Skipman Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 (edited) Here is a list of some of the online sources of information that will be useful to anyone researching the Great War. I will add to it when I remember more of them but feel free to suggest any I have missed (and there will be many). Obviously some of these will require a subscription. Links highlighted in red require a subscription or some other method of payment. If you think of a better thread title am open to suggestions I don't subscribe to Find My Past at present if anyone wants to add links, feel free. (Mike) The Long Long Trail archive.org 1914-1918 Army Service Numbers 1881-1918 Australia National Archives of Australia Australia Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 Australia Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 Supplementary material Australia Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services, 1914–1918 Aviation FlightGlobal/Archive British Army Lists National Library of Scotland British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 British Army medal index cards 1914-1920 National Archives British Journal for Military History British Red Cross First World War Volunteers British War Graves Photographs Canada Library and Archives Search: Personnel Records of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force War Diaries Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group Forum Commonwealth War Graves Commission Discovering Anzacs Europeana 1914-1918 Federation of Family History Societies fibis First World War fibis British Army Find a Will Find My Past Fold3 Forces War Records Geoff's Search Engine Hansard Hellfire Corner Tom Morgan ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross Prisoners of the First World War Imperial War Museum (WW1 online collection) In from the Cold Ireland Great War Belfast Clippings Ireland The National Archives of Ireland Soldier's Wills Ireland Ireland The 1916 Rising: Personalities and Perspectives, National Library of Ireland Ireland Ireland Documents on Irish Foreign Policy, Royal Irish Academy Ireland Our Heroes Ár Laochra Lives of the First World War London Gazette google search London Gazette Mapping Cartographie 1914-1918 Mapping McMaster Maps Mapping Muninn Great War British Trench Map Coordinates Converter Mapping National Library of Scotland Trench Maps Mapping TMAPPER Medals of Regiments National Archives Research Guides First World War Newspapers British Newspaper Archive Newspapers Papers Past Newspapers Trove New Zealand Researching New Zealand Soldiers Register of Effects The War Gratuities of WW1 Register of Effects Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 RFC/RAF airhistory.org RFC/RAF rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection wellcome library Scarlet Finders Scotland The Black Watch Forums Scotland Friends of Dundee City Archives Scotland Scotlands People Scotland Scotlands People Soldiers' and airmen's wills Scotland Scotlands People Military service appeals tribunal Scotland The Highlanders' Museum Scotland The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project Siegfried Sassoon's Journals University of Cambridge The Genealogist UK, British Army Recipients of the Military Medal, 1914-1920 UK, Citations of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-1920 UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 UK, Silver War Badge Records, 1914-1920 UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 UK, WWI War Diaries (France, Belgium and Germany), 1914-1920 UK, WWI War Diaries (Gallipoli and Dardanelles), 1914-1916 Wales Welsh Newspapers Online Weather Met Office Digital Library and Archive Edited 15 May , 2018 by Skipman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonMc Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 Great idea - here's two I like regarding Trench maps and mapping http://rdf.muninn-project.org/TrenchCoordinates.html https://maps.nls.uk/ww1/trenches/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 Cheers Jason, added to list. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 Airhistory.org, an amazing free database of names http://www.airhistory.org.uk/rfc/home.html RAF Museum Storyvault, a card index of men and incidents http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 Thank you Derek and Charlie Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 (edited) One more recent one on RFC/RAF (officers) is https://www.casualtyforms.org/ Charlie PS This thread will help me so many thanks Edited 14 May , 2018 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 Just a thought, shouldn't this thread be under Virtual Library- where you have been a good past contributor ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony osborne Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 Very helpful. Thanks very much. Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 (edited) Also it would be useful to say afterwards if it is Free or by Subscription- and if the latter, with whom. Sorry to give you extra work but I saw you did this with Scottish Records. Perhaps just say free unless marked 'SUB' ? Edited 14 May , 2018 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 1 minute ago, charlie962 said: Just a thought, shouldn't this thread be under Virtual Library- where you have been a good past contributor ? Possibly. Mod been in touch and I'm happy to let him/them decide. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 1 minute ago, charlie962 said: Also it would be useful to say afterwards if it is Free or by Subscription- and if the latter, with whom. Sorry to give you extra work but I saw you did this with Scottish Records. Yes that makes sense. Will do and will add any useful ideas as and when I can. I'm not sure how many links the first post will accept so will see. It would be good to keep it all together so may be necessary in future to delete or edit 2nd and 3rd post, if that's possible. We'll see Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 Actually Virtual Library should be in your list of important sources ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 1 minute ago, charlie962 said: Actually Virtual Library should be in your list of important sources ! I suppose so. Re adding "Free" or "Subscription" might not be as straight forward. When adding any text after the link, it automatically becomes part of the link, unless someone knows how to edit without that happening? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 crudely, insert it on the next line then back space to push it to the line above. But there must be a smarter way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 Hi Mike, If you can find one, Soldiers Wills (£10) https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#soldiers Free grave stone images from British War Graves http://www.britishwargraves.co.uk/ DSO/MC/DCM citations - sometimes uncensored versions of the LG version showing a specific unit, and often hand annotated to show a place and date for the award action - free - various downloads from the National Archives. Record series WO 391 (DCMs), and WO 389 (DSOs and MCs). Download "Search our records" from http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/# Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Black Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 Army Lists, Quarterly & Monthly (Army, Navy & Air Force) - https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/97343435 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 15 May , 2018 Share Posted 15 May , 2018 The FIBIS Fibiwiki page First World War contains links to much information relating to records, either on that page, or through linked pages https://wiki.fibis.org/w/First_World_War Contains links to many other Fibiwiki pages such as British Army Royal Air Force, and various Fronts such as Western Front etc. The latter includes mapping information British Army https://wiki.fibis.org/w/British_Army contains a large section on records, including online sources, including information about the pay sites such as Ancestry and findmypast. Note: Due to recent changes to the GWF website, some of the footnotes may not work. Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 15 May , 2018 Share Posted 15 May , 2018 There are also maps and pics on http://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/ww1/home which also has a handy Place Name and Trench name search facility on the Trench Maps page http://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/ww1/ndx5to40.htm - 10,300+ place names compiled from the maps in our collection. 10,500+ trench names derived from the book, "Rat's Alley: Trench Names of the Western Front 1914-1918," courtesy of the author, Dr. Peter Chasseaud. regards Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 15 May , 2018 Share Posted 15 May , 2018 Thanks again to all and will add later. how could I have forgotten McMaster Maps? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 15 May , 2018 Share Posted 15 May , 2018 This one can be handy for your "local" info. FEDERATION OF FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES http://www.ffhs.org.uk/members2/england/eng-beds.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave66 Posted 15 May , 2018 Share Posted 15 May , 2018 (edited) One I use regularly as a quick check to see which battalions served overseas is here, shows theatre of operations, etc. http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/british_regiment/main/reg_index.htm Dave. Edited 15 May , 2018 by Dave66 Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depaor01 Posted 15 May , 2018 Share Posted 15 May , 2018 Shamelessly plugging here... http://ourheroes.southdublinlibraries.ie Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 15 May , 2018 Share Posted 15 May , 2018 Not shameless Dave, well deserved. The files you put up include two volumes not reprinted by N@MP, a fantastic resource. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 15 May , 2018 Share Posted 15 May , 2018 15 hours ago, Skipman said: Geoff's Search Engine I think this one is sadly outdated now as the details are poss 10 or more years old? Unless used in conjunction with IFCP search to pick up newly-found casualties. Scarlet Finders http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/ One I can't locate for now is a very good 'abbreviations explained' website. Possibly on WFA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 15 May , 2018 Share Posted 15 May , 2018 (edited) R.F.C./ R.A.F. Flight Global magazine archive from 1909 https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/ Edit to add:- Of Northern Ireland Interest https://sites.google.com/site/greatwarbelfast/home Of Welsh Interest - newspapers online http://newspapers.library.wales/ Edited 15 May , 2018 by HarryBrook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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