CEF Study Group - 1 October 2007

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I have updated the CEF Study Group Recommended Great War Website List (1 October 2007) and created a new BLOG site for this information. You can access this list (over 500 websites) from the following URL address plus I have included a direct link. The information is indexed by approximately 30 categories with each website containing both an abstract and a specific URL address.

http://greatwarwebsites.blogspot.com

CEF Study Group - Recommended Websites

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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

This is the fundamental URL Internet address for most Canadian Expeditionary Force researchers. This site contains a wide range of basic links and represents a "starting point" for many people beginning research on the CEF in the Great War. For ease of navigation, several other website recommendations come from this “parent” website.[CEF Study Group - Updated July 2006]

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

Library and Archives Canada - Regimental Number List

The Regimental Number List of the Canadian Expeditionary Force is a guide which links a soldier’s regiment number to his assigned military unit. With the military unit’s name, a researcher can then search the War Diaries database. This website provides a scanned image page linking “Block Numbers” to “Military Units”. [CEF Study Group – Sept 2006]

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02015203_e.html#info

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. This material can be downloaded at no charge. The file format is a standard JPEG file. From this basic information a researcher can obtain the necessary information to acquire the full military file of a Great War soldier, however, in this latter case there will be a research fee. The CEF Study Group maintains a list of recommended National Archives researchers. [NOTE: Attestation registers (RG 9 II B8 ) contained in volumes 1 to 654 and may only be consulted at the Library and Archives Canada – they are not yet scanned and on-line.][CEF Study Group - Updated June 2007]

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archiviane...2-100.01-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.

[CEF Study Group - Updated July 2006]

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 textbook is very difficult to obtain, however, the document is now available in the Adobe .pdf format directly from the historical section of the Canadian Armed Forces website. This document can be “key-word” searched for specific military units, locations and dates.

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

[Note: The pagination in the on-line document is different than the original document, therefore formal citations with page number references cannot be used. [Note – the CEF Study Group has re-transcribed this complete document as a true facsimile of the original document. Go to http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/Nicholson/ and click on “Transcription” to access the correctly re-paginated document in either Word or Adobe 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. [CEF Study Group - Updated July 2006]

http://www.warmuseum.ca/

Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

A Canadian federal government website with general background on Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae and includes the South African War and the Great War. The day before he wrote his famous poem, one of McCrae's friends {Lt. Alexis Helmer http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc006/385066a.gif) was killed in the fighting and buried in a makeshift grave with a simple wooden cross. Wild poppies were already beginning to bloom between the crosses marking the many graves. Unable to help his friend or any of the others who had died, John McCrae gave them a voice through his poem. It was the second last poem he was to write. [CEF Study Group - Updated July 2006]

Source: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?s...firstwar/mccrae

Mark Our Place - Images and Memoirs of New Brunswickers in Wartime

This virtual exhibit includes photographs and archival documents from the collections of the Archives and Research Library of the New Brunswick Museum. The images portray the theme of the many faces of war, from the South African War to the end of the Second World War. The Great War section contains over 500 on-line exhibits of military and personal interest. [Recommended by Chris Wight][CEF Study Group - Jan 2006]

http://website.nbm-mnb.ca/MOP/index.asp

Canadian Courts-Martial of the First World War

This is a database which enables one to search Canadian courts-martials for names, rank, unit offense number(s) and date of event. Military offenses were defined in the British Army Act. These offenses, their corresponding punishments and instructions on how to run a court martial, were explained in detail in the Manual of Military Law, which was distributed to Canadian Expeditionary Force units. Not all details are available. [CEF Study Group - Feb 2006]

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archiviane...al/index-e.html

CEF General Research Websites - Part 2

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

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*Canadian Great War Project

This massive database and reference website enables one to research Canadians who participated in the Great War – perhaps the first place to begin any serious research. The website is very extensive and the features are beyond a short abstract - the reader should allocate several hours to fully appreciate it. At present there are over 73,000 database records of individual soldiers in the database. Not all entries have full details but these are being built up soldier by soldier. In addition, there is now a “GrandsonMicheal” section which greatly facilitates the access and reading of many of the digitized CEF war diaries and now a section of BEF war diaries. Marc Leroux is always looking for a few dedicated volunteers to assist in expanding the records base. [A Marc Leroux website][CEF Study Group – March 2007 – Updated]

