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. The diary includes discussions of the intelligence they are receiving, fighting in the trenches, shelling by the enemy, a note that the enemy may be signalling in Morse code using a machine gun, causalities, some quiet days, airplane activity at night and heavy bombardment, parapet repairs, excavating for a shell proof dugout, and feeling encouraged by Allies success.

In Collection:

• Military History Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• September 1, 1915 to September 30, 1915

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 17 pages ; 21 x 34 cm

Geographic Coverage

• Belgium
• Belgium--Ploegsteert
• Western Front (World War (1914-1918))

Coordinates

• 50.72659, 2.88019
• 50.75, 4.5

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

• typescripts
• personal narratives
• 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/10.58066/7tyb-d881

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