The First World War
War Diary of The Royal Canadian Regiment

Transciption of Library and Archives Canada online images of War Diary pages completed by Capt Michael O'Leary, The RCR.

For an overview of the Regiment's movements during the War, see The RCR Battle Bar Ledger (pdf).

1915

• October 1915
• November 1915
• December 1915 - Appendix 1

1916

• January 1916 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
• February 1916 - Appendix 1 - 2
• March 1916 - Appendix 1 - 2
• April 1916
• May 1916 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6
• June 1916 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
• July 1916 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6
• August 1916 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 2A - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 6A - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 11A
• September 1916 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 6A - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11
• October 1916 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 & 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14
• November 1916 - Appendix 1
• December 1916

1917

• January 1917 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 2A - 3
• February 1917 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 3A
• March 1917 - Appendix 1 - 3 - 4 - 5 - App 5 Map (jpg) - 6 - 7 - 8
• April 1917 - Appendix 1 - 1a - 2 - 3 - 4 - Letters
• May 1917 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3
• June 1917 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - Maps (jpg) M1 - M2 - M3 - M4 - M5
• July 1917 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17
• August 1917 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9
• September 1917 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - Map 1
• October 1917 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11
• November 1917 - Appendix (Special order) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9
• December 1917 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - Map 1

1918

• January 1918 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9
• February 1918 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8
• March 1918 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - Table of officers and other ranks who have served with the R.C.R. in the field.
• April 1918 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9
• May 1918 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - [10A] - 11 - [12] - [13]
• June 1918 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 7A - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11
• July 1918 - Appendix 1 (Map) - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 6A - 7 - 8
• August 1918 - Appendix 1 - 2 (Map) - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 6A - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16
• September 1918 - Appendix Topp Letter - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10
• October 1918
• November 1918 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -
• December 1918 - Appendix 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

1919

• January 1919 - Appendix 1
• February 1919 - Appendix 1

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The RCR in the Great War
War Diary
Battle Honours
Battle Bars and The RCR
The RCR Battle Bar Ledger (pdf)

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Honours and Awards
Roll of Honour
Prisoners of War
Cemetery List
Cemetery Map
Courts Martial

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Officers
RSMs of The RCR (1914-1919)
NCOs and Soldiers

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An Officer's Diary (1914-1918)
Recollections of a Nonagenerian (R. England) (1916-1919)
On to Bermuda (1914-15)
Overseas with The Royals (1915)
Regimental History Pamphlet (1917)
Amiens (1918)
Cambrai (1918)
Monchy-le-Preux (1918)

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Badges - Signs of the Times

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Under-aged Soldiers in The RCR
Not All Were Volunteers; The RCR and the Military Service Act
Sentenced to Death by Court Martial
The 7th Trench Mortar Battery
A Regimental Goat
Regiment and Family, Bermuda 1914-15
"March the Guilty Bastard In"
Surrendered as Stowaway
Re-Visiting the Great War Roll of Honour for The RCR

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Canadian Corps Trench Standing Orders (1916)

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