Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection
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The Canadian Scottish Regiment incorporated earlier First World War Victoria regiments. On 15 March 1920, Victoria's 88th and 50th Regiments were reorganized into the Canadian Scottish Regiment Non-Permanent Active Militia. On 1 August 1930, The Canadian Scottish again was reorganized into a two-battalion regiment, with the establishment of the 1st Battalion's headquarters in Victoria and the 2nd at Nanaimo. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, the 1st Battalion trained at Macaulay Point Barracks B.C., before traveling to Debert, Nova Scotia in October 1940, and to England in 1941. The 1st Battalion later took part in the Normandy invasion on 6 June, 1944.
The war diaries are official records kept by the Battalions during a one month period. They contain the daily orders, correspondence, newsletters, and an intelligence log detailing troop activities, locations, and weather conditions. The war diaries detail the activities and movement of the 1st Battalion from training in Canada and England to active duty on the Western Front and their return to Victoria in January 1946.
Further information on the Canadian Scottish Regiment and the archival holdings at University of Victoria can be found here:
https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/canadian-scottish-regiment-princess-marys-fonds
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Collection Details
- Items 136
- Last Updated 2025-03-14
Works (136)
101. War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 63, November 1, 1944 to November 30, 1944
- Title:
- War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 63, November 1, 1944 to November 30, 1944
- Description:
- The war diaries are official records kept by the Battalions during a one month period. They contain the daily orders, correspondence, newsletters, and an intelligence log detailing troop activities, locations, and weather conditions. The war diaries detail the activities and movement of the 1st Battalion from training in Canada and England to active duty on the Western Front and their return to Victoria in January 1946. This diary was kept while at Cadzand, Ghent, Tournai, and Goresbeek, Holland. It has entries about working with the Reginas to take care of the last pockets of Germans, recapturing men and returning them to the battalion, a medical officer from the Germans asking for a truce like other German garrison's have to tend to the wounded and dead and the Battalion refusing and demanding a full surrender of the German garrison, shortly later the German garrison completely and unconditionally surrendered and they took over 300 prisoners, this victory freed up the Scheldt Estuary for the passage of war materials through Antwerp, getting a movement order to Ghent for a break, being welcomed very warmly by a large crown of civilians in Ghent and enjoying Operation "Relax", the pipe band being popular with the civilians again and going to Paris to play, moving to another small village called Bottelaere untouched by the war and reorganizing and prepping to get back to the front, moving through villages celebrating Armistice Day on November 11 for the first time since 1939 as it was forbiddento refer to the meaning of the day under the German occupation, arriving at their new location, an ancient farm house in the middle of the woods and relieved the Americans who had been posted there, it being the fashion to wear silk scarves and the white ones from paratroopers being preferred but the camoflaged greens being "a la mode" as well, engaging with the enemy from a distance, consulting moon and tide tables to ensure patrols remain unseen and having problems with bright moons showing troop locations, the difficulty of living out of dugouts for weeks making everyone grubby using a mobile bath making sure the men had at least one bath in the last two weeks, a patrol getting lost and wandering into friendly fire, holding their position but taking heavy fire, and moving on to the village of Driehuizen being billeted in an old school building and getting cleaned up, among other activities and information. Includes appendices covering an intelligence log, battle log, maps, traces, defence plans, operation "Relax", recommendatiosn for honours and awards, sitreps, casualties, orders, a photograph of "Our Pipe Band" and a document describing their recent activities, "Our Padre" Capt. R.L. Seaborn document by Sgt. L. G. Woodcock describing the good work the Padre did for the Battalion and how they will miss him while he's gone, a Christmas card from the Canadian Military Staff in Paris, a photograph of "Our Pipe Band" marching through Paris, a report on the pipe band playing in Paris in front of Winston Churchill and General DeGaulle, a report by the pipe band about their time in Paris from November 9-16, 1944, patrols and reports, the West Wall Climber, Maple Leaf, correspondence and Investiture, Ghent.
- Subject:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), War diaries, World War (1939-1945), and Canada. Canadian Army
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1944-11-01/1944-11-30
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Vol. 63
- Extent:
- 127 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Netherlands--Driehuizen, Netherlands--Cadzand, Netherlands--Groesbeek, Belgium--Ghent, and Belgium--Bottelaere
- Coordinates:
- 51.36833, 3.40833, 51.05, 3.71667, 50.96411, 3.75487, 51.77667, 5.93611, and 52.57833, 4.80694
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) Collection
- Provenance:
- Transferred to UVic Special Collections from BC Archives, March 2006.
