Update Log for rcnhistory.org.

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

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. Link is 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: "Crew List Of Hmcs Niobe, 1911". Link is: hmcs-niobe-1911-crewlist.htm.
Sept. 24, 2019: Added info about Henry Layard Street, to History Section item: "Crew List Of Hmcs Niobe, 1911", per his grandson, Henry Paul Street. Link is: 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, "Crew of HMCS Prince Robert, 1939-45". Link is: 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. Link to the section is: navy-links.htm.
July 29, 2019: Added item to history section, courtesy of Earl Storey: "HMCS Cornwallis, Skeena 1/68 Division". Link is: 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". Link is: moore-loch-morlich.htm.
June 17, 2019: Revised one of Bob Stevenson's pages: "HMCS Cornwallis, Saguenay Division, 1958". Link is: stevenson-cornwallis-saguenay58-div.htm.
June 6, 2019: Revised page in history section: "HMCS Athabaskan, Memorial Plaque". Link is: history-athabaskan-memorial.htm.
May 29, 2019: Addition of the name Bernard Maurice Cocquyt to one of William Johnson's pages "Crew Members of HMCS Niobe During World War One". Link is: 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". Link is: history-dennis-stapleton.htm.
March 31, 2019: Page added to history section: "HMCS Sioux, 1944". Link is: montgomery-history-sioux-1944.htm.
March 3, 2019: Wes Clark's section added. Link is: 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: "Crew Members of HMCS Niobe & HMCS Rainbow". Link is: truscott-niobe-crew.htm.
Feb. 27, 2019: Page added to the history section, submitted by William Truscott: "Painting by Dale Byhre". Link is: truscott-byhre.htm.
Feb. 27, 2019: Revision of one of William Johnston's pages, "Along Jetty Row, by Jetty Joe". Link is: history-johnston-jettyrow.htm.
Feb. 16, 2019: Correction of Marty Byzewski's name on one of Jim Thorn's pages. Link is 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: "HMCS Cornwallis, St Laurent 2/62 Division, Assault Course". Link is: bowman-cornwallis-assault.htm.
Jan. 22, 2019: Correction to one of Raymond E. Gard's pages: "HMCS Rosthern, 1944". Link is: gard-rosthern-shipsco.htm.
Jan. 13, 2019: Added page to history section, submitted by Cam Longhurst: "HMCS Quebec in Copenhagen, 1954". Link is: history-quebec-longhurst.htm.
Jan. 12, 2019: Added page to history section, submitted by Greg Trudeau: "HMCS Cornwallis: Mystery Group of Army, Navy, Air Force". Link is: history-trudeau-army-navy-air.htm.
Jan. 1, 2019: Moved Douglas Comber's two pages from the "History" section to his own section. Link is: index.htm#comber.
Dec. 29, 2018: Added page "CFFS Halifax: 280 Main Propulsion Control Tech Course, 1979" to Brian Lapierre's section. Link is lapierre/lapierre-1979-propulsion.htm.
Dec. 15, 2018: Added page to history section, submitted by William Gard: "HMCS Nootka During a Jackstay Transfer, 1953". Link is: history-gard-nootka.htm.
Dec. 4, 2018: Name added to one of Ed Koski's pages: "HMCS Cornwallis, Terra Nova 1/59 Division, 1959". Link is koski-terra-nova-division.htm.
Nov. 3, 2018: Added page to history section, submitted by William Gard: "HMCS Huron(I) in Hawaii, Undated". Link is: history-gard-huron-hawaii.htm.
Oct. 31, 2018: Revision to one of Gordon Stewart's pages: "Gordon Stewart Awarded Governor General's Medal". Link is: stewart-personal.htm.
Oct. 30, 2018: One of Charlie Dobie's pages; addition of PO Bruce Bottomley's name to a Bentick Island demolitions course photo. Link is rcn-bentickisland01.htm.
