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[[image:yeomanry.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Essex Yeomanry in France 1914-1918]]
 
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TIMELINE OF FIRST WORLD WAR BATTLES 1914-1918
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'''TIMELINE OF FIRST WORLD WAR BATTLES 1914-1918'''
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*Mons August 1914
 
*Mons August 1914
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==General World War One Links==
  
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==General World War One Links==
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*[http://www.ww1photos.com/ World War One Photographs]
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*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/index.htm The First World War - Sources For History]
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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/ The Long, Long Trail - The British Army in the First World War]
  
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*[http://uboat.net/wwi/ U-Boat War in World War One]
  
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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/ 1914-1918 Homepage]
 
 
*[http://www.1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/ Great War Forum]
 
*[http://www.1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/ Great War Forum]
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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/grandad.htm How to research a soldier of the British Army in WW1]
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*[http://www.unfortunate-region.org/ An Unfortunate Region- Great War Battlefields and Individuals.]
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*[http://www.worldwar1.com World War 1-Trenches on the Web]
 
*[http://www.worldwar1.com World War 1-Trenches on the Web]
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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/hospitals_uk.htm Medical facilities 1914-1918]
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*[http://www.naa.gov.au/The_Collection/recordsearch.html Australian servicemen dates of birth/next of kin.Some service records (mainly WW1 so far) have already been digitised and put online]
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*[http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/defence/service-records/index.aspx National Archives of Australia- Service Records]
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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/mics.htm interpreting Medal Cards]
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*[http://www.ww1photos.com/index.html photos of First World War officers, soldiers, sailors, nurses, airmen and civilian workers available. Also obituaries ]
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*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/index.htm All about World War One]
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*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/index.htm All about World War 1]
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*[http://www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm And another comprehensive site (but take care over some aspects as not all articles/illustrations refer solely to the UK)]
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*[http://www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm Lots of World War One Info, Covering a Wide Range of Sections]
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*[http://www.derbyshirelads.uwclub.net/index.html Derbyshire soldiers in the Great war Sherwood Forresters-details and name indexes]
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*[http://www.pals.org.uk/pals_e.htm Accrington Pals who died in the War]
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*[http://www.derbyshirelads.uwclub.net/index.html Derbyshire Soldiers in the Great War Sherwood Forresters- Details & Name indexes]
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*[http://www.freewebs.com/hhhumphrey/ Personal Diary -Great War Soldier]
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*[http://www.pals.org.uk/pals_e.htm Accrington Pals Who Died in The War]
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*[http://www.freewebs.com/hhhumphrey/ Personal Diary - Great War Soldier]
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*[http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/links.html Battlefields]
 
*[http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/links.html Battlefields]
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*[http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/ Great war Battlefields,by Paul Reed,a military historian]
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*[http://www.greatwar.nl The Heritage of the Great War '''WARNING'''-some images of deceased soldiers and are very graphic]
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*[http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/ Old Front Line Battlefields of WWI]
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*[http://www.wwiaviation.com/toc.shtml WW1 Aviation also contains wartime timeline]
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*[http://www.overthefront.com/ League of WW1 Aviation Historians -has an ask the expert section]
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*[http://www.greatwar.nl The Heritage of the Great War '''WARNING'''- Graphic Images]
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*[http://www.northants-familytree.net/soldier%20index.htm Northampton independant Soldier photo index 1914-1920]
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*[http://www.wwiaviation.com/toc.shtml WW1 Aviation. Also Contains Wartime Timeline]
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*[http://www.northants-familytree.net/soldier%20index.htm Northampton Independant Soldier Photo Index 1914-1920]
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*[http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/ Western Front Association]
 
*[http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/ Western Front Association]
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*[http://user.online.be/~snelders/sand.htm The Regimental History of the 1/5th Norfolks "The Vanished Battalion"]
 
*[http://user.online.be/~snelders/sand.htm The Regimental History of the 1/5th Norfolks "The Vanished Battalion"]
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*[http://ramc-ww1.com RAMC during the 1st World War]
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*[http://www.ams-museum.org.uk. The Army Medical Services museum website]
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*[http://www.greenhowards.org.uk/index.php?submenuheader=100&PHPSESSID=d567ee0045230e242e6179dea62dd197 The Green Howards Museum]
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*[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/jutland/jellicoe_dispatch_1916.htm Th Battle of Jutland - casualties listed by ship]
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*[http://ramc-ww1.com RAMC During WW I]
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*[http://www.ams-museum.org.uk/ The Army Medical Services Museum Website]
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*[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/jutland/jellicoe_dispatch_1916.htm The Battle of Jutland - Casualties Listed by Ship]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shamere New Zealanders killed or wounded in WWI]
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==Medals and Decorations==
 
==Medals and Decorations==
  
  
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*[http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/wwi_medals.htm Campaign Medals] This page deals with the campaign medals that UK personnel were awarded for service during the First World War 1914-18]
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*[http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/wwi_medals.htm Campaign Medals This page deals with the campaign medals that UK personnel were awarded for service during the First World War 1914-18]
  
 
*[http://www.britishmedalforum.com/index.php British Medal Forum]
 
*[http://www.britishmedalforum.com/index.php British Medal Forum]
  
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*[http://www.vision-news.tv/news/vision-news-somme.html Medal cards]
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*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp Medal cards]
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==Cemeteries and Memorials==
 
==Cemeteries and Memorials==
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*[http://ww1cemeteries.com/british_cemeteries_memorials/british_cemeteries_and_memorials_index.htm British Cemeteries and Memorials Index]
 
*[http://ww1cemeteries.com/british_cemeteries_memorials/british_cemeteries_and_memorials_index.htm British Cemeteries and Memorials Index]
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*[http://perso.orange.fr/tanneguy.desplanques/gg/index.htm Picardy] British and Commonwealth troops who fought with us during the great war in Picardy.
 
