lostinspace Posted 13 October , 2012 Share Posted 13 October , 2012 Might be of interest for some forum members. George Nafziger for many years sought out order of battle information and then published his research in a series of softcover books here in the U.S. He decided it was time to get out of the business (explained in the link below) and donated his entire collection to the U.S. Army's Combined Research Center, they are now on-line. I found this handy link that sorted them by time period so that you don't have to download the entire file (there doesn't seem to be an index on the Army site). http://www.alternatewars.com/CARL/Nafgizer_CARL.htm The Great War file has around 400 entries - most of the data is taken from the official histories of the various combatants. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddycher Posted 14 October , 2012 Share Posted 14 October , 2012 Dave Brilliant - thank you. Over the years I have picked up a number of these pdf's but to be able to get the whole WW1 collection in one hit is a godsend. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinspace Posted 14 October , 2012 Author Share Posted 14 October , 2012 Thanks Dave, but all the credit should go to Mr. Nafziger, it's not often that an author who invests the kind of time and effort that he did in putting together all that information donates it to the public. Regards, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 18 October , 2012 Share Posted 18 October , 2012 (there doesn't seem to be an index on the Army site). There is a Finding Aid on the Army site The FIBIS Fibiwiki page British Army, section Locating a regiment http://wiki.fibis.or...ting_a_regiment has a section about The Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle, including hints about searching the Finding Aid Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinspace Posted 18 October , 2012 Author Share Posted 18 October , 2012 Thanks Maureen, that's very helpful. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkTurner Posted 29 December , 2012 Share Posted 29 December , 2012 I remember back in the 1990s buying printouts of various OOB from this collection via mail order. Good to see them online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 26 September , 2019 Share Posted 26 September , 2019 If anyone has bookmarked URLs from the Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle, they have all changed. The Fibiwiki link above (post 4) from the page British Army is unchanged https://wiki.fibis.org/w/British_Army#Locating_a_regiment There is a link to the finding aid on the Fibiwiki page. All the information about links in the finding aid has changed. Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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