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 intelligence reports saying the enemy is alert and quiet, the enemy cutting wire on the Allied front, arrangements from the engineers falling through, working parties cleaning out water and mud from the trenches, foot and rifle inspections, bathing parades, many quiet days, the enemy being seen filling sand bags, visit by the Major General and Brigadier General, the soldiers from both sides waving at each other from the parapets on Christmas day, and a few red lights being used by the enemy.

In Collection:

• Military History Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• December 1, 1915 to December 31, 1915

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 13 pages ; 21 x 34 cm

Geographic Coverage

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

Additional physical characteristics

• Diary pages handwritten on template pages made of lightweight vellum or heavier bond 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

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

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/jqy7-w209

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