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A war diary is a regularly updated official record kept by military units of their activities during wartime. The purpose of these diaries is to both record information which can later be used by the military to improve its training and tactics as well as to generate a detailed record of units' activities for future use by historians.
- Introduction: What Are War Diaries?
- Individual Service Files
- How to Search For War Diaries
- Keyword List
- How to Interpret The Diaries
- Why Are The War Diaries Written in English only?
From the start of the First World War, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) units were required to maintain a daily account of their "Actions in the Field." This log was called a war diary. This collection contains the digitized war diaries of CEF infantry, artillery and cavalry units, brigade, division and corps commands and support units such as ra...
References to the service files of those who served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) can be found in our Personnel Records of the First World War database. Service files indicate where an individual was posted in England, but do not record the places in France or Belgium of postings or battles. The files provide the name or number of the...
Use Collection Searchto view the digitized war diaries for the CEF (RG9-D-III-3, finding aid 9-52). 1. In the drop-down list, select Archives. 2. In the keyword box, enter 9-52 war diaries and the name of the unit. Examples: 2.1. 9-52 war diaries 52nd Battalion 2.2. 9-52 war diaries Cyclist 2.3. 9-52 war diaries 11th Trench Mortar 3. In the search ...
Here are some keywords and unit names for the CEF and also for the British units that are included in this collection. 1. Canadian Expeditionary Force keywords and units 1.1. Labour Commandment Canadian Corps 1.2. Canadian Corps Water Patrols 1.3. Canadian Corps Supply Column 1.4. Canadian Corps Troop Column 1.5. Canadian Corps Mechanical Transport...
War diaries were written by hand or typed on a standard legal-sized form that included columns headed "Place," "Date," "Hour," "Summary of Events and Information" and "Remarks and References to Appendices." Although the form outlined what information to capture, every unit interpreted what constituted a "historical record" somewhat differently, mea...
Although a number of CEF units, most famously the 22nd Battalion, were composed of French-speaking officers and men, they operated within a Canadian and Imperial military hierarchy whose working language was English. The men in these units spoke French among themselves, but they used English when communicating with other units and with higher-level...
For many who served during World War I, keeping a diary offered an outlet, a place into which they could unload their fears and frustrations. Today, these diaries stand as unparalleled historic documents, providing readers with a wealth of information about the day-to-day lives of service members.
31 de ene. de 2020 · This series includes some war diaries, some action reports, some submarine patrol reports and some battle histories of various naval, Marine, and other Allied commands during World War II. These records were scanned from a microfilm series that the Navy created from select war diaries and other reports.
Unit war diaries. The unit war diaries (record series WO 95) represent one of the most popular collections held by The National Archives. War diaries were kept for two main reasons: to...
War Office: Home Forces: War Diaries, Second World War. Description: These war diaries contain the daily record of events, reports on operations and exercises, intelligence summaries,...
These records are the unit war diaries of the British Army in the First World War and are held by The National Archives in record series WO 95. They are not personal diaries (try the Imperial...
