Crew of HMCS Minas, July, 1945.

Thanks to Patrick Gillespie for this photo of the crew of HMCS Minas. It was taken in Plymouth, England in July, 1945. Patrick's father James Edmund Gillespie, is shown in the front row, 5th from the right.

Names are transcribed from a hand-written list found with the photo in his father's papers. Some names are questioned (?) because of unclear writing. Trades are in (brackets).

Top Row, L - R: Niluik(?) W., (L.C.); Greer (S.B.A.); Miller L., (Sto); Goss(?) (L.S.); Westman (L.Sto.); Campbell T., (Tel.); Weiss (L.Sto.); Meade (A.B.); Kennedy (Sten.); Emond J., (Cook).

3rd Row, L - R: McNiven (Sto.1); Murphy (A.B.); Bruce(?) (A.B.); Dumaday(?) (S.T.); Stewart (A.B.); Kaisis(?) (Sto.1); Lawrence (Sig); Breed (Sig); Perks T., (Sto.1); Taylor (Sto.1); Studdy R., (A.B.); Straughan (A.B.); Shackleton (A.B.); Norton (L.A.S.); Ninian G., (Tel); Zetner (A.B.); Richie L., (Coder); Jamieson (Tel.); Nixon (Sto.1); McCarroll (A.B.); Ronsy(?) (S.T.); Beausage J., (A.B.)

2nd Row, L - R: Brogill (L.Sig); Ralph (A.B.); Kombolt (L.S.); Cloutier (A.S.); Nicholls (A.B.); Dunwoody (A.B.); Bailey (A.B.); Cully (A.B.); Delisle (A.B.); Arkwright (L.S.); Tryner (L.T.O.); Proudfoot (H.S.D.); Diamond(?) (S.T.); Horton (A.B.); Ross (Sig); Harper (Tel); Goodeve (A.B.); Needham D., (Sto.1); Pond G., (L.C.); Matheson (Sto.1); Dewar (A.B.); Wolfe R., Sto.1; Bailey H., (Sto.1); Kearns (Sto.1.)

Front Row, L - R: O'Connor C., (L.St.); Fletcher, (E.R.A.5); Paul W., (S.P.O.); Churchward (E.R.A.4); Palmquist R., (S.PO); McGonigal H., (R.S.PO); Yull E., (E.R.A.4); Scrutton R., (Cox'n); Williams (Lt.); McCarthy (Lt.); Rose (Lt.); Kingsmill (Lt. Captain); Hard (Lt. E.O.); Byrnes (Lt.); Wood (Lt.); Rogers (P.O); Johnston (E.R.A.4); McPherson (E.R.A.4); Gillespie James Edmund, (E.A.4); Sawdon R., (S.P.O.); Casselman W., (S.P.O.); Atkinson (E.R.A.5); McCarthy (S.R.)

Up Front: Martin (Sto.1), with mascot.

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Photo by The Service Photographic Co., Pirbright, Surrey (England).