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

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and

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. He was the son of Llewellyn W. Longstaff, his brother was

Tom Longstaff Tom George Longstaff (15 January 1875 – 26 June 1964) was an England, English medical doctor, explorer and mountaineer, most famous for being the first person to climb a summit of over 7,000 metres in elevation, Trisul, in the India/Pakistan ...

and his sister Katherine married

Felix Wedgwood Arthur Felix Wedgwood (18 July 1877 – 14 March 1917) was an English author, mountaineer and soldier who died on active service during the First World War. Background He was born at The Upper House in Barlaston, Staffordshire, a scion of th ...

. Longstaff 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