Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catelogue Number |
A1581a |
Object Name |
Magazine |
Title |
Canadian Defence Quarterly |
Year Range from |
1931 |
Year Range to |
1932 |
Scope & Content |
Book cover reused to hold several volumes of the magazine "Canadian Defence Quarterly". Title "Canadians in Dunsterforce" is handwritten on cover, which is signed by Gordon S Hopkins of Hopkins Landing, BC. The magazine was created by Captain WW Murray MC. Dunsterforce (active December 1917 – 17 September 1918), officially called the British Military Mission to the Caucasus, consisted between 300 and 1,000 officers and non-commissioned officers. They were selected from across the British Empire, including men serving on the Western Front and in the Middle East. This handpicked team of soldiers undertook a daring secret mission to northern Persia (now Iran) and the Caucasus. Their aim was to unify into an effective force the various anti-Bolshevik and anti-Turkish groups fighting there. |