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- journals (accounts)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 11. 5.6
- Fonds Title:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC021
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/canadian-scottish-regiment-princess-marys-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-02-26/2019-03-04
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.
102. War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 64 - Appendix 01
- Title:
- War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 64 - Appendix 01
- Description:
- This appendix consists of the policy and procedure for minefield laying for the RCE 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, instructions for lifting and neutralization of mines, and the suggested method of destruction of tellermines.
- Subject:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), War diaries, World War (1939-1945), and Canada. Canadian Army
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1944-12-01/1944-12-31
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Vol. 64
- Extent:
- 10 pages
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) Collection
- Provenance:
- Transferred to UVic Special Collections from BC Archives, March 2006.
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- journals (accounts)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 11. 5.15
- Fonds Title:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC021
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/canadian-scottish-regiment-princess-marys-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-03-04/2019-03-07
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.
103. War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 64 - Appendix 02
- Title:
- War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 64 - Appendix 02
- Description:
- This appendix consists of a report of enemy methods of laying schumines and mines.
- Subject:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), War diaries, World War (1939-1945), and Canada. Canadian Army
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1944-12-01/1944-12-31
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Vol. 64
- Extent:
- 8 pages
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) Collection
- Provenance:
- Transferred to UVic Special Collections from BC Archives, March 2006.
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- journals (accounts)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 11. 5.16
- Fonds Title:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC021
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/canadian-scottish-regiment-princess-marys-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-03-04/2019-03-07
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.
104. War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 64 - Appendix 03
- Title:
- War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 64 - Appendix 03
- Description:
- This appendix consists of a report on signals security of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division by Lt. Col. G.O. Gamble.
- Subject:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), War diaries, World War (1939-1945), and Canada. Canadian Army
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1944-12-01/1944-12-31
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Vol. 64
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) Collection
- Provenance:
- Transferred to UVic Special Collections from BC Archives, March 2006.
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- journals (accounts)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 11. 5.17
- Fonds Title:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC021
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/canadian-scottish-regiment-princess-marys-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-03-04/2019-03-07
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.
105. War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 64, December 1, 1944 to December 31, 1944
- Title:
- War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 64, December 1, 1944 to December 31, 1944
- Description:
- The war diaries are official records kept by the Battalions during a one month period. They contain the daily orders, correspondence, newsletters, and an intelligence log detailing troop activities, locations, and weather conditions. The war diaries detail the activities and movement of the 1st Battalion from training in Canada and England to active duty on the Western Front and their return to Victoria in January 1946. This diary was kept while at Goresbeek and Nikmegen, Holland. It has entries about an inspection, visiting the town of Nijmegen which has been under fire for 10 weeks straight, attending a variety of entertainments, training on mines and booby traps being used on the front by the enemy, prepping to move to an advanced area again, representatives from the Battalion attending various NCO and Specialist Schools to maintain a high level of efficiency, doing route marches in constricted areas, donating all the sweets and candies they had to the local children for their stockings beacuse according to legend St. Nicholas comes to all good Dutch children on the nights of December 5-6, reaching the German-Dutch border and "expeditions of pilgrims" crossed into Germany to spit on the ground, dealing with snow, a note in the Battalion Log requests that strict care be taken that no looting is done in the houses the Battalion is occupying, working with the Dutch Frontier Guards, exchanging fire with the enemy in various ways including targeting a church where it is assumed they have set up their headquarters, noting that the low-hanging mist over the flats making it easy for the enemy to infiltrate into the lines if active patrolling is not maintained, interrogating civilans who claimed they escaped from the Germans, the Germans controlling flooding, finding a trap door in the building in which they set up the Command Post that led to a secret room with equipment left by the enemy including large albums picturing the activities of "Der Fuhrer" and on the Wehrmacht, sharing Christmas food parcels from Canada with the civilians, enjoying a Christmas lunch before moving out, the troops not being happy to have to live in drafty barns, warning about enemy troops in Allied uniforms dropping behind American and British lines, using grenades to break the hard crust of the frozen ground to make dugouts and trenches, and making careful movements as it is difficult to camoflage khaki in the snow, among other activities and information. Includes appendices covering a handwritten intelligence log and a list of the appendices associated with this diary including battle log, intelligence summaries, administration memos, civilian interrogation, correspondence, West Wall Climber, orders, Maple Leaf, field messages, casualties, traces, defence plans, and field sketches,
- Subject:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), War diaries, World War (1939-1945), and Canada. Canadian Army
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1944-12-01/1944-12-31
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Vol. 64
- Extent:
- 188 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Netherlands--Groesbeek and Netherlands--Nijmegen
- Coordinates:
- 51.77667, 5.93611 and 51.8425, 5.85278
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) Collection
- Provenance:
- Transferred to UVic Special Collections from BC Archives, March 2006.
