HMCS WASAGA during minesweeping operations off the coast of France. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM110)
HMCS IROQUOIS Floral Sea Boat
HMCS IROQUOIS’s sea boat returns to the destroyer after sending a shore party to the liberated Channel Island of Ile d’Yeu on 27 August 1944. The grateful islanders showered the RCN sailors with flowers (visible on deck) and cake, being the first allied force to arrive on the island after the Germans had retreated. IROQUOIS’s […]
Canadian Hospital Ship Lady Nelson
The Canadian hospital ship Lady Nelson leaving Cherbourg Harbour, October/November 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC040) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, White Ensign Flying, The Story of HMCS […]
HMCS IROQUOIS -Ile d’Yeu
On August 26 1944, HMCS IROQUOIS met a small boat from Ile d’Yeu, a small channel Island. On board was the local school teacher who stated the Germans had left the Channel Island the day before. In their retreat the post office, radar installations and lighthouse had been destroyed, nineteen citizens and the mayor were […]
German POW’s -Cherbourg, FR.
HMCS TRENTONIAN had escorted several convoys to Cherbourg France, starting shortly after the port was liberated. On one of early trips, her skipper, Wm Harrison, gave his crew four hours of leave in the city in October 1944. The crew was instructed to stay in large groups of 10 or more. Reason being, German soldiers […]
Cherbourg Harbour
Cherbourg’s waterfront normally a postcard in real life, now shows the signs of battle, with windows broken and damage to the buildings in October 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN as the corvette approaches the French harbour with a convoy for the advancing armies. Roger Litwiller Collection, A. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy of Bruce Keir, […]