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 in Victoria and Otter Point, British Columbia. It has entries about recruitment numbers, a tied rugby game between the Battalion and the Navy, concerts, a wind storm disrupting communication, medical examinations, attending a children's Christmas party, court of enquiry being held for three broken rifles, decorating for Christmas, the menu for Christmas dinner, an outbreak of "stomach flu" and "conjunctivitis" among some of the troops, Christmas and New Years leave, and problems with a cliff crumbling, among other activities and information.

In Collection:

• Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)

Subject

• War diaries
• Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
• World War (1939-1945)
• Canada. Canadian Army

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Vol. 04

Date created

• December 1, 1939 to December 31, 1939

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 16 pages

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria
• British Columbia--Capital Regional District--Otter Point

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155
• 48.35753, -123.82223

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. 3.17

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

• April 3, 2019 to April 9, 2019

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/x242-b818

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