War Diary of the 16th Infantry Battalion (Canadian Scottish), January 01 to January 31, 1918
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Download PDFOne 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 begins with the Battalion staying around the Château de la Haie (a country house in Carency, France between Gouy-Servins and Villiers-au-Bois) and discusses their New Years Day holidays, a concert party, training, a successful demonstration of the Tump Line for carrying S.A.A., rations, etc., move to Bruay for two weeks, a lecture about the life of Napoleon, snowy weather, the Corps Cinematographer taking a moving picture of them en route to training in the Bois des Dames and of an assault on the enemy's trench system, commencing using the system of Equipment Ledgers, funeral of General Sheppard of the R.F.C., and a move to Fosse 10 near Loos. The diary ends with a list of decorations awarded during the month, a tally of casualties, and Operations Orders.
- In Collection:
- Soldiers--Billeting
- War
- Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use
- Soldiers--Social conditions
- War diaries
- Military decorations
- Soldiers--Training of
- Soldiers--Conduct of life
- Soldiers--Health and hygiene
- Fortification, Field
- Military supplies
- Military history
- War casualties
- Military hygiene
- World War (1914-1918)
- Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th
- Military camps
- Trenches
- Drill and minor tactics
- Intrenchments
- Soldiers--Training
- Battle casualties
- Weather
- Soldiers
- Canada. Canadian Army
- 10 pages ; 21 x 34 cm
- 50.39005, 2.66022
- 19 18 diaries are 12 months in one bundle with a blue cover and with sub-bundles inside. Most diary pages are handwritten on template pages made of lightweight vellum paper or heavier bond (rag?) paper; some are typewritten; some leaves are not on template pages, size varies.
- Military History Collection
- Transferred to UVic Special Collections and Archives from BC Archives, May 2006.
- Accession Number: 2006-011
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/16th-battalion-canadian-scottish-fonds
- March 2025
- 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.
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