Several sailors from HMCS WASAGA take a break at the HMC NAVAL CAMP located seven miles outside of St. John’s, NF in 1942. The rest camp was established for the sailors from the escort ships to get away from shipboard life while in port. Sailors in this photo, MacDonald, Wm Black, Wm Weaver, S. Morris, […]
Shoreleave Cherbourg, FR
Sailors from HMCS TRENTONIAN pose in front of one of the many boarded up business while on shoreleave in Cherbourg, France in October 1944. The strategic, French port city had just been liberated and the sailors were instructed to remain in large groups as German soldiers were still be found in the city. Roger Litwiller […]
Shoreleave Cherbourg
Canadian sailors, A/PO Raymond Lounsbury, A/PO Raymond McDonald and AB Robert Catherine enjoy a run ashore in Cherbourg, France shortly after the French port was liberated in October 1944. Their ship, HMCS TRENTONIAN was one of the first Canadian corvettes to have leave in France although the picturesque city was still heavily damaged from the […]
Shoreleave Cherbourg, France
Two sailors from HMCS TRENTONIAN rejoin their shipmates after finding an open store in Cherbourg in September 1944. The French Port had been liberated shortly before this photo and had been heavily damaged in the fighting, most stores were still closed. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK134)
TRENTONIAN Shore Leave Bermuda
The crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN did not spend their entire time in Bermuda working. Here a group of TRENTONIAN’s ready for a run ashore in February 1944. Pictured Left to Right: top Row: Thomas Butler, James Davidson (Gatchell, ON.), Gordon Simpson (Toronto, ON), C. McLean, Stanley Bennett (Conception Bay, NF.), Joe Taft , A. Elslingar, […]
Shore Leave Casablanca
Three of HMS PUNCHER’s ships company together in Casablanca, Morocco during a visit by the Canadian manned escort aircraft carrier in August 1944. Howard Abbott is on the left. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA122)
Shoreleave Cherbourg
Several of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s officers enjoy their visit to Cherbourg on 4 October 1944. This was the corvettes first shore leave in France and the recently liberated French port. In the background you can see the rubble from the intense fighting that took place in the city. Pictured left to right: Warrant Engineer Hamilton Hindle, […]
RCN Invades Coney Island
Several of HMS PUNCHER’s sailors enjoy shore leave at New York’s famous Coney Island, including Howard Abbott in the front passenger seat in 1944. PUNCHER was an escort aircraft carrier, manned by Canadian sailors during WWII. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA111) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in […]
Trafalgar Square
AB Jack Harold, RCNVR from HMCS TRENTONIAN in Trafalgar Square in London in July 1944. For many of TRENTONIAN’s crew the sights of London was their first choice when on shore leave in the UK. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH074) This photo and collection have been gathered […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors
Three of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s shipmates, LS Gordon Harley (left), AB Robert Gray (centre) and AB Frank Barron (right), ready for shore leave in Milford Haven, 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Tom Farrell, RCNVR. (RTL-TF083)