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 with a move to Arras and then to Anzin to the Battalion Headquarters at Maple Chateau, training on bombing, musketry, Lewis Guns, and route marches, practice on village fighting, moving to Izel-lès-Hameau then to Bois De Faye and then to Monchy-Breton, engaging with the enemy, sports and rifle competitions. The diary ends with a list of decorations awarded, a tally of casualties, and Operation Orders.

In Collection:

• Military History Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• May 1, 1918 to May 31, 1918

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 16 pages ; 21 x 34 cm

Geographic Coverage

• France--Monchy-Breton
• France--Izel-lès-Hameau
• France--Anzin
• Western Front (World War (1914-1918))

Coordinates

• 50.37139, 3.50444
• 50.40083, 2.445
• 50.3145, 2.5325

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

• journals (accounts)
• typescripts
• manuscripts (documents)
• diaries
• 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/t3ye-kt75

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