An interview/narrative of Hugh A. Lynn's experiences during World War I. Mr. Lynn served with the Canadian Army Service Corps. Interview took place in 1984.

Interviewer: Hazlitte, Elizabeth

Interviewee: Lynn, Hugh A., b. 1891

ABSTRACT: Mr. Hugh A. Lynn Canadian Army Service Corps Lynn_H_0152_01.mp3 Born in 1891 in Belfast (died in 198-). At fourteen years of age he began five years of employment with a pawnbroker. Emigrated to Victoria, B.C. in 1910. His first job was sweeping the streets, but through a lucky meeting he obtained a job as a (horse) driver with the Victoria Fire Dept. Through a friend he learned to drive a motor truck and, when war came, was quickly accepted into the Army Service Corps as a motor driver. Spent much time delivering trucks to the French Army in the Jura Mountains, a long drive across France. Anecdotes: leave in London, Lynn_H_0152_02.mp3 driving experiences, his love for his favourite Fire Dept. horse, Mike. Explains that people used to gather to watch the Fire Dept. training sessions when the horses were put through their paces. Describes a race between horsedrawn fire engines and fire trucks. The horses always won over a short distance. He repeats his story of truck driving in France. After the war he returned to the Victoria Fire Dept. where he worked for forty years. Mentions that he knew Emily Carr casually, as a neighbour.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Lynn, Hugh A., b. 1891
• Hazlitte, Elizabeth

Subject

• World War (1914-1918)
• World War (1939-1945)
• Personal narratives--Canadian
• Military history

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1984

Relation

• Part of the Elizabeth Hazlitte collection of interviews.
• Also available as typewritten transcript (8 p.) in Special Collections.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155

Additional physical characteristics

• One original sound cassette (ca. 60 min.) : 2 track, mono. ; 1 sound cassette copy : standard, mono. in Special Collections.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• sound recordings
• oral histories (literary genre)
• reminiscences
• interviews

Archival item identifier

• LHA_152

Fonds title

• Elizabeth Hazlitte fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC405

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/elizabeth-hazlitte-fonds

Date digitized

• July 27, 2006

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .wav format at 16 bits and 22 kHz. In .mp3 format at 64 kbps and 22 kHz. Digitized by SC, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. ; WWI Transferred from audio reel to audio cassette between 1987-1997. Interview migrated to digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2006. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/zg2e-8f30

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