War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 51, November 1, 1943 to November 30, 1943

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 Hilsea Barracks in Portsmith, England. It has entries about Private Glover (the soldier who has been either A.W.L. or imprisoned since coming overseas) being sent to Headley Downs to serve a 23 month detention, a lecture about the war in Italy, participating in various training programs and exercises including an endurance test, a Remembrance Day ceremony, inspections, the officers having a dance with the decorative theme being a Canadian Destroyer because they had ship props from a film they were shooting called "In Which We Serve", a sniper school, a wireless refresher course for officers, and practicing passing information, among other activities and information. Includes appendices covering orders, strength returns (daily & weekly), training syllabi, administrative memos, progress reports, documents for Pte. Glover case, exercises, and operational instructions.

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. 51

Date created

• November 1, 1943 to November 30, 1943

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 164 pages

Geographic coverage

• England--Portsmouth

Coordinates

• 50.82838, -1.06682

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. 4.11

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 23, 2019 to May 9, 2019

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek Opticbook at 600 dpi TIFF.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/6ybc-mb74

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