Royal Naval College of Canada - Commandants

Commandants

Name Years Significance
Lieutenant Commander Edward Atcherley Eckersall Nixon, Royal Navy (RN, ) 1911–1922 The Nixon building at the Royal Roads Military College was named in his honour of the commandant in 1999). He was co-commandant of RNCC with then Commander Edward Harrington Martin. Nixon achieved seniority as commander on 1 August 1915.
Commander Edward Harrington Martin (RN, ) 1911-1917 (1918 at RMC, Kingston) Martin, the Officer-In-Charge of RNCC, achieved seniority as captain on 31 December 1912. Commander Nixon received serious injuries as a result of the 1917 harbour explosion. During his recovery, Captain Martin temporarily took over the commandant's duties at RMC before the college was relocated to Esquimalt.

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