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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
Ships served in: HMCS OTTAWA - Norman survived the sinking of HMCS OTTAWA H60. He was Captain of "B" gun when OTTAWA was torpedoed.
(NPW001) Norman Wilson - age 17 (NPW002) Seaman Norman Wilson - back of photo: "HMCS OTTAWA. Torpedoed and sank Sept 13 - 1942. 1st torpedo hit below "A" gun in the mess deck app 23.13 pm. 2nd torpedo was put into the midships about 10 minutes later - both on the port side. I was closed up at Captain of the gun (QRII) full gun crew - at "B" gun. i.e. the 2nd level in from of the bridge and wheel house. Uncle Norm" (NPW003) Norman Wilson (left) and Jim Stewart, Winnipeg, 1943. "Jim is Bumps husband" (NPW004) Norman Wilson (NPW005) "To Norm with love, Ethel" // Back of photo
(NPW006) Glen, Norm and Roger, Remembrance Day 2005, Bower, British Columbia
(NPW008) Norman Wilson - front row, 6th man from left (NPW008) Dance - 1944, location unknown. Developers stamp on back of photo "E. Matthews, 187 Colony St., Winnipeg"
HMCS COUGAR
(NPW009) Record of port visits for HMCS COUGAR during Norman Wilson's time serving in her (NPW010) HMCS COUGAR - 1941. Up the coast of British Columbia (NPW011) HMCS COUGAR - Port Rose Harbour, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia - 1941 (NPW012) Stewart, British Columbia, Wed 13 Aug 1941 (NPW013) Norman Wilson up the mast on HMCS COUGAR, Coghlan Anchorage - 25 Aug 1941
(NPW014) Alert Bay, British Columbia, Thursday, 24 Apr 1941
HMCS ROYAL ROADS 1941 - 1942
Photos taken around the grounds of Hatley Castle
Photos taken around the grounds of Hatley Castle
(NPW023) Norman Wilson in the dining hall of HMCS ROYAL ROADS (NPW024) Norman Wilson (top) with Ken T. and his wife to be
HMCS OTTAWA H60
(NPW025) Sailors chipping ice of HMCS OTTAWA H60. Her forward gun mount is encased in ice. (NPW026) The fo'c's'le of HMCS OTTAWA H60 iced up at sea (NPW027) Destroyer firing a 4.6 Q.F. - torpedo tube showing on the right (NPW028) HMCS OTTAWA H60, Lough Foyle, Northern Ireland - 1942 (NPW029) HMCS OTTAWA H60 on the Foyle Rifer. Written on the back of the photo: "Randy - This is the OTTAWA that was sunk. We are on the River Foyle in Ireland and that is me right at the bottom - rowing the whaler. This was on the trip that we got hit on Sept 13, 1942. Love Dad" // Back of photo
(NPW030) Mel Garland, from Vancouver, BC. HMCS OTTAWA H60 at St. John's, Nfld. Mel did not survive the sinking of HMCS OTTAWA (NPW031) Arnold Quigley behind an ice covered mount on HMCS OTTAWA H60. Arnold did not survived the sinking of HMCS OTTAWA
HMCS BRANDON K149
(NPW032) Fishing vessel at St. John's, Newfoundland (NPW033) Fishing vessel at St. John's, Newfoundland (NPW034) Mount Pearl, St. John's, Newfoundland - Aug 1944 (NPW035) Anti-Submarine booms at the entrance to St. John's Harbour, St. John's, Newfoundland (NPW036) St. John's Newfoundland. The twin spires of St. John the Baptist Cathedral Basilica are seen in the centre of the photo
(NPW038) Skippy walking up main street, Londonderry, Northern Ireland - 1944 (Censor stamp: From HMC Ship. Examined by DB/N 532) (NPW039) Skippy in the centre, walking down to the seaside. Portrush, Northern Ireland (Censor stamp: From HMC Ship. Examined by DB/N 532) // Webmaster's note: The Arcadia Cafe is still in operation as of 2024 (NPW040) Tram that goes to the Giant's Causeway (Censor stamp: From HMC Ship. Examined by DB/N 532) (NPW041) Thatched roof on one of the farm houses (Censor stamp: From HMC Ship. Examined by DB/N 532) (NPW042) This is the home of the owner who owned the property where the camp is. The estate is called Cromore Place (Cromore House) (Censor stamp: From HMC Ship. Examined by DB/N 532). Webmaster's note: the reference "where the camp is" is a rest camp that the RCN established in Portstewart during the Second World War.