Oct. 26, 2018: Added page to history section, submitted by William Gard: "HMCS Kootenay, Crew Photo, 1960". Link is: history-gard-kootenay-crew.htm.
Oct. 26, 2018: Added page to history section, submitted by William Gard: "HMCS Kootenay, Survivors of the 1969 Disaster, 2018". Link is: history-gard-kootenay-49th.htm.
Oct. 24, 2018: Revised first Christmas Card item: "NRS Churchill, Christmas Card, circa 1955". Link is: xmas-nrschurchill.htm.
Oct. 22, 2018: Created Christmas Cards section and added three items. Link is: 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: Unknown revision to one of Ken Johnson's pages, "HMCS Ontario Ship's Company". Link is johnson/johnson-ontario-shipscompany.htm.
Aug. 10, 2018: Revision to an item on the history index page: "HMCS New Glasgow". Link is: history-ix.htm#unknown-newglasgow.
Aug. 10, 2018: Added page to history section, submitted by Kerr Anderson: "British Armed Trawler, WW1". Link is: 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". Link is: 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. Link is thorn-cornwallis-stlaurent-1962.htm.
July 13, 2018: Revision(s) of name(s) to one of Dave Macgregor's pages: "Assinniboine 2/66 Division". Link is macgregor-cornwallis-assiniboine2-66.htm.
June 14, 2018: Page added Russell Hodgkin's section: "Crew of HMCS Cayuga, 1951-52". Link is: johnson/hodgkin-cayuga-crew.htm.
May 16, 2018: Revision(s) of name(s) to one of Brian Lapierre's pages; "HMCS Okanagan, BBQ at sea, 1970". Link is lapierre/lapierre-okanagan-bbq-1970.htm.
May 16, 2018: Revision(s) of name(s) to one of Brian Lapierre's pages; "HMCS Okanagan, Beard contest, 1970". Link is lapierre/lapierre-okanagan-beards-1970.htm.
May 16, 2018: Revision(s) of name(s) to one of Brian Lapierre's pages; "HMCS Okanagan, Last rum issue, 1972". Link is lapierre/lapierre-okanagan-rum-1972.htm.
May 16, 2018: Name revision to one of Brian Lapierre's pages: "HMCS Okanagan, 5th birthday, 1973". Link is lapierre/lapierre-okanagan-birthday-1973.htm.
May 7, 2018: Unknown revision to one of Ernest Harold Massick's pages: "Royal Canadian Navy: HMCS Skeena, 1934". Link is: massick-skeena-1934.htm.
March 14, 2018: Revision(s) of name(s) to one of Ken Lloyd's pages. Link is lloyd-discovery-company.htm.
March 3, 2018: Unknown revision or addition to Shiplist Section. Link to section is: navy-shiplist.htm.
March 2, 2018: Unknown revision to one of Rod Rockwell's pages: "Canadian Patrol Frigate Project, 1992". Link is: rockwell-cpfp.htm.
March 2, 2018: Two photos added to one of Rod Rockwell's pages: "HMCS Cornwallis, Restigouch 1/61 Division, 1961". Link is: rockwell-cornwallis.htm.
March 1, 2018: Page added to Rod Rockwell's section: "Senior Leadership Course, Victoria, BC, 1976". Link is: rockwell-leadership.htm.
April 15, 2018: History section item revised: "Crew Lists: HMCS Patriot, HMCS Patrician, & HMCS Aurora, 1921". Link is: hmcs-patriot-1921-crewlist.htm.
April 15, 2018: History section item revised: "Crew Lists: HMCS Kestrel & HMCS Rainbow, 1911". Link is: hmcs-rainbow-1911-crewlist.htm.
April 15, 2018: History section item revised: "Crew List Of Hmcs Niobe, 1911". Link is: hmcs-niobe-1911-crewlist.htm.
Feb. 13, 2018: New photos added to one of Robert Ulmer's pages: "Royal Canadian Navy: Probably HMCS Cornwallis, 1943". Link is: ulmer-cornwallis-personal.htm.
