World War II – Ardmore Chronicles

John Beer’s Navy Adventure off Peru during WWII

The following is the story of HMCS Prince Henry and its WWII Adventure off Callao, Peru. It is also my father’s story. Dad served in the Royal Canadian Navy on Prince Henry for this operation and the photos he captured offer us a first-hand account of the events that took place off Callao. We incorporated some of these photos within the storyContinue reading “John Beer’s Navy Adventure off Peru during WWII”

My Mother’s Scrapbook: A Forced Landing at Argyle Shore

Newspaper Clipping from My Mother’s Scrapbook: Argyle Shore residents were awakened from a sleepy winter 76 years ago this week when a plane force landed in the quiet community on Tuesday, February 18th, 1941. This article was submitted to The Charlottetown Guardian and published March 4th, but the author is not identified. We do, however, haveContinue reading “My Mother’s Scrapbook: A Forced Landing at Argyle Shore”