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- Richard_H._Leir abstract "Rear-Admiral Richard Hugh Leir was born in Penticton, BC, November 19, 1921. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy as a cadet in 1940, after attending Shawnigan Lake School, as well as the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, England, continued his early training with the Royal Navy.During World War II, he witnessed the sinking of the battlecruiser HMS Hood, and survived the sinking of the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the cruiser HMS Exeter. Following the latter, he was officially listed as dead for three years while actually a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese .Between 1945 and 1954, Leir saw service in five destroyers and two frigates, including duty as Operations Officer in HMCS Athabaskan during the Korean War in 1950-51. Between 1954 and 1962 he commanded the destroyer HMCS Crusader, attended the RN Staff College, served as Executive Officer of the aircraft carrier HMCS Bonaventure and was the Training Commander in the Fleet School at Halifax.He commanded the destroyer HMCS Skeena in the Pacific in 1962. In 1963 he took command of HMCS Venture, the officer cadet training establishment in Esquimalt. In August 1964, he was appointed to Canadian Forces Headquarters. In 1965 he was made Commander, First Canadian Escort Squadron based at Halifax and the following year promoted Commodore as Senior Canadian Officer Afloat Atlantic.Leir went to the National Defence College in 1967 and to National Defence Headquarters as a Director General in 1968.He was promoted to Rear-Admiral on June 18, 1970, and appointed Commander Maritime Forces Pacific in which capacity he served for three years until designated Chief of Maritime Operations in Ottawa, retiring on 14 August 1975.He described his experiences in a fascinating documentary video \"Two Prisoners of War\" produced by Policy Publishers Inc. (Pat Ryan, John Frank, Maurice Turner). It is difficult to locate, but a copy is available for viewing at the DND Directorate of History and Heritage in Ottawa. Leir died on May 28, 2015.".
- Richard_H._Leir award Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George.
- Richard_H._Leir award Order_of_the_Bath.
- Richard_H._Leir battle Battle_of_the_Atlantic.
- Richard_H._Leir battle Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait.
- Richard_H._Leir battle Battle_of_the_Java_Sea.
- Richard_H._Leir battle Korean_War.
- Richard_H._Leir battle Sinking_of_Prince_of_Wales_and_Repulse.
- Richard_H._Leir battle World_War_II.
- Richard_H._Leir birthDate "1921-11-19".
- Richard_H._Leir birthPlace Penticton.
- Richard_H._Leir birthYear "1921".
- Richard_H._Leir deathDate "2015-05-28".
- Richard_H._Leir deathPlace Saanichton.
- Richard_H._Leir deathYear "2015".
- Richard_H._Leir militaryBranch Royal_Canadian_Navy.
- Richard_H._Leir militaryCommand "Maritime Forces Pacific".
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- Richard_H._Leir wikiPageWikiLink Esquimalt.
- Richard_H._Leir wikiPageWikiLink HMCS_Athabaskan_(R79).
- Richard_H._Leir wikiPageWikiLink HMCS_Bonaventure_(CVL_22).
- Richard_H._Leir wikiPageWikiLink HMCS_Crusader_(R20).
- Richard_H._Leir wikiPageWikiLink HMCS_Skeena_(DDH_207).
- Richard_H._Leir wikiPageWikiLink HMCS_Venture.
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- Richard_H._Leir wikiPageWikiLink Penticton.
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- Richard_H._Leir wikiPageWikiLinkText "Richard H. Leir".
- Richard_H._Leir awards Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George.
- Richard_H._Leir awards Order_of_the_Bath.
- Richard_H._Leir battles "* Battle of the Atlantic * Battle of the Denmark Strait * Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse * Battle of the Java Sea Korean War".
- Richard_H._Leir battles "Second World War".
- Richard_H._Leir birthDate "1921-11-19".
- Richard_H._Leir birthPlace Penticton.
- Richard_H._Leir branch Royal_Canadian_Navy.
- Richard_H._Leir commands Maritime_Forces_Pacific.
- Richard_H._Leir dateOfBirth "1921-11-19".
- Richard_H._Leir dateOfDeath "2015-05-28".
- Richard_H._Leir deathDate "2015-05-28".
- Richard_H._Leir deathPlace Saanichton.
- Richard_H._Leir name "Leir, Richard H.".
- Richard_H._Leir name "Richard H. Leir".
- Richard_H._Leir placeOfBirth Penticton.
- Richard_H._Leir placeOfDeath British_Columbia.
- Richard_H._Leir placeOfDeath Saanichton.
- Richard_H._Leir rank Rear_admiral.
- Richard_H._Leir shortDescription "Canadian admiral".
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- Richard_H._Leir description "Canadian admiral".
- Richard_H._Leir description "Canadian admiral".
- Richard_H._Leir subject Category:1921_births.
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- Richard_H._Leir comment "Rear-Admiral Richard Hugh Leir was born in Penticton, BC, November 19, 1921. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy as a cadet in 1940, after attending Shawnigan Lake School, as well as the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, England, continued his early training with the Royal Navy.During World War II, he witnessed the sinking of the battlecruiser HMS Hood, and survived the sinking of the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the cruiser HMS Exeter.".
- Richard_H._Leir label "Richard H. Leir".
- Richard_H._Leir sameAs Q7326163.