 - (10.1945) HMCS Orangeville (corvette)
       

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Usher,
Ewart Sheldon
E.S. Usher (Photo courtesy of Mr Paul Warner)
Son of Laurence Stanley Usher (1891-1981), and Thelma Janet Richardson (1897-1974).
Married (26.09.1945, Kew Beach United Church) Helen Elizabeth Warner (31.08.1924 - 04.05.1979), daughter (with two brothers) of Harold Harber Warner (1897-1978), and Helen Fredrica Price (1898-1967); one son.
Married 2nd (26.12.1950, Albany, New York, USA) Patricia Ruth Barker (05.07.1926 - 14.02.1999), daughter of Stanley Grant Barker (1899-), and Theresa Ann Miller (1904-1936); two sons, two daughters.
Married 3rd Marjorie L. Blanchard (14.10.1925 - 18.01.2013), daughter of Ray R. Blancahrd (1900-), and Louise .... (1900-).
25.07.1920
Niagara-on-the-Lake
-
21.09.2005
Laguna Hills, California, USA
T/S.Lt. (E) 03.07.1942 [0-74760]
T/Lt. (E) 06.03.1944
Education: University of Toronto (mechanical engineering).
24.09.1942 - (09.1942) HMCS York (RCN base and reserve division, Toronto, Ontario)
04.05.1943 - (08.)1943 HMCS Thunder (minesweeper)
26.09.1943 - (10.1943) HMCS Stadacona (RCN barracks & training establishment, Halifax, NS) (for disposal or under training)
(02.1944)   (05.1944) HMCS York (RCN base and reserve division, Toronto, Ontario) *
29.05.1944 - (09.)1944 HMCS St Pierre (frigate)
1944 - (11.1944) HMCS Guysborough (minesweeper)
(01.1945) - (03.1945) no appointment listed
16.03.1945 - (10.1945) HMCS St Therese (frigate)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Worked for Otis Elevator Company in northern United States until his retirement in 1980.
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Van,
William Ross
W.R. Van
1921
-
10.01.2013
Ottawa, Ontario
T/S.Lt. 12.10.1942 [0-74850]
T/Lt. 12.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
24.02.1943 - (12.1943) HM LST 12 (landing ship, tank)
(02.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed
(10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto) *
16.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMCS Stadacona (RCN barracks & training establishment, Halifax, NS) (for disposal or under training)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Van Wagoner,
Robert Allen
R.A. Van Wagoner
?
-
20.03.1987
Cambridge, Ontario
T/S.Lt. 28.12.1942 [0-74950]
T/Lt. 1943?, seniority 28.12.1942
28.08.1943 - (10.)1943 HMCS Kings (officers' training establishment, Halifax, NS) (for disposal or under training)
02.11.1943 - (10.1945) HMCS Swift Current (Bangor class minesweeper)
       

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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,
George Rutherford
G.R. Walker
Son of Robertson Roy Walker, and Mary Rebecca Rutherford.
Married (16.12.1944) Mary Eastwood, daughter of Wilfred & Hilda Ripley; one daughter, four sons.
16.10.1915
Bolton, Ontario
-
?
T/Sg.Lt. 10.07.1941 [0-75510]
Education: Deer Park PS; Oakwood College; Victory College (1933-1934); University of Toronto; MD 1941; MS FRCS(C), FACS
(02.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed
12.07.1943 - 29.01.1944 HMS Spartan (cruiser) (destroyed by German aircraft at Anzio)
10.03.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Caroline II (trawler base, Belfast)
13.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMCS York (RCN base, Toronto, Ontario) (for special duties; sometime Acting Principal Medical Officer)
General surgeon who practiced medicine in Sudbury, Ontario, between1950 and 1990. Member of the surgical staff of the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto (1956-1958), and Chief of Staff at Memorial Hospital (1982-1987). He was a member of the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Founding Board and an author of several medical articles.
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)]
Warner,
Clarence Willard
C.W. Warner (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))
?
-
T/El.Lt. (R) 12.05.1940 [0-76120]
T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. (R) 01.01.1943
01.04.1944 - (05.1945) Communications Staff to Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)]
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
Watson,
William Wallace
W.W. Watson
Married Melba Hill; one son, one daughter.
26.09.1918
-
24.05.2001
Hotel Dieu Hospital, Cornwall, Ontario
T/S.Lt. 15.12.1939 [0-76480]
T/Lt. 15.12.1941
?, seniority 15.12.1940 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
08.01.1940 - 02.03.1940 HMCS Stone Frigate (RCN training establishment) (for training course)
23.04.1940 - (07.)1941 HMCS Venture (RCN accommodation ship, Halifax, NS)
02.07.1941 - (10.1941) RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]
10.03.1942 - (06.)1943 HMCS Star (Hamilton Division RCNVR)
24.06.1943 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HMCS Millicette (training ship) [tender to HMCS Montcalm]
06.01.1944 - (03.)1945 HMCS Stormont (frigate)
09.03.1945 - (10.1945) HMCS Chilliwack (corvette)
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
-
08.06.2016
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 Institute 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).
Wentz,
Charles Frederick Rupert
C.F.R. Wentz
Son (with one brother) of Charles Henry Wentz (1878-1949), and Jennie Margaret Lund (1880-1958).
