World War I German Graves pictures
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To complement the Graves pictures - German memorial cards as well !
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To complement the Graves pictures - German memorial cards as well !
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drakegoodman
New member
Okay, here's some.
Soldatengrab mit Pickelhaube by drakegoodman, on Flickr
Warrior's grave 1914 by drakegoodman, on Flickr
Rekr. Th. Schmidt - Brigade Ersatz Bataillon 53. Killed in action 12 May 1915 by drakegoodman, on Flickr
bayer. Landsturm by drakegoodman, on Flickr
Soldatengrab mit Pickelhaube by drakegoodman, on FlickrWarrior's grave 1914 by drakegoodman, on FlickrRekr. Th. Schmidt - Brigade Ersatz Bataillon 53. Killed in action 12 May 1915 by drakegoodman, on Flickrbayer. Landsturm by drakegoodman, on Flickr
ir 76 de Hambourg
New member
Hello
Great fotos of the IR52 and other regiment.
thank you
Regards
IR76 de Hambourg
Great fotos of the IR52 and other regiment.
thank you
Regards
IR76 de Hambourg
Opas Enkel
New member
About the last picture:
Does that second man from the right hold a cigarette in his hand?
Does that second man from the right hold a cigarette in his hand?
drakegoodman
New member
Just a follow-up to the pic of the two fellows from IR52. The men in the grave are:
Name: Schmidt
Surname: Theodor
Rank: Musketier
Died: May 12, 1915
Buried: Thiaucourt-Regnieville (France), Block 6 Grave No 43
Name: Albrecht
Surname: Wilhelm
Rank: Musketier
Died: May 16, 1915
Buried: Thiaucourt-Regnieville (France), Block 6 Grave No 33
Name: Schmidt
Surname: Theodor
Rank: Musketier
Died: May 12, 1915
Buried: Thiaucourt-Regnieville (France), Block 6 Grave No 43
Name: Albrecht
Surname: Wilhelm
Rank: Musketier
Died: May 16, 1915
Buried: Thiaucourt-Regnieville (France), Block 6 Grave No 33
Borden Battery
New member
Nice images. Can anyone recommend some good websites dedicated to German war losses? There is a very strong interest in this aspect of the Great War as illustrated by the large number of "Honour" websites - I would like to add a number of German websites to this List.
Borden Battery
Great War Honour Websites - Part 15
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. [CEF Study Group]
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/books/bww1
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial
This site contains a registry of information about the graves and memorials of more than 116,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who served valiantly and gave their lives for their country up to present-day. All Canadian soldiers are listed on this virtual memorial. [CEF Study Group]
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Established by Royal Charter in 1917, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. It is a non-profit-making organization. The "Debt of Honour Register" is the Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated. The register can also be searched for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World War. [CEF Study Group - July 2006]
http://www.cwgc.org/default.asp
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. Very comprehensive and expanding - major resource tool for researching soldiers in the British Expeditionary Force. [Recommended by hmsk212 - GWF][CEF Study Group - Updated Oct 2010]
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/
Australian Imperial Forces - Roll of Honour Data Base
This website location provides access to a searchable data base of AIF personnel from several military conflicts including the Great War. The reader is able to include a range of search parameters including name (an alias), unit, service number and conflict. The results produce a list and then the reader can go directly for the details of the person. [CEF Study Group - Sept 2010]
http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/roll_of_honour/
Memorie des Homme - French Memorial Database
French language data base has more than 1.3 million individual digital deceased during the Great War. Also 70 000 individual soldiers with military aerospace. French language. [CEF Study Group - Sept 2010]
http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/spip.php?rubrique44
Cenotaph Database - New Zealand (Advanced Search)
The Cenotaph is a biographical database of over 122600 records New Zealanders who have died in the 19th century, from the New Zealand Wars and South Africa, through the First and Second World Wars to Korea, Malaya and Vietnam. The Auckland Museum is pleased to provide you with access to their collection databases. The advanced search provides a wide range of queries - such as how many doctor were killed during the Great War. [CEF Study Group - Sept 2010]
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/general/AdvancedSearch.aspx?dataset=Cenotaph#
The Last Post Association - Menin Gate at Ypres
The Last Post Association is an independent, voluntary, non-profit organization. The Association founded the Last Post Ceremony in 1928 and is still responsible for the day-to-day organization of this unique act of homage. This daily tribute - performed by a team of local buglers - serves to honour the memory of the soldiers of the British Empire, who fought and died in the immortal Ypres Salient during the First World War. It is the aim of the Last Post Association to maintain this ceremony in perpetuity. NOTE: Guests may arrange book special commemorations via email. [CEF Study Group - Sept 2010]
