The personal accounts of Smyth's experiences at the end of World War One. Smyth begins the account with: "The following is a general account of my doings from the time of my return to France in September up to our triumphant entry into Mons [Belgium] yesterday morning November 11th '18 [1918] - le jour de l'Armistice." Includes a list explaining the abbreviations used, list of named people and places, and a list of Smyth's honours and medals.

In Collection:

• World War One Photographs and Journals

Creator

• Smyth, Charles McDowall

Subject

• Soldiers' writings
• War
• World War (1914-1918)
• Civil-military relations
• Battlefields
• Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Field Artillery
• Soldiers
• Military roads
• Artillery
• Personal narratives
• Armistices
• Military roads--Maintenance and repair
• Military training camps
• Soldiers--Conduct of life
• Soldiers--Billeting

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1918

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 22 pages

Geographic Coverage

• France--Aubin-Saint-Vaast
• Belgium--Mons
• France--Lens
• France--Croisilles (Pas-de-Calais)
• Belgium
• France--Valenciennes
• France--Etaples
• France--Bourlon Wood
• France--Cambrai

Coordinates

• 50.43302, 2.82791
• 50.19978, 2.87935
• 50.39556, 1.97361
• 50.45413, 3.95229
• 50.52194, 1.63319
• 50.75, 4.5
• 50.17596, 3.23472
• 50.35909, 3.52506
• 50.16667, 3.11667

Additional physical characteristics

• Typescript.

Physical Repository

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

Collection

• World War One Photographs and Journals

Provider

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

Genre

• diaries
• autobiographies (literary genre)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2006-031

Fonds title

• Charles McDowall Smyth fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC403

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/charles-mcdowall-smyth-fonds

Date digitized

• January 7, 2008

Technical note

• Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• All text and images are copyright University of Victoria and the Spratt family.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/c7kf-d981

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