World War 1 - 1914-1918. As this is such a large topic there are hundreds of websites listed here. To narrow down your search we recommend that you use the Keyword page.
Classification: | World War I, Discharge / Pension Records, Service Records |
Title: | British Army Service Records between 1760 and 1939 |
Link: | https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-service-records |
Description: | Find My Past's British Army Service Record between 1760 and 1939 |
Extra Info: | Service records from World War 1, from the WO 363 service records and WO 364 pension records. |
Classification: | Army, World War I |
Title: | 17th (Northern) Division |
Link: | https://17thdivison.tripod.com/ |
Description: | 17th (Northern) Division History 1914- 1918 |
Extra Info: | A history of the division at the start of WWI, later years not yet completed. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I |
Title: | 21st Division 1914-18, A Divisonal History |
Link: | https://www.21stdivision1914-18.org/ |
Description: | 21st Division 1914-18, A Divisonal History |
Extra Info: | Includes a list of battle honours, commanding officers, details of some of the battles fought, some of the individual soldier's stories and more. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | 8th (S) Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180722234403/http://... |
Description: | 8th (S) Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment - Abridged World War One Diary |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available. The information on the site is taken from a booklet, published after WW1. Includes a diary of events involving the Battalion and a list of commanding officers. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, Pictures / Photographs, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Newspapers |
Title: | A Multimedia History of World War One |
Link: | https://www.firstworldwar.com/ |
Description: | A Multimedia History of World War One |
Extra Info: | A site with much information about WWI, details and dates of each battles, source documents, photographs, diaries and much more. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | A Street Near You - Exploring the Legacy of the First World War. |
Link: | https://astreetnearyou.org/#=undefined&lat=10&... |
Description: | Exploring the local legacy of the First World War, but at a global scale. |
Extra Info: | Mapping out the locations of WW1 casualties, showing the home locations. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | Ancestry's Electrical Engineer WWI and WWII Rolls of Honour, 1924, 1949 |
Link: | https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/engelecengwarrollhon/ |
Description: | Electrical Engineer WWI and WWII Rolls of Honour, 1924, 1949 |
Extra Info: | The Institution of Engineering and Technology was founded in 1871 as the Society of Telegraph Engineers and later became the Institution of Electrical Engineers. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records |
Title: | Army Ancestry Research |
Link: | https://armyancestry.blogspot.com/ |
Description: | British Army research: tips, links and articles from a British military history expert. |
Classification: | World War I, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Service Records |
Title: | Army Service Numbers 1881-1918 |
Link: | https://armyservicenumbers.blogspot.com/ |
Description: | British regimental number research. |
Extra Info: | British regimental number research. First World War research. Military research. British Army regiments. Regimental numbering sequences between 1881 and 1918. Regimental number series. Other rank prisoners of war 1914. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | Barnbow Munitions Factory 1915-1918 |
Link: | https://barnbow.webs.com/ |
Description: | Barnbow Munitions Factory 1915-1918 |
Extra Info: | The women who died at the Barnbow Munitions Factory 1915-1918. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | Battle of Cambrai |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20170305114403/http://... |
Description: | Battle of Cambrai 1917 |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer live. Most information still seems to be available. May be slow to load. Details of the battle, photographs of then and now and the memorials. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Pictures / Photographs, Ships, Other Transport, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Britain's Small Wars |
Link: | http://www.britainssmallwars.co.uk/ |
Description: | Britain's Small Wars - Forgotten Wars |
Extra Info: | Details of many of Britain's 'forgotten' conflicts, with details of memorials and stories. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Medals / Awards |
Title: | Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards |
Link: | Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards from Find My Past |
Description: | Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards |
Link: | British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 |
Description: | British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Discharge / Pension Records |
Title: | British Army WWI Pension Records |
Link: | British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 |
Description: | British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 |
Classification: | World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Maps, Information |
Title: | British History Online |
Link: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/ |
Description: | British History Online |
Extra Info: | A variety of records and documents relating to the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Academy / Training / Cadets, Information, Other |
Title: | British Pathe Film Archive |
Link: | https://www.britishpathe.com |
Description: | British Pathe Film Archive 1896-1970 |
Extra Info: | All sorts of social and military history on film. |
Classification: | World War I, Newspapers |
Title: | British Presence in South Patagonia |
Link: | https://patbrit.org/ |
Description: | British Presence in South Patagonia |
