Originally posted on Lest We Forget: Lieutenant-Commander John Stubbs CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum Local Heroes Lieutenant-Commander John Stubbs By Michael Whitby, historian, Directorate of History and Heritage, Ottawa Lieutenant-Commander John Stubbs Growing up in the small BC mining town of Kaslo, BC, John Hamilton Stubbs had ambitions to be a sailor, and became a…
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Thursday, APRIL 29, 2021, @18:42-SEVENTY-SEVENTH/77-ANNIVERSARY; OF THE SINKING OF H.M.C.S. ATHABASKAN G 07, APRIL 29, 1944, OFF Ille De Batz, FRANCE, DUE TO GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE NAVAL FORCES, GERMAN TORPEDO BOATS T-24, T-27@ 03:00, WITH COMMANDING OFFICER -Lieutenant-Commander John STUBBS, D.S.O., D.S.C., M.I.D., ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY, AND 127 OF H.M.C.S. ATHABASKAN’S SHIP’S COMPLEMENT…AS CASUALTIES:
STILL TRUE to the IDEALS WHEN as YOUNG MEN, they sailed to meet THE FOE AGAIN; THEIR NAMES ENROLLED IN HONOUR’S COURT, THEY ARE RIDING ANCHOR…IN AN ALLIED PORT!!!
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, a humble and a contrite heart; Lord God of Hosts be with us yet, LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET!!!
Poem by Mr. Rudyard Kipling.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
YOU, and YOUR 127 SHIP’S COMPLEMENT-H.M.C.S. ATHABASKAN G 07, April 29, 1944, ARE REMORSED FOR; Lt. Cdr. STUBBS, R.C.N., and YOU ALL ARE NOT FORGOTTEN…WE, CANADA, REMEMBER.
ON ALL THE OCEANS THE WHITE CAPS FLOW.
YOUR SACRIFICE, AS WITH W.W.II NAVAL DUTY-HONOUR AND VALOUR; OBTAINED OUR FREEDOMS, NOT ONLY IN CANADA, THOUGH ALLIED WORLD WIDE/1945-2021.
YOU ALL, H.M.C.S. ATHABASKAN G 07; ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET.
Blog Credit: Mr. Pierre LEGACE.
Love Always, Yours Aye-Brian Murza…Killick Vison, W.W.II Naval Researcher-Published Author, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
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“Monday, February 28, 2022-As I JUST RECENTLY, a COUPLE of DAYS AGO; POSTED a BLOG…RE-POST, also, CONCERNING H.M.C.S. ASSINIBOINE I-18, though this is also a RE-BLOG, RE-POST CONCERNING a VERY, VERY, WELL KNOW Canadian Naval Hero…of W.W.II/1939-1945…STUBBS, John Hamilton!!! This Canadian Naval Hero; John Hamilton STUBBS; can also be RESEARCH is the REWARD on Wikipedia, Manitoba Naval Museum, AND MANY OTHER WEBSITES…via Google Search!!! Also The GREAT NON-FICTION BOOK UNLUCKY LADY…H.M.C.S. ATHABASKAN G 07; HAS GREAT MATERIALS CONCERNING=OUR ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY….HERO, of W.W.II/1939-1945….John Hamilton STUBBS!!! So, as we REMEMBER WITH REMORSE, our CASUALTIES OF W.W.II/1939-1945…WE KEEP IN FOCUS; ONE OF OUR GREAT, WELL KNOWN, VERY WELL MUCH LOVED AND ADMIRED….Lieutenant-Commander John Hamilton STUBBS, Commanding Officer, H.M.C.SHIPS ASSINIBOINE I-18 and ATHABASKAN G 07!!! Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, a humble and a contrite heart; Lord God of Hosts be with us yet, LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET!!! Poem by Rudyard Kipling. At the going down of the SUN, and in the MORNING; WE WILL REMEMBER THEM, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM!!! Still TRUE to the IDEALS, WHEN as a YOUNG MAN, John SAILED to MEET THE FOE AGAIN; John Hamilton STUBBS, R.C.N., D.S.O., D.S.C., M.I.D., NAME ENROLLED in HONOUR’S COURT, Lt. Cdr., STUBBS…IS RIDING ANCHOR…IN FRANCE; NOT IN HOME PORT!!! YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, WE REMEMBER, LEST WE FORGET…Lieutenant Commander John Hamilton STUBBS, R.C.N., D.S.O., D.S.C., M.I.D., British Columbia, Canada. Yours Aye-Brian CANUCK Murza…Killick Vison, W.W.II Naval Researcher-Published Author, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. ..ON ALL THE OCEANS, THE WHITE CAPS FLOW. Blog credit-Pierre Legace…Lest We Forget
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