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Lawrence Hart Sitwell fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1891-1918.

Reference:

R17311-0-4-E, MG29-E92

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101470

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Lawrence Hart Sitwell fonds
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Fonds includes:

29 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1891-1918.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.1 m of textual records.
187 photograhs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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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.

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Sitwell, Lawrence Hart, 1869-1918

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Sitwell, Lawrence Hart, 1869-1918 : 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.

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General note:

Received in 1977 and 1978 from Mrs. Christine Joy of Wolfe Island, Ont.
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Lawrence Hart Sitwell - Career in Military, [1896-1907] Intelligence Department, Militia Headquarters, 1904-1906

Lawrence Hart Sitwell - Correspondence, [1891-1918] The Native Rebellions in Rhodesia, [1896-1897]

Military intelligence - Canada, [1904-1906] A Scout is born - not made but much that is lacking in birth may be made up for by careful training

Military operations - Canada, [1904-1906] Mashonaland

Lawrence Hart Sitwell - Diaries, [1904-1906] Matabeland

Lectures and lecturing, [1891-1918]
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1979-069 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG29-E92
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Date modified:: 2024-04-09