War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 02, October, 1, 1939 to October 31, 1939

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. It has entries about recruitment numbers, leaking buildings, the Salvation Army opening a reading and writing room, inoculations, installing a new phone, weather conditions, help guarding the gate from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, collecting money from the men to buy chickens to roast for Thanksgiving dinner, seeing the Northern Lights, and arresting a soldier for failing to report back in time, 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

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

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Vol. 02

Date created

• October 1, 1939 to October 31, 1939

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 16 pages

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria
• British Columbia--Cole Island
• British Columbia--Victoria--Otter Point

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155
• 48.35753, -123.82223
• 48.45354, -123.45129

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/10.58066/0vzc-f230

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