Update Log for rcnhistory.org.

April 11, 2021

The most recent entries are at the top.
This log was started September 21, 2019. Many entries before that date are missing or incomplete.

April 11, 2021: Added name of John MacMillan to history item about HMCS Chilliwack, per email from his son Jamie. Link: history-chilliwack-1944.htm.
April 3, 2021: Added a new photo to history item about HMCS Chilliwack, and removed link to Gordon Mumford's Merchant Navy website from the same item, as it now displays Chinese characters. Link: history-chilliwack-1944.htm.
April 3, 2021: Added the name of Joseph Crompton to the photo description at gard-rosthern-shipsco.htm.
March 10, 2021: Added a link and corrected another on Links page at navy-links.htm
March 7, 2021: Added info about HMCS Cormorant to a photo caption on a John Gorman page at gorman-dartmouth-destroyers.htm
Feb. 12, 2021: Added several names to photos in Gordon Hunter's section, per email from him.
Feb. 5, 2021: Added an outside link to the history section, sent by William Gard.
Feb. 2, 2021: Added new section for Fred Hollands with 56 original WW2 photos.
Jan. 25, 2021: Added new memorial item for Guy Theriault in the History Section. Temporary home -- will create a Memorial Section.
Dec. 30, 2020: Added phone numbers of Canadian and USA crisis hotlines, to the Health & Wellfare section of navy-links.htm.
Dec. 22, 2020: Added two photos provided by David Arkwright to the History Section.
Nov. 27, 2020: Added a photo of Russ Spears to James Bankes' history item.
Nov. 13, 2020: Revised more names in another photo in Rick Faulkner's section, per another email from him.
Nov. 13, 2020: Reformatted Colin Murdo Nicolson's section & created nicolson-ix.htm with thumbnails.
Nov. 13, 2020: Revised the names in a photo in Rick Faulkner's section, per email from him.
Nov. 9, 2020: Added name Arthur Longbottom to the group photo of HMCS Chilliwack, in file history-ix.htm.
Nov. 9, 2020: Added name of Tom Bertie Robinson, and re-formatted the caption under the group photo of HMCS Sioux.
Nov. 9, 2020: Added a link to a YouTube video by Peter Pronych, to the end of the history section.
Nov. 7, 2020: Added 16 more photos to Colin Murdo Nicolson's section, as for some reason I had failed to add them to the index.
Nov. 6, 2020: Added a new section, with 86 photos and a diary by Colin Murdo Nicolson, all from HMCS Sioux in WW2.
Nov. 6, 2020: Added a link to Application for Canadian Military Service Information to the links section.
Nov. 6, 2020: Removed the notice of the Columbia 2/62 Sunset Guard reunion.
Oct. 19, 2020: Added the name of Garth O'Neil Kennedy to the group photo of HMCS Chilliwack, as well as added the caption of a newspaper clipping, replacing the torn caption of the existing image.
Oct. 19, 2020: Added a new name and a numbered version of the group photo of HMCS Sioux in 1944, sent in by Eric Nicolson, in this item.
Oct. 19, 2020: Revised the "Back to Main Menu" link in each Xmas Card to point to originating link. See Section.
Sept. 10, 2020: Added another item to the Health & Welfare section of the links page. Also changed address of Donald Courcy's website navy-links.htm.
Sept. 8, 2020: Added two items to the Health & Welfare section of the links page navy-links.htm.
Aug. 26, 2020: Added a new section, with 3 photos, for Roger Rayner.
Aug. 21, 2020: Corrected an item in a Reginald Rhymes item.
Aug. 19, 2020: Added a "Volunteers" section to the Links page navy-links.htm.
Aug. 11, 2020: Added link to on-line CBC story about toxic mold, to "Toxic Mold" sub-section of the Major Health Issues section on the main index page.
Aug. 10, 2020: Corrected the ranks of two officers in the engine room of HMCS Ontario, in Ken Johnson's section.
