CEF Study Group - Recommended Websites

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•The British Navy - Admiral Viscount Jellicoe (8 Dec 1919)

A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto.

The true part played by the British Navy in winning the war. The part that Canada played. The speaker's conception of the three duties of the British Navy during war, with a brief discussion of each. First, the destruction of the enemy's armed forces; secondly, to free the seas of enemy vessels and to deny the seas to the enemy's merchant ships; thirdly, to make certain that the seas are quite clear and defended for the use of our own vessels. Several anecdotes to illustrate these duties are related. The two separate and distinct wars with which the navy was faced: the war on surface vessels, and the war instituted by submarines. Turning our thoughts to the future, and the possibilities of future wars. Hope for the work of the League of Nations to prevent war. The continuing dependency for life and prosperity upon the safety of sea communications. Insuring against interruption of our communications in war. [Empire Club of Canada][CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://speeches.empireclub.org/62639/data?n=30

•Experiences at the Front - Private Peat (7 May 1918)

Assuring "you fathers and brothers and cousins of those who are right now demonstrating the fact that chivalry and honor and nobility of character are in no sense dead, that no man can pass through such experiences without benefit to his soul qualities." The hellish conditions created by the exigencies of modern warfare, as found today on the Western Front. Reasons why men go to war; why they go "over the top." The nobility of soul exemplified in the everyday lives of the people. Urging the audience not to judge our returned men too hastily; time needed to reassimilate themselves. A description of the situation today on the Western Front. What may come of the composite now in the seething cauldron of the Western Front. Hearing much of internationalism in the last year, and what it means. The peace that is to be made upon the foundation of victory to be secured by continuing the community of interests that war has created. The internationalism of the fighting front that has grown more intimate in its relations as the war has continued. A moral welding, consecrated in sacrifice and blood. The speaker's conviction that we are witnessing today more than a winning fight against the central Empires. The birth of a new era for the world. Returned soldiers in Toronto and what they have seen and experienced. [Empire Club of Canada][CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://speeches.empireclub.org/results?q=great%20war&bl=and&fz=0&st=kw&da=1914&db=1935&ro=%28%22ECC%22%29&itype=Speeches&sort=score%20desc&p=5

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Military Communications and Electronics Museum

The First World War saw the development of spark wireless, buried telephone cable and message rockets, in addition to motorcyclist dispatch riders, messenger dogs, carrier pigeons, and the old reliable lamp and flags. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.c-and-e-museum.org/hist_e1.htm

Canadian Signalling Corps

When war broke out, the 10 officers, eight attached officers and 276 men of the Canadian Signal Corps were attached to the Canadian Engineers for discipline and administration. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.c-and-e-museum.org/chap3_e1.htm

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Canadian Genealogy and History Links

The website contains a wide range of Internet links on the Canadian military and genealogical topics. [CEF Study Group - Updated Aug 2010]

http://www.islandnet.com/~cghl/topic.php?top=Military

Canadian Veterans Recollect

This website contains several recorded stories from Canadian veterans of the Great War. Tom Wood speaks about his experiences in the artillery, Jimmy Ellis talks of his experiences in the Canadian infantry, Tracy Brown talks about aviation, George Hatch speaks about life in the trenches and Wilfred D. "Dick" Ellis speaks about communications and transportation. [CEF Study Group - July 2006 – Updated]

http://www.acc-vac.gc.ca/print.cfm?lang=english&layout=remembers&source=history/firstwar/interviews

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Trenches on the Web - Map Room

Twenty-five general maps of the Great War. [CEF Study Group - July 2006]

http://www.worldwar1.com/maproom.htm

Mark Our Place - Images and Memoirs of New Brunswickers in Wartime

This virtual exhibit includes photographs and archival documents from the collections of the Archives and Research Library of the New Brunswick Museum. The images portray the theme of the many faces of war, from the South African War to the end of the Second World War. The Great War section contains over 500 on-line exhibits of military and personal interest. [Recommended by Chris Wight][CEF Study Group - Jan 2006]

http://website.nbm-mnb.ca/MOP/index.asp

Paths of Glory Website - Trench Map Section

This website is part of Croonaert Research and contains a wide range of information and research services primarily for the BEF researcher. However, there is a simple and clear presentation on the type of BEF mapping and trench maps from 1914 until 1918.. [CEF Study Group - April 2005]

http://pathsofglory.co.uk/trench%20maps.htm

Australian War Memorial -Gallipoli Mapping

This high quality website contains landing maps, cemetery maps, Turkish maps and Trench maps. The presentation techniques are highly innovative and should be viewed. Quality of this website is exceptional - all other government websites should look at the techniques used on this site. Highly recommended. [CEF Study Group - May 2005]

http://www.awm.gov.au/gmaps/landing/index.asp

[Borden Battery]

