Officers Commissioned into the RCN through the RN Upper Yardman's school

For 100 years the Royal Navy has used the Upper Yardman's Scheme to commission older more experienced personnel from the lower deck. For a brief period the Royal Canadian Navy used this scheme to commission a small number of officers. The program was replaced by HMCS Venture and other commissioning schemes which produced larger numbers of officers needed by the navy. This is the definitive list of the graduates of this program.

OFFICERS COMMISSIONED INTO THE RCN THROUGH THE RN UPPER YARDMAN’S SCHOOL

• Beckett, William Marshall "Joe" "Bill" – Commander (RCN)
• Bissell, Philip George “Phil" – Commander (RCN)
• Brooks, Jackson James "Jack" – Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
• Cavan, Leonard Joseph "Len" – Captain (N) (MARS)
• Driega, Alexander William – Lieutenant-Commander (S) (RCN)
• Dunlop, Roy B. – Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
• Garay, John – Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
• Hayward, William Langford Dealtry “Willy” – Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
• Howe, John Parker “Jack” – Captain (N) (MARS)
• Hunt, Kenneth Edwin “Ken” – Lieutenant (P) (O) (RCN)
• Lourme, Ernest Patrick – Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
• Lowe, John Douglas "Darky" – Commander (RCN)
• MacFarlane, George Richard – Commander (RCN)
• McLaughlin, Earle E. – Lieutenant (E) (RCN))
• Nurse, Joseph Eric – Lieutenant (E) (RCN)
• Panteluk, William – Commander (MARS)
• Percy, Arthur Montague "Art" – Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
• Pettit, Frederick Clement “Clem” – Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
• Porter, Henry Allan "Harry" – Vice-Admiral (CF)
• Prowse, N.A. – Lieutenant (RCN)
• Reid, John Maxwell “Max” – Captain (NR) (MARS)
• Roggeveen, Paul Adrian – Lieutenant–Commander (RCN)
• Saxon, Donald Roy “Don” – Captain (N) (MARS)
• Smith, Herbert Hartley – Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
• Taylor, Harry Ernest – Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
• Tomlinson, Samuel George – Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
• Vondette, Henry William "Hank" – Captain (N) (MARS)

OFFICERS COMMISSIONED INTO THE RN THROUGH THE RN UPPER YARDMAN’S SCHOOL AND TRANSFERRED TO THE RCN

• Brockhurst, Geoffrey James – Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
• Brown, Colin Ralph – Commander (MARE)
• Kingswell, Albert Edgar – Lieutenant-Commander (O) (RN)
• McPhee, Arthur David – Captain (RCN)
• Owers, Clifford – Lieutenant-Commander (L) (RCN)
• Savage, Robert Leslie "Doc" – Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)

SUPPLY OFFICERS COMMISSIONED INTO THE RCN THROUGH THE SPECIAL SUPPLY PROGRAM IN THE RN UPPER YARDMAN’S SCHOOL

• Cove, Thomas A. "Tom” – Lieutenant-Commander (S) (RCN)
• Henry, Vincent "Vince” – Commander (S) (RCN)
• Samson, Douglas Elliott "Doug" – Commander (S) (RCN)
• Sutherland, John Robert – Lieutenant-Commander (S) (RCN)

SUPPLY OFFICERS COMMISSIONED INTO THE RCN THROUGH A SPECIAL RCN SUPPLY BRANCH UPPER YARDMAN’S PROGRAMME

• Allen, Albert Arthur – Commander (LOG)
• Brace, York – Lieutenant-Commander (S) (RCN)
• Butler, Russel Arthur – Captain (N) (LOG)
• Campbell, K.R. – Commander (LOG)
• Cormack, Bruce – Commander (S) (RCN)
• Faire, W.A. – Lieutenant-Commander (S) (RCN)
• Godden, Ronald Richardson "Ron" – Lieutenant (S) (RCN)
• Luff, James Bernard – Lieutenant (S) (RCN)
• MacCullough, Harold Allen – Lieutenant (S) (RCN)
• Mason, Asa Ralph – Lieutenant-Commander (S) (RCN)
• O'Neil, Norman Aloysius – Lieutenant-Commander (S) (RCN)
• Pinet, J.E.C. Yves – Captain (N) (LOG)
• Payne, Douglas B. – Lieutenant-Commander (S) (RCN)
• Rowe, Eli William – Lieutenant (S) (RCN)
• Shaw, Alfred Ernest – Lieutenant-Commander (S) (RCN)
• Thibault, Laurent Joseph – Lieutenant-Commander (S) (RCN)

ELECTRICAL OFFICERS COMMISSIONED INTO THE RCN THROUGH A SPECIAL RCN ELECTRICAL BRANCH UPPER YARDMAN’S PROGRAMME

• Boettger, Fred – Lieutenant-Commander (MARE)
• Devlin, Fred – Major (AERE)
• Fish, Gordon – RANK
• Langlois, Real Joseph Leon "Ray" – Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
• Weir, Neil James – Lieutenant (RCN)

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MacFarlane, John M. (2011) Officers Commissioned into the RCN through the RN Upper Yardman’s school. Nauticapedia.ca 2011. https://nauticapedia.nauticapedia.info/articles.php?article=107