Great War Day - Researching Your Family's Military Roots: Home

British Highland regiments marching through Boulogne, France.
Source: War of the Nations, New York Times Co., New York, 1919
From Photos of the Great War website.

Cavalrymen pausing for a rest on the Amiens to St Quentin Road.
National Library of Scotland, C.1363

Highland Territorials in a trench [La Gorgue, France]. Photographer: H. D. Girdwood. [1915]
British Library Photo 24/(247)

‘Ready, Aye Ready’...
After the 4th of August, 1914 past, Canada found itself at war with Germany.  Ready to stand with Great Britain, Canadians lined up to enlist.  By the war's end, 60,661 were dead and many more returned mutilated in mind or body. 

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, a research guide has been crafted to help individuals wanting to carry out research on relatives who served in the military.  It is by no means an exhaustive guide, and it will only identify sites or resources that are open and freely available to the public.

All resources are organized under geographic tabs, noted above, so if you are looking for information on a Canadian relative, click on the Canada tab.

Here are some links to some general information about doing genealogical research, which includes searching for military records and information.

[1/4th] Gurkhas at kit inspection in [Le Sart,] Flanders.
Photographer: H. D. Girdwood. [1915]. British Library  Photo 24/(97)

An officer's dugout [Fauquissart, France]. Photographer: H. D. Girdwood. [1915].British Library Photo 24/(302)

French refugees in the north; Bibliothèque Nationale de France April, 1918