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Sydney Chilton Mewburn

Sydney Chilton Mewburn

Canadian politician and soldier (1863–1956)

Sydney Chilton Mewburn, PC (December 4, 1863 – August 11, 1956) was a Canadian lawyer, soldier, and politician.

Major-General S.C. Mewburn, Sir Robert Borden, and Sir A.E. Kemp

Quick Facts The Hon., Member of the Canadian Parliament for Hamilton East ...

Born in Hamilton, Canada West, he was the Minister of Militia and Defence from October 12, 1917, to January 15, 1920, under Sir Robert Borden's Union Government in 1917. Mewburn was Commanding Officer (Colonel) of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (13th Royal Regiment as of 1910)[1] and served during World War I, he was a Major General (and Adjutant-General) in the Canadian Army before his appointment as Minister of Militia in October 1917.

He was later the Chair of the 1920 Canadian Battlefields Memorials Commission, which selected the site for the Vimy Memorial.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Best, John (November 22, 2013). "Hamilton's Vimy Connection - Sydney Mewburn". The Bay Observer.
  2. [2]
    Pierce, John (1992). "Constructing Memory: The Vimy Memorial". Canadian Military History. 1 (1): 4–8.


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