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In 1946 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and in Sept 1947 he became the Chief of Naval Staff in Ottawa, a position he held until his retirement at the end of 1950.

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Canadia Veterans Hall of Valour. Harold Taylor Wood Grant

Light cruiser HMS Diomede (D 92)

14 Apr 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) is undocked. (1)

15 May 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) is docked in No.1 Dock at Rosyth. (2)

17 May 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) is undocked. (2)

11 Jun 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) conducted DG trials in the Firth of Forth. (3)

13 Jun 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) conducted gunnery trials in the Firth of Forth. (3)

14 Jun 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) departed Rosyth for Scapa Flow. (3)

15 Jun 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) arrived at Scapa Flow to commence a work-up period. (3)

17 Jun 1943
During 17/18 June 1943, HMS Norfolk (A/Capt. J.S.S. Litchfield-Speer, RN) and HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) conducted exercises off Scapa Flow. These included night exercises. (4)

19 Jun 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) conducted gunnery exercises off Scapa Flow. (3)

23 Jun 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) conducted exercises off Scapa Flow. (3)

25 Jun 1943
During 25/26 June 1943, HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) and HMS Glasgow (Capt. E.M. Evans-Lombe, RN), conducted exercises off Scapa Flow. These included night exercises. (5)

29 Jun 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) conducted exercises at Scapa Flow. (3)

3 Jul 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) conducted DG trials and compass calibration trials Scapa Flow. (6)

6 Jul 1943
The battleships HMS Duke of York (Capt. G.E. Creasy, DSO, RN, flying the flag of A/Admiral B.A. Fraser, KCB, KBE, RN, C-in-C Home Fleet), HMS Anson (Capt. H.R.G. Kinahan, CBE, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral H.R. Moore, KCB, DSO, CVO, RN), light cruiser HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) and the destroyers HMS Grenville (Lt.Cdr. R.P. Hill, DSO, RN), USS Ellyson (T/Cdr. E.W. Longton, USN), USS Rodman (T/Cdr. J.F. Foley, USN), USS Emmons (T/Cdr. E.B. Billingsley, USN), USS Macomb (T/Cdr. J.C. South, USN) and USS Fitch (T/Cdr. K.C. Walpole, USN) conducted exercises off Scapa Flow. (7)

13 Jul 1943
In the afternoon HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) conducted exercises off Scapa Flow together with HMS Belfast (Capt. F.R. Parham, RN, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral R.L. Burnett, CB, DSO, OBE, RN).

HMS Belfast also conducted gunnery exercises.

In the evening HMS Diomede conducted a tracking exercise during which HMS Brilliant (Lt. J. Smallwood, RN) served as the target. (8)

16 Jul 1943
HMS Diomede (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) arrived at Rosyth. The remainder of her work-up programme had been cancelled as the Admiralty had decided that she was not to be deployed operationally and to use her as training ship instead.

At Rosyth she was to be modified for her new training role. (6)

Light cruiser HMS Enterprise (D 52)

28 Dec 1943
HMS Enterprise (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, RCN) attempting the interception of the arriving German blockade runner Alsterufer in the Bay of Biscay with HMS Glasgow (Capt. C.P. Clarke, RN), ran into the freighter's covering group, consisting of the German destroyer Z 27 and the German torpedo boats T 22, T 25 and T 26.

In a spirited gun action, the heavier British artillery had the better of the Germans and only T 22 was able to return to port.

6 Jun 1944
Took part in the Normandy landings with Force "A", under the overall command of the Admiral embarked in US CA Tuscaloosa and deployed in support of the landings at Utah Beach. From 0716 hrs the CL fired on targets NE of Pouppeville, expending 145 rounds of 152 mm ammo in 6 separate shoots. Enterprise also took part in the bombardment of Cherbourg during June/July. (9)

Light cruiser HMCS Ontario (53)

26 Apr 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
At 1200B/26, at her builders yard in Belfast, Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) is commissioned for trials. (10)

16 May 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted D/G trials off Belfast. (10)

17 May 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted trials off Belfast. (10)

19 May 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted gunnery trials off Belfast. (10)

20 May 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted cruising trials off Belfast. (10)

26 May 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) was accepted from the shipyard and then proceeded from Belfast to Greenock. (10)