http://www.lastpost.be/en/index/index/slug/home
*In MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden
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. A quality website to be visited. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2007 - Updated]
http://www.inmemories.com
*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. [CEF Study Group – Updated Sept 2010]
http://www.mapleleaflegacy.ca/
WW1Cemeteries.com
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. 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, links to other Great War websites, and an index of "Shot at Dawn" soldiers. Again, another well designed and presented website. [CEF Study Group - June 2006]
http://ww1cemeteries.com/
Irish War Memorials Project
This web-site presents an inventory of war memorials in Ireland. It includes photographs of each memorial, the text of all inscriptions, and details of the site of the memorial. A database of all of those named allows a search for individual persons, with links to the photographs of the memorials. [CEF Study Group - Jan 2006]
http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/
*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. [CEF Study Group]
http://www.southafricawargraves.org
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. [CEF Study Group]
http://www.rbc.com/history/in_remembrance/ww1.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 the history, photos and/or 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. [CEF Study Group]
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 Canadian Expeditionary Force nursing casualties linked to Attestation Papers will be of interest to researchers of the medical elements of the Great War. The second URL provides a complete listing of all nursing casualties. [Update provided by Nelson][CEF Study Group - Jan 2006 -Updated]
http://www.archive.org/details/CEF_NursingSisters_1914
Port Hope Memorial Website
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. [CEF Study Group - April 2005]
http://www.nhb.com/hunter/Remembrance.htm
Military Memorials in Canada
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 focused 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. [CEF Study Group - April 2005]
http://www.5thwheel.com/memorial/default.htm
New Zealand and World War One Regimental Rolls of Honour
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. [CEF Study Group - June 2005]
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty/regtitle.html
The World War One Memorial at Osgoode Hall
The memorial website from the Law Society of Upper Canada 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. [Recommendation by Richard Laughton and forwarded by Chris Wright][Updated CEF Study Group - Nov 2008]
http://library.lsuc.on.ca/GL/Memorial/MemorialHome.htm
We Will Remember Them - War Monuments in Canada
The War Monuments project is an attempt to preserve the history surrounding the hundreds of war monuments across Canada in digital format and to make it available to a wide audience through the Internet. The development of this web site was carried out by STEM~Net, at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and with the support of funding from Industry Canada's Digital Collections. This project ended October, 2000. [CEF Study Group - Feb 2006]
http://www.cdli.ca/monuments/
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Canada
On May 23rd, 2000, a Canadian Forces aircraft flew to France to bring the Unknown Soldier back to Canada. An unidentified soldier from a cemetery in the vicinity of Vimy Ridge, the site of a famous Canadian battle of the First World War was selected to represent all unknown Canadian soldiers. The Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in a specially designed sarcophagus directly in front of the War Memorial. [CEF Study Group - Mar 2006]
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=Memorials/tomb/thetomb
The Roll of Honour - Swavesey Men
This website is dedicated to the Swavesey Men who were Killed in Action, or who Died from Wounds or Disease in the Great War, 1914 – 1919. It contains personal accounts of individual soldiers and some short stories. [CEF Study Group - April 2006]
http://www.curme.co.uk/swavgw1.htm#Home
Nordelph (Norfolk) War Memorial
This simple website lists the soldiers of this village who answered the call to arms but did not return. The site was prepared by Chris Harley and part of a larger collection of memorial sites from Great Britain. [CEF Study Group - April 2006]
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Nordelph.html
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
More Than a Name – A Memorial to the Men of Stockport, Cheshire, England
