Objects and Photographs

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.




Service Dress Jacket, Chief Petty Officer James Richard Ross

This service dress jacket belonged to Chief Petty Officer James Richard Ross, who served in HMCS Cayuga during the Korean War.

Ross joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1938 and served in a variety of ships, including destroyers, during the Second World War. He was in Cayuga during the ship's first deployment to Korea. This jacket, which dates from after the Korean War, includes the ribbons for Ross' Korean service medals: the Canadian Korea Medal and the United Nations Service Medal Korea (upper right, second row from bottom).

Service Dress Jacket, Chief Petty Officer James Richard Ross
CWM 19830100-017