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Robert Walter Rigsby and family fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1914-1919.

Reference:

R1699-0-4-E, MG30-E111

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102735

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Robert Walter Rigsby and family fonds
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1914-1919.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

5 cm of textual records.
200 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of three diaries, with irregular entries, that describe Private Robert Walter Rigsby's training in Canada and England and his experiences at the front in France in 1918, 1916-1918, 1.5 cm; correspondence and related documents pertaining to R.W. Rigsby's military service, clippings, two sets of physical training exercises and programmes for Victory Sunday and for the Triumphal March of the Dominion Troops through London, 1916-1919, 1 cm; a scrapbook entitled, "Ships That Pass In the Fight", consisting of clippings devoted to World War I naval vessels and battles, and six postcards from Ted Rigsby to his family, assembled by Reverend Walter Rigsby whose son Ted Rigsby served on H.M.S.Inconstant n.d., 2.5 cm. The fonds also contains photographs of WWI naval vessels and vessels in Canadian waters, ca. 1914-1919.

Provenance:

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Rigsby, Robert Walter (family)
Additional name(s):

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Wilson, D.S

Rigsby, Robert Walter

Rigsby, Edward (Ted) M.

Canada. Forces armées canadiennes

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces
Biography/Administrative history:

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Rigsby, Robert Walter (family) : Robert Walter Rigsby (1894-1965) joined the Canadian armed forces in 1916. After spending a year in England, he served in France during the spring of 1918 with the 47th Battalion.

Edward (Ted) M. Rigsby, the brother of Robert Rigsby and the son of Reverend Walter Rigsby, was living in the United Sates when war was declared. He joined the Royal Navy in 1914 and served on H.M.S. Inconstant as an engine room artificer.

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General note:

Received in 1965 and 1966 from Mr. Douglas S. Wilson of Toronto, Ontario.
Photographs were previously known as the D.S. Wilson collection.
Subject heading:

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World War, 1914-1918

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1966-126 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-E111
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 E 111] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [WILSON, D.S. 1966-126] 4858

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright expired. Credit: name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / copy negative number.

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