full dress tail coat
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19710214-016
- Event 1919-1938 Between the Wars
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer George Spencer
- Date Made Circa 1935-1939
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, outerwear
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1930/01/01
- Latest 1939/12/31
- Materials Mammal wool
- Rank Commander
- Service Component Royal Canadian Navy
- 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.