Extra Info: | World War I, 1914-1918 seen through the pages of the Magellan Times |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Diary of Lt Victor Edward Borgonon |
Link: | https://www.borgognon.net/VEBdiary.html |
Description: | Diary of Lt Victor Edward Borgonon 1918 |
Extra Info: | The diary is the record of an ordinary junior officer's duties in the latter part of the WWI, after he was a gas casualty on the front, and subseqeuntly posted to Salonika, a suitable posting for soldiers returning to active service after convalescence. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | England Data from Ancestry |
Link: | England Data from Ancestry |
Description: | England Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes National Roll of the Great War, 1914-1918, memorial books from WWI and WWII and more. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, World War II |
Title: | Find My Past's The Military Collection |
Link: | Find My Past's Military, armed forces & conflict |
Description: | Find My Past's The Military Collection |
Extra Info: | An extensive military collection to help you to locate your ancestors who served in World War One and World War Two. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Discharge / Pension Records, Officers' Records, Service Records, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards |
Title: | Fold3's UK World War 1 Records |
Link: | http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-1363683-10934994?url=... |
Description: | Fold3's UK World War 1 Records main page. |
Extra Info: | Ancestry's military history companion website with over 31 Million records. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | From Gallipoli to Baghdad - William Ewing MC DD |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/fromgallipolitob00ewinr... |
Description: | From Gallipoli to Baghdad - William Ewing MC DD, Chaplain to the Forces, Published 1917 |
Extra Info: | Online book. William Ewing MC DD wrote a day to day account of what was happening and sent this weekly to his congregation back home, some letters were published in newsapapers and journals of the day. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Gallipoli - John Masefield |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/gallipoli00maseuoft |
Description: | Gallipoli - John Masefield, Published 1916 |
Extra Info: | Online book. John Masefield was asked so many times about his experiences that he decided to publish the book to answer all the question he kept being asked. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Gallipoli Diary - Major John Graham Gillam DSO |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/gallipolidiary00gillric... |
Description: | Gallipoli Diary - Major John Graham Gillam DSO, Published 1918 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Major John Graham Gillam DSO, explains in his preface how he came to publish his diary about Gallipoli, it includes illustrations and photographs. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Gallipoli Diary - Sir Ian Hamilton |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/cu31924088057223 |
Description: | Gallipoli Diary - Sir Ian Hamilton, Published 1920, Volume 2 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Sir Ian Hamilton published his diary and account of Gallipoli soon after the war so that any challenges to what he had written could be made whilst he was still alive. Includes the index to volume 1 and 2. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I |
Title: | Gommecourt, 1st July 1916 |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20180330005716/http://w... |
Description: | Gommecourt, 1st July 1916 |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be availble. Includes details of the battle plan, the men involved, the battle itself and a list of those who gave their lives. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Newspapers |
Title: | Guardian Newspaper |
Link: | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/-sp-... |
Description: | Guardian Newspaper - How it Covered the Last Century |
Extra Info: | The newspaper articles cover the period 1899-1999. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Harry's World War One |
Link: | https://www.trenchesandtrees.org/ |
Description: | Harry's World War One - Trenches and Trees, War Memories. |
Extra Info: | Harry Wiliams' war, an account from his signing up, to the battlefields of world war one. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Museums, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Aircraft, Ships, Information |
Title: | Imperial War Museum |
Link: | https://www.iwm.org.uk/ |
Description: | Imperial War Museum - links to the museums at London, Duxford, IWM North, HMS Belfast and Churchill Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in London, Salford Quays & Duxford. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Museums, Officers' Records, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster |
Link: | http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/ |
Description: | King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster |
Extra Info: | Located in Lancaster. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Letters of Lieutenant J N Wreford Brown during the Great War |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20121011162306/http://w... |
Description: | Letters of Lieutenant J N Wreford Brown during the Great War |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that seems to be no longer available. May take a few moments to load. The site includes the letters of Lieutenant J N Wreford Brown 12th Div. 9th Battalion Essex Regiment in 1917. |
Classification: | Army, World War I |
Title: | Manchester Regiment City Battalions |
Link: | https://findmypast.sjv.io/c/124526/1814440/20225?u... |
Description: | Manchester Regiment City Battalions 1914-1916 |
Extra Info: | From Find My Past. Search approximately 11,000 records of men, by platoon, who served with the so-called 'Manchester Pals' battalions: |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, Museums |
Title: | Museum of the Manchester Regiment |
