George Bucknam Wright attended Royal Roads January to April in 1941, in the first class of RCNVR Special Entry cadets. The first five classes were also known informally as ‘90 Day wonders’, as their wartime training at HMCS Royal Roads was just over 3 months. Born 18 June, 1910, Wright worked for the Hudsons Bay Company before joining the RCNVR. On completing training, he joined HMCS Wetaskiwin and was later promoted to lieutenant. While posted to HMCS St Croix as Torpedo Officer, he lost his life when the ship was sunk on 20 September 1943.
John Molson Walkley attended Royal Roads January to April in 1941, in the first class of RCNVR Special Entry cadets. The first five classes were also known informally as ‘90 Day wonders’, as their wartime training at HMCS Royal Roads was just over 3 months. Born 25 July, 1915, Walkley worked for an insurance company before joining the RCNVR. On completing training, he joined HMCS Nanaimo, which was sunk by a U-boat on 16 June 1942. Lt. Walkley was awarded a posthumous Mention in Despatches for his salvage efforts during the capsizing.
Veritas is a publication of the RMC club for ex-cadets of Canadian Military Colleges.
Veritas is a publication of the RMC club for ex-cadets of Canadian Military Colleges.
Royal Roads, Vancouver Flight, 1958. Robson back row, third from left
Value of Friendship, 1956, Log Book article written by Hessin
Image used with article shows graduating cadet, Nicole Schiele
The article is about the closure of Royal Roads Military College in 1995. Miles Selby's quote "The closure of the college is very unfortunate. Especially since, in many people's eyes, it's the best military college in Canada" was given prominence in the article.
Study group, Kostiuk is second from left. Image provided by classmate, #3181 John Willsher
William John Spencer attended HMCS Royal Roads from 1942 to 1943. He was in the first class to graduate from The Royal Canadian Naval College, Royal Roads. Born May 17, 1924, he served in battleships HMS King George V and Howe. He obtained his wings in February 1947 and died in a plane crash in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 24 April, 1952.
Richard Francis Slee attended Canadian Services College Royal Roads from 1951-1953. Born in 1932, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was stationed at Chatham, NB when he was killed during training on 8 February, 1955.
Walter Edward Shields attended Royal Roads January to April in 1941, in the first class of RCNVR Special Entry cadets. The first five classes were also known informally as ‘90 Day wonders’, as their wartime training at HMCS Royal Roads was just over 3 months. Born 21 April, 1917, Shields was training to become a lawyer before joining the RCNVR. On completion of training, he joined HMCS Windflower, which was sunk on 7 December, 1941. Shields was one of 23 men who lost their lives in the incident.
Miles Darren Selby attended Royal Roads Military College from 1991-1995. Born in 1973, he joined the Air Force and was serving with the 431 Air demonstration squadron and was killed in a mid-air collision during a snowbirds practice flight near Mossbank, SK on December 19, 2004.