British Tank Mark 1 - YouTube Video

A 7 minute video of the Mark 1 tank including the "male" and female" versions. Some video of trench crossing and general movement. The end of the video shows some museum dioramas. Background music from the era. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=Vb3ciF_Gzrk&feature=related

The Men of the Iolaire - YouTube Video

A 6 minute tribute in portraits of some of the victims of the Iolaire disaster, 1 January 1919, at Stornoway where a troop transport is lost at sea. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=wFhCDj-WTZU&feature=related

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Oswald Boelcke - YouTube Video

A 9 second video clip of Oswald Boelcke. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3h42TdxNMA

Dave Flies In - Eindecker - YouTube Video

Dave flying his Eindecker into the flying club field. Didn't expect him to land so landing shot is a bit hurried! Home built by Dave and his dad Dick and many helpers. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

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The First World War Poetry Digital Archive Showreel - YouTube Video

A showreel produced by the Joint Information Systems Committee for the First World War Poetry Digital Archive and The Great War Archive. To view the archive visit http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

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• Gallipoli - J. Penry Davey 29 Apr 1920

The Dardanelles campaign. Criticism of this campaign and the speaker's response to it. Our position at the time of this campaign. Details of the campaign, presented along with maps for explication. Decisions made about the campaign. Activities preparatory to landing. The landing itself and what the men had to do to get ashore. Another landing taking place at the same time by the Royal Fusiliers. The difficulties of re-embarking the troops. A word about Anzac. The Australians, landing a mile higher up than was planned, and how that was a success. The Turk, not submitting quietly. A word about the conditions. The evacuation. Preparations for evacuation. The diet for hard rations. The brilliant piece of work that this final evacuation was. Recalling to the audience the fact that on the other side of the Dardanelles could be seen the old plain of Troy, classic lands where the ancients fought for Helen of Troy. Now on this side, is ground no less classic where the boys of our empire proved their valour and showed the world that they were not decadent. The Empire worth all the loyalty we can show it. The Dardanelles campaign. Criticism of this campaign and the speaker's response to it.

[Empire Club of Canada][CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://speeches.empireclub.org/62364/data?n=372

• The Artillery at Passchendaele - Major Robert Massie - 17 Jan 1918

The speaker's personal experience of medical service. What the speaker saw or what came through the Intelligence Department of his own battery in relation to Passchendaele. The battle at Vimy. Several minor attacks made on Lens and Avion. From Vimy down to Hill 70 to take it; a very nasty attack. The appeal of Passchendaele due to the difficulties that existed in connection with it, and because of the fact that other troops had failed to take it. Five attacks on Passchendaele; three of them being main ones. A detailed description of three attacks, told from the point of view of the speaker. What the men did at Passchendaele beyond praise. [Empire Club of Canada][CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://speeches.empireclub.org/results?q=great%20war&bl=and&fz=0&st=kw&da=1914&db=1935&ro=%28%22ECC%22%29&itype=Speeches&sort=score%20desc&p=13

The Fight at Zeebrugge - Captain A.F.E. Carpenter (15 Jan 1919)

A very detailed description of the fight at Zeebrugge, with the speaker commanding the H.M.S. Vindictive. The first part of the address show what the objective was, and why. The second part addresses the difficulties encountered. Maps and a slide presentation accompany the address, a great many of them aerial photographs. A suggested moral to the story: that this operation showed the result of good co-operation and confidence between officers and men. Officers and men in peace time: an analogy with employers and employees. [Empire Club of Canada][CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://speeches.empireclub.org/60892/data