Aug. 9, 2020: Added the missing name to History section item on HMCS Kamsack.
Aug. 8, 2020: Added "lazy loading" of thumbnail photos to the main index plus to all individual index pages. Will introduce this feature to all pages with many photos, as time permits. Also standardized the photo sizes of individual portraits in the main index page.
Aug. 7, 2020: Added ten photos to Robert Berbeck's section -- visit to Corregidor, in 1983.
July 26, 2020: Added two Christmas cards to that section, sent to me by Ken Johnson.
July 26, 2020: Added a new photo sent to me by Ken Johnson, of his father and Archie Leitch, to his section.
June 24, 2020: Added a new section for William Killam photos of HMCS Cobalt.
June 22, 2020: Added a new Documents Section, listing all the existing documents and lists on this website. Kept the original document links in their original sections.
June 21, 2020: Added a letter describing the Halifax Riots to the history section.
June 19, 2020: Added a new history item sent me by James Bankes.
June 19, 2020: Corrected the surname of Reginald Vincent Bankes in a Beacon Hill history item per email from his son, James Bankes.
May 31, 2020: Added arrows to links to external websites. Also changed the focused link frame to red orange.
May 26, 2020: Added two new collections to Brian Lapierre's section, for a total of 79 new photos.
May 21, 2020: Added an improvement to all pages for people with visual problems or who can't use a mouse. When a link has "focus" (is ready to be clicked or tapped) it is enclosed in a red frame. Hitting the Tab key will advance to the next link, while hitting "Shift-Tab" will go back to the previous link. Hitting the "Return" ("Enter") key will be the same as clicking on the link. This doesn't work in older versions of Microsoft Edge, but works in versions updated after May, 2020.
May 20, 2020: Revised text of intro to Raymond E. Gard's section to reflect the death date of his eldest brother Fred Gard.
May 10, 2020: Revised Carl Ash's email address, per email from him at this address.
Apr. 23, 2020: Added a photo sent me by Terry Findlay, to his section at index.htm#findlay.
Apr. 11, 2020: Added two sets of photos (54 photos total) to Brian Lapierre's section at lapierre-ix.htm.
Mar. 31, 2020: Corrected two instances of a name in photo captions in one of Brian Lapierre's items at lapierre/lapierre-ojibwa-50th-2015.htm.
Mar. 17, 2020: Changed the Columbia 2/62 Sunset Guard reunion notice on the index page to read "CANCELLED".
Mar. 16, 2020: Added two photos to Roger Hawkes' section at hawkes-ste-therese.htm.
Mar. 12, 2020: Added a name to one of Vernon Clarence Miller's items at miller-vernon-tillsonburg-crew.htm.
Mar. 12, 2020: Added a photo to one of Charles MacDonald's items at macdonald-cornwallis-ottawa-div-57-58.htm.
Mar. 10, 2020: Added new section for Gordon Hunter at index.htm#hunter.
Mar. 7, 2020: Added new section for Charles MacDonald at index.htm#macdonald.
Feb. 21, 2020: Added a link to a photo on Flickr, of the HMCS Cornwallis hockey team of 1942/43. File name is history-keller-medal.htm.
Feb. 19, 2020: Added a new item to History section, about the death of Allan Moore of HMCS Bonaventure, in 1959.
Feb. 18, 2020: Added two names to one of Bob Stevenson's items at stevenson-cornwallis-saguenay58-div.htm, per email from René Audet.
Feb. 12, 2020: Added new photo to one of Charlie Dobie's items at ashore-stetherese22.htm.
Feb. 12, 2020: Added "Scrapping the Supercarrier" link to Alex Comber's Warseer website to links page at navy-links.htm.
