Alternative Title:

Volume 7..My Life in the Army. Archie Wills. The March to Rhine. Personnel of B-Sub and instructions re equipment Start made Nov. 18, 1918

Subject:

Military training camps, Military education, Soldiers' writings, Soldiers--Conduct of life, Recruiting and enlistment, Soldiers--Health and hygiene, Canada. Canadian Army, Military camps, Soldiers, World War (1914-1918), War diaries, and Soldiers--Social conditions

Creator:

Wills, Archie H. (Archibald Henry), 1892-1988

Contributor:

Location:

Language:

eng

Date Created:

November 1918

Rights Statement:

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Resource Type:

Text

Extent:

1 volume (17 pages)

Geographic Coverage:

Belgium and Germany

Coordinates:

51.5, 10.5 and 50.75, 4.5

Additional Physical Characteristics:

Note that the volume of the diary has been crossed out from 8 to be 7. [minimal entries, not diary form]

Physical Repository:

University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection:

World War One Photographs and Journals and Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection

Provider:

University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre:

manuscripts (documents) and diaries

Archival Item Identifier:

Accession Number: 2005-036; Series: Autobiography; Sub-series: My Life in the Army; Archival Item Identifier: 3.14

Fonds Title:

Archie H. Wills fonds

Fonds Identifier:

AR394

Is Referenced By:

Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/archie-h-wills-fonds

Date Digitized:

2007-05-15

Technical Note:

400 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by KD.

Alternative Title:

All in Lifetime, autobiography, typescript, All in A Lifetime – War, 1914-1918, The Fun and the Horror [textual records and photographs: b&w]. – ca. 1976, Archie Wills autobiography typescript chapter on World War I, and Volume Six. "All In A Lifetime" Autob...

Subject:

Soldiers--Training of, Battlefields, War, World War (1914-1918), Airships, Canada. Canadian Army, Military training camps, Personal narratives, Friendship, Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Field Artillery, War and society, Recruiting and enlistment, and Politics and war

Creator:

Wills, Archie H. (Archibald Henry), 1892-1988

Contributor:

Location:

Language:

eng

Date Created:

approximately 1976

Rights Statement:

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Resource Type:

Text

Extent:

1 volume (approximately 117 pages) ; 28 x 22 cm

Geographic Coverage:

England, Germany, British Columbia--Victoria, Western Front (World War (1914-1918)), Atlantic Ocean, Belgium, Canada, and France

Coordinates:

10, -25, 48.4359, -123.35155, 50.4492, -125.9764, 46, 2, 60.10867, -113.64258, 51.5, 10.5, 50.75, 4.5, and 52.16045, -0.70312

Chronological Coverage:

1917/1919

Additional Physical Characteristics:

Includes black and white photographs, clippings and illustrations. Handwritten corrections throughout the document.

Physical Repository:

University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection:

World War One Photographs and Journals, World of Mary's Wedding Reminiscences of World War One, and Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection

Provider:

University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre:

newspaper clippings, black-and-white photographs, news photographs, typescripts, autobiographies (literary genre), printed ephemera, clippings (information artifacts), and manuscripts (documents)

Archival Item Identifier:

AR394_01_05

Fonds Title:

Archie H. Wills fonds

Fonds Identifier:

AR394

Is Referenced By:

Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/archie-h-wills-fonds

Date Digitized:

2007-08-21

Technical Note:

Original metadata listed the following as contributors: Christopher Rickinson, Alyssum Nielsen, and Chris Petter. Migration metadata by KD.

Alternative Title:

All in a lifetime - War 1914-18, the fun and the horror--pictures, Wills Photograph Album, First War Pictures of Dad's: All in a Lifetime, All in a Lifetime Photograph Album, and Archie Wills photograph album, appendage to autobiographical chapter on WWI

Subject:

Recruiting and enlistment, Prisoners of war, Intrenchments, Canada. Canadian Army, Transports, Military training camps, Military education, Trenches, Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters, Soldiers, Military camps, War, Armistices, World War (1914-1918), Soldiers' writings, and Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Field Artillery

Creator:

Greenwood, Ernest and Wills, Archie H. (Archibald Henry), 1892-1988

Contributor:

Location:

Language:

eng

Date Created:

1917 to 1918

Rights Statement:

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Resource Type:

Still Image

Extent:

1 photograph album (94 pages) ; 17 x 25 cm

Geographic Coverage:

Germany, British Columbia--Victoria, Belgium, France, England, Great Britain, British Columbia--Esquimalt, and Canada

Coordinates:

51.5, 10.5, 60.10867, -113.64258, 46, 2, 50.75, 4.5, 52.16045, -0.70312, 48.4359, -123.35155, and 54, -2

Physical Repository:

University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection:

Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection and World War One Photographs and Journals

Provider:

University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre:

photograph albums, photographs, news photographs, newspaper clippings, printed ephemera, black-and-white photographs, clippings (information artifacts), poems, autobiographies (literary genre), postcards, and scrapbooks

Archival Item Identifier:

AR394_03_09

Fonds Title:

Archie H. Wills fonds

Fonds Identifier:

AR394

Is Referenced By:

Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/archie-h-wills-fonds

Date Digitized:

2007-08-16

Technical Note:

Original metadata listed the following as contributors: Christopher Rickinson, Alyssum Nielsen, and Chris Petter. Migration metadata by KD.

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, and Soldiers--Billeting

Creator:

Smyth, Charles McDowall

Language:

eng

Date Created:

1918

Rights Statement:

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Resource Type:

Text

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, and 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, and 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 and 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://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/charles-mcdowall-smyth-fonds

Date Digitized:

2008-01-07

Technical Note:

Migration metadata by KD.

Keyword in Context:

Transcript available
Charles McDowall Smyth’s Account of the End of WWI and the Armistice: November 11, 1918 12-11-18 (November 12, 1918) 32 Rue d’Havré Mons Hainaut Belgique The following is a general account of my doings from the time of my return to France in Se...