Michael Grote Stirling fonds. [1934-1999].
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Canada. Royal Canadian Navy
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Y Station was attached to HMCS Givenchy at HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt, a shore facility. Personnel were bussed up daily to Gordon Head to this top secret facility. Men, later Wrens listened to Japanese signals and these were later sent to Americans for translation and intelligence. Bruce Brown once drove the naval commander up to visit the station and that is why he donated the funds to have these copies generated. Copies come from the National Archives of Canada and cannot be reproduced without th...
Stirling, Michael Grote, 1915-2002.
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Rear Admiral Michael Grote Stirling was born in Kelowna, B.C. in 1915. He joined the R.C.N. as a cadet in 1933, and later trained in the Royal Navy. He specialized in Signals at H.M. Signal School, Portsmouth in 1941. He was appointed to the Canadian Joint Staff in Washington in 1947. He became Chief of Naval Personnel in 1962 and Flag Officer Pacific Coast in 1964. He resigned from the Navy in 1966. He served as Director of the University of Victoria Foundation 1967-68 and as Agent General for ...
Great Britain. Royal Navy
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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...