(NPW042) HMCS BRANDON K149 transiting the River Foyle, Northern Ireland (NPW043) Depth charges off HMCS BRANDON K149 - 1944 (NPW044) Depth charges being transferred from a freight to HMCS BRANDON K149 while in convoy in the Atlantic - Sep 1944 (NPW045) "Boys on the Brandon" getting ready for a ship's company photo - fall 1944
(NPW046) HMCS BRANDON at St. George's, Bermuda - Dec 1944 (NPW047) St. George's, Bermuda - Dec 1944 (NPW048) St. George's, Bermuda - Dec 1944 (NPW049) Bermuda, the quarterdeck of HMCS BRANDON K149 in the foreground - Dec 1944. The large white patch ashore is a area designed to catch rainwater (NPW050) Bermuda - Dec 1944
(NPW051) Stokers on HMCS BRANDON K149 at Bermuda - Dec / Jan 1944-45 (NPW052) HMCS BRANDON K149 at St. George's, Bermuda - Dec / Jan 1944-45 (NPW053) British Sub in dry-dock at HMS MALABAR, Bermuda - Jan 1945 (NPW054) "Chuck Horgan and I" (Norm Wilson) on an iced-up HMCS BRANDON K149 - Jan 1945 (NPW055) HMCS BRANDON K149 iced-up at sea
(NPW056) Martin by the pom-pom in the after gun tub on HMCS BRANDON K147 - Spring 1945 (NPW057) HMCS BRANDON K149 at sea - 1945 (NPW058) US Navy blimp flying past HMCS BRANDON K149 - May 1945
(NPW060) Pom-pom firing on HMCS BRANDON - Jun 1945 (NPW061) Horton and I (Norman Wilson) on the gun deck of HMCS BRANDON throwing ammunition overboard (NPW062) Doug Krevenas and Chuck Horgan dumping ammunition off of HMCS BRANDON K149 - Jun 1945 (NPW063) Roy Narnier and I (Norman Wilson) dumping ammunition off of HMCS BRANDON K149 - Jun 1945 (NPW064) Ray Braa on the quarterdeck of HMCS BRANDON K149 - 1945
(NPW065) HMCS BRANDON at the trots, Saint John, New Brunswick - Jun 1945 (NPW066) HMCS BRANDON at the trots, Saint John, New Brunswick - Jun 1945 (NPW067) HMCS BRANDON at the trots - Jun 1945 (NPW068) HMCS BRANDON at the trots - Jack Kearney (right) and myself (Norman Wilson) - Jun 1945 (NPW069) HMCS BRANDON At the trots, Sydney, Nova Scotia - Jun 1945 * Webmaster's note: Since BRANDONwas stationed at St. John's, Nfld for the final few months of the war and then was paid off at Sorel, QC in Jun 1945, it is likely that the photos that were marked "at the trots, Saint John, New Brunswick - Jun 1945" was taken at Sydney, NS as she would have de-ammunitioned there before going up to Sorel, Quebec for disposal.
(NPW069) HMCS BRANDON oiling at sea on the way to New York - 1945 (NPW070 HMCS BRANDON K149 at sea - 1945 (NPW071) Norman Wilson, Ron Paul of Winnipeg, MB and Osie Saari of North Bay, ON on HMCS BRANDON K149 (NPW072) Norm Wilson (sitting) and unknown shipmate on HMCS BRANDON K149. Written on the back "I'll get some better ones ..??? ... Love Norm xxx // Back of photo (NPW073) Surrendered U-190 in harbour at St. John's, Newfoundland - Jun 1945
(NPW073-NPW076) Unknown Minesweeper heavily iced-up
(NPW078) Lighthouse - location unknown
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