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John Frederick Holmes Ussher fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1899-1956.

Reference:

R2181-0-2-E, MG30-E376

Type of material:

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102268

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John Frederick Holmes Ussher fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1899-1956.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.4 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of South African War papers, and World War I papers, 1899-1916, original, 43 pages, and photocopy, n.d., 1900-1919, 10 pages. Also included are family papers, photocopy, n.d., 1956, 4 pages.

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Ussher, John Frederick Holmes, 1872-1956

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Ussher, John Frederick Holmes, 1872-1956

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Ussher, John Frederick Holmes, 1872-1956 : John Frederick Holmes Ussher, soldier and stock broker, was born in 1872 at Toronto, Ont., and was a member of "I" Company, Queen's own Rifles of Canada, when he volunteered for service in the South African War. Ussher served as a private soldier in "C" Company, 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, and was wounded at the Battle of Paardeberg 18 February, 1900. He was invalided to England in April, and returned to Canada in July, 1900.

Upon the outbreak of the World War I, Ussher joined the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (C.M.R.) and was sent overseas with the rank of major. Promoted lieutenant-colonel, he commanded the 4th C.M.R., at the Battle of Mount Sorrel, where he was taken prisoner on 2 June, 1916. In 1917, Lieutenant-Colonel Ussher was interned in Switzerland for reason of health, and repatriated in December, 1918.

Lieutenant-Colonel Ussher was demobilized from the Canadian Expeditionary Force in July, 1919, and commanded the Ontario Mounted Rifles from 1921 to 1924. In civilian life, he had a successful career as a stock broker. He retired in 1931 and died at Toronto in July, 1956.

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Received in 1980 from Colonel J.S. Ussher of Kanata, Ont._
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South African War, 1899-1902

World War, 1914-1918

Guerre des Boers, 1899-1902

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918
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Private

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MG30-E376
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