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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
William served in the RCN from 08 May 1946 to 20 Dec 1968
Wartime service of William Robert Williams (Autobiography)
Ships served in: HMCS QUEEN - Enlisted 28 Sep 1942 * Commenced Active Service 03 Nov 1942 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 19 Apr 1943 HMCS NADEN III - Drafted to NADEN III 09 Oct 1943 for Combined Operations Training HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 28 Nov 1943 HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 15 Dec 1943 HMS MAYALA (HMCS NIOBE for) HMS DUNDONALD (Combined Operations based, Troon, Ayreshire, Scotland) - Drafted to DUNDONALD 01 Jan 1944 LCI(L) 262 - Drafted to LCI(L) 262 on 25 Jan 1944 * Commissioning crew * LCI(L) 262 landed troops at "Nan Beach" on D-Day * Demobilized HMCS UNICORN - Enlisted in the RCN 08 May 1946 as an AB.LTO HMCS GIVENCHY II - Drafted to GIVENCHY II 13 May 1946 HMCS CRESCENT - Drafted to CRESCENT 11 Jul 1946 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 30 Apr 1948 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 11 Mar 1949 * Electrician's Mate 1c, RCN * Rated Electrician 5th Class, RCN * Rated Leading Seaman Electrical Technician, RCN ML-124 - Drafted to ML 124 on 11 May 1949 * Rated Petty Officer 2nd Class Electrical Technician, RCN HMCS ALDERGROVE - Drafted to ALDERGROVE 21 Aug 1950 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 27 May 1951 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Jun 1951 * Rated Petty Officer 1st Class Electrical Technician, RCN HMCS MAGNIFICENT - Drafted to MAGNIFICENT 03 Jan 1952 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 29 Jun 1953 HMCS PORTE QUEBEC - Drafted to PORTE QUEBEC 03 Aug 1953 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 12 Sep 1955 HMCS SUSSEXVALE - Drafted to SUSSEXVALE 27 Oct 1944 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 12 Dec 1955 HMCS SIOUX - Drafted to SIOUX 13 Aug 1956 - 12 Jun 1957 * Rated Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class Electrical Technician TG4, RCN HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 07 Apr 1959 HMCS SIOUX - Drafted to SIOUX 21 Apr 1959 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA (Supyd) 01 May 1959 HMCS HAIDA - Drafted to HAIDA 19 Jun 1961 COMSUPLANT - Drafted to COMSUPLANT (HMCS STADACONA for) 11 Oct 1963 as staff of COMSUPLANT HMCS KOOTENAY - Drafted to KOOTENAY 12 Nov 1964 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 24 May 1966 CFB HALIFAX - Drafted to CFB HALIFAX 01 Feb 1968 * Rehabilitation Leave 24 May 1968 - 20 Dec 1968 * Honourably Released 20 Dec 1968
(WRW001) Torpedoman Williams (WRW002) Wartime and post wartime drafts (WRW003) Sea Transport Embarkation Card 135 (WRW004) The Ken Club, Boston, Mass - Christmas 1944. William R. Williams 2nd from right (WRW005) Petty Officer W.R. Williams circa 1950s
(WRW006) William R. Williams (left) with his uncle, James Edward Williams, former Royal Marine and 27th Battalion (City of Winnipeg) CEF. - Historical note: The 27th Battalion (City of Winnipeg), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. The battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 17 May 1915. It disembarked in France on 18 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920 (WRW007) William R. Williams and friends at Club Sirocco, Victoria BC, 16 Dec 1946 (while drafted to HMCS GIVENCHY). - Historical note: Built in 1929, it was originally named the Victoria Shrine Temple. In 1965 it was re-named The Scope. It changed hands several times until it was demolished circa 1980s and an apartment building built in it's place (WRW008) Map of HMCS MAGNIFICENT'S Jun-Oct 1952 Deployment
HMCS CRESCENT
(WRW008) William R. Williams, HMCS CRESCENT, Panama City, 1947 (WRW009) William R. Williams on HMCS CRESCENT, 1947 (WRW010) William R. Williams (on gun barrel) and shipmates on HMCS CRESCENT, 1947 (WRW011) Williams, Blater and Penny, HMCS CRESCENT, Panama City, 1947 (WRW012) HMCS CRESCENT 1947 Calendar
HMCS MAGNIFICENT
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