Wingham Legion member, RCN veteran recalls his time spent on H.M.C.S Sackville

November 17, 2021 @ 12:24 pmLocal News, Wingham Advance Times

Royal Canadian Navy veteran Pat Onions salutes the cenotaph after laying a wreath at the Wingham Remembrance Day ceremony. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (H.M.C.S.) Sackville is the last remaining Allied corvette from the Second World War, and it continues to serve as Canada’s Naval Memorial in Halifax. The Sackville was one of over 100 corvette ships built in Canadian shipyards that served the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the war. The ship was commissioned on Dec.…
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Kelsey Bent is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with Midwestern Newspapers.