Feb. 5, 2020: Added "History of Ships" link to Alex Comber's Warseer website to links page at navy-links.htm, and to navy-shiplist.htm
Jan. 6, 2020: Revision to photo descriptions in one of William Johnston's pages at history-johnston-ships.htm
Jan. 5, 2020: Minor revisions to photo descriptions in one of Robert Cowie's pages at cowie-ships-halifax.htm
Dec. 30, 2019: Added name of George Elmer Broomfield to photo description on page at museum-princerobert-crew.htm
Dec. 16, 2019: Made a minor revision to the HMCS Kamsack page, below.
Dec. 15, 2019: Added the HMCS Kamsack crew photo to the history section, at: history-bowes-kamsack.htm.
Dec. 7, 2019: Added the "Seasons Greetings" logo to the main page.
Dec. 7, 2019: Removed Grant Sinclair's contact info from his items (has he passed?) index.htm#sinclair
Nov. 25, 2019: Added date info for Columbia 2/62 Division 2020 reunion (in box at top of website) per email from Bert VonKalckreuth.
Nov. 20, 2019: Added death info for Douglas Comber to his section at index.htm#comber
Oct. 16, 2019: Added links to a page of links on the canadianasbestosexports.ca website, to Canadian news stories, and to a page of their links to international news stories about asbestos, in the "Major Health Issues" box at the top of the index page.
Oct. 10, 2019: Added a link to the mouldy mattress story published by the CBC, in the "Major Health Issues" box at the top of the index page.
Sept. 25, 2019: Added more info about Henry Layard Street, and added an email link for Henry Paul Street, to History Section item, at: hmcs-niobe-1911-crewlist.htm.
Sept. 24, 2019: Added info about Henry Layard Street, to History Section item, per his grandson, Henry Paul Street, at: hmcs-niobe-1911-crewlist.htm.
Sept. 23, 2019: Made some CSS file changes to support very wide screens.
Sept. 21, 2019: Created this Update Log and added it to rcnhistory.org.
Sept. 5 & 6, 2019: One of William Dalton Johnston's pages was revised to reflect new info on YMT Olympic, provided by Ralph Currell. Link is history-johnston-niobe.htm.
Sept. 4, 2019: Correction of the name Archie Menzies, in one of the Esquimalt Museum's pages, at: museum-princerobert-crew.htm.
Aug. 23, 2019: Addition of Neil Corfield to photo in one of Dave Tyson's pages. Info provided by Barry Walker. Link is tyson-cornwallis01.htm.
Aug. 8, 2019: Added an item to the Links Section, at: navy-links.htm.
July 29, 2019: Added item to history section, courtesy of Earl Storey: "HMCS Cornwallis, Skeena 1/68 Division", at: history-skeena-1-68-storey.htm.
July 15, 2019: Revised page in history section: "HMCS Cornwallis, Terra Nova Division, 1958-59". history-cunningham-cornwallis-terranova58.htm.
July 15, 2019: Added item to history section, submitted by Bob Moore: "Crew of HMCS Loch Morlich", at: moore-loch-morlich.htm.
June 17, 2019: Revised one of Bob Stevenson's pages, at: stevenson-cornwallis-saguenay58-div.htm.
June 6, 2019: Revised page in history section, at: history-athabaskan-memorial.htm.
May 29, 2019: Addition of the name Bernard Maurice Cocquyt to one of William Johnson's pages, at: history-johnston-niobe-group.htm.
May 27, 2019: Addition of the name Leonard Payne Faulds to one of Ken Bowie's pages, "Crew of HMCS Kapuskasing, 1945". Link is bowie-kapuskasing.htm.
April 20, 2019: YouTube link added to Doug MacBean's item in the history section: "Dennis Stapleton, 1934-2019", at: history-dennis-stapleton.htm.
March 31, 2019: Page added to history section: "HMCS Sioux, 1944", at: montgomery-history-sioux-1944.htm.
March 3, 2019: Wes Clark's section added, at: index.htm#clark.
March 3, 2019: Added item with YouTube link to history section: "A 14-minute video . . .". Link is history-ix.htm#bonaventure-video.
Feb. 27, 2019: Page added to the history section, submitted by William Truscott, at: truscott-niobe-crew.htm.
