Borden Battery Posted 13 October , 2010 Author Share Posted 13 October , 2010 Contemptible Soldiers' Tales of the Great War [ManyBooks Website][Reccommended by mikky - CEFSG] http://manybooks.net/titles/casualty1810318103-8.html The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula - Herbert Brayley Collette [ManyBooks Website][Reccommended by mikky- CEFSG] http://manybooks.net/titles/colletteh2534125341-8.html An Aviator's Field Book - Oswald Boelcke Being the field reports of Oswald Bölcke, from August 1, 1914 to October 28, 1916 [ManyBooks Website][Reccommended by mikky - CEFSG] http://manybooks.net/titles/boelckeo3001130011-8.html The Emma Gees (1918) - Herbert Wes McBride [ManyBooks Website][Reccommended by mikky - CEFSG] http://manybooks.net/titles/mcbrideh2065520655-8.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 13 October , 2010 Author Share Posted 13 October , 2010 Fokker D7 - YouTube Video A 37 second video of a Fokker D7 start up and short fly past. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010] Fokker DVII first flight - YouTube Video A 3 minute video of a Fokker D7 flying in France in 2007. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010] http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=WoRsOtlTSLU&feature=related Spad XIII and SE5 - YouTube Video A 3 minute video of engine start ups from both a French SPAD and a British SE5 fighter. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010] http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=K0vha6PEz8Y&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 13 October , 2010 Author Share Posted 13 October , 2010 The War Poets of Craiglockhart The present Craiglockhart campus of Napier University in Edinburgh was built as a hydropathic hotel. It was requisitioned by the British army in October 1916 as a hospital for officers suffering from psychological trauma. Biographical information is provided on Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves. The site also contains other information and links to further poetry websites. [Recommendation by marina - GWF][CEF Study Group – Dec 2006] http://sites.scran.ac.uk/Warp/siegfried_sassoon.htm The Eighty-fifth in France and Flanders; being a history of the justly famous 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) in the various theaters of war, together with a nominal roll and synopsis of service of officers, non-commissioned officers and men who served with the Battalion in France (1920) [Archive.Org][CEF Study Group – Oct 2010] http://www.archive.org/details/eightyfifthinfra00hayeuoft From B.C. to Baisieux; being the narrative history of the 102nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (1919) [Archive.Org][CEF Study Group – Oct 2010] http://www.archive.org/details/frombctobaisieux00gouluoft The German Air Force in the Great War ([1921]) [Archive.Org][CEF Study Group – Oct 2010] http://www.archive.org/details/germanairforcein00gurduoft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 13 October , 2010 Author Share Posted 13 October , 2010 Sault Ste Marie and World War One A simple website outlining the community, the Canadian Forestry Corps, two local soldiers and a special relationship to the Royal Family. [CEF Study Group – Updated Aug 2010] http://www.city.sault-ste-marie.on.ca/library/WW1_Index.html Landships – World War I Military Hardware Models This website, while specific to plastic modeling for military hardware from the Great War, also contains a large number of unique photographs and detailed historical documentation which is of importance. The modeling information looks at tanks, armoured cars, artillery and soldiers. [Recommendation by Guns1418 from Burgundy France][CEF Study Group - June 2006] http://www.landships.freeservers.com/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 13 October , 2010 Author Share Posted 13 October , 2010 WW1Cemeteries.com This website site currently contains over 1250 different images of the First World War Cemeteries of France and Belgium, as well as numerous other images of Military cemeteries and memorials from around the world. All of these cemeteries have been personally visited and photographed by the authors. The site also contains many other Military cemeteries and memorials from all around the world and features regimental headstone badges, a cemetery index for Victoria Cross recipients, links to other Great War websites, and an index of "Shot at Dawn" soldiers. Again, another well designed and presented website. [CEF Study Group - June 2006] http://ww1cemeteries.com/ Port Hope Memorial Website This is an on-line version of a book put together, in 1919, to commemorate those who served from Port Hope. Clicking on the book photo will take you to a Roll of Honour, plus some men have detailed bios plus photos. Also a list of nursing sisters from the area plus awards received by those of Port Hope. Very nicely done. [CEF Study Group - April 2005] http://www.nhb.com/hunter/Remembrance.htm Military Memorials in Canada This site is dedicated to cataloging Military Memorials in Canada and is meant as a supplement to the National Inventory maintained by the Directorate of History and Heritage. There is an excellent section on how to photograph Memorials. At present the site is focused on Memorials in Ontario and is still being developed. The mix of photos and detailed information for the existing entries is excellent. In the future, sites in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick will be added. It is a site well worth visiting and