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. This diary discusses billeting at Camblain-l'Abbé, training, parades and inspections, some shelling, and moving to billets in Maisnil-lès-Ruitz.

In Collection:

• Military History Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• December 1, 1916 to December 31, 1916

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 3 pages ; 21 x 34 cm

Geographic Coverage

• Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
• France--Maisnil-lès-Ruitz
• France--Camblain-l'Abbé

Coordinates

• 50.37306, 2.63694
• 50.4525, 2.585

Additional physical characteristics

• Consists of a cover with diary pages handwritten on template pages lightweight vellum paper or heavier bond (rag?) paper.

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

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

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/ez57-mh87

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