Captain Adelaide Helen Grant Sinclair OC, OBE, WRCNS “Provided Exceptional Leadership in organizing the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service during the Second World War.” On a cold, mid-January day in 1900, Adelaide Helen Grant Sinclair (née MacDonald) was born in Toronto, Ontario*. It was a unique time – Canada was just over thirty years old
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Lieutenant-Commander John Stubbs DSO, DSC, RCN “Naval prodigy and master tactician who exemplified devotion to duty” The death of Lieutenant-Commander John Hamilton Stubbs might be the single greatest loss of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the Second World War. A naval prodigy, possessing unrivaled seamanship skills, he seemed to have it all – good
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Lieutenant-Commander William (Bill) King Lowd “Lo” Lore RCN “First Chinese Canadian RCN officer and first officer of Chinese descent to serve in any of the Royal Navies of the British Commonwealth” Lore’s journey to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was far from typical. Born on February 28, 1909, in Victoria, British Columbia, he was a
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Commander Isabel Macneill OC, OBE, WRCNS “First woman to command a ship (Stone Frigate) in the British Commonwealth” Isabel Janet Macneill’s career was marked by many “firsts”. Born in the capital of Nova Scotia on June 4, 1908, she attended Halifax Ladies’ College, a “high class residential school for girls and young women”. She was
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