War Diary of 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment, Vol. 25, September 1, 1941 to September 30, 1941

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 Aldershot and Salamanca Barracks, England. It has entries about landing in Glasgow coming in from the River Clyde, being greeted by the British Government, taking a troop-train to Carlisle then Crewe and arriving at the Salamanca Barracks in Aldershot, their St. Bernard mascot Wallace needing to be in the quarantined kennels upon arrival, lectures on how British soldiers behave, a soldier being killed in a motor-car accident, and an inspection by The Princess Royal and members of the Royal entourage, among other activities and information. Includes appendices covering orders, maps of training areas and barrack areas by "I" platoon, the Battalion Barrack Room Kit Plate, programme of instruction of the inspection of H.H.H. The Princess Royal, and day and night M.T. move by the Companies on September 25th, 26th, and 27th.

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. 25

Date created

• September 1, 1941 to September 30, 1941

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 76 pages

Geographic coverage

• England--Aldershot
• Scotland--Glasgow

Coordinates

• 55.86515, -4.25763
• 51.24827, -0.76389

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. 3.20

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/fea4-zd14

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