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 Monk's Gate Common, Peterfields, and Newbury, England. It has entries about moving while on exercise to Petersfield, then Shelden Park Wood in Newbury, then Cholsey, then Highlands Farm in Wallingford, then Brill, then Thornborough, then New Bradwell and finally back to Monk's Gate Common, and inspections, rationing cigarettes because of a shipment problem, and realizing that the Padre reselling American cigarettes was a court marshal offence, among other activities and information. Includes appendices covering orders, strength returns (daily & weekly), training syllabi, and administrative memos.

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. 43

Date created

• March 1, 1943 to March 31, 1943

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 60 pages

Geographic Coverage

• England--Wallingford
• England--Brill (Buckinghamshire)
• England--New Bradwell (Milton Keynes)
• England--Monk's Gate Common (Horsham, West Sussex)
• England--Thornborough (Buckinghamshire)
• England--Shalden Park Wood (East Hampshire)
• England--Petersfield
• England--Newbury Region
• England--Cholsey

Coordinates

• 51.0352, -0.2858
• 51.00495, -0.93375
• 51.179143, -0.993889
• 51.40148, -1.32471
• 51.5728, -1.15356
• 51.616275, -1.157960
• 51.81667, -1.05
• 51.99701, -0.91783
• 52.06785, -0.78457

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. 4.6

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 17, 2019 to April 23, 2019

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/qzby-1j15

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