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Type: Document
Description: During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Britain and other nations colonized territories in Africa, Asia, and elsewhere for strategic and economic reasons. In Canada, the population's opinion was divided between supporting British imperialism and seeking Canadian autonomy.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
 
Type: Document
Description: Canada's Department of Militia and Defence chose Colt's .455 New Service Model introduced in 1898, to upgrade the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry's old Colt .44 Calibre Model 1878 pistol to a more modern firearm. It was a large pistol, which fired a heavy bullet intended to stop an enemy quickly and was carried in a Canadian-made holster, suspended from the Oliver Pattern Equipment waistbelt.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
 
Type: Document
Description: Georgina Pope served at British hospitals just north of Cape Town, South Africa, as senior sister in 1899. In 1908 she attained the position of matron, first in the history of Canadian Army Medical Corps.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
 
Type: Document
Description: Lieutenant-Colonel François-Louis Lessard went to South Africa as a Canadian officer attached to the British Army to learn about the latest developments in warfare. In 1900, the Canadian government appointed him to command the 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, later named the Royal Canadian Dragoons.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
 
Type: Document
Description: Sam Hughes was a senior militia officer and an influential Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party. He accompanied the first Canadian contingent in an unofficial capacity into South Africa.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
 
Type: Document
Description: Charles W. Drury was known as the 'Father of Modern Field Artillery in Canada' for his many innovations. He accompanied the first Canadian contingent to study military developments during the South African War.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
 
Type: Document
Description: Lieutenant-Colonel William D. Otter became the first Canadian-born officer to command this country's military. As commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry in South Africa, his no nonsense, no frills approach to soldiering brought him into conflict with the less disciplined ways of his officers and men, but his austere professionalism got results.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
 
Type: Document
Description: Recommended as the best man in Canada to lead a unit in South Africa by the North West Mounted Police, Samuel B. Steele took command of Strathcona's Horse in 1899. After taking the unit back to Canada early in 1901, Steele returned to South Africa that same year to command a division of the South African Constabulary until 1906. He later commanded Canadian formations in England during the First World War.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
 
Type: Document
Description: Major Arthur L. (Gat) Howard accepted the position of machine gun officer in the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (later called the Royal Canadian Dragoons). Instead of returning home from the South African War with his unit in December 1900, Howard organized the Canadian Scouts and took command of the unit.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
 
Type: Document
Description: Under Lieutenant-Colonel T.D.B. Evans' leadership the Canadian Mounted Rifles carried out some very successful actions, including the seizure of a key hill at Leliefontein on 7 November 1900 that prevented the Boers from trapping a British force.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
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