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- journals (accounts)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 11. 5.14
- Fonds Title:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC021
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/canadian-scottish-regiment-princess-marys-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-03-04/2019-03-07
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.
106. Canadian Scottish Regiment: 1st Battalion Returns to Victoria [Film]
- Title:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment: 1st Battalion Returns to Victoria [Film]
- Description:
- Scenes showing soldiers on the deck of a crowded ship arriving in port and then parading through the streets of Victoria.
- Subject:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), Soldiers--Travel, Soldiers, Canada. Canadian Army, Military parades, World War (1939-1945), Pipe bands, Repatriation, and Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Date Created:
- 1945?
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- 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.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage
- Identifier:
- British Columbia Archives identifier: F1989:08/015
- Extent:
- 00:09:50
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Has Format:
- Digitized from: 1 film reel (ca. 250 ft) : colour, silent : 16 mm
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection
- Provenance:
- Transferred to UVic Special Collections from BC Archives, March 2006.
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- color films (visual works), silent films, and video recordings (physical artifacts)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 2006-015 - Films; Item: 1.9
- Fonds Title:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC021
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/canadian-scottish-regiment-princess-marys-fonds
- Technical Note:
- Metadata by KD.
107. Canadian Scottish Regiment: Homecoming in Europe [Film]
- Title:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment: Homecoming in Europe [Film]
- Description:
- Scenes of soldiers marching and being transported by ship, trains, and planes.
- Subject:
- Soldiers, Repatriation, Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), World War (1939-1945), Canada. Canadian Army, and Military parades
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Date Created:
- 1945?
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- 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.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage
- Identifier:
- British Columbia Archives identifier: F1989:08/014
- Extent:
- 00:20:08
- Geographic Coverage:
- Europe
- Has Format:
- Digitized from: 1 film reel (ca. 400 ft) : colour, silent : 16 mm
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection
- Provenance:
- Transferred to UVic Special Collections from BC Archives, March 2006.
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- silent films, video recordings (physical artifacts), and color films (visual works)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 2006-015 - Films; Item: 1.8
- Fonds Title:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC021
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/canadian-scottish-regiment-princess-marys-fonds
- Technical Note:
- Metadata by KD.
108. Canadian Scottish Regiment: Objective - Home! [Film]
- Title:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment: Objective - Home! [Film]
- Description:
- Recreation and educational tours kept the troops busy until the time came to return home - scenes showing the Canadian National Vimy Memorial near Vimy, France; windmills, historic sites and buildings, andboats traveling through canals in Bruges; sailing, water-skiing, and boating; the Headquarters of the Canadian Scots Regiment in Ede, Holland; Farewell Parade for the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade in Ede, Holland on November 6th, 1945 with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles (Little Black Devils), the Regina Rifle Regiment (the "Johns"), standing on Jeeps the Brigadier and the Burgomeester watch the last parade of the "Lucky Seven", the 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish led by Lt-Col. C. Wightman; On our way at last, #4 Repatriation Camp at Nijmegen on the 11th of November 1945; Entraining for Calais on November 13th, 1945 showing scenes of the war-damaged landscape; the Final Ceremonial Parade Inspection by the Col-in-Chief H.R.H. The Princess Royal Mary where 100 veterans march from St. Paul's to Mansion House for dinner with her Royal Highness and the Lord Mayor. The Canadian Scottish Regiment's mascot Wallace can possibly be seen at the end of the film.
- Subject:
- Soldiers, Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes, Military parades, Buildings--War damage, Soldiers--Conduct of life, Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood, 1897-1965, Soldiers--Social conditions, Pipe bands, Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), Ships, Soldiers--Travel, Canada. Canadian Army, Repatriation, Monuments, Cities and towns, Soldiers--Recreation, Monument commémoratif du Canada à Vimy (Pas-de-Calais, France), World War (1939-1945), Boats and boating, and Historic buildings
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Date Created:
- 1945
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- 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.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage
- Identifier:
- British Columbia Archives identifier: F1989:08/013
- Extent:
- 00:19:31
- Geographic Coverage:
- France--Pas-de-Calais, Netherlands--Ede, Netherlands--Nijmegen, France--Calais, and Belgium--Bruges
- Coordinates:
- 50.4828, 2.28664, 50.95194, 1.85635, 51.20892, 3.22424, 51.8425, 5.85278, and 52.03333, 5.65833
- Has Format:
- Digitized from: 1 film reel (ca. 200 ft) : b&w, silent with inter-titles : 8 mm
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection
- Provenance:
- Transferred to UVic Special Collections from BC Archives, March 2006.
