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Archival description
R.H. Chicken Fonds
007.001.0001, 009.006.0001 · Fonds · 1960

Fonds consists of a photocopy of a manuscript titled "Second World War Notes" written by Captain R.H. Chicken, RCN, retired. (The original book is at CFB Esquimalt, Naval & Military Museum).

Also includes two naval cartoons that came from the collection of Captain Chicken, R.C.N. from his 1960 50th anniversary Royal Canadian Navy file. They are hand drawn in ink and pencil on mat board.

Chicken, Captain
Raymond Family Fonds
P981.059.0002-0003, L981.088.0001-0006, · Fonds · 1883-1954

Fonds consists of the journal of D.L. Raymond when he was midshipman serving on the HMS Malaya from 1922-1924.

Also includes an certificate of indenture issued to E. L. Raymond in 1883, and a certificate of competency for E.L. Raymond as extra master issued by the Board of Trade in 1898.

Also includes a guest book register from HMCS Ontario dating from 1853-1954 and a photo album containing photos of HMCS Ontario, life on board, crew, and places visited (London, Hawaii, Australia, and New Zealand) dating from 1953-1955.

Also includes a printed photograph album of New South Wales given to Commodore Raymond from the Premier in 1954, and a photograph of a luncheon on 10 March 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand.

Raymond, Commodore D.L.
Phyllis Bayley Fonds
988.092, 988.098.0001-0018 · Fonds · 1945-1965

Fonds consists of material collected by Phyllis Bayley, WRCNS, during her service in World War II.

988.092.0001
Scrapbook containing a large collection of photos of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service including both individual and group shots. The people are not identified. There are also photographs of HMCS Cornwallis ca. 1945.

988.092.0002
Scrapbook containing a collection of photographs of service women in uniform, HMCS Cornwallis, Commander MacNeill, Commodore Finch-Noyes, and HMCS Avalon.

988.092.0004
Scrapbook containing a large collection of photographs of service women in uniform, of HMCS Cornwallis, and of Phyllis Bayley.

988.092.0005
Scrapbook titled "Snaps and Scraps - My Life in the Navy", containing photographs and newspaper clippings relating to Phyllis Bayley's time in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II including photos of various vessels and other women in uniform.

988.098.0001
Our Navy magazine, 1957.

988.098.0002
Our Navy magazine, 1955.

988.098.0003
The WREN Newsletter, August 1949.

988.098.0004
WREN Reunion magazine, Toronto, Ontario, 1950.

988.098.0005
WRCNS Reunion Magazine, Vancouver, August 1958.

988.098.0006
Vancouver Reunion souvenir edition of the WREN Newsletter, August 1958.

988.098.0007
United States Navy Occupational Handbook: A Manual for Civilian Guidance Counselors Schools and Libraries also Employment and Youth Agencies, published by the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D.C., 1959.

988.098.0008
HMCS Cornwallis magazine.

988.098.0009
Canadian Forces Sentinel magazine, November 1965.

988.098.0010
Typewritten booklet titled "The Cornwallis Christmas Story: or (Once Upon a Passing-Out Ceremony)", as told by P.S. Milson, RCN. And, two newspaper clippings, a Paris 1937 Exhibition bookmark, and an RCN draft order, dated 1946.

988.098.0011
Certificate from Civil Defence Canada awarded to Phyllis L. Bayley for her service as a volunteer worker for civil defense in the war against Germany dated 1945.

988.098.0012
Canadian Civic Defence College folder containing assorted documents and reports relating to the Department of National Health and Welfare including blank forms, training documents, and handwritten notes.

988.098.0013
Folder containing Phyllis Bayley's Royal Canadian Navy reports regarding regulations relating to obedience, punishments for disobedience, and lists of offences as well as some correspondence, dating to the 1950s.

