HMCS YORK

 

Toronto Company, RCNVR

 

Toronto Division, RCNVR

 

 

Toronto, Ontario

 

 

HMCS York, Toronto, Ontario

Courtesy of Dennis Cardy

 

HMCS YORK was initially commissioned as the Toronto Company RCNVR on 10 Apr 1923. At the outbreak of WW2 the unit moved to the Automotive Building at the Canadian national Exhibition grounds. During the war, HMCS YORK was the first experience of naval life form more than 14,000 members of the RCN.

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

Lt Gordon B. Jackson, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1923 - unk

 

 

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

 

BETEAU, Howard G.

AB LRII, RCNVR

Died - 23 Sep 1945

HARE, Mervin C.

Lt (P), RCN

Died: 30 Jun 1950

McFAULDS, Ronald D.

A/Cook, RCNVR

Died - 29 Sep 1942

 

 

Course Photos

 

Engineer Writer Class "H"

Nov 1943

"F" Division

Dec 1943

Hamilton Division

21 Mar 1944

 

Engineer Writer Class

14 May 1944

Javelin Division

14 May 1944

Engineer Writer Class

Oct 1944

 

Motor Operators Course

1944

 

 

 

Photos and Documents - General

 

Wardroom Staff Christmas - 1944

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(18) Butson, Harold, RCNVR

From the collection of Harold Butson, RCNVR

Courtesy of Doug Butson

 

 

HMCS York Naval Field Gun Crew - Aug 1943

Frank Belcher, 7th from right

Source:  Ian MacNeill Collection, Ancestry.com

 

 

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