keeping an eye on as it develops. [CEF Study Group - April 2005] http://www.5thwheel.com/memorial/default.htm New Zealand and World War One Regimental Rolls of Honour The website contains an extensive list of New Zealand regimental histories, embarkation rolls (1914-1919) and honour rolls and decorations for many of the following: Auckland Mounted Rifles, Roll of Honour - Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine, Auckland Regiment, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, Canterbury Regiment - NZEF, New Zealand Camel Corps, New Zealand Cyclist Corps, New Zealand Engineers, New Zealand Field Artillery, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion, New Zealand Medical Services, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, New Zealand Tunnelling Company, Otago Regiment, Wellington Mounted Rifle Regiment and Wellington Regiment. [CEF Study Group - June 2005] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty/regtitle.html The World War One Memorial at Osgoode Hall The memorial website from the Law Society of Upper Canada includes an alphabetical listing of soldiers including a biography and sometimes a photograph. Altogether about 300 lawyers and more than 200 law students served in the First World War, a remarkable number considering that there was a total of about 1,700 lawyers in the province of Ontario in 1918. [Recommendation by Richard Laughton and forwarded by Chris Wright][updated CEF Study Group - Nov 2008] http://library.lsuc.on.ca/GL/Memorial/MemorialHome.htm We Will Remember Them - War Monuments in Canada The War Monuments project is an attempt to preserve the history surrounding the hundreds of war monuments across Canada in digital format and to make it available to a wide audience through the Internet. The development of this web site was carried out by STEM~Net, at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and with the support of funding from Industry Canada's Digital Collections. This project ended October, 2000. [CEF Study Group - Feb 2006] http://www.cdli.ca/monuments/ Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Canada On May 23rd, 2000, a Canadian Forces aircraft flew to France to bring the Unknown Soldier back to Canada. An unidentified soldier from a cemetery in the vicinity of Vimy Ridge, the site of a famous Canadian battle of the First World War was selected to represent all unknown Canadian soldiers. The Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in a specially designed sarcophagus directly in front of the War Memorial. [CEF Study Group - Mar 2006] http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=Memorials/tomb/thetomb The Roll of Honour - Swavesey Men This website is dedicated to the Swavesey Men who were Killed in Action, or who Died from Wounds or Disease in the Great War, 1914 – 1919. It contains personal accounts of individual soldiers and some short stories. [CEF Study Group - April 2006] http://www.curme.co.uk/swavgw1.htm#Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 13 October , 2010 Author Share Posted 13 October , 2010 More Than a Name – A Memorial to the Men of Stockport, Cheshire, England This Great War memorial website contains the alphabetical listing of more than 2800 names of men (and one woman) who were associated with the Stockport region of England. These soldiers are cross-indexed with their regiment or unit, locality and some references may contain a short biography and/or details on the battle or event that lead to their death. In addition, the site also contains a growing list of general memorials and their inscriptions to the Missing in Combat. This project is intended to ensure that these men, who gave their lives in the service of their country nearly 100 years ago, are not forgotten. A John Hartley website. [CEF Study Group - May 2006] www.stockport1914-1918.co.uk World War I Casualties of Indian Forces Commemorated in France This simple website presents a long list the fallen soldiers of the Indian Forces by name, military unit, and short details on death, family information and by cemetery. In addition, there is a nice selection of photographs interspersed throughout the text. Of note, almost every surname is Singh. [CEF Study Group - June 2006] http://www.sikhspectrum.com/112003/sikharmynames1.htm The Scottish National War Memorial The Scottish National War Memorial commemorates nearly 150,000 Scottish casualties in the First World War, 1914 - 1918. There is a database honour roll which enables the reader to access the fallen Scots. [CEF Study Group - June 2006] http://www.snwm.org/website/frames.html Today is Free - 360 Panoramic Images of Cemeteries This unique website provides a 360 degree panoramic view of a select number of cemeteries in Belgium, France, Italy and Germany. [Recommendation by Alain Dubois] [CEF Study Group - Oct 2008] http://www.todayisfree.com/ Harris War Memorial This simple blogsite lists the casualties of World War I and World War II from over forty small communities on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They are listed by village. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2008][Recommended by Guido Blokland] http://harrismemorial.blogspot.com/ Military Operation - France and Belgium 1914 This website is based on the transcribed pages of a book [Edited by Macmillan & Co, 1933] compiled by Brigadier-General Sir James E. Edmonds and covers the period of August 1914 to 8 October 1914. [CEF Study Group - Mar 2006] http://www.archive.org/details/3edmilitaryopera01edmouoft Tommies Guides – Military Book Specialists Tommies Guides was established in 2005 in the book-trade and with a penchant for WW1 & WW2 military history (see the sister site at www.salientpoints.com).