Talk:William Landymore

Did he jump or was he pushed?
I have added an external link to Landymore's obituary in the Globe and Mail, which contains a detailed description of his role in the Canadian armed forces unification debate. One point of disagreement: the Wiki article now says that he resigned over this debate, whereas the obituary says that he was asked to resign and refused, forcing the minister of national defence (Paul Hellyer) to dismiss him instead. Has someone a source which says that he actually resigned, or should the Wiki article be changed? Dirac66 (talk) 23:26, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The Canadian Encyclopedia says resigned, & it's written by Marc Milner, who's pretty solid on naval matters. I'd prefer something a bit stronger (it's pretty short), but it might serve.  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  10:20, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I have now added a link to two remembrances by officers who knew Landymore, also published in the Globe and Mail in response to the obituary. The first and longer says "forced retirement" and explains that he thought of asking for a court-martial but decided against it. So I suppose that "resigned" is technically accurate as he didn't fight to the end. Perhaps "was ordered to resign" would be more accurate. Dirac66 (talk) 02:18, 31 December 2008 (UTC)