Cemeteries and Memorials

[tonycad]

I wanted to start off this short theme, by way of illustration, with the photograph of the grave of a driver in the ASC.

The nearest I could get was this photoraph of a Driver in the RE.

Tony

[tonycad]

Ouch, the previous picture was transposed with this one of the drivers memorial.

The previous photogrph was of the kilometre markers between Bar-le-Duc on La Voie Sacre, 50 in total, but Ihave seen reference to 56!

Tony

[tonycad]

Sorry,but I have made a mess of the posts.

I could not delete the preceeding half scanned photograph, so here it is in its entirety - hopefully.

It is a memorial to the thousands of lorry drivers, and others, who kept Verdun supplied with provisions during the battle of 1916. Without these supplies the French could not have sustained the battle.

The memorial is on the side of the only road which could supply Verdun, and it is now a national monument, namely the Voie Sacre. One railway to Verdun had been cut by the Germans, and another was under constant shell-fire.

The front of the memorial carries a number of bass reliefs of all the kinds of transport using the road, including marching soldiers.

Tony

[tonycad]

The road between Verdun and Bar-le-Duc to the South, is marked at each kilometre with these posts, just over a half metre high.

There are 50 of them between the two towns, but I have seen reference to 56!

Tony

[Borden Battery]

On Remembrance Day, here is a listing of Great War memorial websites as recommended by the CEF Study Group .... if members have any additional Honour sites from any of the armies I would be interested in collecting their ULR addresses for possible inclusion in this list.

Borden Battery

Great War Honour Websites - Part 7

Note: CEF Study Group member websites denoted with asterisk "*"

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Canadian Book of Remembrance

The Books of Remembrance contain the names of Canadians who fought in wars and died either during or after them. All the books are kept in the Memorial Chamber located in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill. The purpose of creating a site that displays these books on the Internet is to make them more accessible to the public. Quite aptly named are these testaments to Canada's past, for by their very title they remind us to never forget the foundations of courage on which Canada is built.

http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/200/301/i...ks/remember.htm

The Canadian Virtual War Memorial

This site contains a registry of information about the graves memorials of more than 116,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who served valiantly and gave their lives for their country.

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm...ions/virtualmem

The Maple Leaf Legacy Project

A Project in Remembrance of Canada's War Dead. The aim of the Maple Leaf Legacy Project is to photograph or obtain a photograph of every Canadian War Grave of the 20th Century. These photos will be made freely available on the project's web site. The project relies solely on the kind assistance of the hundreds of volunteers and sponsors around the world to get the photographs or to donate funds to help pay for the good work of the project. The Maple Leaf Legacy Project is a registered charity and can issue charitable tax receipts.

http://www.mapleleaflegacy.ca/

Royal Bank of Canada - Great War Honour Roll

A total of 1,495 Royal Bank staff members enlisted for active service. Of these, 186 were killed in action or died in hospital and five were missing in action. After the war, 786 employees were reinstated, while 516 elected not to return to the bank. In 1920, Royal Bank published a Roll of Honour commemorating those staff members who died or were missing in action - this is the main feature of this site.

http://www.rbc.com/history/in_remembrance/ww1.html

Assiniboia, MN - Anavets – Unit 283

A simple honour roll listing soldiers from both the Great War and the Second World War. Someone might take interest to research more information on these men.

http://anavets283.com/honour.html

Montreal Roll of Honour

Honours all Anglo-Montrealers who served in various wars from the Napoleonic to present. The list of those who served with some cases having a link to history/photos/papers of the individual, plus an email address for the writer. This site would enable researchers to contact family/persons with an interest in this person.

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

Nominal Roll of CEF Nursing Sisters: Killed or Died Overseas in Great War

A simple list of nursing casualties linked to Attestation Papers will be of interest to researchers of the medical elements of the Great War.

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/05/0518/05...01061002_e.html

Native Veterans Association of Northwestern Ontario

Honour Roll of World War I (1914 -1918) Indian Soldiers of Robinson-Superior 1950 Treaty, Treaty #3, and Treaty #9 that served in World War I.