  
 
*[http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/noticeboard.htm World War One Cemeteries]
 
*[http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/noticeboard.htm World War One Cemeteries]
  
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*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/NorfololkAllSaints.html WWI memorial, All Saints Church, South Lynn, Norfolk]
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*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/SouthLynnAllSaints.html WWI memorial, All Saints Church, South Lynn, Norfolk]
  
 
*[http://www.inmemories.com/index.htm Commonwealth War Cemeteries, Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France]  
 
*[http://www.inmemories.com/index.htm Commonwealth War Cemeteries, Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France]  
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*[http://ww1cemeteries.com/ The Great War Dead War Graves] 940 Cemeteries Worldwide, with Photographs
 
*[http://ww1cemeteries.com/ The Great War Dead War Graves] 940 Cemeteries Worldwide, with Photographs
  
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*[http://www.britishwargraves.org.uk/default.asp A Virtual War Memorial. 1914 to Present Day]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3033/devonshire.html Devonshire Cemetery, The Somme]
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*[http://www.forthefallen.co.uk/ukmemorials.htm For the Fallen, UK and commonwealth war memorials and British Overseas Territories site]
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==Worcester Regiment in Great War 1914-19==
 
==Worcester Regiment in Great War 1914-19==
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*Please, NO general lookups for surnames or 'everything that the 3rd Battalion did in the war'.
 
*Please, NO general lookups for surnames or 'everything that the 3rd Battalion did in the war'.
 
*The kind of request that will get most time from me is along the lines of, "Please look in the Roll of Honour for Joe F. Bloggs and find out what the 1st Battalion were doing between Feb & Apr 1917".
 
*The kind of request that will get most time from me is along the lines of, "Please look in the Roll of Honour for Joe F. Bloggs and find out what the 1st Battalion were doing between Feb & Apr 1917".
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Latest revision as of 09:31, 12 September 2022


Essex Yeomanry in France 1914-1918


TIMELINE OF FIRST WORLD WAR BATTLES 1914-1918


  • Mons August 1914
  • Tannenberg August, 1914
  • Heligoland August, 1914
  • Marne September, 1914
  • Aisne September, 1914
  • Albert September, 1914
  • Arras October, 1914
  • Ypres October - November, 1914
  • Neuve Chapelle March, 1915
  • Gallipoli Campaign March, 1915 - January, 1916
  • Artois May, 1915
  • Isonzo June, 1915
  • Artois-Loos September, 1915
  • Verdun February - December, 1916
  • Jutland May, 1916
  • Somme July - November, 1916
  • Gorizia August, 1916
  • Flers-Courcelette September, 1916
  • Gaza March - April, 1917
  • Arras April - May, 1917
  • Aisne April -May, 1917
  • Messines June, 1917
  • Passchendaele July - November, 1917
  • Caporetto October, 1917
  • Cambrai November, 1917
  • Aisne May, 1918
  • Le Hamel July, 1918
  • Marne July, 1918
  • Amiens August, 1918
  • Albert August, 1918
  • St Mihiel September, 1918
  • Meuse-Argonne September - November, 1918
  • Canal du Nord September, 1918
  • Vittorio Veneto October, 1918


General World War One Links


Medals and Decorations


Cemeteries and Memorials


Worcester Regiment in Great War 1914-19

Please PM me with any request wulliam

I have a digital copy of the above work by Captain Stacke - it is the definitive work on the Worcestershire Regiment. I am willing to look it up for you on the following terms:


  • You must state the Battalion you are interested in. If you don't know the relevant Battalion then I am afraid I don't have time to trawl the 667 pages.
  • You must state the chapter or section that you wish me to look in. Please see the list below.
  • Please, NO general lookups for surnames or 'everything that the 3rd Battalion did in the war'.
  • The kind of request that will get most time from me is along the lines of, "Please look in the Roll of Honour for Joe F. Bloggs and find out what the 1st Battalion were doing between Feb & Apr 1917".


The Chapters


  • I Mons & the Aisne
  • II Flanders, 1914
  • III The County at War
  • IV The Spring of 1915
  • V Gallipoli - the 1st phase
  • VI Gallipoli - the 2nd phase
  • VII The Autumn offensive of 1915
  • VIII Macedonia, 1915-16
  • IX Mesopotamia - The Tigris Campaign, 1916
  • X The Spring of 1916 in Flanders and Artois
  • XI The Somme, 1916
  • XII The Conquest of Baghdad
  • XIII Macedonia, 1917
  • XIV France & Flanders, 1917
  • XV The Great German Offensive
  • XVI The German Offensives - continued
  • XVII Spring & Summer in Italy, 1918
  • XVIII Persia and the Caspian
  • XIX The summer of 1918 and the advance to Victory
  • XX The victory in the Balkans
  • XXI The victory in Italy
  • XXII The victory in France & Flanders
  • XXIII Aftermath
  • Appendix I Honours & Rewards
  • Appendix II Badges, Colours, and Distinctions of the Regiment
  • Appendix III Decision as to the re-numbering of Battalions
  • Appendix IV The Regimental Marches
  • Roll of Honour


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