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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
Ships served in: HMCS IROQUOIS - Served in Iroquois 1942-1945
(RD01) Portrait of Russell Dewe (RD02) Russell Dewe - taken in Scotland (RD03) Russell Dewe (RD04-RD05) Inside cover and first page from Russell Dewe's Manual of Seamanship
(RD06) Russell Dewe (left) with unknown friend (RD07) Russell Dewe with unknown Wren (RD08) Russell's friend and shipmate Roger Marleau (right) with unknown sailor on the left at the train station at Mont Joli, Quebec (RD09) Russell Dewe (left), unknown sailor, Roger Marleau (right) somewhere in Quebec (RD10) Portrait of Roger Marleau
RD10 - Russell Dewe met Roger Marleau in IROQUOIS and discovered he was also from Cornwall, ON. Roger and Russell remained friends until my Russell's death in 1983. Roger lived in Aylmer, Quebec. Roger died in 1993.
(RD11) Russell Dewe (right) with unknown friend / shipmate (RD12) Unknown sailors and service women (RD13) Group of unknown sailors with women of the British Auxiliary Territorial Service (RD14) Unknown sailors somewhere in the UK (RD15) Unknown sailor in Liverpool, England
(RD16) Lt Madgwick on HMCS IROQUOIS G89 (RD17) Sailors on HMCS IROQUOIS G89 Russel Dewe, back, 1st on left - Eric Snell, back, centre. Two of other sailors in the photo are B. Evasik and Robert Willis though it is not known which sailors they are in the photo (RD18) Russell Dewe on HMCS IROQUOIS G89 (RD19) Russell Dewe (centre) other two sailors unknown on HMCS IROQUOIS G89 (RD20) Unknown sailor on HMCS IROQUOIS G89
(RD21) HMCS IROQUOIS G89 (foreground) at Scapa Flow with unknown destroyer coming alongside (RD22) L-R: Cdr Harry Dewolf, Adm Fraser (Royal Navy) and, Cdr James Calcutt Hibbard on HMCS IROQUOIS G89 (RD23) Russell Dewe (centre) and two unknown shipmates (RD24) Starshells during night action in the Bay of Biscay (RD25) Unknown ship making smoke screen - photo taken from HMCS IROQUOIS who was also laying smoke
(RD26) Plaque presented to HMCS IROQUOIS G89 in appreciation of her rescuing 680 survivors from the troopship SS DUCHESS OF YORK that was sunk by German Aircraft on 11 Jul 1943 300 miles of Virgo, Spain (RD27) Unknown troop ship seen from HMCS IROQUOIS G89 (RD28) Drawbridge at unknown location (RD29) Unknown frigate (RD30) Unknown coastline seen from HMCS IROQUOIS G89
(RD31) Funeral procession for Capt Walker of HMS STARLING - Jul 1944 (RD32) Honour guard from HMCS IROQUOIS G89 for the funeral of Capt Walker of HMS STARLING. Russell Dewe - 8th man, left column (right hand side of photo)
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