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Archibald MacMechan

Halifax Disaster Record Office Materials

Personal testimony of Cadet Captain Kingsley, R.N.C.C.

19 December 1917. — 4 pages : 30 x 49 cm.

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Kingsley 4

K. saw a Ford car & asked officer if he might have it - took it with two soldiers & brought him to 72. Vic. Rd.
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Kingsley saw Howley come out bleeding & Curry (Angus) "white as a sheet". Howley took command: the order was to "Carry on" to Admiralty - found that impossible & "carried on" to Cogswell St. - Kingsley thinks they must have reached Cogswell St in about a quarter of an hour - fast walking -


[handwritten in pencil top left: MG 1 vol 2124 number 50 c]


Reference: Archibald MacMechan Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 2124 number 50

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