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/nativeterans/honourI.htm

*The South Africa War Graves Project

The goal of the South Africa War Graves Project is to archive photographs of every single South African & Rhodesian war grave from the 2nd Anglo-Boer War, WW1, WW2, Korea, Rand Revolt, Freedom Struggle, Angola-Border War to present day. These photos will either be in the format of a picture of a headstone or a name on a memorial.

http://www.southafricawargraves.org/

Ypres Graveyard Photos

Website is still under construction but shows much promise both in terms of format and content.

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~dccfarr/photos.htm

War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia

A listing of war memorials and cenotaphs in Nova Scotia, often with photographs.

http://www.newscotland1398.net/remem/plaques.html

Brockville Memorial Website April 2005

This web site is dedicated to the memory of those Brockville citizens who served in World War 1, World War 2, Korean War, and U.N. Peacekeeping. Organization of Military Museums of Canada (OMMC) started this project, as an organization who wishes to create a complete online database of all Military Memorials in Canada. It is simple and tasteful with a listing of soldiers and medal recipients.

http://www.brockvillemuseum.com/MilitaryMemorial/index.html

Port Hope Memorial Website April 2005

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.

http://www.nhb.com/hunter/Remembrance.htm

Military Memorials in Canada April 2005

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 focussed 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.

http://www.5thwheel.com/memorial/default.htm

NEW Zealand and World War One Regimental Rolls of Honour June 2005

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.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty/regtitle.html

South Huron District High School - Book of Remembrance Sept 2005

South Huron District High School in Exeter, Ontario has prepared an online version of a Book of Remembrance for the students and staff of Exeter High School who lost their lives in World War I, World War II, and Korea. The portraits of these young men were painted by Harry Burke, a local artist, based on photographs submitted by family members. The bulk of the First War casualties enlisted with the 161st Battalion (Huron's Own), but were posted in drafts to other units.

http://www.amdsb.ca/SHDHS/remembrance/

The Wall of Honour - City of Peterborough Sept 2005

The objective of this project is to have a Wall of Honour erected in Confederation Park in the City of Peterborough. To date they have obtained over 9000 names of individuals who were there to help the cause for Freedom during the First World War, Second World War, and the Korea War. The website includes 152 pages on military medals and decorations, a detailed listing of veteran soldiers in alphabetical order and the start of a photographic collection.

[Recommended by Cordova]

http://www.wallofhonour.com/index.htm

*In MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden [updated - Oct 2005]

This well-designed website of Commonwealth War Cemeteries, Communal Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France enables one to inspect these cemeteries and to access basic information regarding a large number of soldiers from the Commonwealth. The main feature is a clever spreadsheet of each cemetery, a summary of nationalities, a photograph of the cemetery and an alphabetical listing of soldiers. The site also contains some beautiful photographs of a selection of regimental headstones.

http://www.inmemories.com/cemypr.htm

The World War One Memorial at Osgoode Hall Oct 2005

The memorial website from the University of Toronto 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.

[Recommended by Richard Laughton and forwarded by Chris Wright]

http://library.lsuc.on.ca/GL/Memorial/MemorialHome.htm

WW1Cemeteries.com Nov 2005

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 over the last six years. 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, and an index of "Shot at Dawn" soldiers. Again, another well designed and presented website.

http://ww1cemeteries.com/

[tonycad]

Bordenbattery,

Unfortunately, I do not have any information to add to the Canadian links listed under you post.

You may however be interested in the following photograph of the grave of a Canadian Sister in the Etaples Military Cemetery, for the link - "Nominal Roll of CEF Nursing Sisters, Killed or Died Overseas in the Great War".

Tony

[DaveBrigg]

I think the title of 'driver' could also apply to those who were on horse driven vehicles. (I have a reference to a driver killed by shelling, which also claimed the lives of several mules.) Is this the case?