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Titre
Fonds se compose de
Structure du classement
Date(s)
1891-1918
Lieu de création
Sans lieu, inconnu ou indéterminé
étendue
187 photograhs b&w.
Langue du document
Anglais
Portée et contenu
Fonds consists of correspondence, documenting the career highlights of Sitwell's life, 1891-1919; newspaper clippings, relating to military exercises in Canada, 1907-1909; lectures, entitled "The Native Rebellions in Rhodesia, 1896-1897", "A Scout is born - not made but much that is lacking in birth may be made up for by careful training", "Mashonaland" and "Matabeland", 1900 and 1909; and daily journals, consisting of daily entries largely referring to the Intelligence Department, Militia Headquarters, 1904-1906. Fonds also consists of snapshots documenting the activities of Major Lawrence H. Sitwell, Canadian Corps between 1902 and 1917.
Conditions d'accès
Instrument de recherche
Aucun instrument de recherche
Créateur / Provenance
Biographie / Histoire administrative
Military officer
Lawrence Hart Sitwell, born in Montreal, was educated in England and Ireland. He obtained his first commission in the Durham Light Infantry, resigning it in order to go to South Africa and enlist in the Rhodesia Horse. After having fought in the Zulu War Campaign of 1896-1897, he returned to Canada and was employed by the Dominion of Canada Lands Surveyor Department and then the Dominion Boundary Commission. He returned to military life in 1903 and served with the Militia Intelligence Staff in Ottawa and was attached to the headquarters staff.
Information additionnelle
Vedette-matière
1. Lawrence Hart Sitwell - Career in Military, [1896-1907]
2. Intelligence Department, Militia Headquarters, 1904-1906.
3. Lawrence Hart Sitwell - Correspondence, [1891-1918]
4. The Native Rebellions in Rhodesia, [1896-1897]
5. Military intelligence - Canada, [1904-1906]
6. A Scout is born - not made but much that is lacking in birth may be made up for by careful training.
7. Military operations - Canada, [1904-1906]
8. Mashonaland.
9. Lawrence Hart Sitwell - Diaries, [1904-1906]
10. Matabeland.
11. Lectures and lecturing, [1891-1918]
Source
Privé
No de contrôle d'autres systèmes
No de contrôl reliés
1979-069 NPC
No MIKAN
101470
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