A certificate attesting that Lieutenant Theodore Monk, 5th Regiment, Canadian Garrison Artillery, successfully completed training in equitation in Victoria, British Columbia, February 4, 1914. Stamped and filed by the Department of Militia & Defence - Adjutant Generals Branch. Biography: Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Benning Monk, well-known Victoria soldier and realtor was born in Winnipeg in 1884. In 1907 he enlisted with the active militia and in 1908 he became a gunner with the 13th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery (Manitoba Regiment). He turned to law when defective eyesight barred him from the permanent army then left that as "tedious". He followed his next employer to Victoria in 1908 and started work in the city engineer's department. His real estate career started with Pemberton & Sons, but he soon founded his own firm with Roger Monteith, which was responsible for forming several sub-divisions. He also was interested in developing Clo-ose as a resort area, but a change in the government planning halted the scheme. In the First World War he started service with the 54th Battalion, and fought in Vimy Ridge. Working between the wars as a realtor, he became Commanding Officer of the 5th Regiment. He was Commanding Officer of the Cadet Training Camp on the site of the present campus from 1940-41. After his Gordon Head post he became a liason officer of the U.S. Army from 1942-44. From 1930 until his death in 1959 Colonel Monk campaigned actively for a uniquely Canadian flag: designing flags, writing to M.P.'s and appealing to the general public.

In Collection:

• Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection

Subject

• Monk, Theodore
• Soldiers--Training of
• World War (1914-1918)
• War horses
• Soldiers
• Horsemanship

Language

• eng

Date created

• February 4, 1914

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 page

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155

Physical Repository

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

Collection

• Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection

Provider

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

Genre

• certificates
• military records

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 1978-019

Fonds title

• Theodore Benning Monk fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC081

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/theodore-benning-monk-fonds

Technical note

• Metadata by K. Bohlman. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/vncy-gm88

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