I began this site in memory of two of my relatives who fought in what was known as the Great War for Civilisation 1914-1919. One survived, the other did not.

Through my research I have found other similar sites and have added links to them.

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Acting 2nd Corporal James Hunt no 34902 of the Royal Engineers, originally 2nd Bn. Ox & Bucks Light Infantry, DCM, MM. who survived the entire war. Second Lieutenant Sydney Elphick Sanders 6th Bn. Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) who didn't. Killed in Action 30th Nov 1917.

The Four Bradford Brothers - First World War's only Victoria Cross-winning brothers -. Frederick Elias Noakes Junior, private in the Coldstream Guards on the Western Front.
Group Photograph An attempt to find out more about the lives and families of officers in a group photograph taken of the officers of the 8th Royal Berkshire Regiment taken at their training camp on Salisbury Plain in July 1915. Theodor H�rnemann The search for a German victim of World War 1.

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Click here to visit the Long, Long Trail - the definitive Web site on the British Army in World War 1.

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