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Mainguy, Vice-Admiral E.R.
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Dates of existence
b.1901 - d.1976
History
Vice-Admiral Edmund Rollo Mainguy graduated from the Naval College of Canada in 1918 and served in the Royal Canadian Navy.
During WWII, he commanded two destroyers and, in 1944, he was the first commanding officer of the cruise HMCS Uganda. He was commanding officer pacific coast as a rear admiral from 1946- to 1948, flag officer Atlantic coast from 1948 to 1951, and chief of the Naval Staff from 1951 to 1956 as a Vice Admiral. By 1942, he was appointed chief of Naval Personnel, Ottawa. In 1946, he was flag officer Pacific Coast. He was appointed chief of Naval Staff, with rank of Vice-Admiral in 1951.