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.
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Author/Creator
Dickon Westmorland
Description
A 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
Historical note:
Robinson 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.