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Title
Arrangement structure
Sub-series part of
Bilingual equivalent
Date(s)
[ca. 1914-1920]
Place of creation
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Extent
Language of material
English
Scope and content
Sub-series consists of the administrative records of the Canadian Forestry Corps Headquarters in London.
Conditions of access
from 2471 to 2661
Terms of use
Copyright belongs to the Crown.
Finding aid
Finding aid 9-31, part 32 is a typed file list. 9-31, part 32 (Paper)
Additional name(s)
Biography / Administrative history
Authorised in October 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander McDougall, the CFC was composed of companies, each of which came under one of the six district headquarters in Great Britain or one of the eight district headquarters in France. Companies in Britain were numbered 101 and up. The CFC Base Depot was at Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park.
Forestry battalions raised in Canada (224th, 230th, 238th and 242nd) were absorbed by the CFC Depot upon their arrival in Great Britain. Districts in Great Britain were Nos 51 (formerly no. 1, Inverness), No. 52 (formerly No. 2, Carlisle), 53 (formerly No. 3, Egham), 54 (formerly No. 4, Southampton), 55 (Stirling) and 56 (East Sussex).
Most CFC Companies were engaged in forestry operations - including the making of pit props, railway sleepers, saw logs and axe handles - but some cleared, drained, levelled and graded sites for aerodromes, both in England and in France.
Additional information
Source of title
Accruals
Source
Government
MIKAN no.
182940
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