One of the official War Diaries of the First Infantry Division of the 16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish), Canadian Expeditionary Force that cover from the time the Regiment went overseas at the start of the First World War to the time it returned to Canada in April 1919. War diaries are official records kept by the Battalions during a one month period. The diary provides a daily summary of events, actions, activities, etc. The diary begins in Cambligneul with a celebration of Dominion Day that the Duke of Connaught and Sir Robert Borden were present for, a speech by Borden, night operations, a Highland Gathering at Tincques with a massed bands of about 450 members, musketry practice, move to "Y" Camp near Etrun, inspection by the Minister of Militia, move to the Telegraph Hill Sector, enemy raids, raid on Tilloy Wood, LLandovery Castle Raid. The diary ends with a list of decorations, a tally of casualties, Operation Orders, and a narrative of the raid against enemy trenches opposite Tilloy on July 27-28, 1918.

In Collection:

• Military History Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th

Subject

• Fortification, Field
• Military history
• Military camps
• Soldiers--Training of
• Soldiers--Training
• War diaries
• War
• Soldiers
• Drill and minor tactics
• Intrenchments
• Soldiers--Social conditions
• Soldiers--Health and hygiene
• World War (1914-1918)
• Military decorations
• Trenches
• Military hygiene
• Canada. Canadian Army
• Weather
• Soldiers--Billeting
• Soldiers--Conduct of life
• Battle casualties
• War casualties
• Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th
• Military supplies

Language

• eng

Date created

• July 1, 1918 to July 31, 1918

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 15 pages ; 21 x 34 cm

Geographic Coverage

• Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
• France--Cambligneul

Coordinates

• 50.38, 2.61528

Additional physical characteristics

• The 1918 diaries are 12 months in one bundle with a blue cover and with sub-bundles inside. Most diary pages are handwritten on template pages made of lightweight vellum paper or heavier bond (rag?) paper; some are typewritten; some leaves are not on template pages, size varies.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Military History Collection

Provenance

• Transferred to UVic Special Collections and Archives from BC Archives, May 2006.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• manuscripts (documents)
• journals (accounts)
• diaries
• typescripts
• personal narratives

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2006-011

Fonds title

• 16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC338

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/16th-battalion-canadian-scottish-fonds

Date digitized

• March 2025

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek Opticbook A-300 600 DPI tiffs (gamma 1.20, no color correction) by PD. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/w0d1-1v47

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