Personal Grant of Arms

Awards & Honours 
of
David Daniel Ruddy

Military Museum Arms





Personal Grant of Arms

 

Personal Grant of Arms

Armigerous by grant, Letters Patent of the Chief Herald of Ireland, 27 May 1988

  • My blazon:  Barry wavy of six argent and azure a ship's rudder gules hinged or, a chief of the first thereon a Latin cross of the third between two trefoils slipped vert.
  • My crest:  A ship's helm proper.
  • My motto:  Duchas gaeil

 

President of The Heraldry Society of Canada 

British Columbia/Yukon Branch

  • Past President of the Heraldry Society of Canada
  •  Past President of the Laurentian Branch of the Heraldry Society

 

The Heraldry Society of Canada 

 

Order of the Holy Sepulcher

Knight Commander with star of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher. K.C.*H.S.

Order of the Holy Sepulcher is today a major Catholic Order of Knighthood, under the direct protection of the Holy See. It now has a worldwide mission to support the Holy Places, particularly in Jerusalem, and has approximately eighteen thousand members across the globe.

Knight Commander the Order of Saint Lazarus
CCMLJ

The Order of Saint Lazarus is an ecumenical organization of Christian Hospitaller whose spirit goes back to the Holy Land and the Crusades.

 

Knight Commander the Order of Saint Lazarus


My Meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau

My meeting with the Right Honorable Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Over the years I have been involved in many Orders and Societies.  As such, it has been one of my life's passions.  Below are some that I have been a member of.

  • Fordham University, New York, B.Sc., 1947, M.A., 1949
  • St. Andrews University, Scotland, Ph.D., 1952
  • Professor Emeritus, College Militaire Royal de Saint-Jean, 1963-88
  • Lt-Commander, U. S Navy, 1943-46
  • 1st President of The Organization of Military Museums of Canada/L'Organisation de Musees Militaires du Canada
  • President of the Nelson-Delta Corporation
  • Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal, 1977
  • Canada 125 Medal, 1992
  • Order of the Liberator (Venezula)
  • Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters(France)
  • Capt/Lt 78th Fraser Highlanders
  • Governor of the Montreal General Hospital
  • Member of the Committee of Museums of Architecture and History, International Committee of Museums (UNESCO)
  • Board of Directors, Quebec Council, St John Ambulance 1987-97 and of the Public Affairs Committee, 1988-97
  • Royal Canadian Legion
  • Canadian Flag Association
  • N.A. Vexillogical Association
  • New York Academy of Sciences
  • Hon Member of the Black Watch Officers's Mess
  • Life member Sampson World War II Navy Veterans' Association
  • Member of The Royal Canadian Military Institute
  • Member Stephen's Green Club (Dublin)

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