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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
A son of William and Isobel Armit; husband of Myrtle May Armit. William Armit served in the Royal Naval Reserves as a SLt and Lt during the First World War and in the Royal Canadian Naval Reserves during the Second World War.
Article from the Lunenburg Progress Enterprise - Wednesday, August 13th, 1947 Pg Four - Local and General - Capt. W. B. Armit and Mrs. Armit, who have been guests at Boscawen Manor returned to Lachine, Quebec on Tuesday. They had as their guest over the week-end Capt. Armit's brother, Com. (E) Gilmour Armit of the R.C.N., who recently returned to Canada on the "Aquitania." (Researched by George Newbury)
Ships served in: * Retired List RCNR as a Captain, RCNR (seniority 01 Mar 1939). Date of retirement as a Commander 24 Nov 193e (Navy List Apr 1939) * Called up for Active Service 19 Apr 1939 as a Cdr, RCNR (Navy List Oct 1939) RCN BARRACKS HALIFAX - Appointed to RCN BARRACKS HALIFAX 19 Sep 1939 Add'l For Special Services (Navy List Oct 1939) HMCS PRINCE DAVID - Appointed to PRINCE DAVID (while under conversion to an Armed Merchant Cruiser) 01 Apr 1940 as Commanding Officer (Navy List Jun 1940) * Appointed Captain, RCNR (promoted from the Lieutenant-Commander's List) (seniority 01 Mar 1939) (Navy List Aug 1940) RCN BARRACKS HALIFAX - Appointed to RCN BARRACKS HALIFAX 23 Mar 1941 Add'l for Disposal or Under Training (Navy List Jun 1941) HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA for HMC DOCKYARD 19 Jun 1941 as Commander HMC DOCKYARD (Navy List Jul 1941) NSHQ OTTAWA - Appointed to NSHQ OTTAWA, Trade Division as Liaison Officer Merchant Shipping 22 Jul 1942 (Navy List Sep 1942) HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA, Staff of Commodore Halifax as Supervising Naval Overseers, Lunenburg, NS 26 Jul 1943 (Navy List Aug 1943) * Appointment Terminated (retired) 20 Dec 1944 as Captain (temp), RCNR (Navy List Jan 1945) * Retired List RCNR as a Captain (promoted from Commander's List) (seniority 01 Jul 1943) (Navy List Mar 1945) HMCS SCOTIAN (Retired List) as a Captain, RCN(R) (Navy List Jul 1952) (seniority 01 Mar 1939) * Last noted on the Retired List at HMCS SCOTIAN as a Captain, RCN(R) (Navy List Jan 1960)
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