Canadian Military Heritage Society

The Canadian Military Heritage Society is a non-profit, charitable organization. Its members are dedicated volunteers that are committed to the promotion and the preservation of Canada's national and military heritage. One elements of the Society is the PPCLI Living History Unit - one of a few projects in the CMHS. The members are dedicated Historians / Antiquarians who study all aspects of Canadian military history and re-enact several time periods of interest. The PPCLI unit includes background, images of equipment, a short video and information on membership, a mobile museum and other items. [CEF Study Group - Updated Aug 2010]

http://www.cmhslivinghistory.com/index.html

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The Story of World War I Aviation

The history of World War One aviation is a rich and varied story. It was marked by a period of very rapid technological development. This site is quite comprehensive and the reader will learn much from the material. [CEF Study Group - Updated Aug 2010]

http://www.wwiaviation.com/toc.html

List of World War I Aces - Wikipedia Website

The Wikipedia site contains a listing of the Aces of the Great War with twenty (20) victories or more. Associated Wikipedia sites also present the list of lesser scoring aces. Links on several aces bring forward short biographies and additional reference material. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_I_aces_credited_with_more_than_20_victories

Canadian Air Aces and Heroes

The small website has some detailed and distilled information on Canadian Air Aces from the Great War to the Korean War. There are also a large number of additional website links to other air war sites. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.constable.ca/

Sopwith Camel

The Sopwith Aviation Company produced the Sopwith F.1 Camel, a famous biplane of World War I is summarized in this simple website. [CEF Study Group – Jan 2007]

http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Dictionary/Camel/DI78.htm

The Sopwith Triplane - Great Britain

This section of the Aviation History Online Museum provides and overview of the design, operations, pilots and specifications of this special aircraft. [CEF Study Group – Jan 2007]

http://www.aviation-history.com/sopwith/triplane.html

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The 12th Royal Irish Rifles - An internet history of the Central Antrim Volunteers

A simple website with a great deal of information on background, history, military actions, honour lists and biographies. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://ballymenaww1.webs.com/

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3rd Canadian Division

7th Infantry Brigade

The Royal Canadian Regiment

The Royal Canadian Regiment and the First World War

The Royal Canadian Regiment (The RCR) is Canada's senior Regular Force Infantry Regiment. Formed in 1883, it has garrisoned communities from Halifax to Victoria and has served in virtually every military campaign undertaken by the country. This First World War section of this website provides background on its Victoria Cross recipients, transcribed war diaries, Battalion Officers, an extensive Honour Roll of members, notes on offensives, Nominal Rolls of Officers, a detailed list of Courts-Marshal and some written histories. [CEF Study Group – Updated Aug 2010][Recommended by Regimental Rogue]

http://www.theroyalcanadianregiment.ca/regimental_history.htm

The Royal Canadian Regiment - Battle Honours [unofficial Website]

The November Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiments unofficial Web Site contains a comprehensive summary of the wide range of Battle Honours of this older Canadian military unit from Saskatchewan [1885] to Korea [1950][CEF Study Group]

http://novembercoy.tripod.com/BattleHonours.htm

The Royal Canadian Regiment - the First World War

The Royal Canadian Regiment (The RCR) is Canada's senior Regular Force Infantry Regiment. Formed in 1883, it has garrisoned communities from Halifax to Victoria and has served in virtually every military campaign undertaken by the country. [CEF Study Group - Updated Aug 2010]

http://www.theroyalcanadianregiment.ca/history/1914-1919/1914_1919.htm

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (No website identified at this time)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Patricia%27s_Canadian_Light_Infantry

http://regimentalrogue.com/cef_perpetuation/cef_infantry_1-50.htm

http://assoc.ppcli.com/

42nd (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion (No website identified at this time)

http://regimentalrogue.com/cef_perpetuation/cef_infantry_1-50.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Watch_%28Royal_Highland_Regiment%29_of_Canada