This Great War memorial website contains the alphabetical listing of more than 2800 names of men (and one woman) who were associated with the Stockport region of England. These soldiers are cross-indexed with their regiment or unit, locality and some references may contain a short biography and/or details on the battle or event that lead to their death. In addition, the site also contains a growing list of general memorials and their inscriptions to the Missing in Combat. This project is intended to ensure that these men, who gave their lives in the service of their country nearly 100 years ago, are not forgotten. A John Hartley website. [CEF Study Group - May 2006]
www.stockport1914-1918.co.uk
To Keep in Memory - War Memorials of Barwick in Elmet & Scholes
This simple website (renamed) 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. [CEF Study Group - Updated Sept 2010]
http://www.pro-patria-mori.co.uk/barwickandscholes/
Buckinghamshire Remembers
The aim of our work is to help us all to remember those who suffered in the conflict but to devote particular homage to Buckinghamshire men who paid the supreme sacrifice and never lived to enjoy the relative peace that followed. [CEF Study Group – Updated Aug 2010]
http://www.buckinghamshireremembers.org.uk/
Accrington Pals Battalion – 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
This extensive website is dedicated to the memory of the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment; better known as the Accrington Pals. The Battalion suffered serious losses during the early stages of the Battle of the Somme. The website includes photographs of officers and men, a chronology of actions, diaries, personal letters, reports, airphotos, research guides, further readings and website links. [Recommended by Andrew Jackson][CEF Study Group – Nov 2008]
http://www.pals.org.uk/
World War I Casualties of Indian Forces Commemorated in France
This simple website presents a long list the fallen soldiers of the Indian Forces by name, military unit, and short details on death, family information and by cemetery. In addition, there is a nice selection of photographs interspersed throughout the text. Of note, almost every surname is Singh. [CEF Study Group - June 2006]
http://www.sikhspectrum.com/112003/sikharmynames1.htm
Sikhs in World Wars - Europe remembers
During the weekend of 2-4 April 1999, hundreds of Sikhs from Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Britain gathered in the Belgian town of Ypres (Ieper) to combine a celebration of the Vaisakhi and the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Khalsa, with a commemoration of the Indian soldiers who fell in the First World War in the former front zone around Ypres, the so-called Ypres Salient. [SikhiWiki][CEF Study Group - Sept 2010]
http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Europe_remembers
The Scottish National War Memorial
The Scottish National War Memorial commemorates nearly 150,000 Scottish casualties in the First World War, 1914 - 1918. There is a database honour roll which enables the reader to access the fallen Scots. [CEF Study Group - June 2006]
http://www.snwm.org/website/frames.html
Stevenage at War
This website is dedicated to the memory the men and women of Stevenage, Aston, Benington and Walkern [UK] who served and lost their lives in both world wars. The website features the alphabetical listing of soldiers killed in the Great War and the Second World War. These name listings are cross-indexed by each municipal memorial or cenotaph. The listings themselves generally include: name, rank, regimental number, age, military unit, photograph of the soldier or headstone, short biography, short summary of the action leading to death, date of death, cemetery of interment and medal entitlement. This simple formatted website includes a large amount of basic information for both the general historian and serious military researcher. [CEF Study Group - July 2006]
http://www.stevenageatwar.com/nsindex.html
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 – past and present, many others have experienced and understand. [CEF Study Group - July 2006]
http://www.pro-patria-mori.co.uk/
Ypres Graveyard Photos
Website is still under construction but shows promise both in terms of format and content. [CEF Study Group]
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~dccfarr/photos.htm
Today is Free - 360 Panoramic Images of Cemeteries
This unique website provides a 360 degree panoramic view of a select number of cemeteries in Belgium, France, Italy and Germany. [Recommendation by Alain Dubois] [CEF Study Group - Oct 2008]
http://www.todayisfree.com/
Book of Remembrance – Great War 1914-1918, Halifax
The Book of Remembrance commemorates the 1,360 men and women from Halifax County who gave their lives in the Great War. Officially dedicated to the City of Halifax along with the War Memorial on July 1st, 1929, the book is currently located in a case on the second floor of the library. [Recommended by avidgenie] [CEF Study Group – Oct 2008]
http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/content/view/197/397/
The Great War Website - Formation of the Volksbund
With the end of the First World War the upkeep of German military cemeteries in France and Belgium came to an abrupt end. Organizations attached to the German army which had looked after the graves during the war were disbanded. The only official military war grave organization operative after 1918 was the Central-Nachweise-Amt, a bureau in the Prussian war ministry. Under the terms of the Versailles Treaty the responsibility of this bureau for the maintenance of German military cemeteries outside Germany's borders was taken out of its hands and handed over to the governments of the respective countries where German soldiers were buried. [Recommended by zipperheads9] [CEF Study Group – Nov 2008]
