Tuesday, December 22, 1964...The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, N.S. DEATHS - Major General W. H. P. ELKINS, C.B. C.R.C. D.S.O. Suddenly at the Kingston General Hospital on Monday, December 21, 1964. Major General William H. P. Elkins in his 83rd year. Beloved husband of Phyllis Shortt and dear father of Mrs. John Bovey, and Mrs. James Cronyn. Resting at his late residence, 3 Emily Street, Kingston, Ontario. Funeral Notice later. - Tuesday, December 22, 1964...The Mail-Star, Halifax, N.S. MAJOR GENERAL ELKINS DIES IN ONTARIO, 82. Major General William H. P. Elkins, the man primary responsible for guarding Canada's Atlantic seaboard against enemy action during the Second World War, died yesterday in Kingston, Ontario, at the age of 82. It was in August - 1940, that General Elkins was named general officer commanding Canada's newly formed Atlantic Command. His authority extended to all three services and took in the entire coastline of Canada, and then separated Newfoundland. In 1943 General Elkins reached mandatory retirement age, and was assigned to the position of deputy administrator of Canada's Atlantic ports. Born in Sherbrooke, Que., he graduated from the Royal Military Collage in Kingston, Ont., in 1905, and became an artillery officer. He served in Canada and India until the outbreak of the First World War. AWARDED DSO From 1915 to 1918, he served in France and Flanders, receiving battle-field promotion to the rank of Lieutenant-colonel. He commanded a brigade of Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, was three times mentioned in dispatches, and in 1918 was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Bar. General Elkins was artillery staff officer at National Defence Hqts., in Ottawa from 1926 to 1930 when he was appointed commandant of the Royal Military Collage. In 1935 he was made a Commander of the British Empire. Promoted to the rank of Major General, in 1938 he became Master General of Ordance in Ottawa a promotion he held until he was appointed to Halifax in 1940. Since his retirement, General Elkins had resided in Kingston, Ont. He is survived by his wife, the former Phyllis Shortt, and by two daughters, Mrs. John Bovey, and Mrs. James Cronyn.