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Bruce Harder Richardson fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1859-1964.

Reference:

R4920-0-9-E, MG30-E187

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103024

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Bruce Harder Richardson fonds
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Date(s):

1859-1964.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

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

Language of material:

English
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Bruce Harder Richardson collection [graphic material]

Bruce Harder Richardson collection [graphic material]
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Fonds consists of correspondence including letters from Gen. A.G.L. McNaughton; certificates, orders, and memoranda; miscellaneous cards, medical charts, genealogical notes, and clippings; Field Message Book taken from Richardson's map case carried when he was wounded, dated 1917.

Fonds also consits of Photographs depicting views of battlefields, France, from the air, 1917-1918; No. 1 (Duchess of Westminster's) Red Cross Hospital, Le Touquet, France, 1918; survivors of the War of 1812, Toronto, Ontario, 1959; portraits of Bruce Harder Richardson; Lieutenants Alan S. and Bruce H. Richardson, and Mrs. C.S. Richardson, Folkestone, England, May 1916; portrait of the Duchess of Westminster, London, England, 1916.

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Richardson, Bruce Harder, 1891-1971
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Canada. Canadian Army World War, 1914-1918

Canada. Armée canadienne Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918

Richardson, Bruce Harder, 1891-1971

McNaughton, A. G. L. (Andrew George Latta), 1887-1966
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Richardson, Bruce Harder, 1891-1971 : Captain B.H. Richardson, military officer, was born and educated in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He went overseas in 1916 and served 10 months in France as an artillery officer. He was wounded near Vimy Ridge and lost his right leg. Following his return to Canada, Richardson acted as adjutant to the District Depot, Military District No. 2, and handled the demobilization of troops returning via Toronto. He was also involved in arrangements for the visit of the Prince of Wales in 1919, and with Red Cross fund raising in the United States.

He retired from the reserve of officers in 1936. He was involved in the real estate and book binding businesses 1910-1926, was employed with Canada Life Insurance Co., 1927-1942, and subsequently was general manager of Pelissiers Brewery Ltd.

See: Canadian Who's Who, 1952-1954, p. 892.

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General note:

Received in 1972 from Mrs. B.H. Richardson of Victoria, B.C.
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World War, 1914-1918

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1972-279 NPC
1975-301 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-E187
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 E 187] 1

[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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Date modified:: 2024-05-10