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Centenarian David Howard was inducted by his long- time friend and Hall of Fame member Paul Henderson David was past winner of the Canada’s Cup in in 1954 Canadian Olympic helmsman in 1954 skipper of True North and and Marauder in the 1969 and and 1975 Canada’s Cup campaigns sailing master of of offshore racers Inishfree and and Bonaventure Past Commodore and and Honourary Life Member of RCYC and an an original founding member of the Nonsuch class David had previously inducted his old friend George Cuthbertson into the Hall of Fame in in 2014 REMEMBRANCE DAY
Opposite Page Top: The Class of of of 2018 (l to r) MC Rob Mazza Tobi and and and Tracy Bruce Bruce daughters of of of of inductee inductee Ian Bruce Bruce David David and and and and Nancy Glass Glass son son and and and and daughter daughter of of of of inductee inductee Ken Glass Glass Inductee Inductee Inductee Don Green Inductee Inductee Inductee David David Howard Cedric Gyles Gyles Sr grandson of of of of Inductee Inductee Inductee Inductee Inductee George Gyles Gyles Tory Black granddaughter-in-law of of of of inductee Jack Cribb Kyle Rousell grandson of of of Inductee Inductee Inductee Gard Boultbee and and and Patianne Hatfield Hatfield wife of of of Inductee Inductee Inductee the late Derek Hatfield Hatfield Photo: Macgregor Small Opposite page Bottom Right: Cedric Gyles Gyles Sr received the the the induction of of of his grandfather George George Gyles Gyles a a a a a a a a a a a a member of of of the the the 1932 Silver Medal 8-Metre crew George George was a a a a a a a a a a a multi-term Commodore Commodore of of of of RVYC and and and Cedric is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a past Commodore Commodore Commodore of of RCYC Photo: From press release Top Left: Left: (L to to to R): Commander Moniz Commodore Commodore David David David Howard Howard Howard Howard David David David Howard Howard Howard Howard Jr Shannon Howard Howard Howard Howard Bottom Left: Left: David David David Howard’s Naval service was honoured by uniformed representatives from HMCS HMCS HMCS HMCS Oriole HMCS HMCS HMCS HMCS York York and and HMCS HMCS HMCS HMCS Cataraqui Commander Moniz CO HMCS HMCS HMCS HMCS York York spoke eloquently of David’s service in in in RCN Corvettes in in in the North Atlantic during WWII Photos from this page: Macgregor Small The Club’s Royal designation signified its role as an auxiliary to the Royal Navy and in its turn to the Royal Canadian Navy and the Club has been true to the promise Wartime contributions ranged from breaking up Member yachts for badly needed metal to organizing recruitment drives to caring for convalescing servicemen on the Island The most significant Member contribution of course lay in in volunteering their own service Four hundred and fifty enlisted for the First World War of whom 49 were lost and 501 enlisted for the Second World War of whom 23 did not return On this day we take a a a moment to honour all of them Link to to the RCYC RCYC Naval Veterans http://rcyc ca/about/Heritage/history/Military_RCYC
Link to the Canadian Virtual War Memorial registry http://www veterans gc ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/
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Above: The R C C C Y C C C war memorial at Centre Island surrounded by by forget-me-nots which are replaced by by poppies grown from from seed from from Flanders fields 1930 Photo: The Toronto Star Archives
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