Musgrave, Alured P.: my Navy recollections (February 9, 1984) ...

• Main Author: Unav
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: University of Victoria Libraries 2022
• Subjects: World War 1939-1945; Naval history; Military history; World War 1914-1918; Canada. Royal Canadian Navy; Canada; Norway; Petty; Cruiser; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.58066/mswn-ew39; http://vault.library.uvic.ca/concern/generic_works/3d098786-042c-48fb-bc17-e55dcb1bd128

ABSTRACT: Capt. A.P. Musgrave O.B.E. Royal Canadian Navy (Cassette 1, Side 1) Capt. Musgrave discusses his father's time in the RN later joining the Canadian Hydrographic Service and was eventually posted to the West Coast. His son, A.P. Musgrave, joined the Royal Canadian Naval College in Halifax on Aug. 1, 1914. Life as a cadet. Comments on his Chief Petty Officer instructors and on Commander A.E. Nixon. Halifax explosion, although Musgrave was not there. Midshipman, Feb. 2, 1917. Service in the RN. Served in HMS Minotaur (cruiser) out of Scapa Flow. Convoys to Norway. Later on the Northern Patrol (to Iceland). Midshipman's duties and instruction. Present at the surrender of the German Fleet. Problems of seniority in the Gun-room with younger RN Midshipmen. Resigned from the RCN just after the war, later feeling it was a mistake. Mentions knowing Cmdr. Walter Hose in Victoria and later as Admiral Hose in Windsor. Returned to Canada in 1921 and in 1924 joined Shawnigan Lake School as a physical training ... : Rank: Captain. Medals and Honours: Order of the British Empire ...