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CANADA, 1920 - 1929
CANADA, 1920 - 1929
Letter from William Rae to A.D. Wilson regarding Edward, The Prince of Wales, dated 23 Sept. 1927
Second handwritten letter from a series of 4 letters from former 72nd Regiment and 16th Battalion, CEF officer Captain William Rae to Major A.D. Wilson, DSO regarding his news about Edward, The Prince of Wales in London, England dated 23 September 1927. It appears that there may have been photo enclosed with this letter. It was possibly a photo of the Prince of Wales in Vancouver inspecting the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Guard in September 1927. Rae mentions meeting Lt. Col. Victor Fortune.
The two other letters to Wilson are from 22 November 1927 and 1 December 1927 were written by Rae on Caledonian Club, St. James's Square, S.W. 1 [London] stationary.
Lt-Col. A. D. Wilson, DSO was the Commanding Officer from 1 August 1924 to 1 May1928.
The "Victor Fortune" mention would later be Major General Sir Victor Morven Fortune KBE, CB, DSO (21 August 1883 2 January 1949) was a senior officer of the British Army. He saw service in both World War I and World War II. He commanded the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division during the Battle of France and was subsequently trapped and obliged to surrender to the Germans on 12 June 1940.
Fortune was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in 1903 and served in the First World War as Commanding Officer of the 1st Bn, Black Watch from 1916 and Commander of the 46th Brigade from 1918.
After attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1920 to 1921, he became CO of the 1st Bn, Seaforth Highlanders in 1927 and Commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade in 1930.
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