29 May 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted trials / exercises in the Clyde area. (10)

2 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted trials / exercises in the Clyde area. (10)

11 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted torpedo firing exercises in the Clyde area. (10)

13 Jun 1945
Around 2015B/13, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) departed Greenock for Liverpool (Birkenhead) where she arrived the following afternoon. (10)

15 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) is docked in No.3 Graving Dock at Birkenhead. (10)

17 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) is undocked. She departed for Scapa Flow late in the evening. (10)

19 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0615B/19, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) arrived at Scapa Flow from Liverpool. (10)

24 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted RIX (range and inclination) and close range AA gunnery exercises off Scapa Flow. (10)

27 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted RIX (range and inclination) at Scapa Flow during which ORP Garland (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) acted as target.

These were followed by A/S exercises with HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN). HMCS Ontario then returned to Scapa Flow for speed trials on the measured mile and gunnery exercises.

(10)

29 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0700B/29, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) departed Scapa Flow for Liverpool. (10)

30 Jun 1945
Around 0730B/30, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) arrived at Liverpool from Scapa Flow. There a pom-pom director was embarked.

Around 1130B/30, she left for Greenock where she arrived around 2115B/30. (10)

2 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 2100B/2, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) departed Greenock for the Mediterranean where she was to continue her work-up programme. (10)

8 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0830B/8, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) arrived at Malta from Greenock. (10)

11 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During the night of 11/12 July 1945, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted exercises off Malta. (10)

12 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 12/13 July 1945, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted exercises off Malta. (10)

14 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted underway refuelling exercises off Malta. (10)

17 Jul 1945
During 17/18 July 1945, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted exercises off Malta. (10)

19 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted exercises, including gunnery, off Malta. (10)

20 Jul 1945
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted exercises off Malta. These included radar calibration exercises, underway towing exercises with HMS Bicester (Cdr. R.W.F. Northcott, DSO, RN), underway refuelling exercises with HMS Chiddingfold (A/Lt.Cdr. F.G. Woods, DSC, RN) and torpedo firing exercises. (10)

23 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted exercises, including gunnery, off Malta. (10)

24 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 24/25 July 1945, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted exercises off Malta. (10)

26 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted gunnery and torpedo firing exercises off Malta. (10)

2 Aug 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted gunnery and torpedo firing exercises off Malta. (10)

3 Aug 1945
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted gunnery exercises off Malta on completion of which course was set for Alexandria via Ras El-Kanayis. (10)

5 Aug 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted bombardment exercises off Ras El-Kanayis. (10)

6 Aug 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted bombardment exercises off Ras El-Kanayis on completion of which she proceeded to Alexandria. (10)

9 Aug 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted gunnery exercises off Alexandria on completion of which course was set for Port Said where she was to enter the Suez Canal. (10)

10 Aug 1945
HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) transited the Suez Canal southbound and then set course for Aden. HMS Bicester (Cdr. R.W.F. Northcott, DSO, RN) and HMS Chiddingfold (A/Lt.Cdr. F.G. Woods, DSC, RN) joined during the passage to Aden. (10)

14 Aug 1945
Around 0630C/14, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN), HMS Bicester (Cdr. R.W.F. Northcott, DSO, RN), underway refuelling exercises with HMS Chiddingfold (A/Lt.Cdr. F.G. Woods, DSC, RN) arrived at Aden from Suez. En-route to Aden exercises had been carried out.

Around 1600C/14, HMCS Ontario departed Aden for Colombo. (10)

19 Aug 1945
Around 0700FG/19, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) arrived at Colombo from Aden. (10)

21 Aug 1945
Around 1630FG/21, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) departed Colombo for Trincomalee. On leaving Colombo gunnery exercises were carried out. (10)

22 Aug 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1200FG/22, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) arrived at Trincomalee from Colombo. (10)

31 Aug 1945
In the morning, HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted D/G trials off Trincomalee.

Around 1525FG/31, she departed Trincomalee as part of a convoy bound for Hong Kong with troops, stores and relief goods. (10)

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