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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.  
 
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.  
  
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?
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In this phase of the project, the aim is find a personal narrative - a diary, letters, memoirs or images - for each military battalion or regiment in the Allied Armies.  
  
There are '''three ways you can help''' share the experiences of soldiers in specific units.
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== Have you got a few free minutes to take on a small research challenge? ==
* '''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. '''If you're not used to wikis, [https://mia2.typeform.com/to/dkhC4B use this form to suggest a link].'''
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Getting started is easy:
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# Take one of the [[Lists of personal diaries, letters, memoirs|personal diaries, letters or memoirs listed]]
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# Match its author with a regiment or battalion.
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# Send in the results [https://mia2.typeform.com/to/dkhC4B via this form] or edit the wiki directly to add their diary to the relevant battalion or regiment page
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== Other ways you can help ==
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* '''Add other personal or official diaries''', memoirs and letters you know about to this site. '''If you're not used to wikis, [https://mia2.typeform.com/to/dkhC4B use this form to suggest a link].'''
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* '''Spread the word!''' Tell your local history group, museum, library or archive about this project and suggest they add any diaries they know about
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* Add resources for [[Researching World War One records|researching World War One records]] to the wiki
 
* '''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, [http://miaridge.com/contact/ contact Mia] for more information).
 
* '''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).

Revision as of 06:53, 20 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.

In this phase of the project, the aim is find a personal narrative - a diary, letters, memoirs or images - for each military battalion or regiment in the Allied Armies.

Have you got a few free minutes to take on a small research challenge?

Getting started is easy:

  1. Take one of the personal diaries, letters or memoirs listed
  2. Match its author with a regiment or battalion.
  3. Send in the results via this form or edit the wiki directly to add their diary to the relevant battalion or regiment page

Other ways you can help

  • Add other personal or official diaries, memoirs and letters you know about to this site. If you're not used to wikis, use this form to suggest a link.
  • Spread the word! Tell your local history group, museum, library or archive about this project and suggest they add any diaries they know about
  • Add resources for researching World War One records to the wiki
  • 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, search for their regiment or battalion - if the page doesn't already exist you will be prompted to create it. If you're not used to wikis, use this form to suggest a link. You can can also 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!