Fonds P985.1101-1115, 985.028.0001-0002 - C.H. Brown Fonds

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C.H. Brown Fonds

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P985.1101-1115, 985.028.0001-0002

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  • 1913-1943 (Creation)

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26 sheets. -- 15 photographs; 1 programme.

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Brown, Lieutenant Commander Charles Henry

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Charles Henry Brown was a career naval officer whose service began as a Commissioned Carpenter in 1913. He served afloat including HMCS Shearwater and HMCS Rainbow in WWI and ashore; and in the rank of Shipwright Commander. He was awarded the Order of The British Empire in 1943 for his wartime work in organizing the Shipwright Branch of the Royal Canadian Navy.

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Fonds consists of certificates of service with handwritten comments by the captains of a number of vessels including HMCS Rainbow and HMCS Niobe dating from 1913 to 1940. Also includes a collection of photographs mainly of ships but also of officers, parties, and drills. One photograph is of C.H. Brown receiving O.B.E. decoration. Also includes a souvenir programme of the presentation of the King's Colours to the Royal Canadian Navy Western Command by HM King George VI, May 30, 1939.

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Donated by Lieutenant Commander C.H. Brown, 25 April 1985 and by Jack Adrian, 15 December 2004.

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  • English

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All requests for use must be made through the MMBC Research Request program (http://mmbc.bc.ca/collections/library-and-archives/research/). Please note that fees may apply.

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RAD, July 2008 version, Canadian Council of Archives.

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6 March 2018

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