Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1916-1918 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
8 cm of textual records.
13 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
George Coombe Lamb, 1895-1918, was born in Bloomsburg, Ontario and raised in Plumas, Manitoba. He joined the Canadian Bank of Commerce and worked as a bank clerk in Kamsack, Saskatchewan at the outset of the First World War. He joined the 188th Battalion in 1916 and served in France with the Motor Machine Gun Brigade. He was killed in action in March 1918. He was engaged to Cassie B. McKee of Edmonton, Alberta before entering the service.
Repository
Archival history
Lamb's effects were returned to his mother after his death. When she died in the 1930s they were given to his sister Mildred, a teacher in Manitoba. On her death about 1990 they passed to her grandson Mel Cameron of Calgary.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Mel Cameron, 2007.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of First World War letters written by George to his parents and siblings, letters to George from his fiancee Cassie McKee, and a few letters to George from his family. Includes George's Attestation Paper, army paybook, certificate of death, and photos of George, Cassie and the Lamb family.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3PK82Q
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- McKee, Cassie (Subject)