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Garnet Burk Hughes [textual record, graphic material]

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Series

Date:

1891-1936.

Reference:

MG27-IID23

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

191680

Context of this record:

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Sir Sam Hughes and Family collection

Garnet Burk Hughes
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Date(s):

1891-1936.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.25 m of textual records.
? photographs.

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of the personal and professional, textual and photographic records of Garnet Burk Hughes, the latter chiefly covering the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915 (when the CEF first saw service), and the 5th Canadian Infantry Division which Garnet Hughes commanded. The correspondence between Sir Sam and Garnet is particularly candid and full of political intrigue. There is also post war correspondence relating to Garnet's several engineering and financial ventures and several files concerning the health of his wife.

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Hughes, Garnet Burk, 1880-1937

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Hughes, Garnet Burk, 1880-1937 : Garnet Burk Hughes (1880-1937) was the only son of Sir Sam Hughes and his second wife, Mary E. Burk Hughes. Educated at the Royal Military College, upon graduation in 1901 he was placed on the Reserve of Officers as a Lieutenant of Engineers. Employed as a civil engineer, he married Elizabeth Irene Bayliss Newling in 1910, in Victoria, BC, with whom he had one son, Samuel Harvey Shirecliffe Hughes. He retained an interest in the military and was made an infantry Major, on the formation of the 50th Regiment in Victoria in 1913. He was made Brigade Major of the 3rd Infantry Brigade in 1914, and in 1915 he served as a General Staff Officer with the 2nd Canadian Division. For his services, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1915. Promoted to Brigadier, he was given command of the 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade later in 1915, and in 1917 was promoted to Major-General to command the 5th Canadian Infantry Division in England. Postwar, he was engaged in engineering and industrial work in Canada, England, Greece and Mexico.

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MG27-IID23
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Textual records

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Volume [MG27 II D 23] 14--16

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