Christine

Picking up where I left off yesterday, here's a look at Harold Beament, a senior officer and a war artist who saw service throughout the Battle Of The Atlantic. 

A husband and wife who both saw service: Robert Bush served in the Merchant Navy, and Evangeline Bush served in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service.

Their service dress caps are together, along with his medals.

Keith Jones served in the Navy at 17 and lived to tell the tale.

The story of H.M.S. Nabob, a British ship whose crew included Canadians, is shared here.

Most of the Canadian efforts through the war were made in the European theatre.

This is the only surviving example of this kind of rocket launcher, called a Land Mattress. It was used by Canadians starting in 1944, and designed to launch multiple rockets at once.

Nearby it is a panel with an artifact above it. Nose art, common in Allied planes during the war, often included women or some humorous touch. In this case the commander of a Canadian Lancaster bomber was looking more to home for his inspiration: his daughter Christine.