Pete Avis - Musical Composition and Blog

You can read Pete’s Blog - Pete’s Projects at the Shire - at https://petesprojects476383777.wordpress.com/blog/

Dave Bannister

Rich Gimblett

Rich served as the combat officer of HMCS Protecteur for operations in the Persian Gulf in 1991 and shortly afterwards co-authored the official account of that conflict. This set him on the path to become the command historian of the Royal Canadian Navy from 2006 to 2018. He has since written and/or edited several other books, including editing a pair of commemorative volumes to mark the Navy’s centennial in 2010, and he is a contributor to the multi-volume official history of the RCN. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross in 2018 for, among other significant contributions, being “recognized internationally as our country’s premier post-Cold War naval historian”. He has also authored several articles included in the Canadian Encyclopedia - https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/author/richard-gimblett .

Richard Greenwood

Richard served as a naval engineer officer (Naval Architect specialist, MSc.) for 37 years, including five years as the Chief Engineer of the Royal Canadian Navy. In this capacity, he provided significant senior leadership for many of the Royal Canadian Navy’s major ship and submarine acquisition and modernization projects. The following article was written for the Naval Centennial Conference in 2010:

An Engineer’s Outline of Canadian Naval History (1970-2014) Part III - https://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol24/tnm_24_34_273-295.pdf

Richard Groves

After volunteering to produce a 6-page history of the Canadian Forces Dental Services for a project by the senior dentist in the Indian Army, Richard became the de facto historian for the Dental Corps. When the CFDS was honoured with it’s first Colonel-in-Chief, the 6 pager was augmented to become a 20 page introduction from us to HRH Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester. At about that time we realized that the centennial of the Dental Corps was only a few years away, and a more complete history book should be produced. The final product arrived from the publisher the actual day of the Centennial mess dinner, and was distributed to the VIP medical and dental guests from around the world (and to our Chief of Defence Staff, classmate General Tom Lawson), as well as to all serving Royal Canadian Dental Corps members. In recognition for having written and edited the English text, selecting and editing the photos, and designing the layout, Richard was presented with a CDS Commendation

M0138 Lieutenant-Colonel (Retd) Stephen Kelly

An Acadian Family’s Historical Journey in New Brunswick - The Legacy of Maurice Roy 1875-1960

The essence of the story is when Maurice, the Acadian from Petite Rocher, and Rose Anne were married in 1897, the wedding certificate stated that Rose Anne was born in the Maliseet (Wolastoqewiyik) First Nation Reserve of Tobique (Neqotkuk), Victoria County in 1874. Her parents were French homesteaders from Quebec who were in Balmoral, Restigouche County from 1889 onwards. When the geography is considered and the math is done, there appears to be a significant gap in the timeline. According to most of the 2nd generation, the family pedigree does not have any indigenous lineage, just as the author’s 2nd generation grandmother had stated about the Roy household, but many could speak pidgin French. Thus, this is an English-speaking Acadian story, albeit with an indigenous twist. The story is as much about Rose Anne as about Maurice. It is the story that had to be told for she was the epitome of Atlantic Canada colonization and women’s rights, an unfortunate casualty of the Indian Act. In the early 20th century, in Northumberland County NB, Maurice and Rose Anne confronted many challenges. Together they survived socio-economic challenges of geographical bilingualism, race discrimination, raising a family in the extremely harsh living conditions of the picture province, and most importantly the loss of a child due to unknown causes. The story of her pedigree remains at the time of writing, unresolved. The ancestors of Maurice Roy have been severed from both their Acadian and aboriginal heritages, if only temporarily, until additional research uncovers the secrets of the past.

View the Otter Squadron perspective on Stephen Kelly’s first novel at Classmate’s Anecdotes. Stephen’s Anecdote spans college days to the present. He includes the inspiration he received from Larry Richardson to his first review received from John Britten, the Great Brit and he provides a response from the Raconteur.

Terry Leversedge

Kestrel Publications was founded by Terry Leversedge in 2019 to help fill a continuing void in accurate and informed Canadian military aircraft histories. Terry Leversedge was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada while his father was serving at Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Station Moose Jaw. He later graduated from the Royal Military College, Kingston, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1979, and then received a Masters degree in aircraft design from the Cranfield Institute of Technology in the United Kingdom. … A commercially-published book author and amateur historian, he has published numerous articles as the Editor-in-Chief at Airforce magazine, the flagship publication of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association as well as in other world-wide aviation publications. And now with Kestrel Publishing, he is also the author of an expanding series of books on Canadian military aircraft subjects.

The following books are just some of the many books on Terry’s website. You can check the other books at the following link - https://www.kestrelpublications.com/shop-online

Doug McLean

Doug unfortunately passed away on October 13th, 2021. While many in the Class knew Doug had taken Honours History at RMC, not many knew he was a published author and editor and had actually taught history at Royal Roads shortly before that college was closed.