War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 49, September 1, 1943 to September 30, 1943

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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 Winton - Bournemouth Area, England. It has entries about arriving back to England from the training in Scotland last month, hearing the most direct church sermon condemning the language used thoughtlessly by all ranks in every moment of conversation, the pipe band helping again with the battalion's reputation amongst the civilian population, all ranks getting new light respirators, attending a play and other entertainments, a fencing exhibition, and moving to Hilsea Barracks in Portsmouth, among other activities and information. Includes appendices covering orders, strength returns (daily & weekly), training syllabi, administrative memos, exercises, movement orders, and camp standing orders.

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Identifier
  • Vol. 49
Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 76 pages
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 50.73333, -1.86667
  • 50.82838, -1.06682
Physical repository Collection
  • Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection
Provenance
  • Transferred to UVic Special Collections from BC Archives, March 2006.
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Series 11. 4.9
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • April 23, 2019 to May 9, 2019
Technical note
  • Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.
DOI

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