Growing List - Canadian Members of Combined Operations

A Growing List

Shoulder patch for Canadians in Combined Operations

As books, passages from texts and newspapers, and photographs are displayed, more names of Canadian members of Combined Operations are gradually revealed and will be recorded here whenever possible in alphabetical order:

Fred Alston (Stoker)

Don Arney

Art (Gash) Bailey

R. W. Brown (Stoker), first left. Art Bailey is far right.
A 1989 reunion of two shipmates at Dieppe

Sub-Lieut. Ian Barclay, Montreal [link to news article]

Barclay was one of two Navy men from Combined Ops to help

the Navy win the Grey Cup in 1944

Photo and quote found in St. Nazaire to Singapore Volume 2

AB Sam Belisle, Ottawa [link to news article]

A/B H. Billington, Winnipeg, Manitoba

LS (Leading Seaman) Norm Bowen, Ottawa. [link to news article]

R. W. Brown (Stoker) [appears in photo above with Gash Bailey]

Roy Burt

AB Lloyd Campbell, 17138, London, Ontario

Richard Cavanaugh, V6678, Ottawa, Ontario

Earl Chambers

Lt. Walter (Wally) Charron

D. Chisholm

Ed. J. Corbett (Stoker), Fort William, Ontario

F. Coverdale

A. Daley

W. Dayton

K. Downey

A. Drew

Tom Enright

Thomas Fawdry (Stoker), Harrow, Ontario

AB Lloyd Evans, Ottawa [link to news article]

Photo as found in Ottawa Citizen, Feb. 1944

A. Fraser

W. 'Bill' Grycan

S/Lt. George Hampson, Montreal, Quebec

Doug Harrison, Norwich, Ontario V8809

D. Harrison, 2nd left, served at CO camp in Comox, BC, 1944 - 45

George Hobson

C.E. Howard

James 'Jim' Ivison

A/B M.W. Key, Winnipeg, Manitoba

S/Lt. John Keys, Montreal, Quebec

Budd Kidd

A. G. Kirby

Lieut. Jack Koyl, Saskatoon [link to news article]

AB Jean Kroon, Standard, Alberta [in above photo with Lloyd Evans]

Chuck Levett

Chuck Levett, centre row, left, is beside Bill Grycan

David Lewis, Alberta

Comb. Ops veterans put heads and stories together in the 1990s

Don Linder, Kitchener, Ontario

AB (Able Bodied) Cy Little, Ottawa [link to news article]

James 'Jim' Malone

Jim Ivison and Jim Malone, back row, first and second from left,

were members of the No. 1 Navy ball team, Comox, 1944-45

L/Seaman Mair, Victoria, B.C.

Clayton 'Red' Marks

Photo from Combined Operations by Clayton Marks

Vic Mauro

A/B W.C.R. MacDonald, Abbotsford, British Columbia

J. McFarland

Buryl McIntyre, Norwich, Ontario

AB Joseph McKenna, V1540, PEI

Lt. Robert McRae, Toronto, Ontario

Lt. McRae became a POW at Dieppe, 1942

Sketch from St. Nazaire to Singapore, Vol. 1

A/B J.R. McTavish, Regina, Saskatchewan

C. Michael

Norm Mitchison, Niagara Falls

Waldo Mullins, FO 81st Flotilla

A/B Jerry Mulvey, Winnipeg, Manitoba

W. Parkes

Bruce Rendell

Jack Rimmer, Montreal

F. Robinson

Charles 'Chuck' Rose, Chippawa, Ontario, V-8927

Ted Sales

Jim Salisbury

Edward Scaysbrook, V-46818

Tom Scott

Lt. W. R. Sinclair

John Singleton, V-17334

Donald Slauenwhite, V-25787

Joe Spencer, V-8929

Gerald Spero, V-40874

F. L. Stapley, A-1399

L/Seaman Coxswain Lysle Sweeting, Gull Lake, Saskatchewan

Harold Tomlinson

A/B John Tomlinson, Galt, Ontario

S/Lt. Harry Trenholme, Montreal, Quebec

John Vandersluys, V-31672

Douglas Walker, V-34153

E. Walker, A-4081

Fred Walkley, V-59342

S/Lt. Clifford D. Wallace, Montreal, Quebec

Harold Wallace, V-44571

Joe Watson, Simcoe, Ontario V-8821

 Canadians in Combined Ops aboard H.M.S. Keren, Atlantic 1943

Names of Canadians aboard H.M.S. Keren, Atlantic 1943

Lt. Andy Wedd

Don Westbrook, Hamilton, Ontario

Lieut. Jud Whittall, Vancouver [link to news article]

Richard Wilson, V-43414

Douglas 'Doug' Zink

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More to follow.

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