Link: | https://www.tameside.gov.uk/museumsgalleries/mom |
Description: | Museum of the Manchester Regiment |
Extra Info: | Located in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside. Click on regimental history for roll of honour for Manchester Regiment for WWI, battle honours and details of many of the battalions, including the Pals battalions. |
Classification: | World War I, Prisoners of War |
Title: | My German Prisons |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/mygermanprisonsb00gillr... |
Description: | My German Prisons, Captain H.G.Gilliland, Published 1918 |
Extra Info: | Online book. The subtitle is 'being the experiences of an officer during two and a half years as a prisoner of war'. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars, Service Records, Hospitals / Nursing, Medals / Awards, Other |
Title: | National Archives - Online Army Records and Indexes |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Online Army Records and Indexes |
Extra Info: | Includes army campaign medals from WWI, service records for Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, prisoners of war reports and interviews and much more. |
Classification: | Navy, Marines, World War I, World War II, Service Records, Ships, Medals / Awards, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | National Archives - Online Navy Records and Indexes |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Online Navy Records and Indexes |
Extra Info: | Includes navy and marine service records, medals awarded and much more. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, World War II, Service Records, Medals / Awards |
Title: | National Archives - Online RAF Records and Indexes |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Online RAF Records and Indexes |
Extra Info: | Includes RAF service records, air combat reports, medal index cards and much more. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars, Service Records, Hospitals / Nursing, Medals / Awards, Information, Other |
Title: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes (UK) |
Extra Info: | Includes army, navy, air force, marines, merchant seamen and more. Many detailed records require payment. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Other |
Title: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/ |
Description: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers 1915-1979 |
Extra Info: | Collection of cabinet papers, covering topics such as Ireland's independence, world war one, the cold war, marriage allowances in the Navy and much more. |
Classification: | World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | National Archives - WWI British Army Medal Index |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - WWI British Army Medal Index 1914-1920 |
Extra Info: | Record medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim. Scroll down for free search, but pay to view medal cards. |
Classification: | World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | National Archives - WWI Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - WWI Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Extra Info: | Scroll down the page. Campaign medals issues to merchant seamen in world war one. Free to search, but pay to view medal cards. |
Classification: | World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | National Archives - WWII Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - WWII Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Extra Info: | Campaign medals issues to merchant seamen in world war two. Free to search, but pay to view medal cards. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I |
Title: | National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 |
Link: | National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 |
Description: | National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Navy, World War I, World War II, Service Records, Pictures / Photographs, Ships, Medals / Awards, Uniforms / Badges, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information |
Title: | Naval-History.Net |
Link: | http://www.naval-history.net/ |
Description: | Naval-History.Net |
Extra Info: | Comprehensive history of the British Navy with full search facility. Includes details of ships of the Royal Navy 1914-1919, some with log books details, service history of ships in WW2, timelines, casualties from WW1, and much more. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | Netley Abbey Matters |
Link: | https://www.netleyabbeymatters.co.uk/ |
Description: | At one end, the Ruins of a 13th century Cistercian Abbey; at the other, a Military Cemetery |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, World War II, Aircraft, Ships, Newspapers |
Title: | Newspapers Online via Google |
Link: | https://news.google.com/newspapers |
Description: | Newspapers Online via Google |
Extra Info: | Many newspapers are being put online. Currently there are only a handful from the UK and Ireland, but this is growing. Many newspapers from USA and Canada that mention British ships and British events. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts |
Title: | Officers Died Website |
Link: | https://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm |
Description: | Officers Died Website |
Extra Info: | Includes many different battles, but includes specific details of the Gloucester Regiment in WWI and WWII. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, Pictures / Photographs, Medals / Awards, Maps |
Title: | Old Front Line Battlefields of WWI |
Link: | http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/ |
Description: | Old Front Line Battlefields of WWI |
Extra Info: | Includes some memorials to the soldier that died, battlefield maps, descriptions of some of the battles and much more. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | On Two Fronts - Major H.M.Alexander DSO |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/ontwofrontsbeing00alexr... |
Description: | On Two Fronts - Major H.M.Alexander DSO, Published 1917 |
