William Landymore
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Rear-Admiral William Moss Landymore, OBE, CD (31 July 1916–27 November 2008) was a Canadian naval officer. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Landymore joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1936, but spent much of early career training with the Royal Navy. During World War II, Landymore returned to the Royal Canadian Navy and served aboard destroyers in the Battle of the Atlantic, surviving two sinkings. By the end of the war Landymore had taken a series of positions in Ottawa before returning to destroyer command during the Korean War. He was promoted through the ranks eventually becoming the first Commander of Maritime Command. :andymore became embroiled in a public feud with the Minister of National Defence following the Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces and resigned as a result. He died at
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William Landymore
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William Moss Landymore
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William Moss Landymore
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* MID
* OBE
* Canadian Forces Decoration
* Naval General Service Medal with BAR Palestine 1939/45 Star
* Atlantic Star
* Pacific Star
* Defence Medal CVSM and Clasp - 1939/1945 War Medal with MID
* Canadian Korean Medal with MID
* United Nations Korea EIIR Coronation - CD and two Bars
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Second World War
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*Battle of the Atlantic
*Battle of Okinawa
Korean War
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Landymore in 1964
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1966
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Rear-Admiral William Moss Landymore, OBE, CD (31 July 1916–27 November 2008) was a Canadian naval officer. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Landymore joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1936, but spent much of early career training with the Royal Navy. During World War II, Landymore returned to the Royal Canadian Navy and served aboard destroyers in the Battle of the Atlantic, surviving two sinkings. By the end of the war Landymore had taken a series of positions in Ottawa before returning to destroyer command during the Korean War. He was promoted through the ranks eventually becoming the first Commander of Maritime Command. :andymore became embroiled in a public feud with the Minister of National Defence following the Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces and resigned as a result. He died at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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1936
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