'THE GREAT WAR', 'THE WAR TO END WAR', 'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'
by Wilfred Owen
1914 - 1918
From the National Archives:
Unit War Diaries of the British Army 1914 - 1922
"These records are the unit war diaries of the British Army in the First World War. They are not personal diaries (try the Imperial War Museum for those). They are part of a large series of records, WO 95, which contains many more diaries scheduled for digitisation. We are now conserving, sorting, digitising and itemising thousands more diaries from the WO 95 series as part of our First World War 100 programme." There is a small charge for downloading a unit's diary, currently £3:30. |
Search the CWGC website for the names of those in the Battalions who died.:
On the home page, open the 'Advanced Search'.
In the 'War' box, identify 'World War 1'; in the
'Served with' box, tick 'United Kingdon Forces'; in the 'Served in' box, tick 'Army';
in the 'Unit' box, type '24th Bn.' (or 10th.); in the 'Regiment' box', type 'Manchester'. Click on the Search button.
(Note ...
some soldiers only identifed by their last Regiment and Battalion; sometimes no Battalion identified.)
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There are many Map references in the Diaries and this website should prove useful:
British First World War Trench Maps, 1915-1918
"Maps of the Western Front in the Great War depicting British and German trenches."
From the National Library of Scotland.
Freely viewable on-line
Added by Sheila Goodyear
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