War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 54, February 1, 1944 to February 29, 1944

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 the Ryde Area, Isle of Wight, England. It has entries about participating in various training programs and exercises including sniper training courses and mess tin cooking, tank demonstrations, sleeping in slit trenches while out on an exercise, the pipe band playing in London at a football game where the Canadians beat the Americans 16-6, learning a new Slidex Code which will soon be used for inter-battalion communication, an inspection from General Montgomery where he gave a talk while standing on his jeep, and folding bicycle training, among other activities and information. Includes appendices covering orders, strength returns (daily & weekly), training syllabi, administrative memos, exercises, operational instructions, pipe band intensive training, and reports.

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. 54

Date created

• February 1, 1944 to February 29, 1944

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 179 pages

Geographic coverage

• England--Ryde

Coordinates

• 50.72999, -1.1621

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. 4.14

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

• February 13, 2019 to February 18, 2019

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF. Feb 1944 image 105, Appendix 7, foldout was too large to scan on flatbed and was scanned on TTI/Betterlight (600 dpi, camera height 283, Bent5 tone).

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/3tjs-ss12

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