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- intertitles, black-and-white films (visual works), video recordings (physical artifacts), and silent films
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 2006-015 - Films; Item: 1.7
- Fonds Title:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC021
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/canadian-scottish-regiment-princess-marys-fonds
- Technical Note:
- Metadata by KD.
109. War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 65 - Appendix
- Title:
- War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 65 - Appendix
- Description:
- This appendix consists of a reports entitled "Two Who Came Back" by Capt. V.R. Schjeldrup and Sgt. A. Gri and "6 October to 5 January Experiences" by R.F. Bradley.
- Subject:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), War diaries, World War (1939-1945), and Canada. Canadian Army
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1945-01-01/1945-01-31
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Vol. 65
- Extent:
- 22 pages
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) Collection
- Provenance:
- Transferred to UVic Special Collections from BC Archives, March 2006.
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- journals (accounts)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 11. 5.19
- Fonds Title:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC021
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/canadian-scottish-regiment-princess-marys-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-03-04/2019-03-07
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF. an 1945 includes oversize diagrams and maps printed on translucent yellow tracing paper in cyan tones. Laid over white paper to enhance readability and scanned on the TTI/Betterlight (600 dpi, camera height 700, Bent5 tone). The map was exceptionally fragile, barely held together, except the one folded portion which is stuck to itself. The reverse of this page was not scanned to minimize any damage that might have ocurred from flipping it over. (After scanning, it was refolded and returned to the file.
110. War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 65, January 1, 1945 to January 31, 1945
- Title:
- War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 65, January 1, 1945 to January 31, 1945
- Description:
- The war diaries are official records kept by the Battalions during a one month period. They contain the daily orders, correspondence, newsletters, and an intelligence log detailing troop activities, locations, and weather conditions. The war diaries detail the activities and movement of the 1st Battalion from training in Canada and England to active duty on the Western Front and their return to Victoria in January 1946. This diary was kept while at Goresbeek and Nijmegen, Holland. It has entries about leaves getting started again with 110 very excited men getting 8 day leaves and the chance to get back to Canada with two of this first group planning on getting married to their fiances while they are back home, a lecture about preparing defensive positions as a response to the Germans breaking through at Ardennes and it being a concern that it might happen in this location too, two men returning to the Battalion after being captured by the Germans for 3 months, dealing with snow and cold weather, a detailed description of the dugouts and how some of the men made them as comfortable as possible, the Pioneer Platoon demoloshing a former enemy position called the "Tank House", engaging in Operation "Pete" to discover as much as possible about the enemy forces holding LIttle Tebruk, "C" Coy HQ being hit by a shell from friendly fire, the Germans using a loudspeaker to read their news in German across the river, engaging in Operation "Alfred" where Sgt MacDonald and one man went missing, dealing with mines that the Germans send down the Waal River in an attempt to destroy the Nijmegen Bridge, and taking care of mail and fitness training while on a short break, among other activities and information. Includes appendices covering an intelligence log, battle logs, intelligence summaries, signal security notes, counter-attack plans, exercises Falcon, Indian and Buffalo, Artificial moonlight, counter-mortar notes, mines and mine laying, parols, traces, defence plans, field sketches, maps, administration notes, field messages, strength returns, orders, casualties, recommendations for honours and awards, "Two Came Back" report, notes on leaves, personal accounts of battle, Notes on the Canadian Infantry Divisional School, correspondence about the pipe band, the Maple Leaf and the West Wall Climber.
- Subject:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), War diaries, World War (1939-1945), and Canada. Canadian Army
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1945-01-01/1945-01-31
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Vol. 65
- Extent:
- 329 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Netherlands--Groesbeek and Netherlands--Nijmegen
- Coordinates:
- 51.77667, 5.93611 and 51.8425, 5.85278
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) Collection
- Provenance:
- Transferred to UVic Special Collections from BC Archives, March 2006.
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- journals (accounts)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 11. 5.18
- Fonds Title:
- Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC021
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/canadian-scottish-regiment-princess-marys-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-03-04/2019-03-07
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF. an 1945 includes oversize diagrams and maps printed on translucent yellow tracing paper in cyan tones. Laid over white paper to enhance readability and scanned on the TTI/Betterlight (600 dpi, camera height 700, Bent5 tone). The map was exceptionally fragile, barely held together, except the one folded portion which is stuck to itself. The reverse of this page was not scanned to minimize any damage that might have ocurred from flipping it over. (After scanning, it was refolded and returned to the file.