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/westfront/cemeteries/gecemies.htm
INST in the Great War - Royal Belfast Academical Institution
Over 700 old boys of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, commonly known as Inst, served in the First World War, and over 130 of them died. This site attempts to tell the story of those who did not return. The links on the left will take you to the names of the men who died. You will find biographical details, photographs of both the men and their graves, and the information I have found out about their lives, wartime service and death. In addition, there is a page giving details of three old Instonians, not recorded on the plaque, but whose stories are worth remembering. These include Inst's only Victoria Cross recipient. [CEF Study Group - Nov 2008]
http://www.instgreatwar.com/page34.htm
The War Graves Photographic Project – Associated with the CWGC
The War Graves Photographic Project is a developing data base which intends to link data and photographs to every war grave, individual memorial, MoD grave, and family memorial (est. 1.75 million) of serving military personnel from WWI to the present day. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2008][Recommended by Steve Rogers – WGPP]
http://www.twgpp.org/index.php
Faces from the Lewis War Memorial
This simple blogsite lists the dead of World War I in the Isle of Lewis, including some portrait photographs. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2008][Recommended by Guido Blokland]
http://facesmemorial.blogspot.com/
Harris War Memorial
This simple blogsite lists the casualties of World War I and World War II from over forty small communities on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They are listed by village. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2008][Recommended by Guido Blokland]
http://harrismemorial.blogspot.com/
The Iolaire Disaster 1919 – Shipwreck off Outer Hebrides
This simple blogsite lists the two hundred men of the district who lost their lives within sight of Stornoway Harbour, when their transport, H.M.Y. Iolaire foundered on the Beasts of Holm on 1 January 1919. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2008][Recommended by Guido Blokland]
http://iolaire1919.blogspot.com/
Borden Battery
Great War Honour Websites - Part 15
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. [CEF Study Group]
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/books/bww1
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial
This site contains a registry of information about the graves and memorials of more than 116,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who served valiantly and gave their lives for their country up to present-day. All Canadian soldiers are listed on this virtual memorial. [CEF Study Group]
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Established by Royal Charter in 1917, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. It is a non-profit-making organization. The "Debt of Honour Register" is the Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated. The register can also be searched for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World War. [CEF Study Group - July 2006]
http://www.cwgc.org/default.asp
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. Very comprehensive and expanding - major resource tool for researching soldiers in the British Expeditionary Force. [Recommended by hmsk212 - GWF][CEF Study Group - Updated Oct 2010]
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/
Australian Imperial Forces - Roll of Honour Data Base
This website location provides access to a searchable data base of AIF personnel from several military conflicts including the Great War. The reader is able to include a range of search parameters including name (an alias), unit, service number and conflict. The results produce a list and then the reader can go directly for the details of the person. [CEF Study Group - Sept 2010]
http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/roll_of_honour/
Memorie des Homme - French Memorial Database
French language data base has more than 1.3 million individual digital deceased during the Great War. Also 70 000 individual soldiers with military aerospace. French language. [CEF Study Group - Sept 2010]
http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/spip.php?rubrique44
Cenotaph Database - New Zealand (Advanced Search)
The Cenotaph is a biographical database of over 122600 records New Zealanders who have died in the 19th century, from the New Zealand Wars and South Africa, through the First and Second World Wars to Korea, Malaya and Vietnam. The Auckland Museum is pleased to provide you with access to their collection databases. The advanced search provides a wide range of queries - such as how many doctor were killed during the Great War. [CEF Study Group - Sept 2010]
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/general/AdvancedSearch.aspx?dataset=Cenotaph#
