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Rear-Admiral Gordon Lewis Edwards, CMM, CD, RCN (Ret'd) World Naval Ships Forums Archive

Rear-Admiral Gordon Lewis Edwards, CMM, CD, RCN (Ret'd)

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Gordon Lewis Edwards was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, on 25 January 1931, son of William Sylvester (Bud) Edwards and Augustine Elizabeth (Curly) Edwards (nee Meiers). He attended Alexandra High School before joining the Royal Canadian Navy in 1948. He trained as a naval communicator and then served in HMCS Athabaskan in the Korean War as an Able Signalman. He was commissioned in 1951, and then completed Officer Training in HMCS Cornwallis and HMCS Ontario, following which he trained as a pilot with the RCAF at Centralia, Ontario, and then operational flying training with the Royal Navy in Lossiemouth, Scotland. During his flying career he flew five different fighter aircraft from five different aircraft carriers from Canada, Britain, and the United States. Following the phase out of the Banshee Jet Fighter, he served in HMCS St. Croix and HMCS New Waterford before serving at NDHQ in Ottawa. He then commanded HMCS Assiniboine for three years, followed by HMCS Bras d'Or for one year. He attended the NATO Defence College in Rome and then served on the staff of Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia. He commanded HMCS Athabaskan and then was Commandant of the Maritime Warfare School, following which he commanded the Fifth Destroyer Squadron. His last sea command was the NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic in 1978-79, and then he spent three years in NDHQ as Director General Military Plans and Operations. Promoted to Rear Admiral, he commanded the West Coast navy from 1982 to 1985. His final military position was a secondment to Foreign Affairs, and he retired in 1985 after 37 years of service. After retirement he worked as a consultant for two years and then as the Representative of British Columbia in Ottawa for seven years, retiring fully in 1993. After retirement he served another five years in the Naval Reserve as a Convoy Commodore. In Ottawa he did volunteer work for the Ottawa General Hospital and several charities. As well, he was President of the Ottawa Canadian Club. In 2005, three years after the passing of his beloved wife Claire Maureen Edwards (nee Campbell) to whom he was married 46 years, he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia where he enjoyed the remaining years of his life looking out on the Northwest Arm three doors down from his daughter Alison and living it up with family and friends from ULDSAS, Ski Club, Sam Slicks and of course RA Park. After moving to Halifax he also became a trustee of HMCS Sackville, a life member of the Shearwater Aviation Museum, and then Chairman of the Shearwater Aviation Museum Foundation. He is survived by his daughters Alison Claire Edwards (Perry Smith - Halifax) and Gretchen Edwards Rohani (Saied Rohani - Victoria) and his special grandchildren Nima, Alex and Holly Rohani. Final arrangements are being entrusted to TK Barnard Funeral Home, Halifax. Admiral Edwards will be cremated and there will be no visitation. A memorial celebration will be held at 2:00pm on Friday March 11, 2011 at the Wardroom CFB Halifax (enter on Lorne Terrace or Gottingen Street). Online condolences can be sent care of: [email]tkbarnard@eastlink.ca[/email]. Donations in Dad's name may be made to Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation, to the SPCA (in memory of his beloved dog Haggis) or charity of choice. Gordie Edwards made his mark on this world and he will be greatly missed.

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