“I endeavored to give a pen and ink panorama of the war as I saw it”: Lieutenant E.W.B. Morrison in the South African War

Authors

Tim Cook
Hannah Murray

Abstract

Employing eyewitness accounts to explore the experiences of Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison, this article examines his wartime service in the South African War (1899-1902). A prominent journalist and later major-general in the Great War, Morrison served in South Africa as an artillery officer with D Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery. This article contextualises several of Morrison’s rare sketches from the collection of the Canadian War Museum, shedding new light on his service and that of Canadians in the long campaign.

Usant de témoignages pour explorer l’expérience d’Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison, cet article se penche sur ses années de service militaire pendant la Guerre des Boers (1899-1902). Éminent journaliste et plus tard major général pendant la Grande Guerre, Morrison est officier d’artillerie en Afrique du Sud avec le régiment D, l’artillerie royale canadienne. Cet article contextualise plusieurs esquisses parmi les rares dessins que possède de lui le Musée canadien de la Guerre, jetant un nouvel éclairage sur son expérience militaire et sur celle d’autres Canadiens pendant cette longue campagne.

Recommended Citation

Cook, Tim and Murray, Hannah "“I endeavored to give a pen and ink panorama of the war as I saw it”: Lieutenant E.W.B. Morrison in the South African War." Canadian Military History 33, 2 (2024)