Soldier's Pocket Diary
Small pocket diaries just like these were given out to all front line troops during the First World War. Soldiers often used these to keep track of the weather, their daily activities, and who they received letters/parcels from.
In some diaries there are small photographs, pressed flowers, and even a real preserved butterfly.
Pocket Diary 2765391 (1918).pdf
(16.43 MB)
William Simpson Diary (1915).pdf
(8.86 MB)
Vantassel Diary (1917-1918).pdf
(22.38 MB)
Soldier's Diary 429522 (1919).pdf
(10.65 MB)
Soldier's Own Diary 528062 (1).pdf
(6.62 MB)
Soldier's Own Diary 528062 (2).pdf
(3.66 MB)
Soldier's Own Diary 8005158.pdf
(12.55 MB)
Soldier's Diary 60590 (1919).pdf
(6.36 MB)
T.A. Payne Diary (1916).pdf
(8.68 MB)
T.A. Payne Diary (1918).pdf
(15.92 MB)
Diaries. Various
Ley and Lois Smith War, Memory and Popular Culture Research Collection - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario
First World War