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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
Served in the RCNVR 1940 - 1946
Ships served in: HMS BATTLER
(JW01) Portrait of A/LS John Walton, RCNVR (JW02) John's medals - 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence Medal, CVSM with Bar; War Medal 1939-45 (JW03) RCNVR jacket patch
(JW04) HMS BATTLER 18 (JW05-JW06) HMCS MAHONE iced-up after a winter convoy (JW07) HMCS MIDLAND K220 (JW08) HMCS MIDLAND at anchor, Halifax, NS
(JW09) Surrendered German E-boat (JW10) Hitler's personal yacht. Taken over by British forces after the was, she was sold to a Lebanese businessman after the war for a personal yacht. He took her to New York in 1949 and after failed attempt to sell her she was moored as a tourist attraction until sold for scrap in Apr 1951 and broken-up later that year.
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