Individual Details

Moved to Canada in 1930 and was a teacher at Brentwood Grammar School until 1933. Started studying Architecture, and completed the normal 7-year "articling" period in 4 years. Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (about 1955) Lieut. Cmdr. RCNVR (Royal Canadian Navy, Voluntary Reserve) 1938-1945 Following the war, formed a partnership with a former navy acquaintance John Wade as Birley and Wade, and later took in a former Provincial government architect, Bill Stockdale: Birley, Wade and Stockdale. A large amount of the firm's work was for the Canadian Navy, the Bank of Montreal, and a number of local churches - mostly Anglican. He was an avid boatman, and always had a power boat - the Tanzilla during "the war", followed later by the Thetis (about 26' long, slept 4), and finally the Gazelle, a 26' Chris Craft with twin V-8 engines, and sleeping for 6. Island camping and fishing were frequent activities. He was also an accomplished musician, especially on the piano and the accordian.David Birley (1) and Linda Birley (2) were proxies for parents for sealing

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Birth	17 Mar 1904	Swinton, Lancashire, England
Marriage	28 Aug 1929	Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, England - Patience Hilda Lloyd
Death	29 Jul 1962	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Burial	2 Aug 1962	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Spouse	Patience Hilda Lloyd (1905 - 2010)
Child	Pamela Mary Birley (1931 - 2015)
Child	Living

Father	Joseph Harold Birley (1870 - 1940)
Mother	Edith Gladys Fernandes Lewis J. P. M. A. (1880 - 1976)
Sibling	Herbert Lewis Birley (1900 - 1984)
Sibling	Robert Neville Birley (1902 - 1974)
Sibling	Eric Barff Birley (1906 - 1995)
Sibling	Cicely Edith Birley (1907 - 1996)
Sibling	Barbara Fernandes Birley B. A. (1910 - 2007)