49th (Edmonton Regiment) Battalion (No website identified at this time)

http://www.loyaleddies.com/history/history.shtml#history2

http://regimentalrogue.com/cef_perpetuation/cef_infantry_1-50.htm

8th Infantry Brigade

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion (No website identified at this time)

http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/Army%20Corps/Divisions/3rd%20Division/8th%20Infantry%20Brigade/1st%20Canadian%20Mounted%20Rifles.htm

http://regimentalrogue.com/cef_perpetuation/cef_infantry_1-50.htm

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion (No website identified at this time)

http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/Army%20Corps/Divisions/3rd%20Division/8th%20Infantry%20Brigade/2nd%20Canadian%20Mounted%20Rifles.htm

http://regimentalrogue.com/cef_perpetuation/cef_infantry_1-50.htm

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles

The 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles is a place of remembrance to those who served with the 4CMR in World War 1. Whilst initially covering the period from the regiment’s formation in 1914, to just after the heavy losses incurred in the 'Battle for Mount Sorrel' in June 1916, this simple website is not intended to be a site of any expertise on the matter of the First World War, but it is here to be a point of focus for all who had relatives or research subjects who served at any time with the 4th CMR. [CEF Study Group - May 2006]

http://www.4cmr.com/index.htm

5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion (No website identified at this time)

http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/Army%20Corps/Divisions/3rd%20Division/8th%20Infantry%20Brigade/5th%20Canadian%20Mounted%20Rifles.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Battalion_Canadian_Mounted_Rifles

http://regimentalrogue.com/cef_perpetuation/cef_infantry_1-50.htm

9th Infantry Brigade

43rd (Cameron Highlanders of Canada)

The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

This wiki website outlines the background and general history of the Highland battalions in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War - namely the 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion, 27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion, 43rd (Cameron Highlanders of Canada) Battalion, 174th (Cameron Highlanders of Canada) Battalion, 179th (Cameron Highlanders of Canada) Battalion, and 14th (Cameron Highlanders of Canada) Reserve Battalion, CEF. [CEF Study Group - Updated Aug 2010]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Own_Cameron_Highlanders_of_Canada

Battalion 52nd (New Ontario)

*52nd Battalion, CEF (New Ontario)

This website is dedicated to the memory of all the men that served in the ranks of the 52nd (New Ontario) Battalion, CEF which was raised in Northern Ontario during the Spring of 1915 with its mobilization headquarters at Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ontario. The Battalion joined the 9th Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division on February 23, 1916. The website contains a growing memorial section, reinforcement drafts, photographs and links to the war diaries. [This is an 'O'Kelly's Boys' website][CEF Study Group – Updated Oct 2008]

http://www.52ndbattalion.com/index.php

Battalion 58th (Central Ontario)

*58th Battalion - Remembering the 58th Battalion in France and Belgium

This website is dedicated to the 58th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force with special attention given to their actions at the Third Battle of Ypres or more commonly known to Canadians as Passchendaele. At first glance, the site appears rather minimal, however, there are many levels including detailed work on an Honour Role for the Battalion being culled from the Book of Remembrance, recommended reading lists and related links. The site is maintained by Benjamin Keevil in Toronto. [CEF Study Group - May 2005]

http://www3.sympatico.ca/bkeevil/greatwar/

Battalion 60th (Victoria Rifles of Canada) Battalion (replaced, April 1917, by 116th [Central Ontario] Battalion)

http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/Army%20Corps/Divisions/Reorganized%20Units/Reinforcements/60th%20Battalion.htm

http://regimentalrogue.com/cef_perpetuation/cef_infantry_1-50.htm

(No website identified at this time)

 

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Royal Canadian Military Institute - RCMI

A core element of the Institute's activities is the field of Defence Studies, particularly on issues related to Canadian Military Heritage and Contemporary Canadian Security. The Charter that it was for "the promotion of Military Art, Science and Literature" among other aims and objectives. The Library was initiated with a donation of 200 volumes from "the late Militia Institute". A further large donation of 733 volumes came in 1925 from the estate of Colonel George T. Denison and through donations and purchases, the collection stood at well over 10,000 volumes. Since then the collection has more than doubled. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://www.rcmi.org/index.php?action=display&cat=5

Royal Victoria Hospital – List of Nursing Sisters in Great War

[CEF Study Group]

http://www.rootsweb.com/~qcmtl-w/RoyVicNursWWI.htm

The Gillies Archives at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup

The Queen's Hospital, Sidcup performed plastic surgery of the face between 1917 and 1925, and today's Queen Mary's Hospital possesses a unique collection of over 2500 case files relating to that era. The pages that follow show details of the collection; in addition there is background information about the present-day hospital and the Postgraduate Centre as well as the medical bibliography of the Great War and some useful links to sites about the war, plastic surgery and rheumatology. [CEF Study Group – Updated – Oct 2007]

http://www.gilliesarchives.org.uk http://www.sidcuprheum.org.uk

Kent 1914 - 1919 - Hospitals (Military, VAD, Civil, Special and Private)

