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Canadian Forestry Corps Headquarters in London [textual record]

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Date:

[ca. 1916-1920].

Reference:

R611-297-5-E, RG9-III-B-1-32, series 32

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

182940

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Ministry of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada fonds

Canadian Expeditionary Force sous-fonds

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Canadian Forestry Corps Headquarters in London
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Sub-series includes:

2423 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

[ca. 1916-1920].

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

38.1 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of the administrative records of the Canadian Forestry Corps Headquarters in London.

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Canada. Canadian Forestry Corps. Headquarters (England)

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Canada. Canadian Forestry Corps. Headquarters (England) : Authorised in October 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander McDougall, the CFC was composed of companies, each of which came under one of the six district headquarters in Great Britain or one of the eight district headquarters in France. Companies in Britain were numbered 101 and up. The CFC Base Depot was at Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park.

Forestry battalions raised in Canada (224th, 230th, 238th and 242nd) were absorbed by the CFC Depot upon their arrival in Great Britain. Districts in Great Britain were Nos 51 (formerly no. 1, Inverness), No. 52 (formerly No. 2, Carlisle), 53 (formerly No. 3, Egham), 54 (formerly No. 4, Southampton), 55 (Stirling) and 56 (East Sussex).

Most CFC Companies were engaged in forestry operations - including the making of pit props, railway sleepers, saw logs and axe handles - but some cleared, drained, levelled and graded sites for aerodromes, both in England and in France.

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Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid 9-31-32 is an unverified file list. The finding aid can be found by accessing the lower level descriptions attached to this record. 9-31-32 (90: Open)

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Source of title:

Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.

Custodial history:

The records in this sub-series were sent to the Canadian War Records Office at the end of the war and were subsequently transferred to Ottawa where they were sorted and filed by subject and arranged into series by the Army Historical Section.

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No further accruals are expected.

Source:

Government

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RG9-III-B-1-32
series 32
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG 9 III-B-1] 2471--2661

[Consultation 90 Open]

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