8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers [textual record]
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Record information – Brief 18th Battalion, Canadian Engineers [textual record]
Hierarchical level:Sub-seriesDate:1916-1919Reference:R611-185-5-E, RG9-III-C-5Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:182545Link to this record
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Record information – Details Sub-series includes:95 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s)Date(s):1916-1919Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:0.6 m of textual recordsLanguage of material:EnglishScope and content:Sub-series consists of records created and/or maintained by the 8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, and document many aspects of its activities.
RG9 III volume 4416 includes the following files: Administration arrangements, 3rd Cdn Div, 22 July - 19 Oct 1918 ( folder 1, file 1); Marking of night flying aircraft, 12 Jan 1916 - 10 Aug 1918 ( folder 1, file 2); Town plan of Arras, 17 July 1918 ( folder 1, file 3); Drawing of artillery shelters, n.d. ( folder 1, file 4); Divisional boundaries, 9 Sept 1918 ( folder 1, file 6); Bridges, 17 Nov 1916 - 15 Nov 1918 ( folder 1, file 7); Notes on Cambrai, 17 Oct 1918 ( folder 1, file 8); Material for camouflage, 18 Dec 1917-4 Aug 1918 ( folder 1, file 9); Blueprint of Caxton House, n.d. ( folder 1, file 11); Records of incoming and outgoing mail, 15 Nov 1918-13 March 1919 ( folder 2, file 1); Training of air Canal defences, 27 May - 3 June 1918 ( folder 2, file 4); Defence scheme, 3rd Cdn Div., 8 Sept. - 1 Nov. 1918 ( folder 2, file 5); Instructions for dental treatment, 1 July 1916 - 21 June 1918 ( folder 2, file 6); Morale of the German Army, 14 Oct. 1918 ( folder 2, file 7); Disposition, 3rd Canadian Division., 1 Nov. 1918 ( folder 2, file 8); Drawings for ammunition dumps, 24 Oct 1917 - 10 June 1918 ( folder 2, file 11); Emplacements and gun pits, 18 July 1916-29 Aug 1918 ( folder 2, file 13); Fire appliances and drills, 3 Sept 1917- 27 July 1918 ( folder 2, file 16); British and German gas shells, 11 Feb. 1917 - 27 Oct. 1918 ( folder 2, file 18); Geographical notes on the Scarpe, La Sensie areas east of Deule and Canal du Nord, 29 Aug. - 12 Oct. 1918 ( folder 2, file 19).
RG9 III volume 4417 includes the following files: Blueprints and drawings of huts and shelters, 19 Jan. 1917-15 Oct 1918 ( folder 3, file 1); Translation of German documents, 20 April 1917 - 26 July 1918 ( folder 3, file 4); Sketches showing method of laying out kits, n.d. ( folder 3, file 5); Maps and sketches issued by General Staff; notes on levels in northern France and Belgium, 14 May 1917- 16 Sept. 1918 ( folder 3, file 7); List of German material found incaptured dumps, 10 Aug - 6 Nov. 1918 ( folder 3, file 8); German light Minenwerfer, 25 June -19 July 1918 ( folder 3, file 11); Mines and booby traps in roads and dugouts, 24 Aug. - 26 oct. 1918 RG 9, III, vol 4417, folder 3, file 12); Reports on British mines and mining, 22 Nov. 1916 - 15 Nov. 1918 RG 9, III, vol 4417, folder 3, file 14); Moors and reliefs, 3rd Cdn Div. units, 29 July - 30 Aug 1918 RG 9, III, vol 4417, folder 3, file 15); Battalion nominal rolls, n.d. RG 9, III, vol 4417, folder 3, file 16); Drawings of British observation posts, n.d ( folder 4, file 1); Operations. Amiens, 6-12 Aug, 1918 ( folder 4, file 2); Operations. Monchy le Preux, 19-27 Aug. 1918 ( folder 4, file 3); Operations. Engineer instructions re Drocourt - Quéant Line, 2 Sept 1918 ( folder 4, file 4); Operations. Engineer instructions re. Cambrai 6 Sept. - 3 oct. 1918 ( folder 4, file 5); Operations. Engineer instructions re. Valenciennes Mons, Oct- Nov, 1918 ( folder 4, file 6); Notes on operations, G.S. Fourth Army, April 1917 - June 1918 ( folder 4, file 7); Operation orders, 3rd Bde, CE, 25 June 22 - Oct 1918 ( folder 4, file 10); Operation orders, 8th Battn, CE, 19 May - 29 Dec. 1918 ( folder 4, file 11); Operation orders, 8th Cdn Inf Bde, 18 Sept. 1918 ( folder 4, file 12); Operation orders, 9th Cdn Inf. Bde, 30 July 1918(folder 4, file 13).
