Lady Tweedsmuir with her son and Vickers-Armstrong representatives on the launching platform, 18 November, 1941.  The ship she is launching is the ill-fated HMCS Athabaskan

The Launch of HMCS Athabaskan

January 20, 1944.  These volunteers arrive in Calgary and take up quarters at Currie Barracks. 

Training at Currie Barracks, Calgary, Alberta

The ceremony was brief and simple-no bands nor bunting to brighten the scene.  It was wartime and Hitler's star was still in the ascendant.