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Recruiting Poster, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
Recruiting Poster, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve

This poster, with its image of a confident sailor standing alongside a ship's guns, sought volunteers for the Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve (RNCVR).

Established in May 1914 and situated in communities across the country, the RNCVR was originally intended to provide sailors for Britain's Royal Navy. This poster sought sailors for "service Overseas with the Imperial Royal Navy for the Period of the War." The RNCVR also provided many of the recruits that permitted Canada's wartime navy to expand rapidly from a mere 350 sailors to over 5,000.

George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 19860131-059

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Royal Navy Warships in Esquimalt Harbour
Royal Canadian Navy Trawlers, Northwest Arm, Halifax
First World War Atlantic Convoy
German Submarine U-118
Three Canadians in the Royal Navy
Telegram Confirming Flight Lieutenant Harry Wambolt's Death
Letter to Flight Lieutenant Harry Wambolt's Parents
SS Imo and Halifax Sugar Refinery
HMCS Lady Evelyn after the Halifax Explosion
Recruiting Poster, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
HMCS Givenchy's Crew, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1919
HMCS Skeena Plans
"Crossing the Line" Certificate, 1938
"Do You Fit in Here?"
Semaphore Training Tool
Cap Ribbon Order
Commission, Frances Alley
Training Certificate, Evangeline Harrold
Knit for the Navy and Merchant Navy
"Meet the Navy" Program
"Meet the Navy" Program
Royal Canadian Navy Certificate of Acknowledgement
The Canadian Navy Paint Book
German U-Boat Navigation Handbook