“The names of these men who have gone, will be remembered and reverenced so long as Canada remains a free country.”
Angus Lewis Macdonald (1890-1954), ninth in a family of fourteen children, was born on the family farm in Dunvegan, Inverness County. ‘Angus L.’ was serious and studious; he attended Port Hood Academy, worked in the Sydney steel mills, and taught school. He entered Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, in 1909 and graduated BA in 1914. During the 1914-15 school year, he taught Math and English in the university’s high school, in order to repay his university debts. ... read more
Photograph of the 185th Battalion
[1914-1918]
Nova Scotia Archives MG 2 volume 879
Lieutenant Angus L. Macdonald
Cap Badge of the 185th Cape Breton Highlanders Overseas
[1914-1918]
Nova Scotia Archives MG 2 volume 1506 folder 424
Lieutenant Angus L. Macdonald
Map with key and photo of Area - Canal du Nord to River Oise
[1914-1918]
Nova Scotia Archives MG 2 volume 879
Lieutenant Angus L. Macdonald
First Principles of Tactics and Organisation (War Edition, 1915)
1915
Nova Scotia Archives MG 2 volume 879
Lieutenant Angus L. Macdonald
Map of Amiens, France, Section 17
October 1915
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Letter from Colin Macdonald to sister Mary
11 December 1916
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Letter from Angus L. Macdonald to sister Mary
28 July 1918
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Letter from Colin Macdonald to sister Mary
22 August 1918
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Map of France Sheet 51 A N.W.
September 1918
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Letter from Angus Macdonald to his sister Mary
1 September 1918
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Letter from Angus L. Macdonald to Sister St. Veronica
5 September 1918
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Letter from Mary (Agnes L. Macdonald's sister ) to Agnes (wife of Angus L. Macdonald)
undated
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Lieutenant Angus L. Macdonald
Map of Belguim and Part of France Sheet 44 N.W.
October 1918
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Letter from Angus L. Mcdonald to his mother
15 November 1918
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Letter from Angus L. Mcdonald to his mother
12 December 1918
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Short extracts from Angus Macdonald's letter that were wriiten to his sister and mother
undated
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Photograph of Angus L. Macdonald
1920s
Nova Scotia Archives MG 2 F371 Photo Vault
Lieutenant Angus L. Macdonald
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