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* '''Add links for personal and official diaries, letters, memoirs and histories to regiment or battalion pages'''. There are some links to websites that list [[Lists of personal diaries, letters, memoirs|personal diaries, letters, memoirs]] and [[Official unit diaries and histories|official unit diaries and histories]] to get you started, or you may already know about a personal narrative that could be added to a battalion or regiment page.
 
* '''Add links for personal and official diaries, letters, memoirs and histories to regiment or battalion pages'''. There are some links to websites that list [[Lists of personal diaries, letters, memoirs|personal diaries, letters, memoirs]] and [[Official unit diaries and histories|official unit diaries and histories]] to get you started, or you may already know about a personal narrative that could be added to a battalion or regiment page.
 
* '''Help fill in the battalions for each regiment'''. Some battalions are already listed in the country pages on the left-hand side. A good source for detailed battalion listings is the Long, Long Trail's page for [http://www.1914-1918.net/regiments.htm the British infantry of 1914-1918]
 
* '''Help fill in the battalions for each regiment'''. Some battalions are already listed in the country pages on the left-hand side. A good source for detailed battalion listings is the Long, Long Trail's page for [http://www.1914-1918.net/regiments.htm the British infantry of 1914-1918]
* '''Add detail for battalions''' through 'infoboxes' that describe how different military units were related to each other (this one is a bit more technical, contact [http://miaridge.com/contact/ Mia] for more information).
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* '''Add detail for battalions''' through 'infoboxes' that describe how different military units were related to each other (this one is a bit more technical, [http://miaridge.com/contact/ contact Mia] for more information).
  
 
'''If you've got a diary you want to add now, please just click 'Edit' above, and add the name of the author's regiment.''' Add 'British infantry' or another appropriate label to help differentiate between units across different armies, then make it into a wiki link by putting two square brackets around the name of the regiment or battalion, like this:
 
'''If you've got a diary you want to add now, please just click 'Edit' above, and add the name of the author's regiment.''' Add 'British infantry' or another appropriate label to help differentiate between units across different armies, then make it into a wiki link by putting two square brackets around the name of the regiment or battalion, like this:

Revision as of 08:31, 14 November 2014

There are hundreds or thousands of personal accounts of the war online, whether on large sites like Europeana 1914-1918, national libraries and archives, or individual diaries transcribed and posted online through small local projects. The challenge is to link these personal accounts by creating links from the individual who wrote them to their military unit. To populate this dataset, personal accounts (diaries, letters, etc) need to be linked to specific soldiers, who can then be linked to specific units. Linking published accounts such as official unit histories to pages would also help. Once these personal accounts are linked to particular military units, they can be linked to higher units - from the battalion, ship or regiment to brigade, corps, etc - and to particular places, activities, events and campaigns.

In this phase of the project, the aim is find a personal narrative - a diary, letters, memoirs or images - for each military unit in the British Army. It's a daunting task. Can you help?

There are three ways you can help share the experiences of soldiers in specific units.

  • Add links for personal and official diaries, letters, memoirs and histories to regiment or battalion pages. There are some links to websites that list personal diaries, letters, memoirs and official unit diaries and histories to get you started, or you may already know about a personal narrative that could be added to a battalion or regiment page.
  • Help fill in the battalions for each regiment. Some battalions are already listed in the country pages on the left-hand side. A good source for detailed battalion listings is the Long, Long Trail's page for the British infantry of 1914-1918
  • Add detail for battalions through 'infoboxes' that describe how different military units were related to each other (this one is a bit more technical, contact Mia for more information).

If you've got a diary you want to add now, please just click 'Edit' above, and add the name of the author's regiment. Add 'British infantry' or another appropriate label to help differentiate between units across different armies, then make it into a wiki link by putting two square brackets around the name of the regiment or battalion, like this:

[[Royal Warwickshire Regiment, British infantry]]

This makes it into a red link Royal Warwickshire Regiment, British infantry; you can click on any red-linked page name to create that page.

Don't worry about doing it perfectly, any help is better than none and it's easy to gradually improve wiki pages!