World War I personel files

[Fubar]

I meant to put this up quite some time ago but keep forgeting....If you had relatives in World War I and would like to find their records here is a link for you.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/war-military/index-e.html


The first thing you get immediately is there application record, after that you can request their full file, online.

Attached is my Great Grand Fathers application, actually written out by him, and signed by him back in 1916. He went on to fight in France(Vimy) and lose a leg on the battle field...I am also going through the process of getting his medals(duplicates) sent to me.

If you need help navigating the site, just let me know:

[Kagan]

Holy crap Mike! What a trip that must have been finding that. Sent a shiver up my spine. Very cool for sure.

[Fubar]

Yeap it's very cool for me, not everyone is in to this kind of stuff, but I am

[ellymay]

That's pretty cool Fubar. Thanks for posting the site. I will have to check out and see what I can find. Shadow and I like stuff like that too. :smile:

[TexasRed]

That is cool Fubar.

I just took pix of my grandfather {WWII} & his uncle's {WWI} memorial stones at the foot of their graves a couple of weeks ago.

[Kagan]

Mike, my cousin Stu has been assembling a family tree for years and he freaked when I sent him that link. Turns out that we had two family members shipped off. He's still trying to figure out who's who but Leavens's from Belleville were a small group and it really blows my mind that the archives were digitized. Thanks man.

[shell]

Hey Fub this is very cool just seen it. Going to try and look up my Granbdfather he fought at Vimy Ridge. It will have to wait for after work

[Fubar]

If your looking for a Canadian WWII vet, then you need to call them

18665787777 option 8

They do not have WWII digitized yet.

CHeers

[RegStonge]

Good work FUB, this will be really helpful for everyone..
Reg

[Fubar]

Thanks Reg