| LC control no. | n 82073724 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Pocock, Roger, 1865-1941 |
| Variant(s) | Pocock, H. R. A. (Henry Roger Ashwell), 1865-1941 Pocock, Henry Roger Ashwell, 1865-1941 |
| See also | Founded corporate body of person: Legion of Frontiersmen |
| Associated country | Great Britain England Wales Canada South Africa |
| Associated place | Cookham (England) |
| Birth date | 1865 |
| Death date | 1941 |
| Place of birth | Tenby (Wales) |
| Field of activity | Paramilitary forces Adventure and adventurers |
| Affiliation | North West Mounted Police (Canada) |
| Profession or occupation | Mounted police |
| Found in | His Horses ... 1917. Tales of western life, 1888: t.p. (H.R.A. Pocock) The wolf trail, 1923: t.p. (Roger S. Pocock) Outrider of empire, c2007: t.p. (Roger Pocock, 1865-1941), verso, Can. CIP (hdg.: Pocock, Roger, 1865-1941) p.[ii] (Legion of Frontiersmen) p.9 (christened as Henry Roger Ashwell Pocock, b. 9 Nov. 1865) p.326 (d. 12 Nov. 1941) p.329 (journalist; bks. pub. in the 19th cent. normally appeared under the name H.R. Pocock or H.R.A. Pocock; in the 20th cent. he generally used Roger Pocock) AMICUS authority file, searched May 15, 2008 (hdg.: Pocock, Roger, 1965-1941) OCLC, searched Jan. 6, 2009 (hdgs: Pocock, Roger S., 1865-1941, Pocock, Roger, 1865-1941, Pocock, Roger ; usages: Roger Pocock [predominant], H.R.A. Pocock) The Frontiersmen Historian website, viewed 26 November 2020: founder page (Roger Pocock; born in Tenby, South Wales; family home town was Cookham; family emigrated to Canada; Pocock joined the North West Mounted Police; later returned to England; enjoyed an adventurous life; served as a corporal in an irregular band of scouts fighting against the Boers in South Africa; seeds of the Legion of Frontiersmen were sown in 1904) Wikipedia, viewed 26 November 2020: under Legion of Frontiersmen (Legion of Frontiersmen was formed in Britain in 1905 by Roger Pocock, a former constable with the North-West Mounted Police and Boer War veteran) |
| Associated language | eng |
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