Harold Baillie-Grohman
Vice admiral (Royal Navy), Vice Admiral Harold Tom Baillie-Grohman, (16 January 1888 – 23 September 1978) was a Royal Navy officer. Early life Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Baillie-Grohman was the son of the writer William Baillie Grohman and of Florence, ''née'' Nickalls, daughter of Tom Nickalls. Naval career Baillie-Grohman entered Britannia Royal Naval College, HMS ''Britannia'' as a cadet in 1903 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1909. In 1914, he was given command of the destroyer in March 1914, and subsequently commanded , , and during the First World War, serving both in the Grand Fleet and the Dover Patrol. Promoted to Lieutenant commander (Royal Navy), lieutenant commander in 1917, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918 for his part in minesweeping operations. After the First World War, Baillie-Grohman was employed on minesweeping operations off the coast of Belgium, then commanded the sloop HMS ''Crocus'' in the Persian Gulf. He wa ...
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Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The city of Victoria is the 7th most densely populated city in Canada with . Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about southwest from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about from Seattle by airplane, seaplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry, and from Port Angeles, Washington, by ferry across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Named for Queen Victoria, the city is one of the oldest in the Pacific Northwest, with British settlement beginning in 1843. The city has retained a large number of its historic buildings, in particular its two most famous landmarks, the Parliament Buildings (finished in 1897 and home of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ...
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