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 16th at La Maison Blanche billets in Neuf-Berquin and includes a discussion of the gas proof machine gun emplacement and testing it with gas, fighting in the trenches, blowing up a mine that was close to their trench, an enemy airplane hovering over Ploegsteert Wood, the enemy laying wire and driving stakes, a visit from Prime Minister Robert Bordon on July 21st, many quiet days without serious bombardment, and taking precautions against an outbreak of typhoid.

In Collection:

• Military History Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 22 pages ; 21 x 34 cm

Geographic Coverage

• France--Dunkirk--Neuf-Berquin
• Belgium--Ploegsteert

Coordinates

• 50.661, 2.672
• 50.72659, 2.88019

Additional physical characteristics

• Diary pages handwritten on template pages made of lightweight vellum or heavier bond 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
• journals (accounts)
• manuscripts (documents)

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/rfm9-2760

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