Welcome to The Great War, 1914-1918 Project
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This project is to memorialize and trace the legacy and heritage
of those who participated in
the Great War
also known as World War I.
of those who participated in
the Great War
also known as World War I.
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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
George Santayana (16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain – 26 September 1952 in Rome, Italy)
Lest We Forget.
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Project Page
The current Leader of this project is:
Project Coordinator Jacqueline Clark Jones
- Today in History
- 3rd June
- End of the main Austrian offensive in the Trentino
- Allied Commander proclaims martial law in city of Salonika
- 1916
Our Goal
- This project is to include the men and women from all countries who served in the Great War.
- We want to find or create those profiles on Wiki and follow their legacies, with the purpose of connecting to the Global Family.
Template
Usage:
- {{The Great War
- |branch=<service branch> or <country> (country they fought for)
- |startdate=service started as dd mmm yyyy (when person joined the service)
- |units=unit1; unit2 (can list multiple units, separate using ;
- |enddate= service ended as dd mmm yyyy (when person got out of the service)
- |rank=XXX (if you do not have it in the prefix field)
- |unit=1st regt, div, ship, etc (to assign to a category)
- |image=image file (override default country flagy)
- }}
- {{The Great War|branch=United States Army|startdate=1 Oct 1917|units=Co H, 3rd Infantry Regiment|enddate=31 Dec 1918|rank=Corporal|unit=3rd Infantry Regiment}}
Displays the following:
Corporal ... ... ... served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 1 Oct 1917
Unit(s): Co H, 3rd Infantry Regiment
Service ended: 31 Dec 1918
Service started: 1 Oct 1917
Unit(s): Co H, 3rd Infantry Regiment
Service ended: 31 Dec 1918
Featured Profile
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| General Joseph Thomas Smith |
Collaborative Profile
- Do you have an ancestor who participated in the Great War? Leave a comment and let us all work on him or her together. Please make sure the profile is set to open.
Example profiles
Related Free Space Pages
- The Christmas Truce
- Pennsylvanians of The Great War
- Under age Soldiers in the First World War
- United States in The Great War See Table on USA page for links to individual state pages of the United States (USA)
- The Great War, 1914-1918 Freespace page
- Allied Powers in the Great War
- Central Powers in the Great War
- united Kingdom in the Great War
- France in the Great War
- Germany in the Great War
- Italy in the Great War
- Japan in The Great War
- Ottoman Empire in the Great War
- Australia in the Great War
- Austria-Hungary in The Great War
- Bulgaria in the Great War
- Pennsylvanians of The Great War Freespace page
- Images in the Great War
- Soldiers and Participants of the Great War 1914-1918
- The Great War Memorials
- Gases and Weapons in the Great War
- Bob's Durham Bantams
- The Great War Resource Page
Resources
- World War I on Wikipedia
- 1914 The Great War
- Combatant Nations Forces
- First World War
- Countries involved in World War I
- American Battle Graves
- US Casualties of WWI, Alabama-Maryland,
- US Casualties of WWI, Massachusetts-Ohio
- US Casualties of WWI, Pennsylvania-Wyoming
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission website
- Library and Archives Canada
- Canadian Personnel Records of the First World War
- Macleans (Canadian news magazine) printed the names of Canadians killed in the Great War with many biographies
- American WWI Bural Cards