This website provides an alphabetical list of over 100 communities in Kent with between 1 and about 25 hospitals down to private homes which were used as part of a medical treatment system during the Great War. The hospitals in Kent were a great mixture of general and specialist main and auxiliary military establishments, VAD hospitals, small convalescent units (sometimes in private houses) and others. There were numerous private initiatives, especially early in the War – some of the more formal examples are the Army Nursing Homes at Folkestone, one Sittingbourne VAD which withdrew from Kent VAD and continued privately, and the Yarrow Home at Broadstairs which was organized and staffed by the Committee of Management for a time. [Recommendation by Chris Bostwick][CEF Study Group - May 2006]

http://www.kentvad.org/pages/military-kent.htm

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Established by Royal Charter in 1917, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. It is a non-profit-making organization. The "Debt of Honour Register" is the Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated. The register can also be searched for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World War. [CEF Study Group - July 2006]

http://www.cwgc.org/default.asp

Roll of Honour – Lest We Forget

This comprehensive memorial website is dedicated to those men and women originally from Great Britain. Recorded are war memorial databases within counties which then include short biographical details. The main sections have a drop-down menu at the top of the page which link to a series of databases. The search features enable a quick search. Very comprehensive and expanding - major resource tool for researching soldiers in the British Expeditionary Force. [Recommended by hmsk212 - GWF][CEF Study Group - Updated Oct 2010]

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/

[Borden Battery]

The Story of the Tenth Canadian Battalion, 1914-1917 (1918?)

[CEF Study Group – Oct 2010]

http://www.archive.org/details/tenthbattalion00holluoft

The 13th Battalion Royal Highlanders of Canada, 1914-1919

CEF Study Group – Oct 2010]

http://www.archive.org/details/royalhighlanders00fethuoft

On the Roll of Honour - G.L.B. Mackenzie, Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Toronto Regiment, 1st Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 4th January, 1892 - 7th June, 1916

CEF Study Group – Oct 2010]

http://www.archive.org/details/onrollofhonourgl00npmacuoft

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Records of the Fourth Canadian Infantry Battalion in the Great War, 1914-1918

CEF Study Group – Oct 2010]

http://www.archive.org/details/records00gibsuoft

History of the 72nd Canadian Infantry Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

CEF Study Group – Oct 2010]

http://www.archive.org/details/72seaforthhigh00mcevuoft

Historical record of the 76th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1915-1916 (192-?)

CEF Study Group – Oct 2010]

http://www.archive.org/details/historicalrecord00bigguoft

The Death of Mannock - Rise of Flight Video

This is a new genre for presenting Great War information. The creator has used written accounts to recreate a high resolution model simulation scenario of the 26 July 1918 aerial battle and then the death of Mannock, VC from his worst nightmare. [see http://riseofflight.com/en][CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

The Death of Mannock - Rise of Flight Video

This is a new genre for presenting Great War information. The creator has used written accounts to recreate a high resolution model simulation scenario of the 26 July 1918 aerial battle and then the death of Mannock, VC from his worst nightmare. [see http://riseofflight.com/en][CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

[Borden Battery]

Lost Bulgaria - Bulgarian Photographs from the Great War

A nice collection of over 250 photographs associated with Bulgarian during the Great War. The greater website has an expanded collection for other eras. Recommended by Connaught Stranger. - GWF][CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=bg|en&u=http://www.lostbulgaria.com

 

*Canadian Expeditionary Force Tunic Patterns 1903 to 1919 [The Kaiser Bunker]

An interesting site with a good representation of military tunics and formation patches from the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The Canadian uniforms are just part of a much larger website with details on the German Imperial Army. [CEF Study Group - Updated Oct 2010]

http://www.kaisersbunker.com/ceftp/ceftp.htm

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The Great War - The Shaping of the 20th Century (PBS Website)

A general overview of the Great War with some simple mapping animation and some very general commentary on the Great War from the British perspective. [CEF Study Group – Oct 2010]

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/index.html

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Army Museums Ogilby Trust

The Army Museums Ogilby Trust is a registered charity founded in 1954 by the late Colonel Robert Ogilby DSO, DL. The website includes a database that enables the reader to search and sort for any Scottish military unit and locate the applicable museum. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/index.htm

Paths of Glory - Croonaert

A World War I website dedicated to the remembrance and research of soldiers of all nations 1914-18. This website includes information on identity disks, trench maps, modern examples of trenches and bunkers, mine craters and ruins, temporary trench maps and campaign and service medals. In addition, Croonaert operates a research service. [A Croonaert Website][CEF Study Group - Aug 2006][GWF]

http://pathsofglory.co.uk/

Imperial War Museum - United Kingdom

The Imperial War Museum is a multi-branch national museum founded in 1917 to record the story of the Great War and the contributions made to it by the peoples of the Empire. It maintain collections of works of art, which include over 15,000 paintings, drawings and sculptures and 30,000 posters; objects ranging from aircraft, armoured fighting vehicles and naval vessels to uniforms, badges, personal equipment, and medals and decorations; documents, both British and foreign; printed books comprising a national reference library of over 155,000 items; 120 million feet of cine film and over 6,500 hours of video tape; over 6 million photographs and photographic negatives and transparencies, and some 32,000 recorded hours of historical sound recordings. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.iwm.org.uk/

Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies (CISS)

Established in 1976, the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies (CISS) has gained wide recognition as the nation's foremost source of independent and balanced information and research on a broad range of issues affecting Canada. It satisfies a need for a body of informed opinion on defence and security issues and stimulates greater public awareness of national and international developments. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.ciss.ca/

The Heritage of the Great War

The website is based in The Netherlands and features material in English and Dutch. It provides an interesting and different perspective on the Great War. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2006 - Updated]

http://www.greatwar.nl/

[Borden Battery]

The Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group (CEF Study Group) is an internet discussion forum dedicated to the study, exchange of information and discussion related to the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in the Great War. The CEF Study Group forum was formed in 2004 by Neil Burns, Forum Administrator and was generally based around some of the original "Canadian Pals" from the Great War Discussion forum. In general, you will not find many websites which glorify war and conflict - the common theme is generally to accurately document this event and to provide for the remembrance of those who participated in this historic world conflict.

All aspects of the Canadian Expeditionary Force is open to examination. The moderators, in alphabetical order: Peter Broznitsky, Richard Laughton, Dwight Mercer & Brett Payne. Emphasis is on coordinated study, information exchange, constructive critiquing of postings and general mutual support in the research and study of the CEF. Membership is free and backgrounds range from first-time readers of history to doctoral researchers and published authors.

The CEF Study Group discussion forum also has a number of members who volunteer as "Mentors" to assist new members on the discussion forum and as they start their own personal research.

If you have a recommendation of a website related to either the Canadian Expeditionary Force and/or the Great War in general, or to report a broken website link, please forward a short note and URL address to 'Borden Battery' [nomme de plume] on the CEF Study Group discussion forum.

The objective of the CEF Study Group List of Recommended Great War Websites is to serve as a directory for the researcher. These various websites have been researched and grouped into logical sections. In general, each abstract attempts to include a few key-words to enable a search of this extensive list to find websites of immediate interest.

And finally, this List is dedicated to the many "Webmasters" and assistants who are creating a medium whereby the documentation, cataloguing and dissemination of cooperative research on the Great War is enabled. There are thousands of hours of volunteer work invested to create this "community of information. As you visit and utilize the information on these websites, remember to provide suggestions and factual input to these webmasters - a thank you would also be appreciated.

The Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group discussion forum can be accessed at the following URL address: http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/Neil/

Websites marked with an asterisk ( * ) represent members of the CEF Study Group discussion forum.

Over 980 websites web-links are on this List

 

- Table of Contents -

CEF Study Group Recommended Great War Websites

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CEF - Canadian Government Websites - Part 1

CEF - General Research Websites - Part 2

General Great War Websites

• CEF - General Websites - Part 3(a)

• BEF - General Websites - Part 3(

• AIF - General Websites - Part 3©

• AEF, French & Other General Websites - Part 3(d)

• General Research Websites - Part 3(e)

Individual Great War Soldier Websites - Part 4

CEF Battalion & Regimental Websites - Part 5

Allied Battalion & Regimental Websites - Part 6

Great War Discussion Forums - Part 7

Miscellaneous Great War Websites - Part 8

Great War Weapons Websites - Part 9

Great War Photographic & Mapping Websites - Part 10

Great War Art and Paintings Websites - Part 11

General Great War Nominal Roll Websites - Part 12

Great War Air Force Websites - Part 13

General Medical Websites - Part 14

Great War Honour Websites - Part 15

Great War Reference Book Websites - Part 16

Great War Documents Websites - Part 17

General Great War Naval Websites - Part 18

General Great War - Eastern Front - Part 19

General Great War Artillery - Part 20

Great War Medals & Collections - Part 21

General Great War Middle East - Part 22

Chemical Warfare Websites - Part 23

German & Austrian Great War Websites - Part 24

Belgium General Great War Websites - Part 25

Great War Blog Sites - Part 26

Great War Document Download Websites - Part 27

Great War Poetry - Part 28

Internet YouTube Websites on Great War - Part 29

Great War Academic - Part 30

Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies (CISS)

Established in 1976, the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies (CISS) has gained wide recognition as the nation's foremost source of independent and balanced information and research on a broad range of issues affecting Canada. It satisfies a need for a body of informed opinion on defence and security issues and stimulates greater public awareness of national and international developments. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.ciss.ca/

The Heritage of the Great War

The website is based in The Netherlands and features material in English and Dutch. It provides an interesting and different perspective on the Great War. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2006 - Updated]

http://www.greatwar.nl/

The State and the Great War - Newfoundland

A good selection of articles, photographs, videos and audio recordings. I noted a unique series of platoon portraits of many of the men. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/law/state_gw.html

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The Great War Website

This site has been created by Joanna Legg (neé Parker) and Graham Parker and aims to provide an overview of battlefields on The Western Front and the sites of educational interest for the visitor today. The location of museums, sites of interest, cemeteries and memorials are combined with photographs and commentary. The Ypres Salient and The Somme are the two main areas covered at present with more battle sites to be added. An innovative, 98 page Battle Study is a special feature of this site. The detailed story is told from both the German and Allied sides of the wire with the aid of Map and Time-line windows. Maps, previously un-translated German material and original research add fascinating details to the study. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/index.htm

The Heritage of the Great War - An Unorthodox Website

This website has a wide range of unorthodox articles in English and Dutch - items include photographs, postcards, poems, slide shows of Great War paintings, cartoons, articles, some on-line books, quotations.

[CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://www.greatwar.nl/index.html

The Fokker D.VII File

This website provides a good overview of this Great War aircraft which was specifically mentioned in the Versailles Treaty. It includes history, production numbers, specifications, photographs, list of surviving aircraft and bibliographic information. [CEF Study Group – Jan 2007]

http://www.aerofile.info/fokkerd7/d7html/index.html

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Royal Navy History - The First World War 1914-1918

This is a short, official site for the Royal Navy with the following URL providing some official commentary on its role during the Great War. [CEF Study Group - April 2005]

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server.php?show=nav.3859

Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War

This on-line edition of Admiral Reinhard Scheer's World War One memoirs is based directly on the original, published in 1920. Admiral Scheer, who assumed command of the entire German High Seas Fleet in 1916, was in favor of both an aggressive surface fleet policy and unrestricted submarine warfare. On May 31, 1916, he led the German fleet into the battle of Jutland, one of the great naval battles of this century. In the battle, the German fleet performed admirably against the Royal Navy, but it was unable to change the strategic realities of the naval blockade which continued to strangle Germany. The Germans referred to Jutland as The Battle of the Skagerrak. [The War Times Journal][CEF Study Group – Sept 2006]

http://richthofen.com/scheer/

World War 1 Naval Combat

This site is mainly about the history of surface warship warfare between the Imperial German Navy and the British Royal Navy (RN) during World War 1 and includes information on the Battle of Jutland, Battle of Dogger Bank, Battle of Heligoland Bight, Battle of Coronel and the Battle of the Falklands, the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow, losses of battleships, battlecruisers, cruisers and destroyers and the war exploits of the cruisers Emden, Karlsruhe and Königsberg. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]

http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/

 

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The Adventures of Dunsterforce (1920)

[Recommended by Gibbo - GWF][CEF Study Group – Oct 2010]

http://www.archive.org/details/adventuresofduns00dunsrich

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Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies (CISS)

