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. 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.
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 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.
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.
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 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. 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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.