[CEF Study Group - August 2006] http://www.tommiesguides.co.uk/ Robin Brass Studios – Book Publisher A small Canadian publishing house producing primarily non-fiction books. The list includes military history including the Great War and a new book on the Victoria Cross. [Ken Reynolds Recommendation][CEF Study Group – Updated Jan 2007] http://www.rbstudiobooks.com/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 13 October , 2010 Author Share Posted 13 October , 2010 4th Canadian Division 10th Infantry Brigade 44th (Manitoba) Battalion (re-designated "New Brunswick", August 1918) (No website identified at this time) http://cdnmilitary.wikia.com/wiki/44th_%28New_Brunswick%29_Battalion_C.E.F. http://regimentalrogue.com/cef_perpetuation/cef_infantry_1-50.htm 46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion 46th Battalion, CEF on the Saskatchewan Dragoons The 46th Battalion is perpetuated by the Saskatchewan Dragoons, and the web site of the latter provides a detailed description of the Battle Honours for the 46th, which includes Mount Sorrel, The Somme, Ancre Heights, Vimy, Arras, Hill 70, Ypres 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Drocourt-Queant, Canal du Nord and Valenciennes. [Recommendation by Brett Payne][CEF Study Group - Sept 2005] http://www.saskd.ca/skd-hon.htm 47th (British Columbia) Battalion (re-designated "Western Ontario", February 1918) (No website identified ) http://cdnmilitary.wikia.com/wiki/47th_%28Western_Ontario%29_Battalion_C.E.F. http://regimentalrogue.com/cef_perpetuation/cef_infantry_1-50.htm 50th (Calgary) Battalion 50th Battalion, 3rd, 12th &13th Regiments Canadian Mounted Rifles The full Nominal Rolls or "sailing lists" of in the 50th Battalion and the 3rd, 12th and 13th Regiments Canadian Mounted Rifles, as compiled by Lt. Col. W. van de Schee and published by the Alberta Family Histories Society, have been transcribed and are reproduced on the Alberta Family Histories Society [A.F.H.S] web site. [Recommendation provided by Emma Gees][CEF Study Group - Aug 2005] http://www.afhs.ab.ca/data/rolls 4th Division 11th Infantry Brigade 54th (Kootenay) Battalion (re-designated "Central Ontario", August 1917) *54th Kootenay Battalion Honours & Awards This well-designed site features a compilation of Honours and Awards to the 54th Kootenay Battalion CEF There is linkages of members to Attestation Papers, Medal Citations, cemetery records photographs and recorded music. Well done. [CEF Study Group] http://www.54thbattalioncef.ca/ *54th Kootenay Battalion The website covers the 1915-1919 period with yearly summaries of events, some interesting graphical statistics, information on selected soldiers and includes a good selection of photographs including some machine gunners. In addition, the site has been updated. This site also links to 102nd Battalion. [CEF Study Group - Updated Aug 2006] http://www.54thbattalioncef.ca/ 75th (Mississauga) Battalion - Wikipedia Website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/75th_%28Mississauga%29_Battalion,_CEF http://regimentalrogue.com/cef_perpetuation/cef_infantry_51-100.htm 87th (Canadian Grenadier Guards) Battalion (No website identified at this time) http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/Army%20Corps/Divisions/4th%20Division/11th%20Infantry%20Brigade/87th%20Battalion.htm http://regimentalrogue.com/cef_perpetuation/cef_infantry_51-100.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 13 October , 2010 Author Share Posted 13 October , 2010 The final version of the CEF Study Group List of Recommended Great War Websites will be available as of 1 November 2010. Details on obtaining a copy or internet access to a full copy will be posted on 1 November 2010. This new list contains about 850 websites and associated URL links and can serve as a form of "directory" for the researcher. Wherever possible, each abstract contacts some "key-words" will will enable a search of the 140+ pages of text. These webmasters are doing an amazing service and deserve recognition. Regards Borden Battery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 22 October , 2010 Author Share Posted 22 October , 2010 Hello Everyone 21 October 2010 The CEF Study Group Discussion Forum has completed the latest edition of the CEF Study Group Recommended Great War Websites – the 2 November 2010 edition. This edition replaces the interim update from 1 September 2010. The 2 November 2010 List has now been expanded to 148 pages and includes a new section featuring items on YouTube. The YouTube section will serve two functions in the future. Firstly, video clips of actions and equipment is an expected use. However, the second function could have a farther reaching impact – namely the recording and dissemination of university lectures and key conference presentations by experts in the field of the Great War. This latter option is an exciting new genre to monitor and contribute towards. Perhaps this should be presented to the various academic and organizations active in the area of Great War research. The CEF Study Group began compiling this List in 2005 as a service for its membership – the original List included approximately 50 websites and was thought to have captured the majority of activity on the Internet. With the November 2010 List, we now have over 850 select websites and URL links to assist researchers on a wide range of Great