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Letter from Sir Harry Oakes [textual record]

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Date:

1929.

Reference:

R2024-0-6-E, MG30-E130, Volume number: 1

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Item ID number:

102384

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Letter from Sir Harry Oakes
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Date(s):

1929.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

0.1 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of a letter from Sir Harry Oakes, concerning an offer to appoint Oakes as Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment.

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Fordham, Reginald Sydney Walter, b. 1897

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Fordham, Reginald Sydney Walter, b. 1897 : Reginald Sydney Walter Fordham, military officer and lawyer, born in 1897 at London, England, received his education from the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law school, and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1921. He served in World War I, with the Canadian Infantry in France. In 1917, he was promoted to Captain, wounded and mentioned in despatches. From 1934 to 1936, he was the Brigade Major of the Fifth Infantry Brigade. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1936 and placed in command of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, 1936-1940.

He was appointed Commissioner of Refugee Camps and seconded to the Department of Secretary of State, Ottawa, from 1941 to 1943, Home Office Representative in Canada during this same period, and Director of Labour Projects for prisoners of war, from 1943 to 1944.

See also: The Canadian Who's Who, 1973-1975.

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Received in 1968, from R.S.W. Fordham of Ottawa, Ont.
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Sir Harry Oakes - Correspondence, 1929 Canada. Army. Lincoln and Welland Regiment, 1929

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces - Officers

Canada. Army - Appointments and retirements
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MG30-E130
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Volume [MG30 E 130] 1

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