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 Debert Military Camp, Nova Scotia. It has entries about cold weather conditions, training, being issued skis, poles and harnesses, having a traditional Haggis dinner, an inspection from a General, having Hockey and skating practice, men leaving on furlough, a couple men winning a cash prize to use to go home to see their families on furlough, and having a very merry Christmas, 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. 16

Date created

• December 1, 1940 to December 31, 1940

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 14 pages

Geographic Coverage

• Nova Scotia--Debert Military Camp

Coordinates

• 45.427555, -63.444325

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. 3.18

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/10.58066/5jes-5w20

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