http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com

*The Matrix Project - Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group

The Matrix Project is a unique element of the CEF Study Group. Initially developed and hosted on an associated CEF member's website, the project is an integral part of the CEFSG. The Matrix is a web-based database of collective information provided by the CEFSG Members and provides information on all of the structure and components of the CEF during 1914 to 1919. The main CEF Matrix (the Army Corps and Army Troops) is supported by a number of "Utility Functions" for both the inexperienced and seasoned researcher. The Utility Functions are: Matrix Updates, Navigation Chart, Unit Summary Tables, Great War Maps, CEF Study Group Recommended Websites, Common Abbreviations, ORBAT Directory, and War Diary Links. The Matrix presents most of the information in a "loosely defined" Order of Battle [ORBAT] format. In addition, the Matrix Section has re-transcribed Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919, Colonel G. W. L. Nicholson, C.D. as a true facsimile of the original document.

[CEF Study Group – Jan 2007 – Updated]

http://cefmatrix.blogspot.com/

NOTE: A correctly paginated document at with maps and a Google Earth overlay is now available at http://cefresearch.com/matrix/Nicholson/ For detailed information on The Matrix please see : http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/

Regional and Regimental Affiliations of the Canadian Expeditionary Force

The following tables from www.canadiansoldiers.com present a clear outline of the many military units which formed the Canadian Corps during the Great War. Readers not familiar with the Canadian Corps and its sub-units are advised to visit this website first to familiarize themselves. [Also See Part 5][CEF Study Group - July 2006]

http://canadiansoldiers.com/cef/cefregions.htm

*The CEF Paper Trail - Brett Payne Website

An Unofficial Guide to the Official Canadian Army Service Records from the Great War

This project involves collating examples of each type of document found in a soldier's World War I Canadian Expeditionary Force Service Records. The guide is designed to show prospective researchers what they may expect in a soldiers' service records. It's important to be aware that you will only find a selection of these records in your particular CEF soldier's file. Brett Payne and other researchers with the CEF Study Group are seeking additional CEF documents. A very well done summary of representative documents and invaluable for any student of the Great War. [Note: Some images will be slow to load under dial-up access.][CEF Study Group - July 2005]

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~b...rtrail.html#top

*Russians & Ukrainians in the C.E.F. 1914-1919

This website complements research on a pending book of the same title. What role was played by Ukrainians in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War? Men from Ukraine and other regions of Imperial Russia enlisted in Canada. The tale of Ukrainians forced into internment camps has been told and now it is time to talk about the men who fought for Canada. This website includes material on the 41st French-Canadian Battalion, the 3rd Pioneer (48th Victoria) Battalion, the 29th Vancouver (Tobin's Tigers) Battalion and the Canadian Forestry Corps. Contact and interviews with descendants of these veterans is needed for the forthcoming book. There is also a section on how to research a soldier from the CEF. [A Peter Broznitsky website][CEF Study Group – Jan 2007]

www.russiansinthecef.ca

*Canada & World War One - The First Contingent

A simple but effective image-based, MSN-formatted website dedicated to those who served Canada during World War One. It includes individual accounts, commemoration, images from the Home Front, military medicine, memorabilia, POWs, newspaper captions, links to other websites, propaganda, Native Canadians and war art. [An M. I. Pirie /canadawwi website][CEF Study Group - Dec 2005 - Updated]

http://groups.msn.com/CanadaWorldWarOnethe...gent/index.msnw

*Canadian Military Biography

Canadian Military Biography is a web-based military history publication, resurrected from an earlier print format magazine published in Alberta. It is e-published by M.A.R.S. Press, of Burnaby, B.C., Canada. The content, in general, will reflect Canadian military biography from all periods, with emphasis on the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War and WW2. Articles and contributions are solicited by the editor and the first edition reflects attention to detail, polish and is indicative of a new resource for military historians. [A Ronald Jack website][CEF Study Group - Sept 2007]

http://www.canadianmilitarybiography.ca/

Canadian Military History Journal

Canadian Military History is a "journal-in-a-magazine-format" published by the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies since 1992. Presently in its 13th volume, CMH continues to fulfill its original mandate, this being to explore all aspects of Canada's military history, from the earliest days through to the twenty-first century. Particular emphasis is given to the First and Second World Wars. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2005 - Updated]

http://northernblue.ca/mblog/index.php?/ar...ry-Journal.html

Canadian Military History News

A recommended site with a wide range of topics from 1755 until the present. There are a several topical items which are updated on a regular basis and this site is constantly being updated as well. [CEF Study Group]

http://northernblue.ca/mblog/index.php

Canadian Military History

A Bibliography of Regimental and Military Histories and Relative Material in the University of Calgary Library

