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 continues with the 16th at Ploegsteert and includes them inspecting and improving their trenches with repair and creating a shrapnel proof trench and a communication trench, seeing the enemy strengthening their wire entangles and hearing the tinkle of the bells they were attaching to the wires, an inspection and speech by Major-General Sir Samuel Hughes the Minister of Militia, work parties, and many quiet days.

In Collection:

• Military History Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• August 1, 1915 to August 31, 1915

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 16 pages ; 21 x 34 cm

Geographic Coverage

• Belgium--Ploegsteert
• Western Front (World War (1914-1918))

Coordinates

• 50.72659, 2.88019

Additional physical characteristics

• Diary pages handwritten on template pages made of lightweight vellum or heavier bond paper.

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

• typescripts
• diaries
• manuscripts (documents)
• personal narratives
• 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/10.58066/5cy9-b861

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