Extra Info: | Online book. On Two Fronts are the adventures of an Indian mule corps in France and Gallipoli. Mostly written from memory and a few diary entries. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Ships, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information, Other |
Title: | Open Library |
Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
Extra Info: | Use the search facility and select e books only. Can also search within book text easily. Includes many books about all aspects of British Military History. Includes lots of accounts of voyagers of exploration by naval ships. |
Classification: | World War I, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | Prisoners of the First World War. International Committee of the Red Cross - Index. |
Link: | https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/ |
Description: | 1914-1918 Prisoners of the First World War ICRC historical archives |
Extra Info: | Includes Postcard images and index cards. |
Classification: | World War I, Prisoners of War |
Title: | Prisoners Of War Sound Recordings 1916-1918 |
Link: | https://findmypast.sjv.io/c/124526/1814440/20225?u... |
Description: | Prisoners Of War Sound Recordings 1916-1918, by Find My Past |
Extra Info: | 56 sound recordings of servicemen in German prison camps in the First World War. |
Classification: | World War I, Prisoners of War |
Title: | Prisoners Of War, General Correspondence, 1915 |
Link: | https://findmypast.sjv.io/c/124526/1814440/20225?u... |
Description: | Prisoners Of War, General Correspondence, 1915, by Find My Past |
Extra Info: | Official government documents, reports and personal letters from loved ones. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, Aircraft, Muster / Militia Rolls |
Title: | RAF Museum Storyvault |
Link: | https://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/ |
Description: | First World War Casualty Cards, the 1918 Muster Roll and 1918 Air Force List |
Extra Info: | Royal Air Force History |
Classification: | World War I, World War II, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | Rare Historical Photos |
Link: | https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/ |
Description: | Rare Historical Photos |
Extra Info: | A website exclusively dedicated to historical and rare photographs |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Marines, World War I |
Title: | Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1920 |
Link: | Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1920 from Find My Past |
Description: | Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1920 |
Extra Info: | Includes the The Jack Clegg memorial database of Royal Naval Division casualties of the Great War. |
Classification: | Navy, World War I, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Officers' Records, Service Records |
Title: | Royal Navy officers' service records 1756-1931 |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | Royal Navy officers' service records 1756-1931 |
Classification: | Navy, World War I, Service Records |
Title: | Royal Navy ratings' service records 1853-1928 |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | Royal Navy ratings' service records 1853-1928 |
Classification: | World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Russia, the Balkans and the Dardanelles |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/cu31924027947120 |
Description: | Russia, the Balkans and the Dardanelles - Granville Fortescue Published 1915 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Granville Fortescue was the special correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | Sandall's History of the 5th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment |
Link: | http://www.sandall.drgavinrobinson.uk/ |
Description: | Sandall's History of the 5th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment |
Extra Info: | The history of the battalion was written in 1922 at the suggestion of the commanding officer of the battalion Lieut.-Col. H. G. Wilson, DSO. |
Classification: | World War I, World War II, Hospitals / Nursing, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses |
Link: | http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/index.html |
Description: | Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses |
Extra Info: | Includes the war diary of the Matron-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force for 1914-1919. Also list of British general hospitals in WWII and nursing rolls from WWII. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Science and Society Picture Library |
Link: | https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk |
Description: | Science and Society Picture Library |
Extra Info: | Over 50,000 images including many images of war, poster campaigns, letters from the wars and more. |
Classification: | World War I, Ships, Other Transport |
Title: | Shipwrecks of Scotland and England |
Link: | https://rod-macdonald.com/ |
Description: | Shipwrecks of Scotland and England |
Extra Info: | Includes some details of the naval wrecks of Scappa Flow. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Museums |
Title: | Soldiers of Gloucestershire Military Museum |
Link: | https://www.soldiersofglos.com/ |
Description: | Soldiers of Gloucestershire Military Museum, Including a Database of Soldiers |
Extra Info: | Located in Gloucester. The website also has a database of all the 28th North Gloucestershire Regiment during the 19th Century and all who served with the Gloucestershire Regiment in the First World War. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I |
Title: | Soldiers who Died in the Great War 1914-1919 |
Link: | Soldiers who Died in the Great War 1914-1919 |
Description: | Soldiers who Died in the Great War 1914-1919 |
Extra Info: | Includes Officers Died. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts |
Title: | Soldiers' Memorials Website |
Link: | https://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.ht... |
Description: | Soldiers' Memorials Website |
Extra Info: | Includes some memorials by conflict and some by regiment. |
Classification: | Army, World War I |
Title: | The Battle of The Somme |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/battlesomme00buchgoog |