This university website has a comprehensive listing of CEF material in one quick to access site. There are several references to a long list of CEF battalion histories. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2005 - Updated]

http://library.ucalgary.ca/subjectpages/so...taryhistory.php

The Sm@rtLibrary Project

The Sm@rtLibrary project is an initiative of Sm@rtCapital; coordinated by OCRI and funded by Industry Canada's Smart Communities program. This first release of Sm@rtLibrary lets you search the library catalogues of Carleton University, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, the Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa Public Library and the University of Ottawa. Later releases will include the catalogues of other libraries within the Ottawa - Gatineau region. Search for books, magazines, journals, maps, music, videos, electronic and other resources in libraries within the Ottawa Gatineau Region - all with a single search. A very impressive search engine. [CEF Study Group - May 2006 - Updated]

http://search.smartlib-bibliogen.ca/zengin...n=ZSearchSimple English

http://recherche.smartlib-bibliogen.ca/zen...n=ZSearchSimple French

Canadian Great War Homepage - Canada's Role in World War I

The goal of this comprehensive website is to preserve the records and memories of Canadians who served their country, and to ensure that their sacrifices are not forgotten. Through the Canadian Military Heritage Project it is hoped to maintain the tradition of remembrance and to foster pride in our military heritage. [A Brian Lee Massey Website][CEF Study Group - Jan 2006]

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/

Stephen's Study Room: British Military & Criminal History 1900 to 1999

This web site is mainly concerned with British 20th Century (1900 - 1999) military and criminal history. The site features some good background material on the Great War, medals, courts-marshalls, some memorials and a good section on other reference links.[Recommendation by Pierre][CEF Study Group - Jan 2006]

http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/index.htm

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BEF - General Websites - Part 3(a)

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

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*The Somme Battlefields - Paul Reed

The website was established to mark the 90th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme - an extended battle which claimed the lives of more than 150,000 soldiers from Britain and the Commonwealth. This website was launched to commemorate the men who fought and died in the fields of Picardy. It contains much information on this specific battle and will also be of use to anyone thinking of traveling to this region of France. There is also a discussion forum on this website. In December 2006 the discussion forum was locked for year 2007 but will remain online as an archive. [CEF Study Group – Jan 2007 Updated]

http://www.somme-1916.com/

The First World War. Com - The War to End All Wars

The purpose of this extensive website is to provide an overview of the First World War and a number of its elements. The site contains a drop-down menu of key battles and major themes across the masthead. In addition, there is a wide selection of sections and sub-sections which are too numerous to list. A summary of the site-metrics best outlines the details of this site: 4,600 Photographs, 5,100 Audio Files, 155 Video Files, 140 Battle Summaries, 140 Biographies, 700 Encyclopedia Entries, 3,100 Diaries & Memoirs, 100 Feature Articles, 110 Poems, 140 Propaganda Posters and 650 Primary Source Documents 520. This was one of the first sites selected by the CEF Study Group. [A Michael Duffy website][CEF Study Group - August 2006 - Updated]

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

Pro Patria Mori - Gommecourt

'Pro Patria Mori' - the web site - is dedicated to the memory of the men of the BEF and the Imperial German Army who died at Gommecourt on Saturday, 1st July 1916. The London Scottish and seven other battalions of the 56th Division went 'over the top' to storm Gommecourt - a village recognized as the strongest position in the German lines. This very well designed and presented website sets a new standard in documentation, referenced information and in presentation. Pro Patria Mori is broken down into the following links: Home, The Plan, The Place, The Men, The Weapons , The Battle, The Aftermath, Memorials & Graves, Links & Sources. [it is sweet and proper to die for one's country][An Alan MacDonald Website][CEF Study Group - April 2006]

http://www.gommecourt.co.uk

Chailey 1914-1918

This website is a tribute to the men and women of Chailey during the First World War: those who nursed or were nursed there; those who answered their country's call; those who lie in some corner of a foreign field. This website comprises separate sections on Chailey Parish, the 'hospitals': Hickwells and Beechland House, and the protagonists: patients, nurses and Chailey's men. A narrative, The Hospital Way tells the full story of Chailey's Great War. It is a careful and detailed documentation of this specific district and their actions and lives during the war. [Paul Nixon Website][CEF Study Group - April 2006]