The Last Post Association - Menin Gate at Ypres
The Last Post Association is an independent, voluntary, non-profit organization. The Association founded the Last Post Ceremony in 1928 and is still responsible for the day-to-day organization of this unique act of homage. This daily tribute - performed by a team of local buglers - serves to honour the memory of the soldiers of the British Empire, who fought and died in the immortal Ypres Salient during the First World War. It is the aim of the Last Post Association to maintain this ceremony in perpetuity. NOTE: Guests may arrange book special commemorations via email. [CEF Study Group - Sept 2010]
http://www.lastpost.be/en/index/index/slug/home
*In MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden
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. A quality website to be visited. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2007 - Updated]
http://www.inmemories.com
*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. [CEF Study Group – Updated Sept 2010]
http://www.mapleleaflegacy.ca/
WW1Cemeteries.com
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. 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, links to other Great War websites, and an index of "Shot at Dawn" soldiers. Again, another well designed and presented website. [CEF Study Group - June 2006]
http://ww1cemeteries.com/
Irish War Memorials Project
This web-site presents an inventory of war memorials in Ireland. It includes photographs of each memorial, the text of all inscriptions, and details of the site of the memorial. A database of all of those named allows a search for individual persons, with links to the photographs of the memorials. [CEF Study Group - Jan 2006]
http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/
*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. [CEF Study Group]
http://www.southafricawargraves.org
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. [CEF Study Group]
http://www.rbc.com/history/in_remembrance/ww1.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 the history, photos and/or 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. [CEF Study Group]
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 Canadian Expeditionary Force nursing casualties linked to Attestation Papers will be of interest to researchers of the medical elements of the Great War. The second URL provides a complete listing of all nursing casualties. [Update provided by Nelson][CEF Study Group - Jan 2006 -Updated]
http://www.archive.org/details/CEF_NursingSisters_1914
Port Hope Memorial Website
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. [CEF Study Group - April 2005]
http://www.nhb.com/hunter/Remembrance.htm
Military Memorials in Canada
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 focused 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. [CEF Study Group - April 2005]
http://www.5thwheel.com/memorial/default.htm
New Zealand and World War One Regimental Rolls of Honour
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. [CEF Study Group - June 2005]
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty/regtitle.html
The World War One Memorial at Osgoode Hall
The memorial website from the Law Society of Upper Canada 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. [Recommendation by Richard Laughton and forwarded by Chris Wright][Updated CEF Study Group - Nov 2008]
http://library.lsuc.on.ca/GL/Memorial/MemorialHome.htm
We Will Remember Them - War Monuments in Canada
The War Monuments project is an attempt to preserve the history surrounding the hundreds of war monuments across Canada in digital format and to make it available to a wide audience through the Internet. The development of this web site was carried out by STEM~Net, at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and with the support of funding from Industry Canada's Digital Collections. This project ended October, 2000. [CEF Study Group - Feb 2006]
http://www.cdli.ca/monuments/
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Canada
On May 23rd, 2000, a Canadian Forces aircraft flew to France to bring the Unknown Soldier back to Canada. An unidentified soldier from a cemetery in the vicinity of Vimy Ridge, the site of a famous Canadian battle of the First World War was selected to represent all unknown Canadian soldiers. The Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in a specially designed sarcophagus directly in front of the War Memorial. [CEF Study Group - Mar 2006]
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=Memorials/tomb/thetomb
The Roll of Honour - Swavesey Men
This website is dedicated to the Swavesey Men who were Killed in Action, or who Died from Wounds or Disease in the Great War, 1914 – 1919. It contains personal accounts of individual soldiers and some short stories. [CEF Study Group - April 2006]
http://www.curme.co.uk/swavgw1.htm#Home
Nordelph (Norfolk) War Memorial
This simple website lists the soldiers of this village who answered the call to arms but did not return. The site was prepared by Chris Harley and part of a larger collection of memorial sites from Great Britain. [CEF Study Group - April 2006]
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Nordelph.html
