This section brings together the approximately 700 objects and photographs used in Canada's Naval History. Use this section to directly access objects and photographs grouped by type, as shown below, or use the search function above to search through them by title.

Llewellyn and Joseph Lush, 1914, Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve

This portrait shows brothers Lew and Joe Lush, who were members of the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve.

At the outbreak of the First World War, the Canadian and British navies both drew on naval reservists from Newfoundland. One brother's cap tally bears the name HMCS Niobe, which would have been under-crewed without Newfoundland reservists at the start of the war. The other brother's cap tally is for HMS Calypso, the Royal Naval Reserve's training ship in Newfoundland.

George Metcalf Archival Collection
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