Feb. 27, 2019: Page added to the history section, submitted by William Truscott, at: truscott-byhre.htm.
Feb. 27, 2019: Revision of one of William Johnston's pages, at: history-johnston-jettyrow.htm.
Feb. 16, 2019: Correction of Marty Byzewski's name on one of Jim Thorn's pages, at: thorn-cornwallis-rifle-range.htm.
Feb. 15, 2019: Correction of Gary Overall's name in Gordon Wensley's page. Info provided by John MacPherson. Link is: wensley-stettler.htm.
Feb. 13, 2019: Revision to one of Bill Bowman's pages, at: bowman-cornwallis-assault.htm.
Jan. 22, 2019: Correction to one of Raymond E. Gard's pages, at: gard-rosthern-shipsco.htm.
Jan. 13, 2019: Added page to history section, submitted by Cam Longhurst, at: history-quebec-longhurst.htm.
Jan. 12, 2019: Added page to history section, submitted by Greg Trudeau, at: history-trudeau-army-navy-air.htm.
Jan. 1, 2019: Moved Douglas Comber's two pages from the "History" section to his own section, at: index.htm#comber.
Dec. 29, 2018: Added page to Brian Lapierre's section, at: lapierre/lapierre-1979-propulsion.htm.
Dec. 15, 2018: Added page to history section, submitted by William Gard, at: history-gard-nootka.htm.
Dec. 4, 2018: Name added to one of Ed Koski's pages, at: koski-terra-nova-division.htm.
Nov. 3, 2018: Added page to history section, submitted by William Gard, at: history-gard-huron-hawaii.htm.
Oct. 31, 2018: Revision to one of Gordon Stewart's pages, at: stewart-personal.htm.
Oct. 30, 2018: Added PO Bruce Bottomley's name to a Bentick Island demolitions course photo, at: rcn-bentickisland01.htm.
Oct. 26, 2018: Added page to history section, submitted by William Gard, at: history-gard-kootenay-crew.htm.
Oct. 26, 2018: Added page to history section, submitted by William Gard, at: history-gard-kootenay-49th.htm.
Oct. 24, 2018: Revised first Christmas Card item: "NRS Churchill, Christmas Card, circa 1955", at: xmas-nrschurchill.htm.
Oct. 22, 2018: Created Christmas Cards section and added three items, at: history-ix.htm#xmascards.
Oct. 10, 2018: Added three items to the Links Section. Link to the section is: navy-links.htm.
Aug. 16, 2018: Revision to one of Ken Johnson's pages, "HMCS Ontario Ship's Company", at: johnson/johnson-ontario-shipscompany.htm.
Aug. 10, 2018: Revision to an item on the history index page: "HMCS New Glasgow", at: history-ix.htm#unknown-newglasgow.
Aug. 10, 2018: Added page to history section, submitted by Kerr Anderson: "British Armed Trawler, WW1", at: history-forbes.htm.
Aug. 6, 2018: Revision to one of Edmund Ferris's pages, "HMCS Pictou". It was finally determined that the photo is of HMCS Pictou and not HMS Primula. Link is: ferris-primula.htm.
Aug. 3, 2018: Page added to Ernest Harold Massick's section: "HMCS Beacon Hill", at: massick-beaconhill.htm.
July 24, 2018: Added names to one of Jim Thorn's pages. Names sent by Marty Byzewski, of men from St Laurent 2.62 who were posted to Comm Research in HMCS Gloucester, fall of 1962, at: thorn-cornwallis-stlaurent-1962.htm.
July 13, 2018: Revision(s) of name(s) to one of Dave Macgregor's pages, at: macgregor-cornwallis-assiniboine2-66.htm.
June 14, 2018: Page added Russell Hodgkin's section, at: johnson/hodgkin-cayuga-crew.htm.
May 16, 2018: Revision(s) of name(s) to one of Brian Lapierre's pages, at: lapierre/lapierre-okanagan-bbq-1970.htm.
