Brentwood College School - Brentonian Yearbook (Mill Bay, British Columbia Canada)

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Brentwood College Magazine For bringing in his badly damaged bomber and crew after a raid over Germany, Wing Commander T. C. Weir received the D.F.C. Lieut. W. J. Barrett-Lennard, R.C.N.V.R., was aboard the corvette Morden which effected the rescue of 194 survivors from a torpedoed Canadian mer- chantman. Ronald Scott-Moncrieff, M.D., of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps overseas, has received his Majority. Roger Wilson, M.D., F.R.C.S., has joined the Royal Army Medical Corps overseas. Michael Allan, serving with the Royal Canadian Engineers overseas, has been promoted to the rank of Captain, as has Hoadley Mitchell, who is serving with the United States Army Air Force. Flt.-Lt. V. G. Stavrakov who, in 1931, served as assistant chief engineer with the Wilkins North Pole expedition, is again in the far north. The latest news was of him teaching Russian folk-songs to his colleagues in the R.C.A.F. at an Alaskan air base. Sgt. Pilot James Asselstine has made a good recovery from the serious injuries suffered on active service in England. As we go to press we hear that he leaps into matrimony next week. We wish him every happiness. We record the untimely death, as the result of a logging accident, of Bishop Fenwick Wilson, who left us a year ago. After completing his year at the U.B.C. he accepted a few weeks ' employment with a logging company near his home on Salt Spring Island while awaiting his call into the R.C.A.F. Brentwood Old Boys were most prominent at the new Royal Canadian Naval College, Esquimalt, B.C. A Lt. Cmdr. G. H. Davidson, R.C.N. , was Executive Officer, while A Lt. Cmdr. J. R. Genge and Sub-Lt. A. W. Gillespie, both of the R.C.N.V.R., filled the offices of Navigation Officer and Sports Officer respectively. Three Old Boys were in the Senior Term class: Cadets A. R. Macdonald, P. G. May, J. A. Angus. Two others, Cadets A. Cavenagh and A. Fox, were in the Junior Term class. A Captain J. M. Grant, R.C.N., one time master of Brentwood and a present member of its Board of Directors, is the Commanding Officer of the new Naval College. i i i The Old Brentonians ' Association has every reason to be proud of the appointment of Logan Mayhew (1928-1931) to the Board of Directors of the College. It is our wish that he will enjoy many years of useful service in his new capacity. Many Old Boys have visited the school during the past year; many others have written fairly often. News of the whereabouts of Old Brentonians is always welcome. It enables us to keep them in touch with the school. [Page Thirty-One]

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Brentwood College Magazine Qtd Sot JVotz± AN illuminated Honour Roll has been placed in the school chapel con- taining, to date, more than two hundred names of Old Boys serving with Canadian, British and American Forces in various theatres of war. Arranged alphabetically, the scroll is in a temporary frame so designed that additions may be made as required. Ten small red swords — replicas of the sword of St. Michael — mark the names of the following who have been killed on active service: J. P. Campbell 1930-1932 A. H. Coulter 1929-1931 R. C. Field 1934-1938 B. A. Hanbury 1925-1928 B. Harvey 1935-1938 S. P. Marlatt 1926-1929 R. C. Proctor 1925-1928 D. E. Stewart 1929-1930 C. M. B. Symons 1932-1937 L. H. Wilkinson . 1929-1933 Others notably listed are: C. A. Mayhew 1931-1932 Missing since June B. A. Mitchell 1926-1930 Prisoner-of-War. N. Money 1923-1924 Reported Missing E. A. A. deP ' encier 1924-1927 Prisoner-of-War. Many have won decorations and been mentioned in dispatches: Lt. -Commander J. H. Stubbs, R.C.N., was awarded the D.S.O. for his outstanding work when a Nazi submarine was sunk by the H.M.C.S. Assini- boine, then under his command. Lt. R. Bell, R.C.N.V.R., was awarded the D.S.C. for coolness and devotion to duty in the face of heavy and sustained air attacks on a convoy to Russia. Sub-Lieut. E. M. Chadwick, R.C.N., mentioned in dispatches, displayed great coolness and skill throughout the long period of attacks under difficult conditions. He proved himself to be capable of rapid and accurate thinking, and through his calmness maintained a complete sense of confidence in the anti-submarine team, the success of whose work contributed to the destruction of the enemy U-boat. Squadron Leader E. M. (Ted) Williams cited for valuable work on convoy patrols received the Air Force Cross and the D.F.C. He carried out 187 sorties over the North Atlantic. [Page Thirty)

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Brentwood College Magazine MY FIRST OP By F. O. L G. Gillespie, R.C.A.F., July, 1943 Get in your kite, the O.C. said, Get in and get it started, But the Navigator ' s still in bed, I answered broken hearted. Don ' t be a clot, was the reply. For gosh sake wake him up And don ' t forget to tell him why Before you take him up. We finally got aboard the crate And had our tasks in hand, I taxied at a fearful rate And bogged it down in sand. The tractor came at last to help, I opened up full bore, O ' er the engines ' roar was heard a yelp And an 1 irk was looking sore. I ' d 2 pranged his foot which I hadn ' t seen But hadn ' t time to stop For the 3 ACP was flashing a Green, Which meant I had to hop. The take-off was a bag of thrills, The props were in course 4 pitch I ' d forgotten to close the starboard gills And the mixture was not in rich. Shouts of damn and what the hell ? Came clearly through the phones, Poor Nav., he didn ' t feel too well, I could tell so by the moans. [Page Thirty-Two]