HMCS YORK

 

Toronto Company, RCNVR

 

Toronto Division, RCNVR

 


 

Toronto, Ontario

 


 

HMCS York, Toronto, Ontario

Courtesy of Dennis Cardy

 

HMCS YORK was initially commissioned as the Toronto Company RCNVR on 10 Apr 1923. At the outbreak of WW2 the unit moved to the Automotive Building at the Canadian national Exhibition grounds. During the war, HMCS YORK was the first experience of naval life form more than 14,000 members of the RCN.

 


 

Commanding Officers

 

Lt Gordon B. Jackson, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1923 - unk

 


 

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

 

McFAULDS, Ronald D.

A/Cook, RCNVR

Died - 29 Sep 1942

 


 

(FB06) HMCS York Naval Field Gun Crew, Aug 1943, Frank Belcher, 7th from right

Source:  Ian MacNeill Collection, Ancestry.com

 


Course Photos

York Class - Jul 1942

Engineer Writer Class H - Nov 1943

F Division - Dec 1943

Hamilton Division - 21 Mar 1944

Engineer Writer Class - Oct 1944

Motor Operators Course - 1944

 


 

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