Description: | The Battle of The Somme, John Buchan, Published 1917 |
Extra Info: | Online scanned book. The Battle of The Somme includes maps and illustrations about the battle with details about the trenches, regiments and more. Easy to search contents. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | The Battles of the Somme |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/battlessomme00gibbuoft |
Description: | The Battles of the Somme, Philip Gibbs, Published 1917 |
Extra Info: | Online scanned book. Includes maps and is a collection of articles written day by day over the months of battle. Easy to search contents. |
Classification: | Army, World War I |
Title: | The Dardanelles - Major-General Sir C.E. Callwell KCB |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/dardanelleswithm00call |
Description: | The Dardanelles - Major-General Sir C.E. Callwell KCB, Published 1919 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Compiled from documents and information available at the time. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | The Dardanelles Campaign - Henry W. Nevinson |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/dardanellescampa00neviu... |
Description: | The Dardanelles Campaign - Henry W. Nevinson, Published 1918 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Henry W. Nevinson says he wrote the book to record events as they occurred with details of the history that was necessary or accessible to him. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | The Diary of Pte Mark Foreman |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20181108185134/http://... |
Description: | The Diary of Pte Mark Foreman 1916-1917 |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. The diary is written by Pte Mark Foreman in the months between receiving the diary in October 1916, as a birthday present from Alma Harris, and the final entry in May 1917. |
Classification: | Army, World War I |
Title: | The Fifth Army in March 1918 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/fiftharmyinmarch00spar |
Description: | The Fifth Army in March 1918, W. Shaw Sparrow, Published 1921 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Details the Fifth Army through March 1918 and its involvement in the Battle of The Somme. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | The Gallipoli Association |
Link: | https://www.gallipoli-association.org/ |
Description: | The Gallipoli Association |
Extra Info: | The association aims to keep alive the memory of the Gallipoli Campaign(1915) and ensure that the men who fought and died are not forgotten. Includes a campaign overview with details of the regiments involved. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | The Irish on the Somme |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/irishonsommebein00macdu... |
Description: | The Irish on the Somme, Michael McDonagh, Published 1917 |
Extra Info: | Online book. As well as the main Irish regiments, mentions the Irish of other regiments, with their awards and exploits. |
Classification: | Army, World War I |
Title: | The Lochnagar Crater, 1st July 1916 |
Link: | https://www.lochnagarcrater.org/ |
Description: | The Lochnagar Crater, 1st July 1916 |
Extra Info: | Over 20 years ago Richard Dunning purchasd the land surrounding the Lochnagar Crater with a view to preserving the memory of the soldiers who fought and died in Battle iof the Somme, 1916. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Maps |
Title: | The Long, Long Trail |
Link: | https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Long, Long Trail - The British Army in th First World War |
Extra Info: | A site with a wealth of information, including war diaries, commanders despatches, details about the regiments and battalions, trench maps, list of prisoner of war camps and much more information. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Prisoners of War, Service Records, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | The National Archives Online Collections |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ |
Description: | The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | The New Zealanders at Gallipoli, Major Fred Waite DSO NZE |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/newzealandersatg00waitu... |
Description: | The New Zealanders at Gallipoli, Major Fred Waite DSO NZE, Published 1921 |
Extra Info: | Online book. The book was written as part of the popular history series in New Zealand - to present inspiring stories of its sons and daughters overseas. It includes maps and illustrations and many references to British troop actions. |
Classification: | World War I, Prisoners of War |
Title: | The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918 |
Link: | https://ruhleben.tripod.com/ |
Description: | The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918 |
Extra Info: | The site aims to try and tell the stories of as many of those civilians as possible |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Ships, Other Transport |
Title: | The Roll of Honour |
Link: | http://www.roll-of-honour.com/ |
Description: | The Roll of Honour - Lest We Forget |
Extra Info: | As well as the main rolls of honour the site includes an overview of the Somme, information about tanks and submarines in WWI and much more. |
Classification: | Navy, Marines, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Maps |
Title: | The Short Life and Assumed Death of Jack Clegg |
Link: | http://www.jackclegg.com/ |
Description: | Barnsley's Royal Marines WW1 |
Extra Info: | Includes the Plymouth Marines at the Dardanelles and Barnsley men who served with various branches of the Marines. |
Classification: | World War I |
Title: | The Somme Vol 1, The First Battle of The Somme 1916-7 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/sommeano00cler |
Description: | The Somme Vol 1, The First Battle of The Somme 1916-7, Albert, Bapaume, Peronne |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes maps and photographs and a guide to the events of the battle. A Michelin guide. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I |
