War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 71, July 1, 1945 to July 31, 1945

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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 at Ede, Holland. It has entries about participating in organized sports, the Officers attended a concert by celebrated violinist Yehundin Mehudin, receiving 1000 copies of the short account of the Battalion's activities which had been prepared in book form by members of the "I" Section and printed by civilians in Utrecht but due to a paper shortage only having enough copies to distribute it on a limited basis, groups of Repatriation Drafts leaving back to Canada, some taking an educational tour of Vimy Ridge and other battlefields of the First World War, some taking a tour of the Werkspoor Works one of the largest industrial plants in Holland and learning about the methods of work which are common only in Europe, a visit from the Honourable Ian MacKenzie the Canadian Minister of Pensions and National Health where he assured the men that Canada has a personal interest in every soldier and they will assist with rehabilitation, the Battalion supplying mostly volunteer work parties forcusing on pulling stumps and harvesting grain to help with Holland's attempt to rebuild, leave centres being located in Amsterdam, Brussels, and Paris and troops being allowed to take more leaves, Major J.J. Andrew's program of education progressing favourably with subjects like conversational German, book-keeping, mathematics, and pulp and paper manufacturing taught by instructors from within the Battalion along with the Vetrinary School in Utecht and civilian-organized classes in Ede on piano, conversational Dutch etc., and finally getting a Wet Canteen set up, among other activities and information. Includes an appendix covering orders.

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Identifier
  • Vol. 71
Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 60 pages
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 52.03333, 5.65833
Physical repository Collection
  • Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection
Provenance
  • Transferred to UVic Special Collections from BC Archives, March 2006.
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Series 11. 5.41
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • March 18, 2019 to March 21, 2019
Technical note
  • Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.
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