Major Frederick Victor Longstaff (15 June 1879 - 1961) was an Anglo-Canadian

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and

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. Son of

Llewellyn W. Longstaff Lieutenant-Colonel Llewellyn Wood Longstaff (23 December 1841 – 20 November 1918) was an English industrialist and fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is best known for being the chief private-sector patron and financial angel of the D ...

and brother of Tom Longstaff. He wrote various works, including (1917) ''The Book of the Machine Gun'' with A. Hilliard Atteridge and ''Esquimalt Naval Base: A History of Its Work and Its Defences'' (1941).

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Canadian people of English descent Canadian soldiers 20th-century Canadian architects Canadian military historians Canadian mountain climbers 1879 births 1961 deaths British emigrants to Canada {{Canada-mil-bio-stub