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Link - Medals of the World Master Index

Link - Military Data Resource
Link - Military history by Period or Subject
Link - Military Images ~ Photo Collection
Link - Military Police Homepage ~ Locator by Name

AVIATION
Link - Aviation History Site

 

COUNTRIES

Australia : Branches of Military
Army ~ SCMA (Soldier Career Management Agency),
Postal: GPO Box 393 D, Melbourne VIC 3001
Tel: (03) 9282 4999 or (03) 9282 5393, Fax: (03) 9282 5018
Naval records ~ Directorate of Sailors' Career Management,
Postal: D-2-26, Department of Defence (Navy Office), Russell Offices,
CANBERRA ACT 2600 RAAF Records ~ National Archives of Australia,
Postal: O Box 7425, CANBERRA MAIL CENTRE ACT 2610
Belgium

Belgian Military Page
Canada

Link - Canadian Air Aces and Heroes ~ WWI, WWII, Korea
France

Link - Histoire et Figurine, Premier Empire: Les Armées, First Empire: The Armies
Netherlands
Ministerie van Defensie, afdeling Personeel,
Postal: PO Box 20701, 2500 ES Den Haag, NETHERLANDS.
Provide exact, full name; place and date of birth/death; military serial number.
Ask for a full service record.

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Rhodesia & South Africa
United Kingdom
Link - Regiments.org ~ Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
Royal Navy and Royal Marines contact, correct at April 1999:
Naval Pay and Pensions (Accounts), AFPAA (Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency)
(Centurion), Centurion Building, Grange Road, Gosport, Hants PO13 9XA.
UK Phone number: 01705 722351 ext. Centurion 2224/2317
Ministry of Defence Records Office CS(R)2,
Postal: Bourne Avenue, Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 1RF, Tel ++44 181 5733831
Navy

Link - Royal Navy Ratings' Records, 1667-1923
U.K. : England
Link - 207 Squadron Royal Air Force Association
Link - 1679 Battle of Bothwell Bridge and subsequent wreck of the Crown of London off the
coast of Deerness ~ resulted in the death of most of the prisoners on board
Link - British Army
Link - British Military Records
Link - British Prisoners of War, c1760-1919
Link - British Prisoners of War, 1939-1953
Link - Prisoners of War in British Hands, 1698-1919
U.K. & IRELAND

Link - Military Records ~ GENUKI
U.S.A.

U.S.A. - Military Page
Branches of Service ~ U.S.A. - Military Page
U.S.A. - Military - Civil War - Virginia Page

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Wars

1754-1763 ... French & Indian War
1775-1783 ... Revolutionary, American
1812-1814 ...
War of 1812
1861-1865 ...
Civil War [War of The Rebellion]
1898 ............
Spanish-American War
1914-1918 ...
WWI, The Great War
1940-1943 ...
WWII
1950-1953 ...
Korean Conflict
1961-1962 ...
Cuban Conflict
1961-1975 ...
Vietnam Conflict

Link - Links2Go

Germany
Link - Link for List of men (age 16 & older) available for military service during 1691 / 1693,
in the Towns near Lesum (now part of Bremen)
U.S.A.

Wars ~ Military - USA Page

 

1754-1763 ... French & Indian War

Link - 1755 The French and Indian War ~ "This site is dedicated to the French Soldiers
who came to New France between 1755 and 1760 to fight in the French and Indian War.
This conflict was fought, in the most part, in the Lake George, Lake Champlain region of
New York, at Quebec City, and Montreal."
Link - Newspaper Coverage of the English and French War For Control of North America

 

1775-1783 ... Revolutionary, American

 

 

1812-1814 ... War of 1812

Link - Links2Go

 

13Jan1846-02Feb1846 ... Mexican War

Act of U.S. Congress of 10Jan1845 provided for the annexation of Texas was ratified 04Jly1845,
and Texas thus became a State in the American Union. She had already maintained her independence for ten years against Mexico. There never was a formal declaration of war made. 02Feb1846 - Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo. On 28May1846, Congress passed a resolution declaring that war existed between the United States and Mexico, and further resolved that it should be prosecuted until we had attained "indemnity for the past and security for the future".

