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Here`s info for you about what LINESMAN from www.greatwardigital.com does.

Powerpoint link

Archives map of Bourlon Wood 1918

What it looks like in LINESMAN

The series of images below are the 1928 lists of where the Battles of the CEF took place. Watch this space for an "interesting" development on mapping with the Linesman Map System. Images are numbered sequentially from left to right. Thanks to 14th Bn expert Brian Sutherland for digging this up. Feel free to take a copy and tell your friends about www.cobwfa.ca - isn't it time you were a member?



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This series of links below takes you to the 3rd Infantry Brigade Report for 22 April - 5 May 1915 when they were engaged in action at St Julien and Kitchener's Wood. The original maps in the second column are very high quality for historical research purposes.

Page	Maps	Casualties	Ammunition Expended
Page 1	Situation 4 pm 22 April 22 1915
Page 2	Situation 7 am 23 April 1915
Page 3	Situation 8 pm 23 April 1915
Page 4	Situation 9 am 24 April 1915
Page 5	Situation 4 am 25 April 1915
Page 6	Situation 1200 25 April 1915
	Situation 9 am 26 April 1915
	Situation 6 am 27 April 1915
		1st Division by Brigades
			22- 30 April 1915

The Webmaster has a new mapping package - from Great War Digital. The LINESMAN Mapping package allows you to generate information like that shown below - absolutely incredible for die hard WW1 historians and casual fans alike. Contact the Webteam for more info on why you want to be in the Central Ontario Branch of the Western Front - to take advantage of the webmaster of course! :)

A walking map (made with Ozie Explorer) of points just east of St Julien showing Kitchener's Wood

On 20 September 1917, Lt Frederick Burd was killed near St Julien Belgium with the 2/4 London Regiment.

Read the operations report then see the story here and be sure to visit his memorial website by his descendant Ben Burd.

1 Oct 1916 - Courcellette France - the 20th Battalion Attacks

On 1 Oct 1916 the 20th Battalion attacked a section of the German held defenses to the east of Courcellette in the direction of Le Sars. On that day a British Brigade also made an assault on another part of the line that helped set up the 16th Battalion attack on Desire Trench

This presentation CLICK uses the same techniques as the 16th Battalion show above.

The soldiers lost in the attack - per records from The Canadian Great War Project were as shown below

Last Name	First Name	Reg No	Buried / Memorial	Family
McIntosh	Robert	412813	Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France	Son of Robert and Margaret McIntosh, of Uddingston, Scotland; husband of Marjory McIntosh, of 819, Ossington Avenue, Toronto.
Sampson	Harry	214351	Adanac Military Cemetery, France	Brother of Richard Sampson, Coatsworth Ontario
McNiven	Archibald	413065	Contay British Cemetery, France	Son of Archibald and Mary McNiven, of Renton, Scotland; husband of Elizabeth McNiven, of 189, Palmerston Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Mitchell	William	58019	Contay British Cemetery, France	George Mitchell, 58 Provost Road, Dundee Scotland
Smith	Henry	213664	Contay British Cemetery, France	Son of Thomas and Louise Smith, of Hamilton, Ontario; husband of Rosa Smith, of Ojibway, Ontario.
Roy	Frederick Robert	142133	St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France	H Roy, Sturgeon Falls, Ont (born in New Hampshire USA)
Green	Charles	NA	Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison, France	Son of George and Elizabeth Green, of Sholing, Southampton, England husband of Mabel Gertrude Green, of 14, Easton Square, Portland, England.
Spraggett	Charles	171537	Vimy Memorial	Son of John Spraggett; husband of Charlotte Sarah Spraggett, of 14, York Place, Maria St., Limehouse, London, England.
Webster	James	409377	Vimy Memorial	Son of Ralph and Sarah Ann Webster of 23, Lord St., Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.
Bradfield	John	141157	Vimy Memorial	Husband if Mrs J Bradfield, Hamilton, Ont
Brown	John	57776	Vimy Memorial	Wife lived at Cluney, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Brown	John	408093	Vimy Memorial	Miss J Brown (LINK)
Clarke	Edward Gerard	57382	Vimy Memorial	Husband of Frances Clarke, of 20, Liberty St., Bowmanville, Ontario.
Dufour	Thomas Vanson	451827	Vimy Memorial	Son of Alfred Henry and Charlotte Jane Du Four, of 64, Chatham St., Hamilton, Ontario. Wounded four times.
Logan	Robert McPherson	454870	Vimy Memorial	Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Logan, of 640, Drew St., Oshawa, Ontario.
Plummer	Richard	57479	Vimy Memorial	WH Plummer, LINK

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