BRITISH EMPIRE COUNTRIES – WORLD WAR I
GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY RESOURCES
General websites and resources for all British Empire (now Commonwealth) World War I resources – watch for updates to this list.
See two BCGS World War I session handouts
WWI British Empire Military – Genealogy & Family History – BCGS-VPL by M. Diane Rogers (.pdf)
World War I – UK Genealogy Research by Susan Snalam (.pdf)
Further Links and books
Commonwealth War Graves Commission: http://www.cwgc.org
World War I Casualties, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_casualties
National Library, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, WW I, Race, empire and colonial troops: http://www.bl.uk/world-warone/themes/race-empire-and-colonial-troops
The Long, Long Trail, The British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918: http://www.1914-1918.net
List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_First_World_War_Victoria_Cross_recipients
The First World War in 100 Objects by Peter Doyle (The History Press, 2014).
Memorial Gates Trust, soldiers of the Indian subcontinent, Africa and the Caribbean:
http://www.mgtrust.org/index.htm
India Office Records, British Library and see also TNA:
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecords/indiaofficehub.html
Lives of the First World War, Imperial War Museums and D.C. Thomson (Find My Past – some content $): https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/
The Great War 1914-1918: A Guide to W W I Battlefields on the Western Front and History of First World War: http://www.greatwar.co.uk/
Prisoners of the First World War – International Committee of the Red Cross: http://grandeguerre.icrc.org