Link - Aztec Club of 1847 ~ SEARCHable U.S. War Officer Database

 

1861-1865 ... Civil War [War of The Rebellion]

COUNTRIES [Civil War]

U.S.A.
U.S.A. - Military - Civil War Page
STATES, Individual ~ U.S.A. - Military - Civil War Page
U.S.A. - Military - Civil War - Virginia Page

 

1898 ... Spanish-American War

Link - Links2Go

COUNTRIES [Spanish-American War]

U.S.A.
U.S.A. - Military - Spanish-American War Page
STATES, Individual ~ Military-USA - Spanish-Am War Page

 

1914-1918 ... WWI, The Great War

Link - Links2Go

COUNTRIES [WWI]

Australia
Link - Australia and New Zealand in France during WWI ~ the ANZACS in the Somme
during the First World War in France tourisme
Belgium

Belgian Military Page
Link - Photos ~ Pictures Index ~ Market Harborough in the First World War
Canada

Link - Canadian Air Aces and Heroes ~ WWI, WWII, Korea
Link - Naval Museum ~ Calgary, Alberta ~ Navy Vessels
Europe
BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, NETHERLANDS, POLAND, ITALY, GERMANY

Link - St. Helene's Project, The ~ "This website presents information regarding the
Sainte Helene's medal. Created in 1857 by Napoleon III, it rewards the 390,000 soldiers
still living in 1857, who had fought with Napoleon I during the 1792-1815 wars.
- All decorated soldiers were born around 1765-1797 and were still living in 1857
- All of them belonged to the French army between the years 1792-1815
- 405,000 soldiers were decorated between 1857 and 1870; 350,000 French soldiers
and 55,000 foreign soldiers (countries of origin include Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Poland, Italy, Germany)"
France

Link - WWI ~ Somme, Northern France, Australia and New Zealand in
Ireland, Northern

Link - NI Excerpts
Netherlands

Link - The First World War and Refugees in the Netherlands
Poland

Link - Polish Campaign 1939
United Kingdom
Link - Connaught Rangers ~ complete casualty list for the Sixth Battalion in WWI
Link - Military History Research Index, The ~ Medal Research
CWGC (Commonwealth War Graves Commission, The)
WWI & WWII
Link or Link - CWGC (Commonwealth War Graves Commission, The)
Link - CWGC Project
Link - CWGC Search for Nationality ~ Debt of Honour Register
~ AUSTRALIA, CANADA, INDIA, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AFRICA, UK
& FORMER COLONIES
U.S.A.

Military-USA - WWI Page
STATES, Individual ~ Military-USA - WWI Page

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1940-1943 ... WWII

Link - An Auschwitz Alphabet ~ This is one individual's collection of sites about life and
death in Auschwitz during the Holocaust. It explains who was killed, how people survived,
the rules that applied in the camps and the role of religion.
Link - World War II Resources ~ Primary source materials on the Web. Original documents regarding
all aspects of the war. Sound Bites.
Aviation

Link - Aircraft ~ Pictures of WWII aircraft both color and B&W
Germany

Link - Luft '46 ~ WWII German Luftwaffe experimental aircraft projects, including
specifications, three view drawings, background, model photos and custom artwo
rk.
Link - Links2Go
Link - VE Day Links ~ Online resources for Turner Adventure Learning's Electronic Field Trip
to Berlin, Germany for the 50th anniversary of VE Day.

Link - Links to historical texts and images from World War II
Branches of Service ~ Military-USA - WWII Page
STATES, Individual ~ Military-USA - WWII Page

COUNTRIES [WWII]

Australia
Link - Australian War Memorial site
Canada

Link - Canadian Air Aces and Heroes ~ WWI, WWII, Korea
Finland

Link - The Finnish Air Force During W.W.II. The Story of the Finnish Swastika. Soon after the
Russian revolution started in 1917, the autonomous Grand Duchy...
Germany

Link - German Armed Forces in WWII ~ The German Armed Forces in WWII
Netherlands

Link - Chronology of Dutch war-time history ~ Albert van der Heide's very detailed day
by day account of events in The Netherlands during WWII.
U.S.A.

Military-USA - WWII Page

Vehicles
Link - Armored War! ~ WWII Allied Tank Data
Link - WWII on the WWW
Link - WWII Commemoration by Grolier
Vessels
Link - U-Boat.net ~ the U-Boat War of 1939-1945 ~ WWII

 

1950-1953 ... Korean Conflict

Link - Links2Go

COUNTRIES [Korean Conflict]

Canada
Link - Canadian Air Aces and Heroes ~ WWI, WWII, Korea

U.S.A.
Link - Korean War veterans --- for the Burnham, Maine Korean War Veteran Chapter
~ CPL Clair Goodblood Medal of Honor Memorial
Link - Korean War Veterans Association

 

1961-1962 ... Cuban Conflict

Link - Links2Go

 

1961-1975 ... Vietnam Conflict

Link - Links2Go
Link - A Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall Page ~ SEARCH
Link - The Wall ~ The National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Link - Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Fund ~ The Virtual Wall

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This page has been compiled by Flo. Day until 30 April 2000
and graciously submitted to the BELGIUM-ROOTS site,
when she discontinued this set of pages for personal reasons.
Last updated 17 Apr 2000
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