988.098.0014
General reports and documents of the Royal Canadian Navy including blank forms and documents describing regulations and policies.
988.098.0015
Assorted publications related to Royal Canadian Navy Service and Naval recruitment including booklets, brochures, pamphlets regarding recruitment and naval training for officers, WRENS, and nurses, and a few miscellaneous typed documents dating primarily to the 1950s.

988.098.0016
Assorted pages and clippings from the Cornwallis Ensign newspaper and the Wren Newsletter newspaper, dating from 1957 to 1966. Also a Ceremony of the Flags pamphlet, The Port Royal Habitation booklet and a photograph of four unidentified women and a man in uniform.

988.098.0017
General reports of the Royal Canadian Navy relating to regulations and procedures for leave, pensions, drills, signals, etc. As well as the procedure in the event of pregnancy of a WREN and photocopies of posters and tables. Most are undated, but some dated to 1956.

988.098.0018
Collection of Christmas cards, correspondence, and poems dating from 1944 to the 1960s. Also, a coloured print of HMS Rodney (battleship) and HMCS Saguenay.

Bayley, Phyllis
John Leeming Fonds
010.033.0001-0006 · Fonds · 1941-1945

Fonds consists of documents related to the WWII service of Lt. John M. Leeming, RCNVR including his identification card, correspondence, programme from the Royal Navy Presents "Pacific Show Boat", a report on certain incidents which occurred on board HMCS Athabaskan, Cresent, and Magnificent, and a booklet titled "Back to Civil Life".

Leeming, Lieutenant John
James Fonds
L513 · Fonds · 1871-1939

The fonds consists of baptismal certificate (1971), certificates of character (1893-1910) of the Royal Navy, letter of reference, papers from the Admiralty, papers regarding James' acceptance into the Royal Canadian Navy, and a short resume of his naval career to 1903.

James, Captain Frederic William Haigh
Ireland Fonds
016.009.0001 · Fonds

Framed document “Articles of War for the Government of her Majesty’s Canadian Ships, Vessels, and Forces by Sea, according to the National Defence Act (QRCR Articles 33.005 and 43.01)”, listing possible offences and associated punishments.

Ireland, Thomas J.
H.S. Rayner Fonds
L109 · Fonds · 1958

Fonds consists of a souvenir programme for the British Columbia centenary naval review by HRH Princess Margaret, held on 15 July 1958.

Rayner, Rear-Admiral H.S.
Hammer Fonds
988.038.0003, 988.180.0001-0013, 988.214.0001-0002, 988.214.0005 · Fonds · 1937-1977

Fonds consists of personal and professional documents and memorabilia related to Eric Leslie Hammer, wireless operator. Dating primarily from the 1930s and 1940s but also including a certificate of marriage between Eric Leslie Hammer and Yuiko Kato, married 29 June 1977.

Includes a screenplay written by Hammer, postcards, newspaper clippings, certificates, citation of valour, and travel photographs including some photographs of a Mr. and Mrs. Rogers and a reel of film taken of RMS Empress of Russia. Also includes several issues of "Serial Waves" dating to 1940 and some drawings and cartoons.

Hammer, Eric Leslie
George Edwards Fonds
L4 · Fonds · 1984-1919

The fonds consists of Royal Canadian Navy service records dating from 1894 to 1912, and Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve certificates dating from 1917 to 1919.

Also includes a letter of reference and volunteer sign-up sheet, demobilization certificate, station cards, and two postcards of unidentified people and objects.

Edwards, George
G.E. Barnes Fonds
L395 · Fonds · [189-?]

Fonds consists of correspondence from Rear-Admiral H.F. Stephenson (Royal Navy Pacific Station) to Lt. Col. G.A.L. Rawstorne relating to mine recommendations by the Admiralty and a reply containing a detailed report and chart with sections contributed by Captain G.E. Barnes and Lt. Poole, Royal Marine Artillery. Chart is of the mouth of Esquimalt Harbour.

Fonds also includes Barnes' photographs of Victoria and Esquimalt area and a mock battle in Beacon Hill Park (Victoria).