{"id":330,"date":"2014-03-20T15:07:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T22:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/hmcsrainbowhistory\/?page_id=330"},"modified":"2014-04-13T00:03:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T07:03:12","slug":"crew-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/hmcsrainbowhistory\/crew-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rear-Admiral Walter Hose"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Rear-Admiral<\/a>
Rear-Admiral Walter Hose
photo source: Victoria Maritime Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Admiral Hose was a seaman from the day he was born.\u00a0 On October 2, 1875 he arrived in this world aboard the P & O steamer SURAT<\/em>, while travelling through the Indian Ocean near Ceylon.\u00a0Later in life his naval career began onboard a British troopship heading to China and was transferred to H.M.S Hyacinth<\/em> in Singapore.\u00a0 In his early years Hose also spent time on H.M.S Imperieuse<\/em>, and H.M.S Calypso<\/em>.\u00a0 After being promoted to commander in 1908, commander Hose inquired about employment in Canada. His interest in Canada arose from previous service in Newfoundland where he met his wife from St. John\u2019s.\u00a0 In 1911, Commander Hose was lent to the Royal Canadian Navy and in June he was appointed to succeed Commander Stewart in command of H.M.C.S. Rainbow<\/em>.\u00a0 In 1912 Hose voluntarily retired from the Royal Navy, and joined the Canadian Naval Service.\u00a0 He remained with the Rainbow<\/em> until 1917 when he was transferred to the east coast Admiral Hose spent one year\u00a0after the war as Senior Naval Officer in Halifax, followed by a position as Assistant Director of the Naval Services in 1920.\u00a0 The next year Admiral Hose was appointed Director, a position he held until his retirement on July 1, 1934.\u00a0 He died at his daughter\u2019s house in Riverside, Ontario in June of 1965.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Rear-Admiral<\/a>
Rear-Admiral Hose signing the guest book at the Maritime Museum of British Columbia (May 4, 1960)
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve<\/h2>\n
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Memorial for Rear-Admiral Walter Hose at St. Paul’s Church in Esquimalt B.C.
photo source: http:\/\/ns1763.ca\/hfxrm\/admhose-12275.jpg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Rear-Admiral Hose left an eternal legacy as he created the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve.\u00a0 In 1913 admiral Hose was approached by four young men from Victoria, all who had served in the Royal Navy Reserve in London.\u00a0 They requested permission to start a volunteer reserve. Informal approval was given and thirty three men began training.\u00a0 During the First World War the reserve numbers reached around 6,000.\u00a0 The success of the reserve\u00a0was largely due to the support of Admiral Hose in his position as chief of naval staff[1]<\/a>.\u00a0 With the end of WWI came hard financial times, and the\u00a0RCN was reduced to minimum numbers.\u00a0 However, Admiral Hose continued to expand the RCNVR and by WWII 78,000 of the 87,000 officers and men[2]<\/a>, were from the volunteer reserve.\u00a0 Rear Admiral Walter Hose is remembered as, The Father of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Founder of the Naval Reserves of Canada.<\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> Maritime Museum of British Columbia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[2]<\/a> Daily Colonist, 6<\/p>\n

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  Admiral Hose was a seaman from the day he was born.\u00a0 On October 2, 1875 he arrived in this world aboard the P & O steamer SURAT, while travelling through the Indian Ocean near Ceylon.\u00a0Later in life his naval career began onboard a British troopship heading to China and was transferred to H.M.S Hyacinth … <\/p>\n

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