posted on 2024-06-05, 18:09authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
My grandfather married and was a father of three. He joined the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) as a Shore Patrolman (wartime military police for the RCN) in 1944. After his training he was posted to Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was on duty during the Navy riot on VE Day May 1945. He was also on duty on July 18, 1945 at the Canadian Naval Ammunition Storage Depot at Bedford Basin when it exploded (Halifax Explosion II). One Patrolman was killed and my grandmother didn't know for a week if it was my Grandpa. He was uninjured. He continued to prepare for deployment to the Pacific and was released from the RCNVR in early 1946.
History
Item list and details
RCNVR Seamanship Pocket Manual
Person the story/items relate to
Patrolman Elmer Knight, Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve
Person who shared the story/items
Marc Inglis
Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
He was my Grandfather
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Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.