http://www.chailey1914-1918.net

*The Old Front Line

This is a web site dedicated to the history and battlefields of the Great War 1914-1918 and provides information about the war and on how to visit the battlefields in France and Flanders. It compliments the research and tour guide operation of Paul Reed [military historian and author of several books in the 'Battleground Europe' series published by Pen & Sword][CEF Study Group]

http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/

21st Division: 1914-1918

This new website [Aug 2006] is developing the history of the 21st Division, British Expeditionary Force (BEF) between 1914-1918. During this period it suffered 55,581 killed, wounded and missing. The website is clean and in a format that will accommodate the expansion of the sections which include Battle Honours, Divisional Staff, Order of Battle, representative battles, biographies of fighting solders and standard links and book reviews. Hypertexting will add additional information throughout. [An armourersergeant Website][CEF Study Group - Aug 2006]

http://www.21stdivision1914-18.org/index.htm

Hellfire Corner Great War - Home of Tom Morgan Military Books

A significant number of short articles by a range of authors, book listings and other Great War website links. The book listing is extensive featuring the book cover, short abstract and price. The site includes battlefield guides for today, war memorials, individual articles on specific soldiers and general interest articles by a wide range of international researchers. [CEF Study Group – January 2007 - Updated]

http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk

The London Gazette - Great War Archive

The London, Edinburgh, and Belfast Gazettes are the official newspapers of record in the United Kingdom and include notices relating to State, Parliament, Planning, Transport, Public Finance, etc. There are a number of supplements to the London Gazette, which cover single subjects. These include: the Queen’s Birthday Honours and the New Years Honours, Imperial Service Medal, and the Ministry of Defence including promotions and military awards. This section is a data base search for the Great War. Results in .pdf format. [Recommended by Richard Laughton][CEF Study Group - Oct 2005]

http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveSe...amp;Referer=WW1

*The Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War

The Bedfordshire Regiment saw action on the Western Front, Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine. A total of 21 Infantry Battalions were formed within the Regiment between 1914 and 1918. The website contains information on many of the raised Battalions, transcribed war diaries, Orders of Battle, photographs and biographies and a special biographical section on Herbert Charles Kendall.

[A Steve Fuller Website][CEF Study Group]

http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/

Derbyshire Lads at War: 1914 – 1918

This website records and honours the memory of Derbyshire men who participated in the Great War. The site includes an extensive alphabetical listing of county memorials, a detailed military event summary of selected men and the start of a simple but dignified short biography of many of other the Fallen, a Roll of Auxiliary Home Hospitals Derbyshire and a special biographical section of Herbert Burman. [An Andrew Heskith website][CEF Study Group - June 2006]

http://www.derbyshirelads.uwclub.net/

The Glorious Glosters – The Gloucestershire Regiment 1914-1919

This website has a simple but clear format with information on most of the 18 battalions of the Gloucestershire Regiment by year and including Russia in 1919. There is generally a narrative of events, recipients of awards (DSO, MM & DCM), honour rolls (Loos, Gallipoli) and lists of officers killed by year. Recommended by [Fedelmar][CEF Study Group - Sept 2006]

http://members.tripod.com/%7EGlosters/first.html

Imperial War Museum – Battle of the Somme

The Battle of the Somme began on 1 July 1916. It lasted for five months and was one of the most bitterly contested and costly battles of the First World War. This Imperial War Museum website presents information organized under the broad categories of The Battle, Personal Stories and The Somme Revisited. Within each of these general categories are a significant number of subsets of information. [CEF Study Group – Sept 2006]

http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00o

CEF - General Websites - Part 3(b )

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

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*Canada and the Great War

The webmaster states there are two reasons for posting this site: primarily to raise awareness and interest for this topic. Secondly to assist anyone who may be interested in touring the region so that they may find sites of interest and better enjoy the hospitality of the Belgian and French people. There is an extensive section on the restoration of the Vimy Memorial. [A John Stevens website][CEF Study Group - June 2006 - Updated]

http://www.thegreatwar.ca/

The Regimental Warpath

A good start in listing of a wide range of national military units from the Great War. More work needs to be done on the Canadian Expeditionary Force, perhaps some member could assist in the work being done by volunteer effort by the site owner. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.warpath.orbat.com/index.htm

Canada in Flanders by Sir Max Aitken, M.P.