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
More Than a Name – A Memorial to the Men of Stockport, Cheshire, England
This Great War memorial website contains the alphabetical listing of more than 2800 names of men (and one woman) who were associated with the Stockport region of England. These soldiers are cross-indexed with their regiment or unit, locality and some references may contain a short biography and/or details on the battle or event that lead to their death. In addition, the site also contains a growing list of general memorials and their inscriptions to the Missing in Combat. This project is intended to ensure that these men, who gave their lives in the service of their country nearly 100 years ago, are not forgotten. A John Hartley website. [CEF Study Group - May 2006]
www.stockport1914-1918.co.uk
To Keep in Memory - War Memorials of Barwick in Elmet & Scholes
This simple website (renamed) 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. [CEF Study Group - Updated Sept 2010]
http://www.pro-patria-mori.co.uk/barwickandscholes/
Buckinghamshire Remembers
The aim of our work is to help us all to remember those who suffered in the conflict but to devote particular homage to Buckinghamshire men who paid the supreme sacrifice and never lived to enjoy the relative peace that followed. [CEF Study Group – Updated Aug 2010]
http://www.buckinghamshireremembers.org.uk/
Accrington Pals Battalion – 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
This extensive website is dedicated to the memory of the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment; better known as the Accrington Pals. The Battalion suffered serious losses during the early stages of the Battle of the Somme. The website includes photographs of officers and men, a chronology of actions, diaries, personal letters, reports, airphotos, research guides, further readings and website links. [Recommended by Andrew Jackson][CEF Study Group – Nov 2008]
http://www.pals.org.uk/
World War I Casualties of Indian Forces Commemorated in France
This simple website presents a long list the fallen soldiers of the Indian Forces by name, military unit, and short details on death, family information and by cemetery. In addition, there is a nice selection of photographs interspersed throughout the text. Of note, almost every surname is Singh. [CEF Study Group - June 2006]
http://www.sikhspectrum.com/112003/sikharmynames1.htm
Sikhs in World Wars - Europe remembers
During the weekend of 2-4 April 1999, hundreds of Sikhs from Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Britain gathered in the Belgian town of Ypres (Ieper) to combine a celebration of the Vaisakhi and the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Khalsa, with a commemoration of the Indian soldiers who fell in the First World War in the former front zone around Ypres, the so-called Ypres Salient. [SikhiWiki][CEF Study Group - Sept 2010]
http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Europe_remembers
The Scottish National War Memorial
The Scottish National War Memorial commemorates nearly 150,000 Scottish casualties in the First World War, 1914 - 1918. There is a database honour roll which enables the reader to access the fallen Scots. [CEF Study Group - June 2006]
http://www.snwm.org/website/frames.html
Stevenage at War
This website is dedicated to the memory the men and women of Stevenage, Aston, Benington and Walkern [UK] who served and lost their lives in both world wars. The website features the alphabetical listing of soldiers killed in the Great War and the Second World War. These name listings are cross-indexed by each municipal memorial or cenotaph. The listings themselves generally include: name, rank, regimental number, age, military unit, photograph of the soldier or headstone, short biography, short summary of the action leading to death, date of death, cemetery of interment and medal entitlement. This simple formatted website includes a large amount of basic information for both the general historian and serious military researcher. [CEF Study Group - July 2006]
http://www.stevenageatwar.com/nsindex.html
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 – past and present, many others have experienced and understand. [CEF Study Group - July 2006]
http://www.pro-patria-mori.co.uk/
Ypres Graveyard Photos
Website is still under construction but shows promise both in terms of format and content. [CEF Study Group]
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~dccfarr/photos.htm
Today is Free - 360 Panoramic Images of Cemeteries
This unique website provides a 360 degree panoramic view of a select number of cemeteries in Belgium, France, Italy and Germany. [Recommendation by Alain Dubois] [CEF Study Group - Oct 2008]
http://www.todayisfree.com/
Book of Remembrance – Great War 1914-1918, Halifax
The Book of Remembrance commemorates the 1,360 men and women from Halifax County who gave their lives in the Great War. Officially dedicated to the City of Halifax along with the War Memorial on July 1st, 1929, the book is currently located in a case on the second floor of the library. [Recommended by avidgenie] [CEF Study Group – Oct 2008]
http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/content/view/197/397/
The Great War Website - Formation of the Volksbund
