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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.

Sources

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 Admiral B.A. Fraser, KCB, KBE, RN), 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 (position 0.00, 0.00)
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).

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)

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