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Report a Mistake- Object Number 19710214-018
- Event --
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Gieve, Matthews & Seagrove Ltd
- Date Made 1950 or earlier
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, headwear
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1900/01/01
- Latest 1950/12/31
- Inscription Gieve, Matthews & Seagrove Ltd. London, Portsmouth Devonport, Weymouth Chatahm, Edinburgh Sheerness & Dover
- Materials Beaver fur, Brass
- Rank Commander
- Service Component Royal Canadian Navy
- Measurements Height 15.2 cm, Length 17.8 cm, Width 45.9 cm
- Caption Full-dress Uniform, Commander Frank Llewellyn Houghton
- Additional Information The Royal Canadian Navy's elaborate full-dress naval uniform, with distinctive cocked had and gold epaulets, last saw common use in the interwar period. This uniform belonged to Frank Houghton, one of the earliest Canadian naval cadets, who served in a variety of duties on land and at sea between the wars. At different times in the 1930s, he was the commanding officer of the destroyers HMCS Vancouver and HMCS Saguenay. While the sleeves of this uniform bear the three rings of a commander, Houghton ultimately rose to the rank of rear admiral before retiring in 1950.