RG9 III volume 4418 includes the following files: Battalion orders, Pls I and II, 31 May 1918 - 18 March 1919 (folder 5, file 5); Battalion standing orders ( folder 5, file 6); German answer to American peace note, 12 Oct. 1918 ( folder 6, file 1); Drawing of periscopes , n.d. ( folder 6, file 2); Use of petrol tins as pontoons ( folder 6, file 3); Instructions for erection of pill boxes ( folder 6, file 4); Pipe pusher for destroying strong points trench blocks, etc. ( folder 6, file 5); British and American prisoners of war, 16 July 1918 ( folder 6, file 6); German propaganda dropped by aircraft, 19 July 1918 ( folder 6, file 7); Light railways. Notes on levels in northern France, 17 Aug. 1917 - 22 Sept 1918 ( folder 6, file 8); Blueprint of rafts ( folder 6, file 9); Remounts, drawings of horse dips, shelters etc. ( folder 6, file 10); Drawings of reservoirs ( folder 6, file 11); Maps showing work done on roads, 13 Dec 1917 - 31 Oct 1918 ( folder 6, file 12); Circular re sanitation, 30 April 1917 - 5 Aug 1919 ( folder 6, file 13); Weekly salvage returns, 20 Sept. 1916 - Oct. 1918 ( folder 6, file 14); Notes on German shells, grenades and fuses, 4 Aug 1917 - 4 Oct 1918 ( folder 6, file 15); Precautions to be taken against listening sets, 11 Oct 1917 - 6 Sept 1918 ( folder 7, file 1); Diagram of snipers' loophole and post ( folder 7, file 2); Engineers' stores and material, 3 Aug. 1917 - 13 Nov. 1918 ( folder 7, file 3); Sketch of tanks used at Vikkers - Bretonneux, May - June 1918 ( folder 7, file 5); Maps, blueprints, drawings of trenches and dugouts, 13 Aug. 1916 - 11 Sept 1918 ( folder 7, file 7); Gun park for trophies, 15 Aug 1918 ( folder 7, file 8); Location of wells, etc. 2 Aug. 1916 - 29 Oct. 1918 ( folder 7, file 9); Reports on wire and wiring, 19 Feb - 27 June 1918 ( folder 7, file 10); Reconnaissance reports on work, 5 Sept. 1917 - 16 Sept 1918 ( folder 8, file 1); Daily work reports 1 June - 30 Septs. 1918 ( folder 8, file 2 -3).
Note that this descriptive record is based on information found in the finding aid and in Barbara Wilson's unpublished Guide to the Sources of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.Biography/Administrative history:Canada. Canadian Engineers. Battalion, 8th : The 8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers was organized in France in May 1918 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel E.J.C. Schmidlin. It was made up of personnel from the 8th Field Company and from the 123rd Pioneer Battalion. The battalion formed part of the 3rd Canadian Engineer Brigade. The 8th Battalion was demobilized at Toronto in March 1919 and was disbanded by General Order 192 of 1 November 1920.Finding aid:Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid's file level descriptions can be accessed through the "consists of" fields in the MIKAN record. A paper copy is also available in the Reference room. The finding aid (formerly 9-39) is a list consisting of volume number, file number, title and outside dates. 9-107 (90: Open)Additional information:Accruals:No further accruals are expected.Related material:For related records found elsewhere in this fonds, see the following files: War diary, 26 May 1918 - 19 March 1919 (RG 9, III, Vol. 4998, folder 667 (also on microfilm reel C-6771); Historical record (RG 9, III, Vol. 4711, folder 98, file 23); Nominal rolls of officers (RG 9, III, Vol. 2234, file N-10-29); Promotions (RG 9, III, Vol. 2239, file P-17-29); Operation orders, 26 May - 28 Dec 1918 (RG 9, III, Vol. 4388, folder 14, file 9); German anti-gas serum found by 8th Battalion CE, 2 Sept 1918 (RG 9, III, Vol. 4388, folder 16, file 12).
For related records found in the Department of National Defence fonds, see the following files: Demobilization (RG 24, Vol. 1807, file HQ 683-877-1); Clothing and equipment (RG 24, Vol. 1807, file HQ 683-877-2).Source:GovernmentFormer archival reference no.:RG9-III-C-5 -
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