Leonard Whiffen

Home Town: Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador Conflict: World War II Branch: Navy

  • Leonard Whiffen enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1940.
  • Navy knife with a spike and a blade that was used most often for splicing rope.
  • Leonard Whiffen (back row, second from right) and the other naval volunteers from Newfoundland, February 1940.
  • When Leonard Whiffen enlisted, he was too young to take the rum ration distributed to seaman every day. He continued to turn down the rum ration throughout his service and received this Royal Naval Temperance Society medal in 1945.
  • VE-Day fireworks at sea near Rothesay, Scotland.
Leonard Whiffen enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1940.
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