A Brief History of the Military Career of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps, April 8, 1885 to July 20, 1885, N.W. Campaign.

 
Database ID25105
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections
Fonds/CollectionCanadiana Pamphlets Collection
SeriesLXII
File/Item ReferenceLXII-48-ABrief (Box 60-61)
Date of creation2004
Physical description/extent1 document; 1 page of textual records
Number of images1
Historical noteRobinson Lyndhurst Wadmore, who was born in England in 1855, entered the Canadian forces as a lieutenant in 1883 and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment during the Northwest Resistance of 1885. Wadmore became a colonel in 1910. He died in Victoria, BC, in 1955.
Scope and contentA brief history of Lieutenant Wadmore's military career, including a copy of one of his paintings. Wadmore's original watercolours are in the custody of the Peter Winkworth Collection in Gatineau, Quebec. Images are available on the website of the Library and Archives Canada, http://www.collectionscanada.ca
ContributerDickon Westmorland (author)
Copyright holderWestmorland, Dickon
Copyright expiry dateUnknown
Other terms governing use and reproductionResponsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher.
TypeArchival
Primary MediaTextual documents
Provenance Access PointUniversity of Saskatchewan Library. Canadiana Pamphlets Collection
Other notesWritten by Lieutenant Wadmore's great-grandson, Dickon Westmorland, 2004.
PlaceWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Treaty boundariesNo treaty
Cultural regionInternational
NamesBig Bear, ca. 1828-1889 (Chief)
Infantry School Corps
mistahi-maskwa
Peter Winkworth Collection
Wadmore, Robinson Lyndhurst, 1855-1915 (Lieutenant)
Westmorland, Dickon
SubjectNorthwest Resistance -- Biographies
Military
Date Range(s)1840-1859
1880-1889
1910-1919
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