Title: | The Story of the 6th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/6thbattaliondur00ainuof... |
Description: | The Story of the 6th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry : France, April 1915-November 1918 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Written to provide soldiers with a written history of their battalion, however due to heavy losses in the early part of WWI, and hence few soldiers to ask, some of the details may be missing. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | The Truth About the Dardanelles |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/truthaboutdardan00moseu... |
Description: | The Truth About the Dardanelles - Sydney A. Moseley, Published 1916 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Sydney A. Moseley was the official correspondent with the Mediterranean expeditionary forces. The book was written after he collected the evidence by speaking ti those involved and reviewing many documents. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Trenching at Gallipoli |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/trenchingatgalli00gall |
Description: | Trenching at Gallipoli - Personal Narrative of a Newfoundlander, John Gallishaw, Published 1917 |
Extra Info: | An online book, Trenching at Gallipoli is the personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition. Easy to search contents. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | University of Glasgow Story |
Link: | https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/ww1/ |
Description: | University of Glasgow Story |
Extra Info: | Includes all members of the university community who served in WWI, those who served and fell in WWII, many with biographies and more. |
Classification: | World War I, World War II, Other |
Title: | Vickers Machine Gun |
Link: | http://www.vickersmachinegun.org.uk/ |
Description: | Vickers Machine Gun |
Extra Info: | The site is about the Vickers Machine Gun and its use around the world in its many variations and forms. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | War History of the 18th (S.) Battalion Durham Light Infantry |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/warhistoryof18th00lowe |
Description: | War History of the 18th (S.) Battalion Durham Light Infantry |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes a roll of officers, a history of the battalion from its formation in 1914 to the end of the first world war. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | War History of the 18th (S.) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/warhistoryof18th00lowe |
Description: | War History of the 18th (S.) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, Lieut.-Col. W.D.Lowe DSO, MC |
Extra Info: | Online book. From its formation in 1914 to 1918 during the battles of the first world war, including the Somme. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | War Memorials Online |
Link: | https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/ |
Description: | War Memorials Online - Recording, Conserving and Remembering our war memorials |
Extra Info: | War Memorials Online is an unprecedented opportunity for the public to upload images of war memorials and log concerns for the conservation of these important community and historical sources for future generations. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | When the Somme Ran Red |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/whensommeranred00dugmri... |
Description: | When the Somme Ran Red, A Radclyffe Dugmore, Published 1916 |
Extra Info: | Online book. A personal account of his experiences and observations from the early days of the war in Belgium to the Battle of The Somme, with photographs and maps. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Medals / Awards |
Title: | WILDGOOSE and Variants Website |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~willgooseweb/geneal... |
Description: | WILDGOOSE and Variants Website |
Classification: | World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | With the Twenty-Ninth Division in Gallipoli |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/withtwentyninthd00crei |
Description: | With the Twenty-Ninth Division in Gallipoli, A Chaplains Experiences, Rev. O. Creighton CF, Published 1916 |
Extra Info: | Online book, with illustrations and maps. Rev. O. Creighton managed to keep a diary for the six months he was with the 29th Division. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Discharge / Pension Records |
Title: | World War 1 Veterans 1914-1918 |
Link: | https://worldwar1veterans.blogspot.com/ |
Description: | World War 1 Veterans 1914-1918 - old soldier memories, interviews and much more. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Newspapers |
Title: | World War One |
Link: | https://ww1.osborn.ws/ |
Description: | World War One - A Diary from Gallipoli |
Extra Info: | Includes the diary of Sergeant D Moriarty of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, at Gallipoli. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Hospitals / Nursing |
Title: | World War One - Photographs and Pictures |
Link: | https://www.ww1photos.com/ |
Description: | World War One - Photographs and Pictures |
Extra Info: | Includes postcards of WWI, many photographs of the trenches, a special gallery of Gallipoli photographs, animals in war and more. Many free photos, others may be purchased. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records, Officers' Records, Service Records, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Academy / Training / Cadets, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards, Uniforms / Badges, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Newspapers, Maps, Information, Other |
Title: | Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia |
Link: | http://en.wikipedia.org/ |
Description: | Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia |
Extra Info: | Comprehensive general reference for most military topics. Use its search box to find your areas of interest. |
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