The Memorial to Captain Ronald Jackson RCN(R)

by John M. MacFarlane 2017

Memorial

The Memorial to Captain Ronald Jackson RCN(R) (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )

In the historic St. Paul’s Naval and Garrison Church in Esquimalt there is a memorial to Captain Ron Jackson RCN(R).

He had World War One service in the RN after which he served in the Merchant Service, (He was mobilized for World War Two service). He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/09/1939). He served in HMCS Givenchy as Commanding Officer. He served in HMCS Naden III (Comox) as Commanding Officer 1940. He served in HMCS Cowichan (I) (In command) 1941. He served in HMCS Prince Henry. He was appointed as a A/Lieutenant-Commander (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/07/1943). He served in HMCS Outarde (In command) 1942. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (Temp.) RCNVR. He served in HMS Nabob as Executive Officer. He was appointed as an A/Commander (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/07/1945). (He was demobilized). He was appointed as a Commander (Temp.) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/07/1946). He served in HMCS Malahat as as the Commanding Officer 1947. He was appointed as a Captain RCN(R). (He was released.) (He was qualified with a Watchkeeping Certificate.)

After his naval service he was a Marine Consultant with Talbot Jackson and Associates Ltd. North Vancouver BC. He was a founding member of the Naval Officers Association of British Columbia and the Naval Officers Association of Vancouver Island. He was the President of Branch 239 Pender Island of the Canadian Legion. He was also a member of the Company of Master Mariners of Canada.



To quote from this article please cite:

MacFarlane, John M. (2017) The Memorial to Captain Ronald Jackson RCN(R). Nauticapedia.ca 2017. http://nauticapedia.ca/Gallery/Monument_Jackson.php

Nauticapedia

Site News: March 24, 2024

The vessel database has been updated and is now holding 91,427 vessel histories (with 15,578 images and 12,853 records of ship wrecks and marine disasters). The mariner and naval biography database has also been updated and now contains 58,612 entries (with 4,007 images).

In 2023 the Nauticapedia celebrated the 50th Anniversary of it’s original inception in 1973 (initially it was on 3" x 5" file cards). It has developed, expanded, digitized and enlarged in those ensuing years to what it is now online. If it was printed out it would fill more than 300,000 pages!

My special thanks to our volunteer IT adviser, John Eyre, who (since 2021) has modernized, simplified and improved the update process for the databases into semi–automated processes. His participation has been vital to keeping the Nauticapedia available to our netizens.

Also my special thanks to my volunteer content checker, John Spivey of Irvine CA USA, who has proofread thousands of Nauticapedia vessel histories and provided input to improve more than 10,000 entries. His attention to detail has been a huge unexpected bonus in improving and updating the vessel detail content.


© 2002-2023