This mountain was named in 1922 in honour of Major W.E. Lawson. Lawson was an employee with the Geological Survey of Canada and was killed in France during the First World War.
Mount Lawson
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This mountain was named in 1922 in honour of Major W.E. Lawson. Lawson was an employee with the Geological Survey of Canada and was killed in France during the First World War.
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This mountain was named in 1917 in honour of HMS Arethusa. HMS Arethusa was a Royal Navy light cruiser which was sunk by a mine on 11 February 1916 during the First World War.
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This mountain was named in 1919 in honour of Field Marshal Sir William R. Birdwood. Birdwood was the first commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and played a role in the Gallipoli campaign.
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This mountain was named in 1917 in honour of HMS Invincible. HMS Invincible was a First World War Royal Navy battle cruiser which fought in the Battle of the Falkland Islands and later was part of the 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland. It was sunk and only six of its crew of 1034 survived.
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This mountain was named in 1917 in honour of HMS Shark. HMS Shark was a destroyer which was sunk in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War.
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This mountain was named in 1917 in honour of HMS Warspite. HMS Warspite was a cruiser which fought in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War. Nicknamed "The Old Lady", she went on to serve in the Second World War as well.
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This mountain was named in 1995 in honour of HMS Nomad. HMS Nomad was a Royal Navy destroyer which was sunk after firing all of its torpedoes during the Battle of Jutland in 1916. This mountain was the last of thirty in the Canadian Rockies to be named after ships, admirals, etc. related to the Battle of Jutland. In 1991 “The Grand Fleet Expedition” from Calgary’s No. 144 Lake Bonavista Sea Venturer Company climbed a number of the mountains in the Kananaskis area whose names are related to the battle. In order to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Jutland, they recommended that Mount Nomad be named in honour of HMS Nomad.
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This mountain was named in 1917 in honour of HMS Black Prince. HMS Black Prince was a Royal Navy cruiser which sunk in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War. Its crew of 750 were killed. HMS Black Prince was named after the eldest son of Edward III who wore black armour when he fought against the French in the Hundred Years War.
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This mountain was named in 1917 in honour of HMS Indefatigable. HMS Indefatigable was a battlecrusier and the first ship to be sunk during the 1916 Battle of Jutland during the First World War.
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This mountain was named in honour of Private John Wilfred Shankland. Private Shankland was killed on 9 November 1917 while serving with the Canadian Infantry as a member of "A" Company, 20th Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment.