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)
131. War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 70, June 1, 1945 to June 30, 1945
- Title:
- War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 70, June 1, 1945 to June 30, 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 Woerden and Ede. It has entries about preparing for the Battalion Sports Day to be held in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, voting in the Federal and Ontario elections, still censoring mail, some men getting accepted to fight on the Eastern Front, some of the troops taking courses offered by the Vetrinary School at Utrecht which is one of the finest schools of its kind in Europe, holding the Battalion Sports Meet in Amsterdam at the same stadium where the 1928 Olympics were held, the first round of volunteers leaving for the Eastern Front, moving to Ede and getting billets cleaned out by collaborators of the Dutch Underground, the Battalion winning and getting to represent the Division at the forthecoming meet to decide the champion of the First Canadian Army, a lecture from the wartime leader of the Dutch Underground in the Ede district about the harshness imposed upon the people by the Germans and how they were combatted by Organized Reistance Groups, sponsoring a horse race, the Battalion winning the Tabloid Championship of the First Canadian Army held at the Maple Leaf Stadium in Hilversum, the pipe band being asked to play at a "Fete" in Amsterdam to celebrate their liberation by the Canadians, some reorganization of the Battalion, taking a list of the first men being allowed to take leave when Amsterdam will be opened as a Leave Centre for Canadians on July 1, and holding weekly dances, among other activities and information. Includes appendices covering a program of the Tabloid Sports Championships held on June 20, orders, and a movemet order to Ede.
- Subject:
- Canada. Canadian Army, Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), World War (1939-1945), and War diaries
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1945-06-01/1945-06-30
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Vol. 70
- Extent:
- 94 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Netherlands--Woerden, Netherlands--Amsterdam, Netherlands--Hilversum, and Netherlands--Ede
- Coordinates:
- 52.085, 4.88333, 52.03333, 5.65833, 52.37403, 4.88969, and 52.22333, 5.17639
- 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. 5.39
- 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:
- 2019-03-07/2019-03-18
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF. Jun 1945 - appendix includes tabloid newspapers. Scanned on the flatbed as they just fit; colour bar overlaps margin but not print.
132. War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 71, July 1, 1945 to July 31, 1945
- Title:
- War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 71, July 1, 1945 to July 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 Ede, Holland. It has entries about participating in organized sports, the Officers attended a concert by celebrated violinist Yehundin Mehudin, receiving 1000 copies of the short account of the Battalion's activities which had been prepared in book form by members of the "I" Section and printed by civilians in Utrecht but due to a paper shortage only having enough copies to distribute it on a limited basis, groups of Repatriation Drafts leaving back to Canada, some taking an educational tour of Vimy Ridge and other battlefields of the First World War, some taking a tour of the Werkspoor Works one of the largest industrial plants in Holland and learning about the methods of work which are common only in Europe, a visit from the Honourable Ian MacKenzie the Canadian Minister of Pensions and National Health where he assured the men that Canada has a personal interest in every soldier and they will assist with rehabilitation, the Battalion supplying mostly volunteer work parties forcusing on pulling stumps and harvesting grain to help with Holland's attempt to rebuild, leave centres being located in Amsterdam, Brussels, and Paris and troops being allowed to take more leaves, Major J.J. Andrew's program of education progressing favourably with subjects like conversational German, book-keeping, mathematics, and pulp and paper manufacturing taught by instructors from within the Battalion along with the Vetrinary School in Utecht and civilian-organized classes in Ede on piano, conversational Dutch etc., and finally getting a Wet Canteen set up, among other activities and information. Includes an appendix covering orders.
- Subject:
- Canada. Canadian Army, Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), World War (1939-1945), and War diaries
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1945-07-01/1945-07-31
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Vol. 71
- Extent:
- 60 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Netherlands--Ede
- Coordinates:
- 52.03333, 5.65833
- 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. 5.41
- 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:
- 2019-03-18/2019-03-21
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.
133. War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 72, August 1, 1945 to August 31, 1945
- Title:
- War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 72, August 1, 1945 to August 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 Ede, Holland. It has entries about a visit from Major-General R.H. Keefler who inspected the Battalion and observed some of the educational classes, the Battalion participating in the First Canadian Army Sports Meet held at the Maple Leaf Stadium in Nijmegen, Padre Seaborn leaving to be the Chaplain at the Khaki College, continuing the educational, recreational and work party programs, being informed that the whole Battalion would most likely leave Europe before Christmas with the delay due to the amount of shipping available to the Canadian Army, remembering that August 14 was the one year anniversary of when they were bombed by friendly fire from the R.A.F., inspecting one of the larger industrial sites in Utrecht as a part of the educational program, leaves to leave centres and the United Kingdom continuing with a large portion of the Battalion being away at all times, remembering the anniversary of the Battle of Hill 168 on August 15 where the Battalion paid dearly to advance 1500 yards leading to the fall of Falaise the next day, the situation with the Dutch currency being uncertain so restrictions on money orders for cigarettes etc. was restricted, discontinuing mail censorship, August 16 being officially declared V-J-Day and a holiday, the first issue of a new Sports New Publication by Lt. J.L. Eddy coming out, practicing for the Ceremonial Parade to be held on the 31st for the birthday of Queen Wilhelmina, every available man in the Battalion marching through Ede with the pipe band through heavy rain, and then taking part in the celebrations in Ede, among other activities and information. Includes appendices covering orders, nominal roll of honours and awards to personnel of 1 C Scot R., a memo regarding the formation of a boxing team, telegrams, and the first edition of the "The Sports Officer Says" newsletter dated August 24, 1945.
- Subject:
- Canada. Canadian Army, Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), World War (1939-1945), and War diaries
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1945-08-01/1945-08-31
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Vol. 72
- Extent:
- 69 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Netherlands--Nijmegen and Netherlands--Ede
- Coordinates:
- 52.03333, 5.65833 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. 5.42
- 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:
- 2019-03-18/2019-03-21
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.
134. War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 73, September 1, 1945 to September 30, 1945
- Title:
- War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 73, September 1, 1945 to September 30, 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 Ede, Holland. It has entries about continuing celebrations in Ede, continuing work, recreational, and educational programs, cancelling all privilege leaves with rumours it was because they were going to get a movement order, Lt.-Col. C. Wightman giving the Battalion as much news as he was permitted to about the movement of the Canadians from Holland, lectures about the present situations in Canada to prepare the troops to return to civilian life, collecting all small arms from everyone except those whose duty made it necessary to keep them for now, and holding the Canadian Scottish Children's party for the underprivileged children of Ede, among other activities and information. Includes appendices covering orders.
- Subject:
- Canada. Canadian Army, Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), World War (1939-1945), and War diaries
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1945-09-01/1945-09-30
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Vol. 73
- Extent:
- 66 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Netherlands--Ede
- Coordinates:
- 52.03333, 5.65833
- 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. 5.43
- 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:
- 2019-03-18/2019-03-21
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF. Sep 1945 - the last loose page seems to be out of place. Not sure if it belongs elsewhere in this file or if it is from another file. It says "page 4" at the bottom.
135. War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 74, October 1, 1945 to October 31, 1945
- Title:
- War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 74, October 1, 1945 to October 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 Ede, Holland. It has entries about with only a few weeks left in Holland everyone taking every opportunity to visit the Dutch friends they have made, prepping for the move from Holland, continuing the work, recreational, and educational programs, a group of men representing the Battalion at a celebration held in Deventer to honour the men who liberated it which included the efforts of the Battalion along the Ijssel River in April 1945, announcing a poster competition to aid in the Battalion program publicizing the forthcoming 9th Victory Loan, starting a new agricultural course and continuiung with the other educational, work, and recreational programs, learning that they will leave Europe mid-November, some of the Battalion taking a trip to Berlin, a lecture by a Canadian Intelligence Officer about interviews with the German Generals who opposed the First Canadian Battle from Normandy to Northern Germany, holding meetings to support Victory Bond sales, and distributing Postal Redirection Cards to be filled out and sent to the Postal Tracing Section so that mail can be forwarded after the move, among other activities and information. Includes appendices covering repatriation instructions for those returning to Canada, Nominal Roll of Personnel Proceeding on Repat Draft for officers and OR, orders, memos regardning the return of units to Canada, memo regarding redirection of mail, a memo about the policies for repatriated personnel, and a document describing the welcome home arrangements for formed units.
- Subject:
- Canada. Canadian Army, Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), World War (1939-1945), and War diaries
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1945-10-01/1945-10-31
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Vol. 74
- Extent:
- 124 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Netherlands--Ede
- Coordinates:
- 52.03333, 5.65833
- 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. 5.44
- 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:
- 2019-03-18/2019-03-21
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.
136. War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 75, October 1, 1945 to January 4, 1946
- Title:
- War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 75, October 1, 1945 to January 4, 1946
- 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 Ede, Holland. It has entries about many rumours flying constantly as to when they are to leave Holland during the beginning of October, continuing the work projects for the Dutch government with the Ede Memorial Park having been completed, prepping for a move away from Ede and spending a couple days in a transition camp before heading to Calais and then Aldershot, inspection by HRH Princess Royal and her being very interest in Wallace, a guard of 100 men marched through London to the Mansion House with Wallace and the pipe band where the HRH Princess Royal presented the Battalion with an oil painting of "Wallace", moving to Southampton and setting sail aboard the Queen Elizabeth, some missing Christmas dinner served aboard the ship due to rough seas, arriving in New York and taking a train across the continent, arriving in Victoria and marching to the Armoury and being well received by the whole town, the Battalion being officially dismissed on January 4th, among other activities and information. Includes appendices covering orders, messages regarding the surrender of German troops, an invitation to the Canadian Scottish reunion dinner on February 6, 1946, a program for the reception at Victoria for the 1st Battalion including a menu for the officer's dinner, copied of the "Ohtwoee" newsletters from October to November, program and instructions for the reception in Victoria, B.C. for the 1st Battalion including a map of the parade route, a letter to all members of the Canadian Scottish family and friends of the regiment with instructions for the details of the reception including maps, speeches welcoming the 1st Battalion back to Victoria, instructions for guests travelling from Vancouver to Victoria on special steamer to witness welcome to the 1st Battalion, newspaper clippings regarding the return of the troops in January 1946 including photographs of the troops and Wallace,
- Subject:
- Canada. Canadian Army, Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), World War (1939-1945), and War diaries
- Creator:
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1945-10-01/1946-01-04
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Vol. 75
- Extent:
- 135 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria, France--Calais, New York (State)--New York, Netherlands--Ede, England--Southampton, and England--London
- Coordinates:
- 52.03333, 5.65833, 50.95194, 1.85635, 51.50853, -0.12574, 50.90395, -1.40428, 40.71427, -74.00597, and 48.4359, -123.35155
- 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. 5.45
- 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:
- 2019-03-18/2019-03-21
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.Oct 1945 -Jan 1946 - oversize maps scanned on TTI/Betterlight (600 dpi, camera height 700, Bent5 tone) - back of maps blank, not captured. Oversize newsprint clippings also scanned on TTI/Betterlight (600 dpi, camera height 700, Bent5 tone) - article only. Reverse not captured where not relevant to subject. Last folder in file not scanned as it is marked Feb 1946 which is outside folder contents.