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    • The Salamander Oasis Trust »

      The Salamander Oasis Trust was set up after the Second World War to collect, edit and publish poems written by servicemen of all nations during the 1939-1945 War. Since its inception, the Trust has collected more than 17,000 poems and published five anthologies of poetry.

      Commonwealth War Graves Commission »

      Established by Royal Charter in 1917, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars.  It is a non-profit-making organisation that was founded by Sir Fabian Ware.

      Since its inception, the Commission has constructed 2,500 war cemeteries and plots, erecting headstones over graves and, in instances where the remains are missing, inscribing the names of the dead on permanent memorials. Over one million casualties are now commemorated at military and civil sites in some 150 countries.

      The Memory Project »

      Created in 2001, The Memory Project is the Dominion Institute’s flagship educational programme, designed to connect veterans and students online and in classrooms across the country. The Memory Project Speakers’ Bureau includes 1,500 veteran volunteers from across Canada visiting classrooms and community groups to share their stories with youth. The veterans in The Memory Project represent a wide range of conflicts, including World War I, World War II, Korean War, Peacekeeping Operations and Canadian Forces experiences.

      The Memory Project Digital Archive, an online database that houses the oral histories and artifacts of more than 1000 Canadian veterans, complements the Speakers’ Bureau. To visit the Digital Archive, click here. To date, these veterans have reached more than 300,000 young people.

      		  

      The War Graves Photographic Project »

      The aim of The War Graves Photographic Project is to photograph every war grave, individual memorial, MoD grave, and family memorial of serving military personnel from WWI to the present day and make these available within a searchable database.

      Dal Volturno a Cassino, Campagna d’Italia 1943-1945 »

      DAL VOLTURNO A CASSINO è un sito web che ha come scopo principale quello di raccogliere e divulgare informazioni relative sia, in particolare, alla battaglia di Cassino sia a tutti quegli eventi meno noti, ma ad essa obbligatoriamente correlati, che temporalmente la precedono e la seguono.

      Second World War Experience Center »

      The Centre is becoming a Mecca for authors working on Second World War books, for TV research, for Post-Graduate and Undergraduate researchers as well as for visitors, many of whom have Second World War life experience. In the Visitors’ Book men and women have listed as their individual background, for example, Dunkirk, El Alamein, Cassino, D-Day, Arctic Convoys, SOE, the Liverpool Blitz, Munitions work, School evacuation, Bomber Command raids over the Ruhr, Far East POW captivity or perhaps, even more soberingly, Auschwitz.

      The Gurkha Welfare Trust »

      The Gurkha Welfare Trust was established in England in 1969. Its remit is to provide financial, medical and community aid to alleviate hardship and distress among Gurkha ex-servcemen of the British Crown and their dependants after they have returned to their homeland of Nepal. 

      History of the New Zealanders in the Italian Campaign »

      This feature tells the stories of these men through an overview of the main events, a campaign map and particularly through the memories of those who were there. 

      Canadians in the Italian Campaign »

      This website is dedicated to the memory and history of the Canadian Forces contribution in the Great War, the Second World War and the Korean Conflict.

      Commonwealth War Graves Commission »

      Established by Royal Charter in 1917, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. It is a non-profit-making organisation that was founded by Sir Fabian Ware.

      American Battle Monuments Commission »

      The ABMC commemorative mission is reflected in 24 overseas military cemeteries that serve as resting places for almost 125,000 American war dead; on Tablets of the Missing that memorialize more than 94,000 U.S. servicemen and women; and through 25 memorials, monuments and markers.

      Canadian War Museum »

      An entirely new and must-see attraction, this national museum presents Canada’s military past and how it shaped the country. Its outstanding exhibitions explain Canada s rich military history from earliest times to the present, featuring the experiences of people on the battlefields and at home.

      Imperial War Museum, London, England »

      The Imperial War Museum is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present day. It seeks to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of modern war and ‘war-time experience’. It is proud to be regarded as one of the essential sights of London.