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Roy was a navy man joining up in 1926 and moving west from Hamilton, Ontario to Victoria, BC for a 36 year career in the RCN. He was a life member of the Trafalgar Pro Pat's Legion and a member of the Chiefs & PO's Mess. He was a decorated war veteran and won a rare Polish Cross in the Second World War. After he retired he went to work in the provincial museum where he stayed until 1970. He and his wife Lillie had three children.

Bill lived his entire life at the family home in Esquimalt and worked for Yarrows Shipyard.

Barney Steel was born England 1911 and moved to Esquimalt in 1961. He became a clarinet instructor for the Tri-Service School, HMCS Naden. He was a member of the Chief's & P.O.'s Association Band, as well as the Victoria Rods & Reels Club. He also worked as a freelance photographer.

Ken Steer was born in Victoria, May 9, 1925, "a James Bay boy". Ken was a veteran of WW2, mostly convoy duty on the Atlantic Coast then finished his electrical apprenticeship at VMD, worked as an electrician for 40 years at Yarrow's shipyard, the last 25 years as electrical foreman.

William Stephenson was one of 13 children of William Stephenson and Rose Warwick Stephenson. He was born in Ireland, the family first came to Canada in 1913, returned to Ireland in 1915, and came to Canada again in 1923. From 1927 until Rose's death in 1939 the family ran a dairy at 257 Colville Rd. In 1943 the barns were destroyed by fire. William Stephenson Sr. worked for the City of Victoria for 32 years.

Jack was born and raised in Esquimalt. He was a career soldier in the Royal Canadian Artillery and has been fondly called "the quintessential RSM".

A.W. (Bill) Stewart was a long-time resident of Esquimalt, B.C. He lived here until 1993 when he sold his house at 511 Constance St. to Neighbourhood House.

Toyo Takata was born in the family residence, near the Japanese Tea Garden on January 14, 1920. His father and uncle owned the Tea Garden and ran it until April, 1942, when they were expelled from Victoria and sent to detention camps in the British Columbia interior. Toyo Takata spent the war years in Slocan and later settled in Toronto, where he worked in the printing business. He married Martha Masato Hori on October 21, 1950.