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| 3382 | PUGSLEY, William H. Saints, Devils and Ordinary Seamen: Life on the Royal Canadian Navy's Lower Deck. xiii, 241p., illus. Toronto: Collins, 1946.
Pugsley was a journalist and junior officer who chose to serve as an ordinary seaman in order to describe life on the lower deck. He uses this experience and those of the men he served with to describe the RCN at war. He spent two years as a rating, serving in Saguenay in the Atlantic, then in Sioux, Duke of York, the minesweeper Georgian from which he saw D-Day, with the Canadian MTBs and finally in Haida. |
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| 3383 | REDMAN, Stanley R. Open Gangway: The (Real) Story of the Halifax Navy Riot. 167p., illus. Hantsport, N.S.: Lancelot, 1981. ISBN: 0889991502
A detailed account of a still controversial incident. |
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| 3384 | ROBINSON, David Anthony. The Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1942–1944. 22, [4, 4], 22p. Ottawa: Government of Canada, 2000. ISBN: 0662644999.
A bilingual work to mark the 55th anniversary of the U-boat attacks on Canada. |
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| 3385 | ROWLAND, John. Slipping the Lines: Adventures around the World in Peace and War. x, 512p., illus. North Battleford, Sask.: Turner-Warwick, 1993. ISBN: 0919899358.
Born in 1910, the author had an adventurous career as a youth and toured the world. In 1941 he joined the RCN and the last 50 pages of the book describe the lighter moments of his service in the Battle of the Atlantic first on the corvette Ville de Quebec and then on the Algerine Fort Frances. |
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| 3386 | SCHULL, Joseph. The Far Distant Ships. xix, 527p., illus., index. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1952.
The excellent but brief official history of the RCN in the war. Reprinted by Stoddart in 1987 (ISBN: 0870212036). |
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| 3387 | SCHULL, Joseph. Ships of the Great Days: Canada's Navy in World War II (Great Stories of Canada, 26). 156p., illus. Toronto: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin's, 1962; London: Macmillan, 1963.
An abridgement for younger readers of his official history. |
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| 3388 | STEVENS, Allan W. Glory of Youth: A Narrative of My Experience as an Officer in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1939 to 1945. x, 254p. illus. Palmetto, Fla.:[author, 1995]. ISBN: 0968269605.
He joined up in 1940 and after training joined Prince Robert in 1941. He soon moved to Trail and Atlantic convoys followed by a training post ashore at Cornwallis. This was followed by a spell as Executive Officer on Courbet, before moving to Restigouche in time for D-Day and operations in the Bay. He then returned to Canada to a training post. |
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| 3389 | STRANGE, William. Ships Mean Freedom. 64p., illus. Ottawa: Navy League of Canada, [1943].
Articles about the RCN, in support of Navy Week. |
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| 3390 | STRANGE, William. Ships Mean Life. 64p. [Ottawa: Navy League of Canada, 1944].
Another Navy Week booklet. |
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| 3391 | STRANGE, William. Ships Mean Security. 64p. [Ottawa: Navy League of Canada, 1945].
The final Navy Week booklet, published just after the defeat of Germany. |
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| 3392 | STRANGE, William. Ships Mean Victory. 64p., illus. [Ottawa: Navy League of Canada, 1942].
A booklet describing the ships of the RCN and Merchant Navy in support of Navy Week 1942. |
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| 3393 | TAYLOR, Dianne J. There's No Wife Like It. x, 198p. Victoria, B.C.: Braemar, 1985. ISBN: 0919749062.
The RCN as seen by naval wives – a quite different perspective. |
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| 3394 | TUCKER, Gilbert Norman. The Naval Service of Canada: Its Official History. 2 vols., bibliog., illus., index. Ottawa: King's Printer, 1952.
Volume 1 covers the pre-war years while volume 2 covers the activities on shore during WWII, ranging from ship procurement to personnel training, the naval bases, etc. |
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| 3395 | WELLS, George Anderson. The Fighting Bishop. xix, 628p., illus., index. Toronto: Cardwell House, 1971.
The story of an astonishing life. By 1939 Bishop Wells had already fought in the Boer War and served as a chaplain in WWI. He set up the Canadian Army Chaplaincy in World War II, was retired on age grounds in 1943 and promptly became Chaplain of the Fleet! Sheds light on an unusual area. |
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| 3396 | WELLS, Herb. Under the White Ensign. 2 vols., St. John's, Nfld.: Robinson Blackmore, 1981-85. A history of Newfoundland naval seamen in WWII. The second volume also covers the Korean War. They consist of a whole series of short anecdotes covering all theatres and ship types. It may have been self-published in 1977 and then reissued in two volumes in 1981-85. |
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| 3397 | WEYMAN, Ronald C. In Love and War: A Memoir. 111p., illus. Toronto: Simon & Pierre, 1995. ISBN: 0889242682.
A personal memoir. He joined up in 1940 and as an asdic specialist on HMT Preston North End. He then moved to Achates from where he watched the sinking of Hood and picked up the survivors. After she was mined on the Russian convoy route he joined St Croix on Atlantic convoy work. He then took command of an LST serving at D-Day and in Malaya. An enjoyable tale. |
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| 3398 | WHITBY, Michael, GIMBLETT, Richard H. & HAYDON, Peter eds. The Admirals: Canada's Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century. 414p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto: Dundurn, 2006. ISBN: 1550025805.
The Proceedings of the Sixth Maritime Command Historical Conference, held in 2002. The papers describe the careers of each of the ten Chiefs of the Naval Service of the RCN and there are autobiographical pieces from six contemporary commanders. |
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| 3399 | WILKINSON, William Arthur. Making a Difference: The Memoirs of William Arthur Wilkinson. 163p., bibliog., illus. Windsor, Ont.: author, 1995. ISBN: 0921447272.
The rather bland memoirs of a Canadian pharmacist, who joined up as an officer in 1939 and served in the Battle of the Atlantic and in a number of training posts, ending the war as a Lt Commander. Post-war he had a distinguished professional career. |
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| 3400 | YOUNG, George. The Short Triangle: A Story of the Sea and Men Who Go Down to it in Ships. 79p., illus. Lunenberg, N.S.: Lunenberg County Press, 1975. ISBN: 0920454011.
An account of Montgomery's service on the eastern Canadian seaboard in the summer of 1942. |
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| 3401 | ZARN, George. Prairie Boys Afloat. 260p., illus. High River, Alta.: [author], 1979.
A folksy account of Zarn's service on Prince Robert and potted biographies and tall tales of assorted country boys serving on the lower deck. |
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