Frederick Carne - WWI letters

A typescript collection of letters written by Frederick Ancel Carne between September 1915 and February 1919, primarily to his mother and father as well as to his sister Marjory. The transcripts were typed by his sister, Mrs. Agnes Tate. Frederick (born in 1889) and his brother Harold Gowen (born 1897) enlisted in 1915 with the Canadian Army Medical Corps and were placed with the 8th Field Ambulance. Frederick and Harold underwent training in Vernon, BC, subsequently transferred to Dibgate camp, England, and to the front in Belgium and France. The letters describe Frederick's wounding at Courcelette and – after a few days in a rest camp – return to the front and also Harold's battle wound at Passchendaele in 1917, subsequent shipping to England and return to Canada. Frederick’s letters describe the daily life of the soldiers during training and at the front, observations of local residents and interactions among the men. Frederick served in different positions in the Medical Cops, for example, as a stretcher-bearer and in dressing stations. Biography: Frederick Ancel Carne was born in 1889 in Victoria, BC and died in 1978 in California. He enlisted in the Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1915, and joined the 8th Field Ambulance along with his brother Harold. He served at the front in Belgium and France from 1916 to 1918.

In Collection:

• Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection

Creator

• Carne, Frederick

Contributor

• Carne, Marjory
• Carne, Agnes Maria
• Carne, Frederick

Subject

• Soldiers--Conduct of life
• Soldiers
• World War (1914-1918)
• Recruiting and enlistment
• Soldiers--Family relationships
• Carne, Frederick
• Soldiers--Attitudes
• Soldiers--Training of

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1915 to 1919

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 304 pages

Geographic coverage

• France--Courcelette
• England--Kent
• British Columbia--Victoria
• British Columbia--Vernon
• Belgium--Passendale

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155
• 50.05848, 2.74776
• 50.89979, 3.02133
• 50.26729, -119.27337
• 51.23667, 0.72393

Physical repository

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

Collection

• Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection

Provider

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

Genre

• letters (correspondence)
• correspondence

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 1997-051

Fonds title

• Frederick A. Carne fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC170

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/frederick-carne-fonds

Technical note

• Metadata by M. Gerber. 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/k0p6-8a18

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