Links
I found the following sites helpful while creating my database. I will be adding to this list as time goes on and hopefully all links will remain active. I encourage anyone who views my website to submit any sites they have found of interest as well (Note: Some links may now be broken.)
Canadian World War Two Service Records are available from Library and Archives Canada with certain restrictions and conditions as outlined at the following site: Canadian Forces after 1918 (including Second World War) - Canadian Genealogy Centre - Library and Archives Canada
Some records are now on line at the following site: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/war-dead/index-e.html?PHPSESSID=puum5qppo5dih2kjjdd5voqqi1
Cape Breton Related:
The Cape Breton Highlanders Home Page http://faculty.cbu.ca/highlanders/
Historic Fort Petrie Home Page http://www.cbv.ns.ca/nwcomndx/fortptri/fpetrie.htm
Glace Bay Remembers - Enlisted Members http://www.johnbernardcroakvc.com/memorialenl.php?section=memorial
Inverness Academy Veterans Memorial Website http://www.ia.ednet.ns.ca/veteransmemorialwall/index.htm
Regiments (Cape Bretoners were part of all the following units) :
The Cape Breton Highlanders http://faculty.cbu.ca/highlanders/
The North Nova Scotia Highlanders http://www.parl.ns.ca/highlanders/
The Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum http://free.hostultra.com/~ambushpaintball/nshighregmuseum/
The West Nova Scotia Regiment http://army.ca/wiki/index.php/The_West_Nova_Scotia_Regiment
First Canadian Parachute Battalion http://www.1canpara.com/
First Special Service Force (aka The Devil's Brigade) http://www.execulink.com/~kiska/FSSFHomepage.index.html
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry http://www.rhli.ca/home.html
Lincoln & Welland Regiment http://www.iaw.on.ca/~awoolley/lincweld.html
Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment http://www.theregiment.ca/hastypee.html
Sherbrooke Hussars http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/units-unites/unit-unite-eng.asp?id=596
Royal Canadian Air Force:
RCAF.com The History and Heritage http://www.rcaf.com/
Aif Force Association of Canad http://airforce.ca/
Air Force Honours and Award http://airforce.ca/honours-awards/military-honours-awards-1914-1945-files/rcaf-personnel-1939-1949/
Nova Scotia Fatalities http://www.parl.ns.ca/airforce/RCAF.htm
The Dambusters http://www.dambusters.org.uk/
Angels Eight - Normandy Air War Diary http://www3.sympatico.ca/angels_eight/
Bomber Command http://www.bomberhistory.co.uk/
RAF Bomber Command http://www.rafbombercommand.com/master_welcome.html
Royal Canadian Navy:
RCN Awards http://www.rcnvr.com/
History of the Royal Canadian Navy - Canadian Merchant Ship Losses, 1939-1945 http://www.familyheritage.ca/Articles/merchant1.html#N_29_
Naval History Net http://www.naval-history.net/index.htm
The Wrens of Nova Scotia http://thewrens.com/canada/novascotia/
WRCNS http://www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/resource_pages/pavingtheway/wrcns_registry.html
Canadian Merchant Navy:
Ships in Atlantic Convoys http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/index.html
Billy McGee's List of Canadian Seamen Lost in WWII http://casualtylist.tripod.com/
Merchant Navy War Dead Database
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/atlantic/merchant_search
Canadian Merchant Marine Archives http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-913.006-e.html
American Merchant Marine at War http://www.usmm.org/ww2.html
Merchant Navy in World War 2 http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/merchantnavy.html
A Tribute to the Merchant Seaman of WWII http://members.tripod.com/~merchantships/merchantseamentribute.html
Maritime Command Museum http://www.pspmembers.com/marcommuseum/index.html
Convoy Web http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/index.html?home1.htm~convoymain
OS and KOS Convoys http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/oskms/index.html
U-boat.net - The U-boat War 1939-1945 http://uboat.net/
The Naval Museum of Manitoba http://www.naval-museum.mb.ca/index.htm
General:
Canuck Home Page http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/
Veterans Affairs Canada Sites:
Canadian Virtual War Memorial http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem
War Medals (1939-1991) http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group04
Index of Medals and Decorations http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/list
Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/
Canadian War Graves in Nova Scotia http://www.mapleleaflegacy.ca/en/countries/nova_scotia.php
Remembrances Canada and the Second World War http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Militaris/
Forces.gc Director of History and Heritage http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/index-eng.asp
Canadian War Museum http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/home/home
Guysborough Vets http://www.angelfire.com/folk/guysboroughvets/Opening.html
US National War Memorial http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=registry.asp&subpage=intro
US Government Archives http://aad.archives.gov/aad/index.jsp
The Memories Recovered Project http://themrp.org
Royal Canadian Legion:
Legion Magazine Home http://www.legionmagazine.com/
The Royal Canadian Legion http://legion.ca/Home/SiteHome_e.cfm
Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command http://www.ns.legion.ca/
Branch #003 John Bernard Croak VC Branch, Glace Bay
http://www.johnbernardcroakvc.com/memorialenl.php?section=memorial
Branch #008 Breton Branch, Sydney Mines http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/syd/
Branch #043 Port Hawkesbury http://www.legion43porthawkesbury.com/
Branch #062 Louisbourg http://louisbourglegion.blogspot.com