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 Ede, Holland. It has entries about continuing celebrations in Ede, continuing work, recreational, and educational programs, cancelling all privilege leaves with rumours it was because they were going to get a movement order, Lt.-Col. C. Wightman giving the Battalion as much news as he was permitted to about the movement of the Canadians from Holland, lectures about the present situations in Canada to prepare the troops to return to civilian life, collecting all small arms from everyone except those whose duty made it necessary to keep them for now, and holding the Canadian Scottish Children's party for the underprivileged children of Ede, among other activities and information. Includes appendices covering 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. 73

Date created

• September 1, 1945 to September 30, 1945

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 66 pages

Geographic Coverage

• Netherlands--Ede

Coordinates

• 52.03333, 5.65833

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. 5.43

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

• March 18, 2019 to March 21, 2019

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF. Sep 1945 - the last loose page seems to be out of place. Not sure if it belongs elsewhere in this file or if it is from another file. It says "page 4" at the bottom.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/m4xh-qh94

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