Fonds - Woodstock Driving School, WWII fonds

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Woodstock Driving School, WWII fonds

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COA93

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Fonds

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Oxford County Archives

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Date(s)

1940-1946 (Creation)

Creator

Crouch, Rupert Bland Col.

Place

Woodstock

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Physical description

1 Scrapbook and 2 photograph albums - consisting of newspaper clippings, photographs and other ephemera.

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Name of creator

Crouch, Rupert Bland Col.

(6 December 1896 - 1958)

Biographical history

"Rupert Bland Crouch was born to on December 6, 1896 at London, Ontario where he resided, attended school and later worked as a bank clerk. On January 11, 1915 he enlisted in the CEF with the 18th Battalion, going overseas with the 33rd Battalion when he suffered wounds and was placed with the 4th Reserve Battalion, then the 1st Co. Signals as a Lieutenant. When discharged he was employed in Toronto then London becoming a member of the 1st Hussars Non-Permanent Active Militia (NPAM) June 1920 until January 1938. In 1939 he returned to active service, organizing a Western Ontario Veterans Guard Co. at Windsor, Ontario. His next appointment was August 1, 1940 as Commanding Officer, No. 11 Training Center in Woodstock (later known as the Canadian Driving and Maintenance School). In December 1942, he was promoted to Colonel. Crouch retired, until 1951 when he organized and commanded 107 Manning Depot in London, Ontario. He also served as an administrative officer of Westminster Hospital London, Ontario. Col. Crouch passed away in 1958 at the age of 62.” – written by Keith Armstrong, Military Historian

Custodial history

Due to the efforts of military researcher Keith Armstrong, the County of Oxford Archives received the records from Donald Bondy, 1st Hussars Museum, London Ontario in November 2015. Prior to being at the museum, the records were in the custody of the Crouch family.

Scope and content

The fonds consist of two photograph albums and one scrapbook that relate to the years of operation, 1940-1946, of the S-11 Woodstock Advanced Driving and Maintenance School and the S-5 Canadian Driving and Maintenance School.

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Physical condition

The materials are in fair condition.

Photographs have been reinforced in the photograph albums where necessary and acid free tissue has been used between the pages.

Upon receipt of donation, the original scrapbook was in poor condition with many of the pages falling out and numerous articles being taped on top of each other. Archives Staff restored the Scrapbook in December 2015, using acid free archival materials, so that it may be conserved for future use by researchers. Unfortunately, in doing so, original order was not able to be maintained.

Immediate source of acquisition

Due to the efforts of researcher Keith Armstrong, the County of Oxford Archives received the records from Donald Bondy, 1st Hussars Museum, London ON, on approval of the Crouch family in November 2015.

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English

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Availability of other formats

portions of the scrapbook and albums are available via CD format

Restrictions on access

The fonds is open to public research.

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

Copyright is held by the archives. Researchers are responsible for observing copyright regulations that may apply to the publication of their research. If you wish to publish any of this material, please contact the archivist responsible for the records.

The Archivist has the right to restrict reproduction if the material is in a fragile condition or falls under pertinent Privacy Legislation.

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