With the end of the First World War the upkeep of German military cemeteries in France and Belgium came to an abrupt end. Organizations attached to the German army which had looked after the graves during the war were disbanded. The only official military war grave organization operative after 1918 was the Central-Nachweise-Amt, a bureau in the Prussian war ministry. Under the terms of the Versailles Treaty the responsibility of this bureau for the maintenance of German military cemeteries outside Germany's borders was taken out of its hands and handed over to the governments of the respective countries where German soldiers were buried. [Recommended by zipperheads9] [CEF Study Group – Nov 2008]
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/westfront/cemeteries/gecemies.htm
INST in the Great War - Royal Belfast Academical Institution
Over 700 old boys of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, commonly known as Inst, served in the First World War, and over 130 of them died. This site attempts to tell the story of those who did not return. The links on the left will take you to the names of the men who died. You will find biographical details, photographs of both the men and their graves, and the information I have found out about their lives, wartime service and death. In addition, there is a page giving details of three old Instonians, not recorded on the plaque, but whose stories are worth remembering. These include Inst's only Victoria Cross recipient. [CEF Study Group - Nov 2008]
http://www.instgreatwar.com/page34.htm
The War Graves Photographic Project – Associated with the CWGC
The War Graves Photographic Project is a developing data base which intends to link data and photographs to every war grave, individual memorial, MoD grave, and family memorial (est. 1.75 million) of serving military personnel from WWI to the present day. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2008][Recommended by Steve Rogers – WGPP]
http://www.twgpp.org/index.php
Faces from the Lewis War Memorial
This simple blogsite lists the dead of World War I in the Isle of Lewis, including some portrait photographs. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2008][Recommended by Guido Blokland]
http://facesmemorial.blogspot.com/
Harris War Memorial
This simple blogsite lists the casualties of World War I and World War II from over forty small communities on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They are listed by village. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2008][Recommended by Guido Blokland]
http://harrismemorial.blogspot.com/
The Iolaire Disaster 1919 – Shipwreck off Outer Hebrides
This simple blogsite lists the two hundred men of the district who lost their lives within sight of Stornoway Harbour, when their transport, H.M.Y. Iolaire foundered on the Beasts of Holm on 1 January 1919. [CEF Study Group – Nov 2008][Recommended by Guido Blokland]
http://iolaire1919.blogspot.com/
http://www.gwpda.org/photos/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=72
http://www.gwpda.org/photos/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=162
And in a switch-
French soldiers buried by Germans
http://www.gwpda.org/photos/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=166
German officer buried by the Scots
http://www.gwpda.org/photos/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=139
http://www.gwpda.org/photos/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=162
And in a switch-
French soldiers buried by Germans
http://www.gwpda.org/photos/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=166
German officer buried by the Scots
http://www.gwpda.org/photos/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=139
Pierre Grande Guerre
New member
(above: Avricourt Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof, "Elfringen", Alsace - Lorraine, containing also graves of French and Russian soldiers!)
If someone is interested in modern pictures of countless war cemeteries along the Western Front, be it German, French, Russian, Polish, Chech, British, American, Canadian, or Indian cemeteries, just visit Pierre's Photo Impressions of the Western Front.
Brett, thanks for sharing these impressive pictures again!
Khukri
Well-known member
Think I posted this one before:
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Text in Dutch:
"Grave where three German Soldiers rest. Near St Quentin (France). In the garden of a house standing next to a road."
Lances and a metal helmet...
Francis
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Text in Dutch:
"Grave where three German Soldiers rest. Near St Quentin (France). In the garden of a house standing next to a road."
Lances and a metal helmet...
Francis
joerookery
Well-known member
Welcome to the forum Sam! Good group of guys that love the old pictures.
related subjects-WOrld War I memorial cards on Ebay:
Josef Unger 1916
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Michel Schweizer 1918
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Josef Unger 1916
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Michel Schweizer 1918
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German War Grave marker
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