Please enjoy these links to stories related to Canadian from St. Thomas, Ontario and Elgin County who served in the Navy and the Merchant Marine as well as those civilians caught up in naval warfare.
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The Question is Always Why |
Bridgeman_Bud
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The tenacity of one man saved many lives. We will never know why Bud, volunteered to remain on lookout aboard HMCS Comox after the search for survivors of the Liberty Ship Martin Van Buren had ceased. Nevertheless, sixty-six men are very grateful that he did
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The Halifax Explosion |
CLUSKEY_Seaman Gunner James A. & YOUNG_Seaman Owen G.
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Two young sailors from St. Thomas tell what they saw of the explosion - one on the shore and the other from another ship in the harbour
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Lusitania Survivor |
Dolphin_Avis
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Story of 12 girl from St. Thomas who was rescued from the sinking Lusitania and befriended by a famous Scots lecturer
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With Winnie on the Prince of Wales |
Fackrell_Hugh
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A tale of one of Sir Winston Churchill's famous cigars
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Adrift off Cape Town |
Hough_Bill
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Merchant ship sunk by U-Boats and Hough and survivors left adrift 500 miles off Cape Town in 1943
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Adventures with Radar |
Paddon_Stuart
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Rear Admiral Stuart Paddon recalls his early days with top secret radar
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Off to meet the Bismark |
Paddon_Stuart
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Rear Admiral Stuart Paddon recalls his role as Radar Officer aboard HMS the Prince of Wales when it encountered the Bismark
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To Newfoundland with Churchill |
Paddon_Stuart
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Rear Admiral Stuart Paddon recalls incidents as the Radar Officer aboard HMS Prince of Wales when they escorted Churchill to a secret meeting with President Roosevelt in Newfoundland
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Operation Neptune |
Perry_Robert
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Bob Perry recalls his role on the minesweeper HMCS Thunder clearing the approaches Normandy beaches
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