War topics. The topic areas have been gradually expanded to include most other aspects of the Great War. The objective of the CEF Study Group List of Recommended Great War Websites remains to serve as a directory for the casual and more serious 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. In addition, 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. In future editions we look to expand material on each of the CEF Battalions and most likely a separate section on key battles of the Great War. In a similar manner, we will also look at other Allied and Axis formations as time and resources permit. Please feel free to forward this List to others who have an interest in the Great War. Webmasters are welcome to post this document and to link to the CEF Study Group discussion forum – we only ask that credit be given to the CEF Study Group. For an Adobe .pdf file (3 mb) please send Borden Battery a Private Message. The Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group discussion forum can be accessed at the following URL address: http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/Neil/ Regards Neil Burns, Peter Broznitsky, Richard Laughton, Dwight Mercer & Brett Payne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 31 October , 2010 Author Share Posted 31 October , 2010 fourteeneighteen - Researching the men and women of 1914-1918 This Chris Baker research service website is focused on soldiers of the British Army of the First World War. Research generally includes the relevant archives and to obtain copies, if they exist. Standard packages generally includes: army service record, army pension record, campaign medals record, entry in National Roll of Honour, entry in De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, promotions and appointments (for officers), Mentions in war diaries (for officers), and Mentions in the “Times” (for known casualties). If the man’s records or current information indicates - further research can be directed to gallantry and other special awards, records of death and burial, records of prisoners of war, mentions of death, wounding, capture or awards in war diaries, service record if discharged prior to 1913, records of medals from campaigns prior to 1914, and Long Service awards. One unique feature of this research service is also the interpretation of the results for persons with limited understanding of military records and historical events. [Associated with The Long Long Trail/GWF][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://www.fourteeneighteen.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 31 October , 2010 Author Share Posted 31 October , 2010 Here are two websites - they came from a reference in the latest Tim Cook book entitled "The Madman and the Butcher. These are two source documents for serious readers of the Great War. Borden Battery Historical Officer Canadian Military Headquarters - Historical Activities within the Canadian Army This 2 July 1965 report provides an account of the historical organizations serving the Canadian Army from 1915 to 1965 and replaces Report No. 95 dated 31 May 1962. The summary includes the separate War Narrative Section formed in London and headed by Brig.-Gen- R. Brutinel. It also makes mention of the interim report on Canadian Corps operations during the whole of 1918, which was submitted by Lt.-Gen. Sir Arthur W. Currie, G.O.C. Canadian Corps, and published in the Report of the Ministry, Overseas Military Forces of Canada, 1918. [see below][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/doc/cfhq/cfhq001.pdf Report of the Ministry, Overseas Military Forces of Canada, 1918 This report on Canadian Corps operations during the whole of 1918, which was submitted by Lt.-Gen. Sir Arthur W. Currie, G.O.C. Canadian Corps and later published under the supervision of Sir Edward Kemp, MP, Minister Overseas Forces of Canada. The document contains is an encyclopedia of information and includes some of the following: the General Staff, Adjunct-General's Office, outline of 1918 battles (3 parts) for the Canadian Corps, operations of the Canadian Air Force, Canadian Cavalry Brigade, Railway Troops, Forestry Troops, Troops outside CEF command, Canadian Dental Corps, Canadian Medical Corps, Chaplin Services, Canadian Records Office, Overseas Purchasing Committee, Overseas Disposal Board, Army and Navy Canteens, Interned Prisoners of War, Canadian Red Cross, YMCA, Khaki University, Non-Military Operations and Demobilization. The book provides a detailed first account of organizational background, structure and staff compliments for the Canadian Corps in 1918 - a valuable source book. [see above][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924063725810 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 31 October , 2010 Author Share Posted 31 October , 2010 Specialized Assault Units of the Western Front: A Comparative Study of the German Stormtrooper Battaltions, and Canadian Trench Raiders - Christopher J. Ghiz, Major, U.S. Army June 2010 This thesis will use a comparative study of the German Storm trooper battalions and the Canadian trench raiders in order to examine the dynamics of the World War I battlefield, the role of military culture in adaptation in order to acknowledge and act on the requirements of battlefield innovation. The purpose is to determine what key factors contributed to the tactical effectiveness of specialized assault units on the Western Front. The military cultures of these armies comprised the logical and innovative principles that were fundamental in the tactical effectiveness of these elite assault units by making revolutionary developments in force structure, institutional support, personnel selection, decentralized leadership, and training on small-unit tactics and advanced weaponry. Did these tactics create similar or different effects for each army? What factors did these armies use to organize and employ these assault units? To answer these questions, several areas will be examined: (1) force structure, (2) institutional support, (3) personnel selection, and (4) training on decentralized leadership, small unit infiltration tactics, and advanced weaponry. Both armies had different backgrounds and situations. The German Army’s Sturm battalions represented an army-wide institutionalization of organization, selection and technique. The Canadian Corps’ trench raiders were based on the Canadian Corps’ homogeneous structure that separated itself from the BEF in developing its own doctrine, training schools, organization, and tactical innovations. [CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA524304 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 17 November , 2010 Author Share Posted 17 November , 2010 The Long, Long Trail - The British Army of 1914-1918 The Long, Long Trail is Chris Baker website specific to the British Army in the First World War. The website provides basic information on how to research a British Expeditionary Force soldier, an outline of a soldier's life, a general overview of some unit histories including the Royal Engineers, Army Service Corps, Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps, Machine Gun Corps, Tank Corps, and Labour Corps. There is a general outline of Orders of Battle for BEF, CEF, AIF, New Zealand and Indian divisions. The website also provides access to research services. [CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://www.1914-1918.net/ Ross Rifle - Wikipedia Website The Ross rifle was a straight-pull bolt-action 0.303 inch calibre rifle produced in Canada from 1903 until the middle of the First World War. Although the Ross .303 was a superior marksman's rifle, it had many faults in the adverse environment imposed by trench warfare, and after numerous complaints the replacement of all Ross rifles in the three Canadian Divisions by the Lee-Enfield was ordered. Snipers, however retained a considerable fondness for the weapon. [CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_rifle NLS Digital Archives - Great War Images This website enables a search of approximately 1200 photographic images by category and keyword searches. Topic areas include the Western Front, Official Great War photographs. Each photograph has a detailed notation of the subject matter and the photographer. One can also email the images to oneself. [RobL - GWF][Nov 2010] http://digital.nls.uk/index.cfm?place=1000003&event=3014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 17 November , 2010 Author Share Posted 17 November , 2010 The First World War: Canada Remembers They called it "The Great War" and "The War to End All Wars" – though of course it didn't. When hostilities erupted in Europe in 1914, Canadians rushed to Britain's side. But the cost was terrible: more than 60,000 were killed, 172,000 wounded. There are no more Canadian combat veterans alive to recall the horrors of the First World War, but their voices and memories live on in the archives of the CBC. Lest we forget, here are some of their stories. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] ------------------------------------------------------------ Decimated at Arras - Broadcast Date: Feb. 14, 1965 With costly victories at Vimy Ridge, Passchedaele and Amiens, the men of the 22nd Battalion have gone from green recruits to veteran soldiers. But now they are asked to spearhead an assault eastward from Arras, through a maze of German trenches and fortifications. When Maj. Georges Vanier arrives, he finds his men scattered in shell holes under a murderous rain of bullets and shells. Vanier rallies the men, but is wounded by a German bullet, then nearly killed by an exploding shell. In this CBC Radio clip, Vanier tells CBC Radio how he led the 22nd Battalion out of their trenches, "over the top," and into hell on earth. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/clips/3000/ A battalion is born - Broadcast Date: Nov. 8, 1989 When the First World War erupts in 1914, Canada has little military power to lend to the conflict. There are just 3,000 regular soldiers, plus a poorly regarded militia of local volunteers. When the Canadian Expeditionary Force raises thousands of new recruits and sends them to England for training, there are few French-Canadians among them. To the embarrassment of some of Quebec's petite-bourgeoisie, most francophones believe the war in Europe is not their fight. Frustrated that French Canada is not represented in the first contingent, 50 influential francophones lobby for the creation of a distinct French-Canadian battalion. On Oct. 20, 1914, the raising of the 22nd (French-Canadian) Battalion is authorized. Known among anglophones as the "Van Doos" after their French battalion number (vingt-deuxième) they would be the first and only Canadian military unit formed on the basis of language and culture. This CBC Television clip tells how the battalion was created. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/clips/2999/ Arthur Lismer and the Halifax Explosion - Broadcast Date: Dec. 6, 1990 Peter Gzowski learns about newly discovered sketches of the 1917 explosion in Halifax harbour. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/clips/4640/ Establishing blame - Broadcast Date: Dec. 6, 1967 [Halifax Explosion] Haligonians want answers. As retold in this CBC Radio clip, they demand to know how such a tragedy could have occurred. They want those responsible for the blast brought to justice. Some believe the explosion to be the work of the German secret service, while others place the blame solely on the Mont-Blanc. The hostility is so intense that Aimé Le Medec, the captain of the Mont-Blanc, places himself under police protection. An inquiry headed by Mr. Justice Arthur Drysdale begins on Dec. 12, 1917, just six days after the explosion. Swayed by the angry public, Justice Drysdale finds the Mont-Blanc solely responsible for the explosion. Captain Aimé Le Medec, Pilot Francis Mackey and Commander Frederick Wyatt, who was in charge of the harbour at the time, are arrested and charged with manslaughter. The Mont-Blanc owners appeal the ruling and the case goes back and forth before ending up at the highest judicial authority of the time, the Privy Council in London, England. The Privy Council's final verdict concludes that both the Mont-Blanc and the Imo had acted in an imprudent manner and places blame for the collision on both. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/clips/5498/ William Barker, flying ace and forgotten hero - Broadcast Date: March 16, 1998 If you ask a Canadian who Billy Bishop was, chances are they'd know the answer. The flamboyant First World War flying ace has become part of Canadian folklore. But what about William Barker? He was also one of Canada's top wartime pilots — and in fact, Bishop himself called Barker "the deadliest air fighter who ever lived." But by the 1990s, few Canadians have any idea who he was. In this 1998 Midday interview, Barker biographer Wayne Ralph and Manitoba MP Inky Mark explain why Canada needs to remember William Barker. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] Canada answers the call - Broadcast Date: Nov. 22, 1964 Aug. 4, 1914: After weeks of crisis in Europe and a German invasion of neutral Belgium, Great Britain declares war on Germany. Canada is automatically committed, and sends out a call for volunteers. Tens of thousands immediately enlist. As we hear in this clip which features the enlistment stories of several Canadian veterans, "if ever a country wanted war, it was Canada in that week." [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ 'The most dangerous spot in the world' - Broadcast Date: Nov. 11, 1964 From 1914-1918, the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium was the deadliest place in Europe. It was once a transportation hub, but the war quickly reduced it to "just a battered track between heaps of wreckage." Three major battles left hundreds of thousands dead, and more than a million wounded. As we see in this clip, a group of citizens makes sure that these sacrifices are remembered every day. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Gas! Gas! - Broadcast Date: May 7, 2003 Belgium's Ypres is a scene of carnage and ruin, throbbing with murderous machine gun and artillery fire and littered with unburied corpses. As if this vision of hell on earth isn't bad enough, a new innovation is turning the very air to deadly poison. In April 1915, the Germans unleash the horrific weapon of chlorine gas on Canadian troops. As we hear in this item from CBC Radio's Ideas, the new weapon is terrifying, but the Canadian line does not break. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Battle of the Somme - Broadcast Date: June 30, 2006 By 1916, the First World War has become a stalemate. The battlefields of Europe have been dug into 800 kilometres of trenches. Men are dying, but no ground is being won or lost. On July 1, 1916, 150,000 Allied troops – including thousands of Canadians and Newfoundlanders – go over the top in an attempt to open up the western front. The result is a bloodbath. In this clip from the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, historian Martin Gilbert describes the futility of "The Big Push." [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Going over the top at Vimy Ridge - Broadcast Date: Jan. 10, 1965 For Canadians, Vimy Ridge is now a place of legend, the site of this country's defining military victory. But in 1917, the French battlefield was a seemingly impregnable fortress, a killing field of tunnels and trenches constantly watched by Germans occupying the high ground. But after weeks of preparation, and the biggest artillery bombardment in history to that point, the Canadians succeed where the British and French failed: they take Vimy Ridge. In this clip from CBC Radio's remarkable 1965 series Flanders' Fields, veterans of Vimy Ridge describe the moment when they finally left the trenches, storming across craters, trenches and barbed wire, and into history. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Shot down by the Red Baron - Broadcast Date: June 28, 1962 Canadian pilot Emerson Smith is one of the world's first air combat aces. A schoolmate of Billy Bishop, he joined the RAF in 1917 and flew a Sopwith Camel over the battlefields of Europe. As we hear in this interview for CBC Radio's Assignment, Smith's career (and his life) nearly ended when he tangled with Manfred von Richthofen, Germany's infamous Red Baron. http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Rumours of armistice - Broadcast Date: Nov. 11, 1962 By November 1918, trench warfare has finally given way to a headlong pursuit of the retreating Germans. Canadian troops under Sir Arthur Currie are tasked with liberating Belgian villages such as Mons, where house-to-house fighting is fierce. Then a rumour spreads: the war is over! As we hear in this clip, the news seems too good to be true. Even when armistice is confirmed, the exhausted soldiers can barely comprehend the new reality: death one day, peace the next. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Legend and propaganda - Broadcast Date: Aug. 12, 1942 Nations at war have always turned to past glories to boost morale. The First World War furnished Canada with its own war heroes and legends, and they are summoned when world war breaks out again. This program from the 1942 series Canada Marches uses speeches from Pericles of Athens and Sir Isaac Brock to set the stage for the show's highlight: an inspirational re-enactment of Canadian valour at Givenchy during the First World War. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Maple Leaf Legacy: A global memorial - Broadcast Date: Nov. 10, 2003 It began with one photograph of a tombstone, with the carved maple leaf indicating a fallen Canadian soldier of the Great War. To Steve Douglas of Kitchener, Ont., the image was more than keepsake, it was inspiration. Douglas embarked on an ambitious project to photograph and upload images of all 117,000 Canadian war graves around the world. As we hear in this clip, the photographs bring a sense of closure, described by one family as "a heart cord reattached." [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Remembering the last Canadian combat veteran - Broadcast Date: Nov. 28, 2005 Clare Laking was 18 when he defied his father's wishes and left the family farm to enlist. He arrived in France just after Vimy Ridge, serving as a signaller who ran telephone wire along the trenches. Though he was wounded by a German shell, he believes he was the only farm boy from his area to return alive. Clare Laking died on Nov. 26, 2005, at age 106. He was the last of over 600,000 Canadians to fight in the Great War. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Unveiling the Vimy Ridge Memorial - Broadcast Date: July 26, 1936 [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Sir Ernest MacMillan recalls being a POW - Broadcast Date: June 17, 1957 The Canadian conductor and composer was in Germany to attend a Wagner festival when war broke out, and spent the next four years in German internment camps. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Remembering John McCrae - Broadcast Date: Nov. 8, 1957 An interview with Walter Gow, cousin and boyhood friend of In Flanders Fields author John McCrae. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ The murderous mud of Passchendaele - Broadcast Date: Aug. 22, 1972 At one time, Passchendaele, Belgium, was a pleasant crossroads village surrounded by rich farmland. But heavy bombardment and heavier rains turn the reclaimed marshland into a nightmarish sea of mud and muck, which the British called "The Slough of Despair." In this clip from CBC-TV's Their Springtime of Life, Canadian veterans recall what it was like trying to stay alive in the deadly mud of Passchendaele. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Last of the Dumbells - Broadcast Date: June 29, 1973 An interview with Jack Ayre, pianist for the First World War entertainers the Dumbells. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Artists aid war effort by romanticizing combat - Broadcast Date: Feb. 21, 1979 Authors and poets help the propaganda war by romanticizing the trench warfare and even the tragedy at Gallipoli. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Return to Vimy Ridge - Broadcast Date: April 7, 1987 CBC-TV's Allen Abel journeys back to Vimy Ridge with veterans visiting it for the 70th anniversary of the great battle. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Newfoundland remembers Beaumont-Hamel - Broadcast Date: July 1, 1991 The Royal Newfoundland Regiment lost 90 per cent of its men in just 30 minutes. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Vimy Ridge 75th anniversary - Broadcast Date: April 7, 1992 Pierre Berton and Desmond Morton look back at Canada's defining battle of the First World War. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/clips/14187/ McCrae's medals - Broadcast Date: Oct. 20, 1997 The war medals of famed Canadian poet John McCrae are about to go on auction. His surprised family thought the medals were lost. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Canada's most famous bagpipes come home - Broadcast Date: Nov. 8, 2006 Piper James Richardson was killed and won a Victoria Cross at the Somme. Ninety years later, his bagpipes have been found and returned. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/topics/2425-14183/ Rumours of armistice - Broadcast Date: Nov. 11, 1962 By November 1918, trench warfare has finally given way to a headlong pursuit of the retreating Germans. Canadian troops under Sir Arthur Currie are tasked with liberating Belgian villages such as Mons, where house-to-house fighting is fierce. Then a rumour spreads: the war is over! As we hear in this clip, the news seems too good to be true. Even when armistice is confirmed, the exhausted soldiers can barely comprehend the new reality: death one day, peace the next. [Recommended by canadawwi][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/clips/14171/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 17 November , 2010 Author Share Posted 17 November , 2010 Shropshire War Memorial This memorial website intends to upload 1,800 images and provide information on about 10,000 Shropshire men remembered on over 220 war memorials. The site contains cemeteries, photographs of headstones and plaques, honour rolls, regimental monuments in the district and a Shropshire Female Memorial. It is a work in progress. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2010] http://www.shropshirewarmemorial.org.uk/index.html Kent Fallen - Kent War Memorials Transcription Project The combined Kent Fallen website is a massive undertaking coordinated by a team of volunteers. The main menus is divided into fourteen "areas" and then further subdivided into "reports" which generally provide a biography on each fallen soldier including place of burial and often reference to surviving family. Some of the files extend into hundreds of formatted pages producing rather large downloadable files. The website also contains a newsletter, there is a mission statement which indicates a longer-term plan and a search feature to access the large number of names. There is also a wealth of information for genealogical researchers. This website appears to be one of the definitive websites on Great War soldiers from this district of England - very well done. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2010] http://www.kentfallen.com/Kent%20War%20Memorials.html Cenotaph - Wikipedia Website "A cenotaph is a tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person, group of persons, animals or groups of animals whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been interred elsewhere. The word derives from the Greek κενοτάφιον (kenos, one meaning being "empty", and taphos, "tomb"). Although the vast majority of cenotaphs are erected in honour of individuals, many of the best-known cenotaphs are instead dedicated to the memories of groups of individuals, such as the lost soldiers of one country or empire." [CEF Study Group – Nov 2010] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenotaph The Construction of the Vimy Memorial - 1925-1936 The website has three main sections of photographs with the majority of interest in the construction stages of the Canadian Vimy Ridge monument as designed and supervised by Walter Allward. Images show the progression from the early stages up to and including an aerial photograph of the crowds around the monument during its dedication by King Edward on 26 July 1936. [Recommended by Skipman GWF][CEF Study Group - Nov 2010] http://mapleleafup.ca/vimyphotos1930s.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrlewis Posted 19 November , 2010 Share Posted 19 November , 2010 Dear sir, would you consider adding my website to your list, it is nearly all Primary source material. The title is 1914-18 Connections, parts of it are still to be completed. The site can be found at www.mikerlewis.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 31 October , 2012 Author Share Posted 31 October , 2012 The Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group will be releasing the latest edition of its Recommended Great War Websites in early November 2012. The List contains about 775 recommended websites categorized into 30 chapters and includes both a "key-word" abstract and the most current URL address. The Frontspiece to the List is included below. Anyone wishing an Adobe pdf copy can send a Private Message to "Borden Battery" on either this discussion forum of the CEF Study Group discussion forum. I will then forward the complete file to interested parties. Regards 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 are: Peter Broznitsky, Richard Laughton & Dwight Mercer (aka Borden Battery). 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 (but donations gratefully accepted) 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. The objective of the CEF Study Group List of Recommended Great War Websites is to serve as a directory for the researcher. These websites have been researched and grouped into logical sections. In general, each abstract attempts to include a few key-words to enable a "key word" search of this extensive list to find websites of immediate interest. 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. In Q2 of 2012, the CEF Study Group was required to relocate to a new server and make a number of upgrades to its software and security. In addition, server costs have now increased, and the hundreds of hours of volunteer labour now requires donations to cover the internet server costs. Richard Laughton oversaw much of the technical reconfiguration of the discussion forum. In concert with the change to a new server, this List was reviewed in detail and many "broken links" were mended. In general, the approach to this edition has been one of consolidation rather than further expansion. At present, approximately 200 additional websites are under study and some may be added in the next update. 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. Please feel free to forward this List to other persons and groups interested in the Great War. Webmasters of Great War websites have permission to use this List. The Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group discussion forum can be accessed at the following URL address: http://cefresearch.ca/phpBB3/index.php?sid=5bcff853d08f269f10c3f5037cca7577 Over 775 websites and web-links are on this List Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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