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Clifton Thomas Williams Hyslop fonds
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1940-1947, 2008 (Creation)
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1 file of textual records
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Fonds consists of official documents relating to the wartime service of Lieutenant Hyslop with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) during the Second World War. They include several "Commissions and Warrants"; the orders which appointed officers to take up a new position. Includes two hand-drawn diagrams showing the escort force dispositions for the original designation for UK-North Russia convoys (PQ) and one for Malta operations. There is also a collection of "flimsies" in which commanding officers wrote periodic fitness reports on their officers assessing their performance and suitability for greater responsibilities and promotion. Fonds also includes biographical information on Hyslop and information on HMS badsworth.
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Fonds received 21 November 2008 from Commodore Jan Drent on behalf of Mrs. Fiona Gyslop of Victoria, BC.
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