CEF Study Group - BLOGS

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Great War Blog Websites - Part 27

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

*CEF Study Group – Recommended Great War Website List June 2006

This BLOG contains the most current list of known websites associated with the Great War. Recommendations are accepted at any time. Each website is researched and a short abstract is developed for the site. In general, the CEF Study Group's Recommended List is directed to the actions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force [CEF], however, owing to the linkages and impact of this global war many other websites are being added. This BLOG will be updated and amended on a monthly basis.

http://cefstudygroupwebsitelist.blogspot.c...t-may-2006.html

*CEF Great War Research – The Matrix Project June 2006

The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) Study Group (SG) is an international group of military history buffs who are researching the role of their grandparents and great grandparents (or other friends and relatives) during the Great War (World War One). For additional information, please visit the CEFSG Matrix Project: http://cefmatrix.blogspot.com/ or join us at the CEFSG Forum: http://www.cefresearch.com/phpBB2/index.php

*Grampa's War – A Journal for Charles Leslie Lionel Payne (1892-1975) June 2006

This Blog presents a journal of the of Brett Payne's efforts to discover more about the experiences of his grandfather Charles Leslie Lionel Payne (1892-1975) as a Canadian machine-gunner during the Great War. The Blog provides lettes, photographs and explanatory information to tell part of the story of his late Grandfather's life as associated to the Great War.

http://grandpaswar.blogspot.com/

Canadian Military Historians June 2006

This Blog by Ken Reynolds provides an update on news about projects on Canadian military history and the community of historians behind them.

http://cmhistorians.blogspot.com/2006/05/l...of-calgary.html

Dear Miss Griffis – First World War Letters from Harold McGill to Emma Griffis June 2006

This Blog site presents an exchange of letters between Dr. Harold Wigmore McGill and Nurse Emma Girffis. Dr. McGill graduated in medicine from the University of Manitoba in 1905, enlisted with the 31st Battalion CEF during the First World War, and served in the 5th Canadian Field Ambulance Corps at the front line in France. Harold’s descriptions of the horrors of war are very frank and in no way censored for her feminine eyes, perhaps because she too was in the medical profession, and he knew that descriptions of blood and death would not shock her. The "Dear Miss Griffis" blog was started in March 2006 as a unique way to share the stories in these letters. Each week the Glenbow Museum posts a letter, beginning with the very first one written by Harold to Emma, dated June 16, 1915. Subscribe to the RSS and be engaged in a true story from the past. I hope you enjoy our storytelling blog.

http://missgriffis.wordpress.com/2006/03/17/love-and-war/

[marina]

The Miss Griffis letters are very good - particularly enjoyed the officer with cold feet! Thanks for that.

Marina

[Borden Battery]

I see an interesting future for the development and linking of specific BLOGS to both discussion forums and associated websites.

For example, if one were interested, it might be quite remarkable to "data-mine" a discussion forum and extract and edit a large number of postings/threads to produce a comprehensive summary of an item or debate. The resulting material could then be "Blogged" and presented back to the discussion forum-website as a "value-added" product.

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The CEF Study Group Recommended Great War Website List has been updated to the 1 June 2006 edition and is directly accessible on its own BLOG site which is linked to the CEF Study Group.

The List has increased from some 350 websites to about 390 websites duuring the past month. There is still a substantial list of sites being researched and reviewed and these will be added over the next two or three editions.

A few websites have broken URL links which we could not trace back to an existing website and they have been deleted, added two new categories and we have done a little internal editting. For this edition we have also started to include some Great War Blogs - in this case the majority are from members of the CEF Study Group.

CEF Study Group members with their own websites [Look for the Asterisk] are most welcome to add this link to their websites. Further, please feel free to promote these websites to your readers as it is our hope we can establish stronger linkages and working relationships amongst a growing body of webmasters to facilitate both CEF Study Group member research capabilities ... and ...recognize the high amount of time and creative effort being invested in the Great War websites and blogs.

The Great War Forum is also listed under Great War Discussion Forums.

NOTE: When I posted the lasted list there was a slight change in the URL address and the original Blog no longer exists. I will try to avoid this change in the next edition.