Feb. 12, 2018: Bob Holmwood's section added: Link is: index.htm#holmwood.
Feb. 9, 2018: Item added to history section: "HMCS Kings, 1945". Link is: history-hmcs-kings-1945.htm.
Jan. 25, 2018: Item added to history section: "HMCS Prince Robert's Clock". Link is: history-west-clock.htm.
Jan. 14, 2018: Edward John Vokey's section added. Link is: index.htm#vokey.
Jan. 14, 2018: Unknown revision to one of Richard Fish's pages. Link is fish-cornwallis.htm.
Jan. 14, 2018: Name revision to one of Rick Faulkner's pages: "Skeena 2/61 Division at Assault Course". Link is faulkner-cornwallis-skeena-assault.htm.
Jan. 12, 2018: Names added to two of Dean Rogers' pages, "HMCS Cornwallis: Skeena 2/61 Division, Recruits in Front of Kit-Marking", and "HMCS Cornwallis: Skeena 2/61 Division, Graduation". Links are: rogers-cornwallis-skeena-kitmarking.htm and rogers-cornwallis-skeena-groups.htm.
December, 2017: Unknown revision to one of Ken Johnson's pages "HMCS Ontario, Army Officers". Link is johnson/johnson-ontario-armyofficers.htm.
Dec. 29, 2017: Revision to history section item: "HMCS Cornwallis: Phys Ed Instructors, 1944 & 1945". Link is: history-helfrich-cornwallis.htm.
Dec. 23, 2017: Unknown revision to one of Gertrude Quinn's pages: "Bathurst, New Brunswick: Gertrude Quinn". Link is: quinn/quinn-backhome.htm.
Dec. 10, 2017: Page added to Ken Johnson's section: "Canadian Cafe Menu". Link is: johnson/can-cafe.htm.
Nov. 27, 2017: Name revisions to two of Daniel Morgan MacNeill's pages: "HMCS York: Saguenay Division, March 20, 1944", and "Possibly HMCS York: Naval Personnel". Links are: macneil-york.htm and macneil-unknown.htm.
Oct. 24, 2017: Unknown revision to one of John & Robert Salmond's pages: "HMCS Bonaventure, 1957". Link is: 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: Unknown revision to one of Reginald Rhymes' pages "Reginald H. Rhymes at HMCS Cornwallis". Link is rhymes-cornwallis.htm.
Sept. 29, 2017: Page added to Brian Lapierre's section:"Submarine 1st Block Draft Reunion, August, 2004". Link is lapierre/lapierre-2004-reunion.htm.
Sept. 16, 2017: Unknown revision to one of Fred Bernhard's pages "Fred Bernhard on HMCS Athabaskan & Saguenay, 1959". Link is: bernhard-athabaskan.htm.
Sept. 12, 2017: Unknown revision to one of Ken Johnson's pages "HMCS Ontario Crew in Hong Kong". Link is: johnson/johnson-ontario-ashore.htm.
Sept. 10, 2017: Unknown revision to one of Larry Thivierge's pages: "USS Spikefish, 10,000th Dive, 1957/58". Link is: thivierge-spikefish.htm.
Sept. 2, 2017: Gord Beattie -- photo of Sunset Guard, Columbia Division, 1962, addition or correction of one or more names. Link is beattie-cornwallis-columbia-division-1962.htm.
Aug. 30, 2017: George Schmidt's section added. Link is: index.htm#schmidt.
Aug. 23, 2017: Revision to history section item: "HMCS Huron & HMCS St Laurent, 1944". Link is: history-laursen-ww2ships.htm.
July 25, 2017: Item added to history section: "HMCS St Hyacinthe, 1945". Link is: history-wryghte-sthyacinthe-1945.htm.
July 24, 2017: Item added to history section: "HMCS York, 1944". Link is: 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. Link is: index.htm#martineau.
