One of the official War Diaries of the First Infantry Division of the 16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish), Canadian Expeditionary Force that cover from the time the Regiment went overseas at the start of the First World War to the time it returned to Canada in April 1919. War diaries are official records kept by the Battalions during a one month period. The diary provides a daily summary of events, actions, activities, etc. The diary begins with a moves to Dainville, Lattre St. Quentin, Frevent, Vieux Rouen, Dromesnil, St. Fucien, and then Boves, slow progress due to heavy traffic on the road, an attack on August 6th in Boves, move to Beaucourt where they were attacked and used the cavalry, heavy shelling, the enemy being restless, receiving word that the French have captured Goyencourt, move to Parvillers and creating a support line, work on the Salmon Trench, moves back to Boves then Aubigny, Beurains (near Arras), and to Neuville Vitasse, and the diary ends with a list of casualties and reinforcements. Included are Operation Orders, instructions and two narratives for the attack in front of Amiens on August 6th.

In Collection:

• Military History Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th

Subject

• Drill and minor tactics
• Soldiers--Conduct of life
• Fortification, Field
• War casualties
• Intrenchments
• Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th
• Soldiers--Health and hygiene
• Military supplies
• Soldiers--Billeting
• Military hygiene
• Military history
• Soldiers--Training of
• Battle of Arras (Arras, France : 1918 August-September)
• World War (1914-1918)
• War diaries
• Battle casualties
• Soldiers--Social conditions
• Canada. Canadian Army
• Military camps
• Trenches
• Soldiers
• Military decorations
• War
• Soldiers--Training
• Weather

Language

• eng

Date created

• August 1, 1918 to August 31, 1918

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 24 pages ; 21 x 34 cm

Geographic Coverage

• France--Somme-Boves
• Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
• France--Somme--Parvillers-le-Quesnoy

Coordinates

• 49.7466, 2.7395
• 49.84556, 2.39083

Additional physical characteristics

• The 1918 diaries are 12 months in one bundle with a blue cover and with sub-bundles inside. Most diary pages are handwritten on template pages made of lightweight vellum paper or heavier bond (rag?) paper; some are typewritten; some leaves are not on template pages, size varies.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Military History Collection

Provenance

• Transferred to UVic Special Collections and Archives from BC Archives, May 2006.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• personal narratives
• typescripts
• manuscripts (documents)
• diaries
• journals (accounts)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2006-011

Fonds title

• 16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC338

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/16th-battalion-canadian-scottish-fonds

Date digitized

• March 2025

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek Opticbook A-300 600 DPI tiffs (gamma 1.20, no color correction) by PD. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/xspt-gw28

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