Married (02.05.1936) Alice Maxine Hurd Watson (07.03.1915 - 11.10.1975), daughter of William T. Watson (1868-1953), and Mary Melissa Hurd (1875-1921); three daughters, one son.
19.12.1907
Los Angeles, California, USA
-
15.02.1982
Lake San Marcos, San Diego, California, USA
Lt. 01.04.1937 [0-77100]
?, seniority 01.04.1936
A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1944, < 01.1945
Lt.Cdr. 1945?, seniority 01.04.1944
06.1940 - 12.1941 Commanding Officer, HMCS Unicorn
(12.1941) - (10.1942) no appointment listed
31.10.1942 - (04.)1943 HMCS Halifax (corvette)
04.04.1943 - (06.)1944 HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Cornwallis, NS) (for new entry training)
(10.1944)     HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Cornwallis, NS) *
05.01.1945 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, Dockyard [HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland)]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Wesley,
Robert Hay
"Bob"
R.H. Wesley
Son (with one sister) of Robert Watson Wesley (1885-1962), and Lolita Mary Elizabeth Hay (1892-1983).
Married Dodie Livingstone, daughter of
John Livingstone (1880-), and Gertrude Simpson (1886-); two sons, two daughters.
16.01.1918
Toronto, Ontario
-
16.12.1985
Toronto, Ontario
T/Sg.Lt. 23.01.1942 [0-77110] (reld > 04.1946)
Education: Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (...-1942).
? - (09.1942) HMCS York (RCN base, Toronto, Ontario)
17.06.1943     seconded to Royal Navy
(10.1943) - (10.1944) no appointment listed
23.10.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)
(07.1945) - (04.1946) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
Obstetrics/gynecology. FACOG, FRCSC. Head, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Sunnybrook Medical Centre. Assistant professor, University of Toronto.
* indexed, but not listed as such
West,
Norman William
"Norm"
N.W. West
Married Shiela...; two sons, one daughter.
01.02.1925
-
28.05.2007
London, Ontario
Prob. T/S.Lt. 09.12.1944? [0-77144]
T/S.Lt. 27.04.1945
09.12.1944 - (10.1945) HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Cornwallis, NS) (for Executive Officers' Courses)
(04.1946)     HMCS York (Toronto Division RCNVR) *
Professor, University of Western Ontario. After graduating from the University of Toronto, Norm taught in Brampton, North York, and at University of Toronto Schools and McMaster University. While teaching at Althouse College, University of Western Ontario, he continued his professional studies earning his Doctorate in Education from Ohio State University in the early 1970’s.
* indexed, but not listed as such
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,
James Butler
J.B. White
?
-
T/S.Lt. 28.07.1944 [0-77455] (reld < 04.1946)
14.08.1944 - (10.1945) HMCS Timmins (corvette)
His son writes: "He was the vice president of the Naval Officers Association of Canada after the war as well! His Father Capt James B White was one of the first 10 members of the RAF and won the DFC in WW1."
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]
Willis,
Thomas Alfred
"Tom"
T.A. Willis
12.09.1912
-
05.1961
T/Lt. 1941?, seniority 31.12.1939 [0-78630]
30.06.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS St Loman (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
(08.1943)     HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban, South Africa) *
(10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed
(02.1944)     HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) *
12.02.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Exe (River class frigate)
16.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for miscellaneous duties)
(10.1945) - (04.1946) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) *
His son writes: "Before the war started Tom was a Sergeant in 4 RCR (reserve) in London Ontario. Trained as a radio tech and telegrapher. Resigned from the reserves and joined the RCN as an Able Seaman. When the Army (RCRs) went looking for him the Navy found out he was a trained radio tech and sent him to HMS Raleigh and officer training. Installed Sonar and asdic systems on ships for the British and Americans."
* indexed, but not listed as such
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,
Harry Parks
H.P. Wilson
Residence: Orillia, Ontario.
?
-
?
Ord.Sea. (1940)
T/S.Lt. 31.12.1940 [0-78870]
T/Lt. late 1942?, seniority 30.07.1941 (reld 28.02.1945; medically unfit)
Mention in Despatches MID 30.05.1944
24.06.1944
action enemy aircraft Western Approaches 12.02.44
1940     HMCS Stadacona
1940     HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint, Cornwall)
1941     HMS Hecla & HMS Waddaon
1941     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (for training)
(06.)1941 - (08.)1941 to Oban, Scotland as Kite Balloon Officer [HMS President]
19.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Buxton (training ship)
(02.1942) - (06.1943) no appointment listed:
1942     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for training)
1942     pilot training at RNAS Sealand for No. 24 Elementary Flying Training School
1942?     RAF Kingston for No. 31 Service Flying Training School, and to RNAS Yeovilton for Operational Flying Training
21.05.1943 - (08.)1943 pilot, 748 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn)]
(10.1943) - (12.1943) 881 Squadron FAA *
26.11.1943 - (06.)1944 pilot, 881 Squadron FAA [HMS Pursuer (escort carrier)] (total flying hours: 430 hours with 42 day and 2 night fixed wing deck landings)
(10.)1944 - 28.02.1945 Naval Service HQ [HMCS Stadacona] (on staff of Director of Naval Air Division)
* 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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