Post by Administrator on Mar 4, 2017 17:35:52 GMT
RED ENSIGNS TO CANADA
I recently dispatched a couple of red ensigns to Canada.
The Dusters belonged to my late father and I am certain that he would approve of the new home.
“As a rating, my first ship was a Canadian cargo ship, the ‘Gatineau Park’ in 1948. It sailed from Barry to Liverpool where it picked up a local cargo and went up the Manchester Canal to Salford and after that crossed the Atlantic to ports in Canada and the USA". J. T. Greenway (Jim]
Keith.
Royal Canadian Naval Association
Comox Valley Branch
1566 Baillie Road
Comox, BC V9M 4C6
3 March 2017
Dear Keith.
On behalf of the executive and members of the Comox Valley Branch of the Royal Canadian
Naval Association I would like to thank you for the two flags you had sent to Mr. Dennis
McGuckin on our behalf.
As nine-breadth flags, the White Ensign and the Red Ensign were found to be too large for our
desired use. The idea is to have two Red Ensigns; preferably four-breadth in size to
accommodate the flag poles we have. One flag is for the local building of the Royal Canadian
Legion and the other is at our municipal cenotaph here in Comox. The concept was to recognize
the significant service and sacrifice of the personnel of the Merchant Navy and the flags would
be flown on 3 September each year, Merchant Navy Day.
As you can see from the accompanying photograph, both of your flags will be “flown” at our
local naval museum. In the photo Mr. McGuckin, standing on the right, and myself, on the left,
are supporting the Red Ensign with Mr. Lewis Bartholomew in the centre. Mr. Bartholomew is
the Director and Curator of the H.M.C.S. ALBERNI Museum and Memorial. This privately
funded and operated naval museum has a dedicated Merchant Navy area and your Red Ensign
will add greatly to it. As a naval museum, the White Ensign you had sent will add to the heritage
of the Royal Navy that was in our local waters until 1905 and this flag was also the Ensign of the
Royal Canadian Navy until 1965.
We look forward to flying Red Ensigns on 3 September in the three municipalities of the Comox
Valley on Vancouver Island.
Yours aye,
Steve Cowan, C.D.
President
I recently dispatched a couple of red ensigns to Canada.
The Dusters belonged to my late father and I am certain that he would approve of the new home.
“As a rating, my first ship was a Canadian cargo ship, the ‘Gatineau Park’ in 1948. It sailed from Barry to Liverpool where it picked up a local cargo and went up the Manchester Canal to Salford and after that crossed the Atlantic to ports in Canada and the USA". J. T. Greenway (Jim]
Keith.
Royal Canadian Naval Association
Comox Valley Branch
1566 Baillie Road
Comox, BC V9M 4C6
3 March 2017
Dear Keith.
On behalf of the executive and members of the Comox Valley Branch of the Royal Canadian
Naval Association I would like to thank you for the two flags you had sent to Mr. Dennis
McGuckin on our behalf.
As nine-breadth flags, the White Ensign and the Red Ensign were found to be too large for our
desired use. The idea is to have two Red Ensigns; preferably four-breadth in size to
accommodate the flag poles we have. One flag is for the local building of the Royal Canadian
Legion and the other is at our municipal cenotaph here in Comox. The concept was to recognize
the significant service and sacrifice of the personnel of the Merchant Navy and the flags would
be flown on 3 September each year, Merchant Navy Day.
As you can see from the accompanying photograph, both of your flags will be “flown” at our
local naval museum. In the photo Mr. McGuckin, standing on the right, and myself, on the left,
are supporting the Red Ensign with Mr. Lewis Bartholomew in the centre. Mr. Bartholomew is
the Director and Curator of the H.M.C.S. ALBERNI Museum and Memorial. This privately
funded and operated naval museum has a dedicated Merchant Navy area and your Red Ensign
will add greatly to it. As a naval museum, the White Ensign you had sent will add to the heritage
of the Royal Navy that was in our local waters until 1905 and this flag was also the Ensign of the
Royal Canadian Navy until 1965.
We look forward to flying Red Ensigns on 3 September in the three municipalities of the Comox
Valley on Vancouver Island.
Yours aye,
Steve Cowan, C.D.
President
