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Canadian Military Genealogy & History
World War I
Canadian Expeditionary Force Websites
Canadian Great War Homepage
Canadian Military Heritage Project
Canadian Expeditionary Force Overview
Veterans Affairs Canada--WW I History
Military History of WW1
Canada and the First World War --National Archives of Canada (exhibition)
Canadian Expeditionary Force Biographies
WW 1 Journal of John Spracklin ~ this journal is put online by his grandson
Canadian Expeditionary Force Databases
CEF Database Canadian Expeditionary Force database at the National Archives of Canada. This is a searchable index of all individuals who served in WWI in Canada.
Canada's Book of Remembrance Names of Canadian soldiers who died in six wars -this is a beautifully designed book
Canadian Virtual War Memorial Searchable database of those soldiers killed in WWI and WWII
Documents
The WW1 Document Archives
CEF Nominal Rolls
Nominal Rolls on Archive.org
100th Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
101st Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
108th Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
10th Canadian Field Artillery Brigade, Nominal Roll - Canadian Expeditionary Force
10th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Reinforcing Drafts, Nominall Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
137th Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
144th Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
154th Infantry Battalion, Embarkation Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
159th Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
15th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
19th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
1st Draft, 2nd Depot Battalion, E.O.R. Nominal Roll 1918 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
209th Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
20th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
211th Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
218th Battalion Nominal Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
21st Infantry Battalion, Nominal Rolls 1915 and 1918 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
223rd Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
228th Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
244th Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
245th Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
27th Railway Construction Draft Nominal Roll 1918 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
28th Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
29th Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
2nd Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
30th Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
33rd Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
34th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
35th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
36th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
38th Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
39th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
3rd Canadian Mounted Rifles, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
3rd Divisional Ammunition Column - Canadian Expeditionary Force
3rd Divisional Supply Column, Canadian Army Service Corps - Canadian Expeditionary Force
4th, 5th and 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade HQ Staff - Canadian Expeditionary Force
50th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
55th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
60th Infantry Battalion and Reinforcing Draft, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
6th Canadian Mounted Rifles Regiment, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
73rd Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
7th Canadian Field Artillery Brigade, Nominal Roll, Reinforcing Draft 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th Batteries - Canadian Expeditionary Force
87th Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
8th Canadian Mounted Rifles also 1st, 2nd and 3rd Reinforcing Drafts, Nominall Roll 1914 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
8th Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
9th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 1st and 2nd Reinforcing Drafts Nominall Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
9th Canadian Mounted Rifles,Nominall Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Borden's Motor Machine Gun Battery Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Canadian Army Medical Corps reinforcements Nominal Roll - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Divisional Cavalry, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Draft #53, Skilled Railway Employees - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Draft #8, Railway Construction Depot, MD 2 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Draft #95, Canadian Railway Troops Depot - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Eaton's Machine Gun Battery Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Lord Strathcona's Horse Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
No. 1 and 2 Section Skilled Railway Employees and Reinforcing Draft Nominal Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
No.1 Auto-Machine Gun Brigade Nominal Roll - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Nursing Sisters Nominal Roll 1914 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Nursing Sisters Reinforcing Drafts Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Railway Construction Corps, 1st Reinforcing Draft - Nominal Roll of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Railway Construction Draft 9 Nominal Roll 1918 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Railway Supply Detachment Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Railway Supply Detachment, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Royal Canadian Dragoons Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Skilled Railway Employees Draft, MD6 Nominal Roll - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Yukon Infantry Company Nominal Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Yukon Machine Gun Detachment Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Yukon Machine Gun Section - 2nd CMR Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Yukon Machine Gun Section Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Canadian Expeditionary Force Regiments
The First Canadian Division in WW1
The First Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Scroll down to WW1
The Royal Canadian Dragoons in WW1
WW1 Canadian Infrantry and Cavalry
Canadian Air Aces & Heroes of WWI, WWII and Korea ~ a very nicely done page!
The Aerodrome - Aces and Aircraft of WW1 ~ Scott Hamilton's excellent page
Canadian Expeditionary Force Memorials
Masonic War Memorial Freemasons of Windsor and Essex Co. Ontario
Music & Songs
Songs of the First World War
Sheet Music from Canada's Past : First World War Era (National Library of
Canada)
The Virtual Gramophone : The First World War Era (National Library of Canada)
Miscellaneous
Trenches on the Web ~ Mike Iavarone's info packed homepage on WW1 - a must see
The Great War Society
Carl Pepin's site (in French)on WW1
Orders, Decorations & Medals
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