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• CELEBRATING 76 YEARS PROVIDING RCN NEWS • BATTLE -QUICK FACTS- – OOFF THHEE – Volume 64 Number 17 | April 29, 2019 More than 4,000 Canadians perished ATLANTIC during the Battle of the Atlantic. SUNDAY Joining the war efforts were the Royal May 5 Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Legislature Cenotaph Force, and Canadian merchant navy. 10:30 am newspaper.comnewwssppaaperr..com By the end of the war, Canada had Come pay your respects to those MARPAC NEWS CFB Esquimalt, Victoria, B.C. the world’s fourth-largest navy, and who served in the Second World a Canadian was in command of the War’s longest continuous campaign. LookoutNewspaperNavyNews @Lookout_news LookoutNavyNews northwest Atlantic region BATTLE – OF THE – ATLANTIC PPastast aandnd ppresent,resent, ssailorsailors uunitednited bbyy tthehe ssea.ea. 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It is safe to say that without we in Victoria are closer to Tokyo than Berlin. the herculean effort of the corvettes, destroyers, merchant- So why should Canadians on the Pacific coast care about men and RCAF aircraft, the Normandy invasion would not the Battle of the Atlantic? have been possible. The answer is simple. When Canada declared war on After Victory in Europe in 1945, the sailors went home Germany in September 1939, and sent ships and sailors to to pick up where they left off. They made that 7,600 sea on convoy escort duties, the whole country committed km trip from England to B.C. - back to Victoria, back to to the effort. Kelowna, Bella Bella and Vancouver. Their duty was over, Men and women from every corner of the dominion life went on. These men and women from Canada’s Pacific volunteered to serve in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). coast might never again have set foot in Halifax or Europe, Thousands of British Columbians from all walks of life never again saw, smelled, or tasted that salty Atlantic served in the RCN – the Victoria school teacher, the Ocean. Kelowna forester, the Bella Bella fisherman, the Vancouver However, their RCN service is never to be forgotten; mechanic. They left family and friends, boarded busses their efforts preserved democracy, ended Nazism and or trains and headed east to join the fight. Geography secured peace for millions of people. So, we celebrate those ceased to matter. The sailor wearing the RCN uniform efforts the first Sunday in May, by recalling the sacrifices wasn’t from Thunder Bay, Lethbridge, Moose Jaw or Trois of the teachers, loggers, fishermen and mechanics – sailors Rivieres. He was from HMCS Swansea or HMCS Haida, all – during the Battle of the Atlantic. We do it to perpetu- or she was from HMCS Shelburne or HMCS Newport ate the legacy of naval service as a point of national pride. Corner. The battle happened on the Atlantic, but it was This year as you look out over the vast, beautiful, Pacific fought by Canadians from all over. Ocean, recall those who 74 years ago also looked over the And fight they did. The ships of the RCN and the Pacific for the last time, heading East, never to return. It Merchant Navy maintained the vital sea lanes that sup- may have been named the Battle of the Atlantic; but it was plied the Allied war effort for six grueling years. 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His hair-raising you can grab lunch to go! textbook division of the Department exploits, which included boarding IN ADMIRALS WALK PLAZA ACROSS FROM THRIFTY’S The story of Victoria’s adopted of Education as a provincial civil a sinking German U-boat in search servant before taking a sales job with of ‘Enigma’ code books and equip- 101-1503 ADMIRALS ROAD ship, HMCS Beacon Hill and the Mon-Fri 6 am-5 pm Sat-Sun 8 am-5 pm courageous young naval hero who a local company, Standard Furniture, ment, served as the basis for the commanded her are the focus of a where he was training to be an wartime motion picture “Corvette P: 250.384.1417 10% DISCOUNT FOR MILITARY AND VETERANS new exhibit at the CFB Esquimalt interior decorator. Simmons was a K-225”, featuring Hollywood star Naval and Military Museum, open- leading light in Victoria’s amateur Randolph Scott. He was also fea- ing May 17. theatrical community during the tured in the National Film Board of “Hero Warship: HMCS Beacon 1930s. He served as President of the Canada production, “Corvette Port Hill and Her Daring Commander” city’s Beaux Arts Society and acted Arthur.” celebrates the ship’s strong and danced in the society’s produc- The new exhibit, timed to coin- historical ties to Victoria, and the tions. From many accounts, he was a cide with the 75th anniversary Dan Murphy, RAdm (Ret’d) deep local connections between fun-loving and gregarious man with of the River Class frigate Beacon Lawyer with a Military Perspective her Commanding Officer, Edward a lively wit and sense of humour. Hill’s commissioning into the Royal Theodore ‘Ted’ Simmons, and the In 1939, with war in Europe loom- Canadian Navy, showcases the link 250.589.4571 city he called home. ing, Simmons registered for service between Simmons, his ship, and *ULHYDQFHV6HUYLFH'LVFLSOLQH1RWDU\ ‘Ted’ Simmons became a cele- with the Royal Canadian Naval the citizens of Victoria. It will also 3HQVLRQ$SSHDO&ULPLQDO'HIHQFH*HQHUDO3UDFWLFH brated hero of the Battle of the Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR), even explore his personal development Atlantic in the Second World War. before the navy had the authority to and training as a naval officer in GDQPXUSK\#GLQQLQJKXQWHUFRPZZZGDQPXUSK\FD Yet he remains relatively unknown recruit him into the strength of the wartime. in his former home community, and RCNVR. He left civilian life and a The exhibit grand opening takes his daring exploits have gone largely promising career for the uncertain- place Friday, May 17 at 10 a.m. in unrecognized. Like many Canadians ties of war and the serious perils of Museum Building 37 at Naden, and who sacrificed personal security seagoing service in the long-running will feature opening remarks from for the uncertainties and danger of Battle of the Atlantic. Ted Simmons’ daughter, Deborah wartime service, Simmons displayed As a member of the RCNVR, Cotton. 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