May 16, 2018: Revision(s) of name(s) to one of Brian Lapierre's pages, at: lapierre/lapierre-okanagan-beards-1970.htm.
May 16, 2018: Revision(s) of name(s) to one of Brian Lapierre's pages, at: lapierre/lapierre-okanagan-rum-1972.htm.
May 16, 2018: Name revision to one of Brian Lapierre's pages, at: lapierre/lapierre-okanagan-birthday-1973.htm.
May 7, 2018: Revision to one of Ernest Harold Massick's pages, at: massick-skeena-1934.htm.
March 14, 2018: Revision(s) of name(s) to one of Ken Lloyd's pages, at: lloyd-discovery-company.htm.
March 3, 2018: Revision or addition to Shiplist Section, at: navy-shiplist.htm.
March 2, 2018: Revision to one of Rod Rockwell's pages, at: rockwell-cpfp.htm.
March 2, 2018: Two photos added to one of Rod Rockwell's pages, at: rockwell-cornwallis.htm.
March 1, 2018: Page added to Rod Rockwell's section, at: rockwell-leadership.htm.
April 15, 2018: History section item revised, at: hmcs-patriot-1921-crewlist.htm.
April 15, 2018: History section item revised, at: hmcs-rainbow-1911-crewlist.htm.
April 15, 2018: History section item revised, at: hmcs-niobe-1911-crewlist.htm.
Feb. 13, 2018: New photos added to one of Robert Ulmer's pages, at: ulmer-cornwallis-personal.htm.
Feb. 12, 2018: Bob Holmwood's section added, at is: index.htm#holmwood.
Feb. 9, 2018: Item added to history section: "HMCS Kings, 1945", at: history-hmcs-kings-1945.htm.
Jan. 25, 2018: Item added to history section: "HMCS Prince Robert's Clock", at: history-west-clock.htm.
Jan. 14, 2018: Edward John Vokey's section added, at: index.htm#vokey.
Jan. 14, 2018: Revision to one of Richard Fish's pages at: fish-cornwallis.htm.
Jan. 14, 2018: Name revision to one of Rick Faulkner's pages, at: faulkner-cornwallis-skeena-assault.htm.
Jan. 12, 2018: Names added to two of Dean Rogers' pages, at: rogers-cornwallis-skeena-kitmarking.htm and rogers-cornwallis-skeena-groups.htm.
December, 2017: Revision to one of Ken Johnson's pages, at: johnson/johnson-ontario-armyofficers.htm.
Dec. 29, 2017: Revision to history section item, at: history-helfrich-cornwallis.htm.
Dec. 23, 2017: Revision to one of Gertrude Quinn's pages, at: quinn/quinn-backhome.htm.
Dec. 10, 2017: Page added to Ken Johnson's section, at: johnson/can-cafe.htm.
Nov. 27, 2017: Name revisions to two of Daniel Morgan MacNeill's pages, at: macneil-york.htm and macneil-unknown.htm.
Oct. 24, 2017: Revision to one of John & Robert Salmond's pages, at: salmond1.htm.
Oct. 24, 2017: Two items added to John & Robert Salmond's section: "Robert Salmond" and "John Salmond". Link to section is: index.htm#salmond.
Oct. 22, 2017: Revision to one of Reginald Rhymes' pages, at: rhymes-cornwallis.htm.
Sept. 29, 2017: Page added to Brian Lapierre's section, at: lapierre/lapierre-2004-reunion.htm.
Sept. 16, 2017: Revision to one of Fred Bernhard's pages, at: bernhard-athabaskan.htm.
Sept. 12, 2017: Revision to one of Ken Johnson's pages, at: johnson/johnson-ontario-ashore.htm.
Sept. 10, 2017: Revision to one of Larry Thivierge's pages, at: thivierge-spikefish.htm.
Sept. 2, 2017: Gord Beattie -- photo of Sunset Guard, Columbia Division, 1962, addition or correction of one or more names, at: beattie-cornwallis-columbia-division-1962.htm.