The book [6th edition in 1916] is dated and somewhat romantic and overly patriotic, however, it probably represents at least the general public's initial understanding of the first part of the Great War from the Canadian perspective. The book divided into the following; Chapter 1 - Mobilization, Chapter II - Warfare, Chapter III - Neuve Chapelle, Chapter IV - Ypres, Chapter V - A Wave of Battle, Chapter VI - Festubert, Chapter VII - Givenchy, Chapter VIII - Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry, Chapter IX - The Prime Minister, Chapter X The Canadian Corps and Appendices I to VI. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Ecansk/CanadaInFlanders/index.html

Canadian Soldiers Memories - French Site

The author of this site [dominique-faivre@wanadoo.fr] collects photographs of graffiti left by Canadians soldiers from the Great War. CLICK on the Canadian flag and then on the British flag to get into the English language section. There is a remarkable and carefully prepared database which links Canadian soldiers to graffiti and engravings. It takes a little while to find this material, however the sensitive treatment of the material makes it worthwhile. [CEF Study Group - April 2005]

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/canadianssoldiersm...-1918/index.htm

AIF - General Websites - Part 3(c )

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

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Australian War Memorial

The website provides sections on Australian Military History, First World War Official Histories, Australian Military Units and Military Organizational and Structure. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/index.htm

ANZAC

This website features the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps - the Anzacs. Naturally, it includes much information on Gallipoli. There are also sections on the Prelude to War, the Red Baron [who killed him], interesting sections recorded poems and images and Lance Corporal/Sapper William Dalton Lycett's detailed personal diary. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2005]

http://www.anzacs.net/Airaces.htm

Fifty Australians

Fifty Australians provides a cross-section of Australians – sometimes a leader, a hero, or even a rogue – who saw war and its effects. Some of these men and women gave their lives, others became renowned for their wartime courage or example, while others, affected for better or worse, emerged to face the peace where they would make their own particular mark. Many of the stories come from the Great War. [CEF Study Group - April 2006]

http://www.awm.gov.au/fiftyaustralians/index.asp

Tpr. William Edward (Billy) Sing, DCM, Croix de Guerre

Trooper Billy Sing was an ace Australian sniper with Australian Fifth Light Horse Regiment who is credited with 150 Turkish kills. To the Anzacs in the trenches he was "The Assassin". The site provides a short history of his actions at Gallipoli including a recorded duel with a Turkish sniper. [CEF Study Group - April 2006]

http://www.lighthorse.org.au/Pershist/billsing.htm

42nd Infantry Battalion Australian Imperial Force (42Bn AIF)

This site presents a comprehensive account of an Australian Infantry Battalion in World War I, including the electronic version of the book by Vivian Brahms called recounting the actions of the 42nd Battalion AIF in 1916-1919 during that "Great War" with other interesting things like the nominal rolls and the reasons for the award of medals. It has photos of medals awarded and some input from other authors but in all cases the subject is the 42nd. It has the tanks, the enemy and old soldiers. See a "Dead Man's Penny". Hear the Battalion March. See Knighthood awards.

[CEF Study Group - Apr 2006]

http://www.firstaif.info/42/

National Archives of Australia – Records of Samuel Robert Cooke (Reg #664)

This website presents the military and medical documentation of Pte. Samuel Robert Cooke (Reg. No. 664). Pte. Cooke was born in Quebec, Canada and enlisted with the 41st Battalion, AIF in Australia. There are 60 photographic pages of his records including him dying of wounds.[Recommended by Plan][CEF Study Group - June 2006]

http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.as...mp;SE=undefined

Fiji in the First World War

In August 1914 Great Britain declared war on Germany and the small colony of Fiji rallied to the call. About 400 young men living and working in the colony from Australia, New Zealand or Britain returned to their homelands and enlisted. This small and specialized website provides photographs, details on some of the volunteers and enlistment, the Fijian Labour Corps, a brief reference to the overseas placements, a listing of Medals and Awards and a list of those who died in association with Fiji. There is even a photograph of “Ladies' Machine Gun Corps” of Fiji. [C. Liava'a. Website][CEF Study Group - July 2006]

http://www.freewebs.com/fiji/

Glossary of Slang and Peculiar Terms – A.I.F Great War

The glossary, compiled by the newly formed Australian War Memorial’s librarians over the period 1921 to 1924, provides a snapshot of the language of the soldiers who had fought for Australia and the Empire in the Middle East and Europe. Over 900 terms are included in the glossary, some Australian, some more general, but all with special relevance for the troops’ experience of the war.

