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. This diary begins with the Battalion in billets in Somain for the first half of the month where the engaged in training and inspections, Armistice signed on November 11th and orders received that the hostilities would cease at 1100 hours, arranging a celebration with a bonfire and the villagers where there were scenes of great enthusiasm, inspection by General MacDonnell, moves from Somain to Herin, to Basieux, to Wasmuel where they had a celebration where the pipe band played and the Commanding Officer received the Victoria Cross and the men carrying the Colonel around the town, moving to Soignies in Belgium where the mayor named the square "Place Canadian Scottish" in honour of the Regiment, marching through Nivelles, Vieux Genappe, St. Gery, Sart D'Avril, Couthin and finally Andennes. The diary ends with a list of casualties and decorations awarded, and Operation Orders,

In Collection:

• Military History Collection

Creator

• Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 1, 1918 to November 30, 1918

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 20 pages ; 21 x 34 cm

Geographic Coverage

• Belgium--Soignies
• Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
• France--Somain

Coordinates

• 50.57904, 4.07129
• 50.35961, 3.28108

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

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

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/msvj-ge30

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