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Peregrine Acland fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1914-1930.

Reference:

R2043-0-5-E, MG30-E222

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102561

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Peregrine Acland fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1914-1930.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2.5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence from Peregrine Acland to his family during his World War I military service, and letters concerning his war wounds and writings, 1914-1916, 1930; diary kept by Peregrine Acland on board the S.S. Megantic, en route to England from Canada, 1914; manuscript and printed matter, n.d., 1915.

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Acland, Peregrine, 1891-1963

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Acland, Peregrine, 1891-1963

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Acland, Peregrine, 1891-1963 : Peregrine Acland, author and military officer, born in Toronto, attended University College School in London, England and Upper Canada College in Toronto. After graduating from the University of Toronto in 1913, he worked for a short time for the Prince Rupert Daily News. He was then employed in the Department of Finance in Ottawa.

Acland enlisted in 1914 as a private in the Queen's Own Rifles, but soon transferred to the 48th Highlanders. He went overseas in the First Contingent as an officer in the 15th Battalion, achieving the rank of major in 1916. He was badly wounded in the Battle of the Somme, and for the remainder of the War served as a military instructor. He later entered the advertising business. From 1942 to 1950, he served as press officer to Mackenzie King and then returned to advertising.

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General note:

Most of the papers were received in 1975, from Mary Acland of Ottawa, Ont. Four letters were received in 1982.
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World War, 1914-1918

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918

Soldiers' writings, Canadian (English)

Écrits de militaires canadiens-anglais

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Private

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MG30-E222
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