Alleyne Island

Alleyne Island (52˚05'00" 128˚20'00" S of Stryker I, SW of Bella Bella). Cdr Victor Percy Alleyne (1887–1952), born at London, England, was a retired RN officer living on Vancouver I when WWII began. He had married Elizabeth Helen Wace at Shawnigan Lk in 1929. Alleyne re-enlisted with the RCN and was placed in charge at HMCS Givenchy, part of the naval station at Esquimalt. In 1939 he served as commodore of the first merchant marine convoy to leave Canada for Britain and was in charge of...

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