2. "The Politics of the Prussian Army, 1640-1945" by Gordon A. Craig (Oxford University Press, 1973; orig 1955).
3. "The Kaiser, Warlord of the Second Reich" by Alan Palmer (Scribner, 1978).
4. "Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman" by AJP Taylor (Knopf, 1955).
5. "Bismarck" by Alan Palmer (Scribner, 1976)
6. "Nicholas and Alexandra" by Robert K. Massie (Gollancz, 1992).
7. "Triple Alliance and Triple Entente" by Bernadotte E. Schmitt (Howard Fertig, 1971 - orig edition 1934).
8. "Sarajevo: A Study in the Origins of the Great War" by R.W.Seton-Watson (Howard Fertig, 1973 - orig 1926).
9. "The Schlieffen Plan" by Gerhard Ritter (Praeger, 1958 - orig German edition, 1956).
10. "Chatham Past" by Philip MacDougall, (Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1999.).
11. "The First World War - A Complete History" by Martin Gilbert (Henry Holt & Co, 1994)
12. "Illustrated History of the First World War" by A.J.P. Taylor (Putnam, 1964).
13. "The Real War 1914-1918" by B. H. Liddell Hart (pub. Little, Brown & Co, 1930)
14. "The World War One Source Book", by P.J. Haythornthwaite, (Arms and Armour Press, 1994)
15. "World War I in Photographs" by Adrian Gilbert (Barnes & Noble, 2000).
16. "A Map History of the Modern World" by Brian Catchpole (Heinemann, 1978).
17. "Atlas of the First World War" by Martin Gilbert (Dorset Press, 1970)
18. "The Historical Atlas of World War I" by Anthony Livesey (Henry Holt & Co, 1994).
19. "British Vessels Lost at Sea", HMSO (Patrick Stevens Ltd, 1988)
20. "The Great War at Sea" by A.A. Hoehling (Crowell, 1965)
21. "Gas ! The Battle for Ypres, 1915," by J.L. McWilliams & R.J.Steel (Vanwell, 1985).
22. "The Somme" by Anthony Farrar-Hockley (Pan, 1966).
23. "One Day on the Somme" by Barry Cuttell (GMS Enterprises, 1998).
24. "148 Days on the Somme" by Barry Cuttell (GMS Enterprises, 2000).
25. "British Battalions on the Somme", by Ray Westlake (Leo Cooper, 1997).
26. "The Battle of Vimy Ridge" by Alexander McKee (Stein and Day, 1967).
27. "Passchendaele: The Day-by-Day Account" by Chris McCarthy (Arms and Armour Press, 1995).
28. "In Flanders Fields" by Leon Wolff (Time, Inc., 1958).
29. "Canada in Flanders: The Official History of the Canadian Expeditionary Force", Vols I & II,
by Max Aitken (Hodder and Stoughton, 1916 & 1917).
30. "The Epic of Vimy" by W.W. Murray (Canadian Legion, 1937).
31. "The Suicide Battalion" by J.L. McWilliams & R.J.Steel (Hurtig, 1978).
2. The Church of Latter-Day Saints' Familysearch Internet Genealogy Service.
3. National Statistics - The official UK Statistics Site.
4. Rootsweb.com's Military Mailing Lists.
5. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
6. The British Army in the Great War.
7. Kitchener's Men: A 1914-18 Resource Site.
8. The Regimental Warpath
9. The Spartacus Encyclopaedia of the First World War.
10. World War One Naval Combat by Darren Milford.
11. The Imperial War Museum's "Gallipoli 1915: The Drama of the Dardanelles".
12. BBC NEWS, The Great War: 80 Years On.
13. "The Battle of Third Ypres (Passchendaele)", by Geoffrey Miller.
14. The Man of Kent: Kyle Tallett's WWI Web site.
15. Kent Resources for Genealogists and Family Historians.
16. Saskatchewan in two World Wars, an exhibition by the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists.
17. The Alberta Family Histories Society.
18. The National Archives of Canada's "Soldiers of the First World War".
19. The Canadian Department of Veterans' Affairs Virtual War Memorial.
20. The Canadian Heritage Gallery.
Please note that all maps on this site have been simplified for clarity and convenience - don't use them for planning your holidays!
- Canadian flag 1907 - 1924, by Herman De Wael.
- British Army Flag, Red Ensign & Blue Ensign by Graham Bartram.
- The White Ensign by Vincent Morley.
2. Royal Artillery Flag courtesy of the Royal Artillery Association.
2. All other Chatham photographs, courtesy of Peter Blanche.
3. Photographs of Berkley, Michigan, courtesy of Karen Krugman.
-- Kyle Tallett for information on the Royal Naval Division and the Royal Marines.
-- The members of the Rootsweb WWI mailing list, who provided look-ups and answers to all sorts of obscure questions.
-- Brian Luxton, of the Luxton Family History Society, for supplying a wealth of information on the Devonshire Luxtons.
-- Howard Stutt, for sharing the holdings of the Canadian War Museum.
-- Gerwyn Williams for the look-ups and the medal expertise.
-- Susan Evans-Shaw, for look-ups in the Winnipeg Free Press and Toronto Daily Star.
-- Kathleen Brock, for help in tracking down Dominion Land Grants information.
-- Steve Watt, for Boer War burials information.
-- Wally Moran of "Seniors Plus".
-- Bill Badets, Pat Smith, Kevin Mycroft and Gabriela Klimes, all of the Canadian Dept of Veterans' Affairs.
-- Mrs R Lamontagne, of the Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Command, The Royal Canadian Legion.
-- Wendy McGee, of the Provincial Archives of Manitoba.
-- Janelle Reynolds, of the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
-- Patrick Hayes, of the University of Saskatchewan Archives.
-- "The Kent Messenger" and "The Edmonton Star" newspapers.
-- The staff of Monterey Family History Center. (Sorry about filling up all your storage space).
And special thanks to the descendants of Charlotte Wood - Patricia, Bill, David and Lara - for your information, photos, interest and encouragement.
May Hughes (nee Brown) of Wrexham, 1902 - 1975.
