Wallet 1 of 1 – Manuscript, 'The Royal Canadians in South Africa, 1899-1902', by A S McCormick

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Accession Number	AWM2020.22.112
Collection number	MSS0683
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	Wallet
Item count	1
Object type	Manuscript
Physical description	16 Image/s captured
Maker	McCormick, A S
Place made	Canada
Date made	c. 1956
Conflict	South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Source credit to	This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.

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Accession Number

AWM2020.22.112

Collection number

MSS0683

Collection type

Digitised Collection

Record type

Wallet

Item count

Object type

Manuscript

Physical description

16 Image/s captured

Maker

McCormick, A S

Place made

Canada

Date made

c. 1956

Conflict

South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

Copying Provisions

Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Source credit to

This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.

Wallet 1 of 1 – Manuscript, 'The Royal Canadians in South Africa, 1899-1902' relating to the south African War (Boer War) service of Corporal A S McCormick, 2 Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment.

McCormick's short manuscript details the raising of the Royal Canadian Regiment, its service in South Africa with the 9th British Division, its post-war reception in England, and demobilisation. He goes into detail regarding pay, noting that every man was given a deed by the Canadian government for 320 acres of land 'in the west'. McCormick goes on to briefly summarise the Regiment's service until 1955.

The narrative is focused on overall strategy rather than detailing individual battles. McCormick describes the conditions the soldiers served under, including the difficulties of moving across the velt and the lack of transportation from which the Commonwealth forces suffered. He describes the British treatment of Boer prisoners and civilians. He writes about Kruger's leadership and the politics of the Boer republics, post-war South African politics, the National Party and then-prime minister Johannes Strijdom, and Jan Smuts.