Established in 1976, the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies (CISS) has gained wide recognition as the nation's foremost source of independent and balanced information and research on a broad range of issues affecting Canada. It satisfies a need for a body of informed opinion on defence and security issues and stimulates greater public awareness of national and international developments. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.ciss.ca/

The Heritage of the Great War

The website is based in The Netherlands and features material in English and Dutch. It provides an interesting and different perspective on the Great War. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2006 - Updated]

http://www.greatwar.nl/

The State and the Great War - Newfoundland

A good selection of articles, photographs, videos and audio recordings. I noted a unique series of platoon portraits of many of the men. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/law/state_gw.html

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BBC Wars and Conflict - World War One

The BBC television website contains a wide range of features including a Western Front, 1914 - 1918 Animation, movies and photographs, many feature articles on battles and personalities. [CEF Study Group - Mar 2006]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone

Canadian Legion Magazine Website

The website contains both historic and contemporary articles and notices of interest to the military historian. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.legionmagazine.com/

The Duke of York's Royal Military School

The Mavor collection is two bound volumes of correspondence, reports and military orders collected and collated by Dr. James Mavor, former Professor of political economy of Toronto University. The correspondence covers a narrow period of the First World War, abbreviated WWI, from August 1914 to September 1915 and covers a wide range of operations in the conflict. This range includes pre-war Germany, France, England, Gallipoli, and Mesopotamia. Mavor's correspondence collected from a wide circle of family, friends, former students and colleagues who were involved in the fighting or directly affected by it as in the case of Mrs. Alfred E. Mavor whose journal, beginning 1 August 1914 and ending 5 August 1914, provides an interesting experience of a non-combatant hoping to reach safety before the fighting began. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.achart.ca/york/index.html

Ada's War – Salvation Army

This simple website is about Ada Le Poidevin, a young Guernsey Salvationist and her work in England, France and Belgium during and after the Great War. This project website has broadened to investigate the work of Salvation Army women in Northern France. [CEF Study Group - August 2006]

http://www.adaswar.net/index.htm

Typhus Fever of the Eastern Front in World War I

David W. Tschanz, MSPH, PhD

This short technical paper outlines the background and implications of the common body louse Pediculus humanus (not the head louse) and the associated virus called Rickettsia prowazeki and the impact of typhus fever on the Eastern Front; specifically in the region involving Serbia. [CEF Study Group - August 2006]

http://entomology.montana.edu/historybug/WWI/TEF.htm

Military Memoirs of Captain Dark, MC

Dr Eric Payten Dark, 1889 - 1987, was born in Mittagong, New South Wales and qualified as a medical practitioner at Sydney University in 1914, qualifying a year early because of the war. He was among the first hundred Australian doctors who sailed to England to join the RAMC. The following account of his experiences in Flanders, the Somme and Passchendaele was written in the 1970s when Dr Dark was in his eightieth decade and have been published here by kind permission of his son, Mr. John Oliver Dark, who holds the copyright. A copy of the original document is in the Dark Papers, MLMSS 5049 item 1, Box 1(1) held at the Manuscript Section, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and gratitude is expressed to the Mitchell Library for making this material available. [World War I Document Archive][CEF Study Group - January 2007]

http://www.vlib.us/medical/dark/dark.htm

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Established by Royal Charter in 1917, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. It is a non-profit-making organization. The "Debt of Honour Register" is the Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated. The register can also be searched for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World War. [CEF Study Group - July 2006]

http://www.cwgc.org/default.asp

Roll of Honour – Lest We Forget

This comprehensive memorial website is dedicated to those men and women originally from Great Britain. Recorded are war memorial databases within counties which then include short biographical details. The main sections have a drop-down menu at the top of the page which link to a series of databases. The search features enable a quick search. Very comprehensive and expanding - major resource tool for researching soldiers in the British Expeditionary Force. [Recommended by hmsk212 - GWF][CEF Study Group - Updated Oct 2010]

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/

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Aircraft of the AEF - Nieuport 28C-1

A simple website with some historical background and general specifications on the Nieuport 28C-1 used by the American Expeditionary Force in the Great War. [CEF Study Group – Jan 2007][Great War Society Website]

http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/npt28c1.htm