June 9, 2017: Added page "Pennant of HMCS North Bay" to William Johnston's section. Link is: history-johnston-pennant.htm.
June 8, 2017: Added page "HMCS Protector II, 1943" to history section. Link is: history-gillis-protector.htm.
May 27, 2017: Unknown revision to one of Ken Johnson's pages "HMCS Ontario Arriving in Esquimalt". Link is: johnson/johnson-ontario-esquimalt.htm.
May 13, 2017: Revision with info about Moresby II Barracks, to one of Gertrude Quinn's pages: "WRCNS: HMCS Uganda, Esquimalt, Victoria". Link is: quinn/quinn-victoria.htm.
May 5, 2017: Revision to history section item: "HMCS Peregrine, Hockey Team, 1945". Link is: history-creechan-peregrine-hockey.htm.
April 30, 2017: Unknown revision to one of Robert Berbeck's pages. Link to his section is berbeck-ix.htm.
April 30, 2017: Unknown revision to one of Larry Vipond's pages. Link to his section is vipond-ix.htm.
April 21, 2017: Unknown revision to one of Joe Lesage's pages. Link to his section is: index.htm#lesage.
Feb. 18, 2017: Unknown revision to one of Reginald Rhymes' pages "HMCS Lanark: Crew Members, 1956-57". Link is rhymes-lanark.htm.
Feb. 8, 2017: Revision(s) of name(s) to one of Peter Friesen's pages. Link is friesen-cornwallis.htm.
Feb. 8, 2017: Daniel Haydu's section added. Link is: index.htm#haydu.
Feb. 7, 2017: Revisions to one of Robert Cowie's pages, "Ships In & Near Halifax, 1956". Link is: cowie-ships-halifax.htm.
Feb. 4, 2017: Norman Josephson's section added. Link is: index.htm#josephson.
Feb. 1, 2017: Revision(s) of name(s) to one of Al Malcomson's pages. Link is malcomson-cornwallis-skeena-1966.htm.
Jan. 16, 2017: Photo added to one of Ernie Schoen's pages: "Ernie Schoen, Photos Taken Ashore". Link is: schoen-ashore.htm.
Jan. 14, 2017: Unknown revision to one of Don Logan's pages: "Don Logan's personal photos". Link is logan-personal.htm.
Jan. 9, 2017: Unnown revision to one of Ernie Schoen's pages: "Missing -- One Destroyer". Link is: schoen-missing.htm.
Jan. 2, 2017: Unnown revision to one of Brian Lapierre's pages; "HMCS Onondaga in Halifax, Oct. - Nov., 1969". Link is lapierre/lapierre-onondaga-halifax2-1969.htm.
Oct. 27, 2016: Unknown revision to one of Ronald Armstrong's pages. Direct link to his section is index.htm#armstrong.
Sept. 26, 2016: Photo added to one of Reginald Rhymes' pages: "Reginald H. Rhymes, Early Navy Days". Link is rhymes-early.htm.
Aug. 17, 2016: Item added to history section: "HMCS Niobe, Andrew Boyd Handley". Link is: history-niobe-andrew-boyd-handley.htm.
June 22, 2016: Page added to Brian Lapierre's section: "100th Anniversary of Submarines in Canada, 2014". Link is lapierre/lapierre-100th-anniversary-2014.htm.
June 22, 2016: Page added to Brian Lapierre's section: "50th Anniversary of Commissioning of HMCS Ojibwa, 2015". Link is lapierre/lapierre-ojibwa-50th-2015.htm.
May 5, 2016: Photo added to one of Reginald Rhymes' pages "HMCS Naden, probably 1947, possibly Sonar School". Link is rhymes-naden.htm.
April 7, 2016: Addition of Ken Marchant's section. Link is:index.htm#marchant.
Jan. 17, 2016: Addition of Neil A. Duval's section. Link is: index.htm#duval.

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