Simonds Group

Simonds Group (51˚57'00" 128˚17'00" W of McNaughton Group, Queens Sd, SW of Bella Bella). Named in 1944 by the hydrographic service for Lt Gen Guy Granville Simonds, CB, CBE, DSO (1903–74), a Canadian military leader in WWII. He was born in England and immigrated with his family to Victoria in 1912. Simonds graduated from Kingston’s Royal Military College in 1921 and went to Europe in 1939, where he rose rapidly through the ranks during WWII. In 1943, as a maj gen, he was cdr of the 1st...

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