Rear- Admiral Landymore entered RMC in 1934, where
he took naval training for two summers and
transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. His cadet
training was in HMS Frobisher and he was
a midshipman in the East Indies in HMS Emerald. On
completion of his S/Lt's courses, he joined HMS
Windsor in 1939. He was on board his first Canadian
ship, HMCS Fraser, when she was involved in a
terrible collision off France. He returned to
England in 1942 to specialize in gunnery and was at
sea again in action in the cruiser HMS Belfast. In
1944, he joined HMCS Uganda as Gunnery Officer and
served on board until she was withdrawn from the
war. Admiral Landymore will always be
remembered for his battle "with the government of
the day" which was intent on and succeeded in
integrating our three Services
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