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 begins with the Battalion fighting in the trenches, supporting other Battalions, daylight reconnaissance made of enemy wire and progress on cutting it to prepare a raid on enemy trenches, successful raid on enemy trenches, move to Mazingarbe, rifle practice, training, a concert party, a demonstration of S.O.S. Rocket, rifle and small box respirator inspections. The diary ends with a list of decorations awarded, a tally of casualties, Operation Orders, and notes on the February 13th, 1918 raid on the enemy trenches at Bois Hugo on the Lens Front.

In Collection:

• Military History Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• February 1, 1918 to February 28, 1918

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 23 pages ; 21 x 34 cm

Geographic Coverage

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

Coordinates

• 50.47306, 2.71806

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

• typescripts
• diaries
• manuscripts (documents)
• journals (accounts)
• 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/rexk-5229

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