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TIMELINE OF FIRST WORLD WAR BATTLES 1914-1918
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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 (from National Archives site)]  
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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 Facts of the British Army in the First World War]
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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/ The Long, Long Trail - The British Army in the First World War]
  
 
*[http://uboat.net/wwi/ U-Boat War in World War One]
 
*[http://uboat.net/wwi/ U-Boat War in World War One]
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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.naa.gov.au/The_Collection/recordsearch.html National Archives of Australia- Service Records]
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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://uboat.net/wwi/ U-Boat War in World War One]
 
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*[http://www.ww1photos.com/index.html Photos of First World War Officers, Soldiers, Sailors, Nurses, Airmen & Civilian Workers. Also Obituaries]
 
  
 
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/index.htm All about World War One]
 
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/index.htm All about World War One]
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*[http://www.derbyshirelads.uwclub.net/index.html Derbyshire Soldiers in the Great War Sherwood Forresters- Details & Name indexes]
 
*[http://www.derbyshirelads.uwclub.net/index.html Derbyshire Soldiers in the Great War Sherwood Forresters- Details & Name indexes]
  
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*[http://www.pals.org.uk/pals_e.htm Accrington Pals Who Died in tThe War]
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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.freewebs.com/hhhumphrey/ Personal Diary - Great War Soldier]
  
 
*[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://battlefields1418.50megs.com/ Old Front Line Battlefields of WWI]
  
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*[http://www.greatwar.nl The heritage of the Great War '''WARNING'''- Graphic Images]
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*[http://www.greatwar.nl The Heritage of the Great War '''WARNING'''- Graphic Images]
  
 
*[http://www.wwiaviation.com/toc.shtml WW1 Aviation. Also Contains Wartime Timeline]
 
*[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
 
  
 
*[http://www.northants-familytree.net/soldier%20index.htm Northampton Independant Soldier Photo Index 1914-1920]
 
*[http://www.northants-familytree.net/soldier%20index.htm Northampton Independant Soldier Photo Index 1914-1920]
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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://www.greenhowards.org.uk/index.php?submenuheader=100&PHPSESSID=d567ee0045230e242e6179dea62dd197 The Green Howards Museum]
  
 
*[http://ramc-ww1.com RAMC During WW I]
 
*[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.ams-museum.org.uk/ The Army Medical Services Museum Website]
  
 
*[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/jutland/jellicoe_dispatch_1916.htm The Battle of Jutland - Casualties Listed by Ship]
 
*[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.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==
 
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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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