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 discusses heavy shelling by the enemy, traveling by train to Poperinge, the pipes and drummers played "Retreat" in the square, the first anniversary of the Second Battle of Ypres, and various attacks by the enemy.

In Collection:

• Military History Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• April 1, 1916 to April 30, 1916

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 6 pages ; 21 x 34 cm

Geographic Coverage

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

Coordinates

• 50.85488, 2.6875

Additional physical characteristics

• Consists of a cover with diary pages handwritten on template pages lightweight vellum paper or heavier bond (rag?) 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

• manuscripts (documents)
• typescripts
• diaries
• personal narratives
• journals (accounts)

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/10.58066/0bhn-3y45

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