Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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l.ieut. These SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Donald Dodds, R.C.N.Y.R. was one of the survivors of the sinking of H.M.C.S. 'l'rentonian. He disposed of the ship's secret papers before diving into the Atlan- tic. His brother, Stanley, is now commissioned. Pk Ulf PF notes dealing with Qld Boys on Active Service must necessarily be incomplete. XYe would refer parents and others interested to the Old Boys' Notes published in recent issues of The Record lrllrinity College Schooll and the B. C. S. Maga- zine. Here we take the opportunity of thanking the Editors for a preview of the last numbers. Congratulations to Kent Newcomb and Geoffrey Taylor who were awarded Scholar- ships to Trinity College School last year. .-X. R. H. CJ. R. D. bk ik bk C. Dobell, who left B.C.S. lastjune, obtained a Eirst Class in his Junior hlatricu- lation. He also won the Captain Melville Greenshields Memorial Scholarship, the Governor General's Medal, and the Sir Edward Beatty Scholarship in Mathe- matics at McGill. PF Pk Pk Hallward tB.C.S.D passed the Senior Matriculation. PF PF ik Giblin passed the McGill Junior Matriculation in the First Class with seven credits. ik Pk 2? Congratulations to Peter and Billy Dobell of 'I'.C.S, who, capping excellent scholastic Congr: Also to records, won high athletic honours. P. C. Dobell won the allround Senior Cham- pionship, while YY. M. Dobell won the Junior. Ik bk wk itulations to Harry M. l 'l'iin l Burgess on winning the YV. XY. Chipman Medal at McGill. Tim is the first winner. wk 214 lk Donald Patterson on winning a University Entrance Scholarship at McGill. Donald came second in last year's Quebec High School Leaving Examinations with 894 marks lonly 3 marks behind the first candidatel out of 1000. l3l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1944-1945 Capt. YV. G. F. Turpin, Canadian Grenadier Guards, has arrived in Montreal after service overseas. FF 14 wk Lieut. R. CBobbyD Savage, R.C.N.V.R. is a Signalling Othcer lNorth Atlantic convoy.,l Pk 31 7F Sqdr. Ldr. D. Farrell, R.C.A.F., was mentioned in Despatches in the New Years Honour List. PF IF Bk Sqdr. Ldr. Dal. Russel was recently promoted to YVing Commander after three complete tours of operations. His decorations include the D.S.O. and D.F.C. and Bar. Lieut. Egan Chambers, P.P.C.L.I., has been awarded the lNl.C. if ll! wk Lieut. Col. YY. C. Leggat, R.C..-X., was promoted to Brigadier. PF PF if Major G. A. Ross, The Black Xvatch, who later transferred to the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, fNorth Africa and Italyl, was awarded the D.S.O. ik if if Capt. YV. K. G. Savage was awarded the M.C. Pk ik Bk Lieut. Selby Stewart, The Black NVatch, received the Commander in Chiefs certificate for gallantry on the Western front. ik wk if Interesting photographs and a description of Prison Camp life in Germany appeared in the local newspapers recently from Lieut. Daniel Doheny, reported a prisoner ot war in our last issue. if 44 FK Capt. F. Nobbs has been liaison oiicer attached to the R.C..-LF. in Holland. if ik Ik Elliot Frost is now a Lieutenant in the R.C.N.Y.R. 4: PF all VVe recently met Lieut. Roy Hastings, R.C.N.V.R. who has been on convoy duty, North Atlantic, and Lieut. David Hodgson, R.C.N.V.R. who is on leave from the Mediterranean. X ak at VVe note that Sub. Lieut. E. Hutchison, R.C.N.V.R. was in H.M.C.S. St. Laurent, which was concerned in the sinking of an enemy submarine recently. PF lk lk Lieut. Commander E. Harrington, R.C.N.V.R. was mentioned in Despatches. lk is Pk l7l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 19-H-1945 TWO LETTERS FROM OLD BOYS HE following letter has been received from Gunner Bl. Lewis, whose earlier note we printed in our last issue. It has been a long time indeed since I last wrote to you, and a great deal has happened during the interim. I was one of those fortunate people who landed on D-Day, but the rough trip across the Channel the night before took away a great deal of the pleasure. As we beached I saw a great many new things for the first time, Germans for one thing. The beach was strewn with mines, and the dead and wounded presented a strange sight to one unaccustomed to war. Prisoners, complete with suitcases, were being loaded on to a landing craft just as soon as the troops and vehicles had disembarked. In spite of the terrific bombardment, the townspeople were out to welcome us, some even with flags kept hidden during the occupation. Our first position was in a mineheld, but no one seemed worried until the Engineers got to work. Then followed several uncertain days, when guns pointed in all directions and snipers had a field day. One day we captured four of them, in a hedge in front of us. They had a nasty habit of sniping when the guns were firing, and consequently gave us no end of trouble discovering them. The most interesting period began with the drive to the east, when firing almost ceased, and it was a case ofplain sightseeing. The people lined the roads and streets making it a long parade. During the days that we spent in this fashion, numerous bottles of cognac and wine, bouquets, and apples made the convoys look quite gay and festive. Boulogne, Calais and Cap Gris Nez meant more firing, and I had a glimpse oi Dover from the coast one day-a very beautiful sight. The Scheldt Estuary brought us mud and rain, two very stolid companions that have caused us more grief than any of the enemy's ingenious concoctions. A rest in Ghent was our first break since D-Day, and a week's leave in England seems to be approaching very shortly. I hope the New Year sees the end to this war and a return to our homes. Please give my regards to the Staff. I. L. C.A.O. CRLF. Sth October 19-I-I. am writing this as I sit huddled in my little Casa f they are all Casas , whether they be slit trenches or Roman mansions. My particular brand of Casa is a trench about six feet by five feet by three feet deep - over this I pitch my tent and around it I build a fairly substantial wall to Cal keep out the water, and tbl give me a bit more protection against other forms of misery. l9l