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.
