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James Sutherland-Brown fonds
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1914-1943 (Creation)
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- Sutherland-Brown, James
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6 m of textual records, ca. 60 maps, 42 photographs
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Brigadier General James Sutherland-Brown was born in 1881 at Simcoe, Ontario. He had a distinguished military career beginning as a member of the 39th Regiment Norfolk Rifles in 1896. He attended the Staff College at Camberley, England, in 1914 and served overseas in the First World War. He was awarded a D.S.O. in 1916 and a C.M.G. in 1918. He continued in the army after the war attending Imperial Staff College in 1928 and being commanding officer of Military District No. II, British Columbia.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda and files related to his career with the Canadian Army. The material for the war years is voluminous, covering administration, intelligence summaries, operations, and war diaries. The material relating to the Imperial Defence College is fairly complete and the material on the Defence of Canada, intended for a book on the topic, is also of interest.
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Donated by Mr. M.D. Sutherland Brown - 1974
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- English
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2206
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Open
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Public domain
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No further accruals are expected