Aug. 30, 2017: George Schmidt's section added, at: index.htm#schmidt.
Aug. 23, 2017: Revision to history section item: "HMCS Huron & HMCS St Laurent, 1944", at: history-laursen-ww2ships.htm.
July 25, 2017: Item added to history section: "HMCS St Hyacinthe, 1945", at: history-wryghte-sthyacinthe-1945.htm.
July 24, 2017: Item added to history section: "HMCS York, 1944", at: history-mak-hmcsyork-1944.htm.
July 6, 2017: One of Ken Lloyd's pages; the final word, provided by Yvan Martineau, on id of HMCS Ontario or HMCS Quebec in this photo. Link is lloyd-ontario.htm.
July 5, 2017: Yvan Martineau's section added, at: index.htm#martineau.
June 9, 2017: Added page to William Johnston's section, at: history-johnston-pennant.htm.
June 8, 2017: Added page "HMCS Protector II, 1943" to history section, at: history-gillis-protector.htm.
May 27, 2017: Revision to one of Ken Johnson's pages "HMCS Ontario Arriving in Esquimalt", at: johnson/johnson-ontario-esquimalt.htm.
May 13, 2017: Revision with info about Moresby II Barracks, to one of Gertrude Quinn's pages, at: quinn/quinn-victoria.htm.
May 5, 2017: Revision to history section item: "HMCS Peregrine, Hockey Team, 1945", at: history-creechan-peregrine-hockey.htm.
April 30, 2017: Revision to one of Robert Berbeck's pages. Link to his section is berbeck-ix.htm.
April 30, 2017: Revision to one of Larry Vipond's pages. Link to his section is vipond-ix.htm.
April 21, 2017: Revision to one of Joe Lesage's pages. Link to his section is: index.htm#lesage.
Feb. 18, 2017: Revision to one of Reginald Rhymes' pages, at: rhymes-lanark.htm.
Feb. 8, 2017: Revision(s) of name(s) to one of Peter Friesen's pages, at: friesen-cornwallis.htm.
Feb. 8, 2017: Daniel Haydu's section added, at: index.htm#haydu.
Feb. 7, 2017: Revisions to one of Robert Cowie's pages, at: cowie-ships-halifax.htm.
Feb. 4, 2017: Norman Josephson's section added, at: index.htm#josephson.
Feb. 1, 2017: Revision(s) of name(s) to one of Al Malcomson's pages, at: malcomson-cornwallis-skeena-1966.htm.
Jan. 16, 2017: Photo added to one of Ernie Schoen's pages, at: schoen-ashore.htm.
Jan. 14, 2017: Revision to one of Don Logan's pages, at: logan-personal.htm.
Jan. 9, 2017: Revision to one of Ernie Schoen's pages, at: schoen-missing.htm.
Jan. 2, 2017: Revision to one of Brian Lapierre's pages, at: lapierre/lapierre-onondaga-halifax2-1969.htm.
Oct. 27, 2016: Revision to one of Ronald Armstrong's pages. Link to his section is: index.htm#armstrong.
Sept. 26, 2016: Photo added to one of Reginald Rhymes' pages, at: rhymes-early.htm.
Aug. 17, 2016: Item added to history section: "HMCS Niobe, Andrew Boyd Handley", at: history-niobe-andrew-boyd-handley.htm.
June 22, 2016: Page added to Brian Lapierre's section, at: lapierre/lapierre-100th-anniversary-2014.htm.
June 22, 2016: Page added to Brian Lapierre's section, at: lapierre/lapierre-ojibwa-50th-2015.htm.
May 5, 2016: Photo added to one of Reginald Rhymes' pages, at: rhymes-naden.htm.
April 7, 2016: Addition of Ken Marchant's section, at: index.htm#marchant.
Jan. 17, 2016: Addition of Neil A. Duval's section, at: index.htm#duval.

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