[Recommended by Ozzie – GWF][CEF Study Group – Sept 2006]

http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/res/aehist/wwi/annoted1.php

AEF, French & Other General Websites - Part 3(d)

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

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Western Front Association

The Western Front Association was formed with the aim of furthering interest in the period 1914-1918, to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all those who served their countries in France and Flanders and their own countries during The Great War. The object of The Association is to educate the public in the history of The Great War with particular reference to the Western Front. The information and short articles are very well presented and this site should be "book-marked" by the serious student of the Great War. A significant number of Great War website links are also on this website. [CEF Study Group - June 2006 - Updated]

http://www.westernfront.co.uk/

http://www.westernfrontassociation.com

AEF - The Story of the American Expeditionary Forces - Doughboy Center

The site is linked to the Great War Society and contains a wide range of topics and information on the American Expeditionary Force. [CEF Study Group]

http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/ghq1arm.htm

Santerre 14-18 - French Site

A French language site with some little known photographs, diagrams, recommended books including several CEF books, short histories and a rare photograph of a German AV7 tank attacking at Villers-Brettoneaux on 24 April 1918. [CEF Study Group - April 2005]

http://www.chez.com/santerre1418/

War, Literature and the Arts

A publication of the United States Air Force Academy. The opinions expressed in this journal may not necessarily be those of the editors, the Academy, or the Department of the Air Force. WLA exists as a forum for many voices seeking an understanding of war and art, and the intersection of the two. Appears to be very well written will detailed articles. [CEF Study Group - April 2005]

http://www.wlajournal.com/

An Unfortunate Region

A website about the Great War battlefields and individuals. There is a unique section with a set of current oblique air photographs of selected battlefields with annotations. The site also provides some unique comments on the neutral "Front" of the Dutch Army during the Great War. [CEF Study Group - May 2005]

http://www.unfortunate-region.org/

The Battle of Verdun

This English-Dutch website has been built for all who are interested in the battle of Verdun (1916) and/or those who want to visit Verdun and its surroundings in the future. It provides a nice overview of this major battle between French and German forces. [CEF Study Group - April 2006]

http://www.xs4all.nl/~verdun/

Passion & Compassion 1914-1918 - Feeling the Great War

This English-French website proposes to bring forward some of passion and compassion of the Great War through the use of quotations, images, background on battle sites, references to other links, recommended readings and other website links. [CEF Study Group - May 2006]

http://www.passioncompassion1418.com/english_index.html

Clausewitz Home Page

The Prussian military thinker Carl von Clausewitz is widely acknowledged as one of the most important of the major strategic theorists. Even though he's been dead for over a century-and-a-half, he remains the most frequently cited, the most controversial, and in many respects the most modern. This website is intended as a central source for information, articles, and arguments about the man and his ideas. It is designed to accommodate anyone interested in understanding human strategies, including not only scholarly researchers on Clausewitz but also students and faculty in professional military education (PME) institutions, business schools, and other organizations concerned with human competition and conflict. [CEF Study Group - May 2006]

http://www.clausewitz.com/CWZHOME/CWZBASE.htm

Florida State Archives, Memory Project – World War I

The World War I service cards provide name; age; serial number; race; place of birth; and residence; for service men and women who were either from Florida or who entered service in Florida. The data base and scanned images amount to over 40,000 entries. [CEF Study Group – Sept 2006]

http://floridamemory.com/Collections/wwi/

National WWI Museum - Former Liberty Memorial Museum

This website features new National WWI Museum (formerly the Liberty Memorial Museum and Memorial) from Kansas City, Missouri, USA. The website features short discussions on the Great War from the American perspective. [Recommended by better ole - GWF][CEF Study Group – Dec 2006]

http://www.libertymemorialmuseum.org

General Research Websites - Part 3(e)

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

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World War I Research Site

This is an extensive reference website created and maintained by Mary Weidenhaft. The individual categories, which includes a wide range of URL links to other sites, are too numerous to list – the reader should access and review the site for themselves. [Recommendation by GrandsonMicheal][CEF Study Group – Dec 2006]

http://www.fidnet.com/~weid/ww1.html

World War One In The News

This website is unique in that it trawls the world’s newspapers and magazines for articles and news items on WW1 and brings them all together on one site. All the articles are linked together and accessed via groupings so one article may appear under more than one heading. This link will take you to the latest news page, all other categories can be accessed from there. Just click on new window under the extant of an article or news item to see the whole piece.

[Recommendation by A Co, 27th Bn. ][CEF Study Group – Mar 2007]

http://firstworldwar.cloudworth.com/