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

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:

• 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. 49

Date created

• September 1, 1943 to September 30, 1943

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 76 pages

Geographic coverage

• England--Winton (Bournemouth)
• England--Portsmouth

Coordinates

• 50.73333, -1.86667
• 50.82838, -1.06682

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. 4.9

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 23, 2019 to May 9, 2019

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/nfqn-4h75

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