A Rare and Informative Series of RCNVR Photos
The HELP WANTED Sign is Out Again : )
Lloyd Evans and his division, at HMCS Stadacona, Halifax, 1941
Help Wanted - unfortunately, no names were provided
Lloyd Evans, a World War II veteran (RCNVR, Combined Operations) possessed a rare and very helpful, informative collection of photographs related to his experiences as a Canadian sailor.
He appears in the above photo (i.e., top row, fifth from left), likely taken in December, 1941. With confidence I can name a few others because Lloyd's division trained aboard various types of landing crafts at the same time and at the same land establishments (e.g., HMS Quebec, near Inveraray, Scotland) as my father's division (Effingham)... and a few photos with lists of names attached do exist.
Readers with photographs of sailors (especially in RCNVR and Combined Ops) with names attached, please feel free to contact me at gordh7700@gmail.com
Lloyd Evans aboard a troopship circling Africa, prior to Operation Husky,
summer of 1943. Please link to Lloyd's memoirs re that journey
Over the course of the last month or so I have created four entries re scores of Mr. Evans' photographs and readers can conveniently link to the four posts below:
Photo from the collection of Lloyd Evans. Used with permission
3. From Collection of Lloyd Evans Part 3
4. From Collection of Lloyd Evans Part 4
To view more photographs re Canadians in Combined Operations, please link to Aging Navy Vets Reconnect at Reunions
Unattributed Photos GH
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