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Edmund Freeman Newcombe fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1915.

Reference:

R2178-0-5-E, MG30-E365

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102069

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Edmund Freeman Newcombe fonds
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Date(s):

1915.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.6 cm of textual records (76 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of the personal diary of Edmund Freeman Newcombe which provides an interesting and vivid description of the departure of the S.S. Metagama from Montreal en route to England in May 1915. Newcombe describes his experience of the ship passing the last familiar landscape, Quebec City, of life on board ship, of the precautions taken against submarines, and an account of the sighting of, and chase after, a "spy" who was believed to have been sending morse signals from the stern of the ship. The diary concludes with a description of the training of the 21st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, on the Salisbury Plain in England, and a humorous account of a route march in the summer of 1915.

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Newcombe, Edmund Freeman, 1890-1949
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Newcombe, Edmund Freeman, 1890-1949

Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 21st

Canada. Armée canadienne. Battalion, 21st
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Newcombe, Edmund Freeman, 1890-1949 : Edmund Freeman Newcombe was born at Halifax, N.S., in 1890. A lawyer by profession, Newcombe also had a military career which began with his militia service with the Duke of Cornwall's Own Regiment. In 1915, he joined the 21st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force and in May of that year, he and his unit left Kingston, Ont., for training on the Salisbury Plain in England.

In August 1915, Newcombe was transferred to the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in France, and served as a captain with that regiment until he was severely wounded in January 1916. After a period of leave in Canada, Newcombe returned to France in August 1916, and was posted as staff captain, first to the 8th Canadian Brigade Headquarters and then, to the Canadian Corps Headquarters. He served in the latter position to the end of the war.

On his return to civilian life, Newcombe entered the Ottawa law firm of Newcombe and Ellis, later Newcombe and Company, and by 1931, had been created King's Counsel. He died suddenly at Ottawa in 1949.

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General note:

Acquired in 1980 from Mr. Peter Newcombe of Ottawa, Ont.
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World War, 1914-1918

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918
Source:

Private

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MG30-E365
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