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William Fitzherbert Bullen (1857 - 1921), a former employee at Albion Iron Works in Victoria, established the British Columbia Marine Railway Company in Lang Cove at the eastern end of Esquimalt Harbour in 1893. He was the managing director of the firm which he sold to Sir Alfred Yarrow in 1914.

Charles Henry Brown was a career naval officer whose service began as a Commissioned Carpenter in 1913. He served afloat including HMCS Shearwater and HMCS Rainbow in WWI and ashore; and in the rank of Shipwright Commander. He was awarded the Order of The British Empire in 1943 for his wartime work in organizing the Shipwright Branch of the Royal Canadian Navy.