Colonel A. Fortescue-Duguid DSO, BSc, RCA
In 1921 Fortescue-Duguid (then a Major) was given a small temporary staff and instructed to proceed with "the compilation and publication of a complete official historical account of the services of the Military Forces of Canada in the Great War". Duguid's plan was for seven volumes on general military operations and four volumes on specific services - engineer, medical, chaplain, and nursing. 135 tons of material, returned from France, had to be unpacked and collated. The first volume of the Military Operatioons series did not appear until 1938. The first volume covered only the period to September 1915, when the Canadian Corps was formed. In the event, the Second World War intervened and Duguid's grand plan was never proceeded with and the Canadian Official History is as represented in this Collection instead.RCC6823 Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War 1914 - 1919. General Series, Vol. 1. From the Outbreak of the War to the Formation of the Canadian Corps August 1914 - September 1915. Volume 1 - Text. (Fortescue-Duguid)
RCC6824 Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War 1914 - 1919. General Series, Vol. 1. From the Outbreak of the War to the Formation of the Canadian Corps August 1914 - September 1915. Volume 1, Appendice and Maps. (Fortescue-Duguid)