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. The diary begins with the Battalion moving to Tohogne and worrying about the men's boots and rations, then moving to Lierneux and then to Pont Brucken just over the German Frontier noting they were the first Battalion into Germany of the 3rd Brigade, moves to Happenbach, Udewbrath, Kall, Euskirchen, Kierberg, and Rondkirchen, noting that the British Armies have crossed the Rhine, marching through Rondkirchen noting large crowds of silent Germans looking on, move to Heumar for the last half of the month, a visit by Commander in Chief, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, training, parades, celebrating Christmas, move to Lindlar and celebrating the New Year. The diary ends with a list of casualties and decorations awarded, and Operation Orders.

In Collection:

• Military History Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• December 1, 1918 to December 31, 1918

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 17 pages ; 21 x 34 cm

Geographic Coverage

• Germany--Lindlar
• Rhine River
• Germany--Cologne

Coordinates

• 50.93333, 6.95
• 51.01959, 7.37758

Additional physical characteristics

• The 1918 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.

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
• manuscripts (documents)
• journals (accounts)

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/mv51-vr86

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