You can access the CEF Study Group BLOG at this address:

http://cefstudygroupwebsitelist.blogspot.c...-great-war.html

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Infantry in Battle – George C. Marshall, Colonel

This historic 1934 booklet [97 pages] treats a wide range axioms, scenarios and tactics of smaller units and is illustrated by examples drawn from the [Great] World War. The format includes an outline, discussion, map(s) and conclusion. [July 2006]

http://cgsc.leavenworth.army.mil/carl/reso...iji/iib_iji.asp

CEF Study Group Recommended Website

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Roll of Honour – Lest We Forget

This comprehensive memorial website is dedicated to those men and women originally from Great Britain. Recorded are war memorial databases within counties which then include short biographical details. The main sections have a drop-down menu at the top of the page which link to a series of databases. The search features enable a quick search. Comprehensive and expanding.

[Recommended by hmsk212 - GWF][July 2005]

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/

[Paul Nixon]

Also my 1914-1918 Chailey blog at: http://chailey1418.blogspot.com/ which serves as a vehicle for latest news and observations / remembrances not covered elsewhere on my site.

Paul

(PS - thanks BB for the recent plugs on other posts).

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Hello Paul

We also have a growing list of BLOGS on the CEF Study Group List ... will add your Blog to this relatively new list in time for the 1 July 206 edition.

Also, you and several other webmasters might consider developing mutual linkages to establish a mutual circuit for any Internet surfers.

Regards

Dwight

PS When I started this List of Great War websites ... I thought it would top out at about 50 websites ... little did I know it is accelerating.

Great War Blog Websites - Part 27

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

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*CEF Study Group – Recommended Great War Website List

This BLOG contains the most current list of known websites associated with the Great War. Recommendations are accepted at any time. Each website is researched and a short abstract is developed for the site. In general, the CEF Study Group's Recommended List is directed to the actions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force [CEF], however, owing to the linkages and impact of this global war many other websites are being added. This BLOG will be updated and amended on a monthly basis. [June 2006]

http://cefstudygroupwebsitelist.blogspot.com/

*CEF Great War Research – The Matrix Project

The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) Study Group (SG) is an international group of military history buffs who are researching the role of their grandparents and great grandparents (or other friends and relatives) during the Great War (World War One). For additional information, [as of June 2006]please visit the CEFSG Matrix Project: http://cefmatrix.blogspot.com/ or visit The Matrix at the CEFSG Forum: http://www.cefresearch.com/phpBB2/index.php

*Grandpa's War

This well designed Blog presents a journal of Brett Paynes's research into the experiences of his grandfather Charles Leslie Lionel Payne (1892-1975) as a machine-gunner in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The Blog provides letters, photographs and explanatory information to tell part of the story of his late Grandfather's life as an Emma Gee. [June 2006]

http://grandpaswar.blogspot.com/

*Canadian Military Historians

This Blog by Ken Reynolds provides a timely update on news regarding projects on Canadian military history and the community of professional and amateur historians behind them. In addition, a personal project is the research and documentation of the history of the 38th Battalion, CEF, 1914 to 1919. [June 2006]

http://cmhistorians.blogspot.com

Dear Miss Griffis – First World War Letters from Harold to Emma

This Blog site presents an exchange of letters between Dr. Harold Wigmore McGill and Nurse Emma Girffis. Dr. McGill graduated in medicine from the University of Manitoba in 1905, enlisted with the 31st Battalion CEF during the First World War, and served in the 5th Canadian Field Ambulance Corps at the front line in France. Harold’s descriptions of the horrors of war are very frank and in no way censored for her feminine eyes, perhaps because she too was in the medical profession, and he knew that descriptions of blood and death would not shock her. The "Dear Miss Griffis" blog was started in March 2006 as a unique way to share the stories in these letters. Each week the Glenbow Museum posts a letter, beginning with the very first one written by Harold to Emma, dated June 16, 1915. Subscribe to the RSS and be engaged in a true story from the pasts. [June 2006]

http://missgriffis.wordpress.com/2006/03/17/love-and-war/

*Canons 14-18 Guns

This Blog presents images of cannons from the Great War which can be found in Europe as part of monuments and local artifacts. There is a short commentary for several of the pictures and drawings.[Recommendation by Guns1418 from Burgundy France][June 2006]

http://canonspgmww1guns.canalblog.com/arch...2.html#comments

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Barwick in Elmet and Scholes War Memorial Site

Two Villages on the Eastern Fringes of Leeds.

This simple website commemorates and offers short biographies of the men from Barwick in Elmet, and Scholes who were lost in both world wars. The website, if you search, also offers a poignant reminder of a modern day parents' loss of a son – past and present, many others have experienced and understand. [July 2006]

http://www.pro-patria-mori.co.uk/