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The Great War.ca: Links of
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The
Canadian Virtual War Memorial |
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A great place to search records and
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The Canadian War Museum's Page for Veteran's Records
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Canada's
Military Heritage: The War Amps
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Great for information and source
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Canada's
War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario |
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Maple Leaf Legacy Project
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A very ambitious but worthy project to photograph the headstones of Canada's war dead. Perhaps
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Canada's National Archives
for WW I |
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Canada's Military Heritage Page |
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Major
and Mrs. Holts Battlefield Guide to the Somme
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The Regimental
Warpath |
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Canada's Military
Heritage |
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Kingshead Tours
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Battlefield tours undertaken in Land Rover County Station Wagons, taking you
to First and Second World War cemeteries and memorials, as well as visiting
battlefield sites. |
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Salient Tours |
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Twice daily Battlefield Tours at Ypres, the Somme
and now, the
D-Day beaches of Normandy. |
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Bartletts
Battlefield Journeys |
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Over the Top Tours |
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Organized tours based out of Ieper and will also tour
Vimy Ridge. |
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ANGLIA
Battlefield Tours |
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Battlefield Tours |
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The Commonwealth War Grave Commission |
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A very useful site for those trying to locate relatives buried in Europe. Maps
#'s 51,52 and 53 showing all the CWGC cemeteries in northern France and
Belgium are available at the Vimy Memorial and through the Commission. |
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The Vimy Ridge Attack |
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The
War Gunner |
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An interesting site by Andrew
Allanson-Parsons containing pictures scanned from a
booklet acquired in 1940 by his grandfather, John
Parsons, a gunner and cook during the
Second World War. |
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Panoramic View of War Cemeteries |
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This is an
amazing site offering 360 degree views of many war cemeteries. |
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War Research Society |
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Battlefield, memorial, pilgrimage & heritage tours |
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Simon
Farr’s Ypres Home Page |
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A great site if you are planning to visit Ypres. |
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WW1Cemeteries.com |
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contains over 1300 images of
the cemeteries and memorials of the Great War |
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Canadian
Letters, Diaries and Photo's from WW I |
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Unfortunate Region |
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A great
site for cemetery information and locations. |
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Great War Listings-Canada
Web Directory
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Hugh Little and
Barry Keighley composed a song to commemorate the fallen of The Great War
The composition has been put to video utilizing original film footage of
W.W. I |
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Canadian
Air Aces and Heroes |
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Area Bed & Breakfasts |
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Hortensia B&B |
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Ideally
near the centre of Ypres with
6 spacious rooms, all with shower &
toilet en-suite and T.V.
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easy walking distance to the Menin
Gate’s “Last Post” and to the Market Place (In Flanders Fields Museum, a
nice walk home after dinner). A 1 minute walk to the Lille Gate and the
Ramparts.
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Ieper (Ypres) B&B |
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a 10 minute walk to the Menin Gate |
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Cherry Blossom B&B |
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An English Run B&B/Tea Room situated at
Brandhoek, near Ypres Belgium. I understand you can be picked up from Ypres
or Poperinge train stations and there can be tours provided. A packed lunch
provided for extra cost. You can also rent a bicycle if you wish. |
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