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 Otter Point, Work Point Camp, British Columbia and Debert Military Camp, Nova Scotia. It has entries about weather conditions, training, appreciation for the favours given to the men from the Women's Auxiliary that included things like socks, candy, tobacco, shaving soap and handkerchiefs, traveling across Canada by train stopping in Vancouver, Calgary, and Quebec, arriving at a camp that isn't ready and has no water, and a report of the first casualty of the battalion from being electrocuted while working on signals and his subsequent funeral, among other activities and information.

In Collection:

• Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)

Subject

• Canada. Canadian Army
• Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
• World War (1939-1945)
• War diaries

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Vol. 14

Date created

• October 1, 1940 to October 31, 1940

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 12 pages

Geographic Coverage

• Nova Scotia--Debert Military Camp
• British Columbia--Work Point Camp
• British Columbia--Capital Regional District--Otter Point

Coordinates

• 48.35753, -123.82223
• 48.425070, -123.398087
• 45.427555, -63.444325

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. 3.18

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

• April 3, 2019 to April 9, 2019

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/x53k-jv16

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