canadian Overseas forces

[Kevino]

Hi

Having already visited the Long, long Trail website i am no further on with my research of a Great grandparent Leonard James Benjamin Maund (private)

He is listed in the National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 (Birmingham section)as joining in 1916 and shortly afterwards proceeding to the Western Front He was later invalided home to England and was demobed in 1919

He held the General service and Victory medals

How can i find out more details of his movements and life his Regiment or any documentation that may exist

any help would be greatly appreciated

[Broznitsky]

Having already visited the Long, long Trail website i am no further on with my research of a Great grandparent Leonard James Benjamin Maund (private)

He is listed in the National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 (Birmingham section)as joining in 1916 and shortly afterwards proceeding to the Western Front He was later invalided home to England and was demobed in 1919

He held the General service and Victory medals

How can i find out more details of his movements and life his Regiment or any documentation that may exist

any help would be greatly appreciated

Go here for a description of accessing records of a man who served in the CEF. Go here for a picture of the front page of his attestation, which lists some good biographical details. You will have to order his service records to get the rest. His rank is given as sapper, thus he served in the engineers, pioneers, or railway troops.

Have fun!

[Borden Battery]

Here are some additional websites from the CEF Study Group - we have over 300 other sites listed - Borden Battery

CEF - Canadian Government Websites - Part 1

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

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Library and Archives Canada - Military History

The fundamental URL for most CEF researchers. This site contains a wide range of basic links and represents a "starting point" for many people just beginning research on the CEF in the Great War.

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/war-military/index-e.html

Library and Archives Canada - Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)

Over 600,000 Canadians enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War (1914-1918). The CEF database is an index to those personnel files, which are held by the National Archives. To date, over 800,000 images of Attestation papers have been scanned and are being made available on-line.

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02010602_e.html

Library and Archives Canada - War Diaries of the First World War

This database contains the digitized War Diaries of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) units. From the start of the First World War, CEF units were required to maintain a daily account of their “Actions in the Field.” This log was called a War Diary. The War Diaries are not personal diaries, rather they are a historical record of a unit’s administration, operations and activities during the First World War.

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020152_e.html

Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War - Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919, Colonel G. W. L. Nicholson, C.D., Army Historical Section

This is the classic reference text [the Bible] for any student of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The original text is very difficult to obtain, however, the document is now available in .pdf format directly from the historical section of the Canadian Armed Forces website. [Note: The pagination in the online document is different than the original document - therefore citations with page number references cannot be used.]

http://www.forces.gc.ca/hr/dhh/downloads/O...ories/CEF_e.PDF

The Canadian War Museum

The Canadian War Museum (CWM) is an affiliated museum of the Canadian Museum of Civilization. The Canadian War Museum, the national military history museum is also a centre for research and the dissemination of information and expertise on all aspects of the country's military past from the pre-contact era to the present. The new museum opened in May 2005.

http://www.warmuseum.ca/

[Kevino]

Thanks for all the info it gives me loads to go on