Hughes, Bill: my Navy recollections (November 12, 2009)

An interview/narrative of Bill Hughes's recollections of post-war commemoration ceremonies. Interview took place on November 12, 2009.

Interviewee: Hughes, Bill

ABSTRACT: Rear-Admiral Bill Hughes Rear Admiral Bill Hughes was interviewed about the Royal Canadian Navy's upcoming centennial and the commemorative window that will be unveiled at St Paul's Church in Esquimalt in 2010.

Interviewer: Duncan, Caroline

Rank: Rear-Admiral.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Hughes, Bill
• Duncan, Caroline

Subject

• Canada. Royal Canadian Navy
• Royal Roads Military College
• Military history

Language

• eng

Keyword

• Canada--Royal Canadian Navy--Centennial celebrations, etc.
• Commemorative windows
• St. Paul's Church (Esquimalt, B.C.)
• Hughes, William A. (Bill)--Interviews
• Royal Roads Military College

Date created

• November 12, 2009

Relation

• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.
• Title of paper: "For Each Dear Life of Sacrifice: Post-war Commemoration". Link:  http://rusiviccda.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/For_Each_Dear_Life_of_Sacrifice.pdf

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 sound recording (MP3)

Geographic coverage

• Canada

Coordinates

• 60.10867, -113.64258

Additional physical characteristics

• Original sound recording (WAV) also available.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• sound recordings
• interviews
• oral histories (literary genre)
• reminiscences

Archival item identifier

• HB_601

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• February 16, 2010

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. Recorded in digital format by interviewer, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2010. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/cs4f-gp75

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