My Life in the Army, Volume 07

The seventh of eight diaries written by Archie Wills during World War I. The book, an army-issued “Field Message Book,” contains lists and notes written by Sergeant Archie Wills, including a nominal roll of the B-Sub, 58th Battalion (1916-1918) and their horses, and a description of the military dress and equipment for the March to the Rhine (November 18th, 1918).

In Collection:

• Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection
• World War One Photographs and Journals

Creator

• Wills, Archie H. (Archibald Henry), 1892-1988

Subject

• Military training camps
• Military education
• Soldiers' writings
• Soldiers--Conduct of life
• Recruiting and enlistment
• Soldiers--Health and hygiene
• Canada. Canadian Army
• Military camps
• Soldiers
• World War (1914-1918)
• War diaries
• Soldiers--Social conditions

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 1918

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 volume (17 pages)

Alternative title

• Volume 7..My Life in the Army. Archie Wills. The March to Rhine. Personnel of B-Sub and instructions re equipment Start made Nov. 18, 1918

Geographic coverage

• Belgium
• Germany

Coordinates

• 51.5, 10.5
• 50.75, 4.5

Additional physical characteristics

• Note that the volume of the diary has been crossed out from 8 to be 7. [minimal entries, not diary form]

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• World War One Photographs and Journals
• Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• manuscripts (documents)
• diaries

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2005-036; Series: Autobiography; Sub-series: My Life in the Army; Archival Item Identifier: 3.14

Fonds title

• Archie H. Wills fonds

Fonds identifier

• AR394

Is referenced by

• Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/archie-h-wills-fonds

Date digitized

• May 15, 2007

Technical note

• 400 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/rsg7-xa06

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