Bibliography

Canadian Virtual War Memorial. Veteran's Affairs Canada. Access the database here

Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Access information and databases here

Library and Archives Canada. Ottawa. Personnel Records of the First World War database. Access the
database here

Murray, W.W. The history of the 2nd Canadian Battalion (East. Ontario Regiment): Canadian Expeditionary
Force in the Great War, 1914-1919. Publ. 1947. Call No: 940.3 Mur

Nicholson, Colonel Gerald W.L. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919. Ottawa: R. Duhamel,
Queen's Printer, 1964.

Suggested Reading

Items available through the Smiths Falls Public Library collection

Online resources:

World War I search results on hoopla (ebooks, audiobooks, movies, tv, digital resources). View our WWI collection on hoopla here

*Please note that to borrow an item you will need to sign up with your library card. Create an account with hoopla here

World War I search results on Overdrive (ebooks and audiobooks). View our WWI collection on Overdrive here

*Please note that to borrow an item you will need to sign up with your library card. Create an account with Overdrive here

Books:

Barrett, Matthew and Robert C. Engen. Through their eyes: a graphic history of Hill 70 and Canada's First World War. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022. Call No: 940.431 Bar

Cook, Tim. At the sharp end: Canadians fighting the great war, 1914-1916. Volume one. Viking Canada, 2007. Call No: 940.41271 Coo

Cook, Tim. The madman and the butcher: the sensational wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie. Allen Lane, 2010. Call No: 940.400922 Coo

Cook, Tim. Vimy: the battle and the legend. Allen Lane, 2017. Call No: 940.4 Coo

Cook, Tim. The secret history of soldiers: how Canadians survived the Great War. Allen Lane, 2018. Call No: 940.4 Coo

Foley, Robert T. and Helen McCartney. The Somme: an eyewitness history. The Folio Society, 2006. Call No: 940.4272 Somme

Freeman, Bill and Richard Nielsen. Far from home: Canadians in the First World War. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, c.1999. Call No: 940.40971 Fre

Hoyer, Katja. Blood and iron: the rise and fall of the German Empire, 1871-1918. Pegasus Books, 2021. Call No: 943.083 Hoy

MacMillan, Margaret. The war that ended peace: the road to 1914. Allen Lane, 2013. Call No: 940.28 Mac

Massie, Robert K. Castles of steel: Britain, Germany, and the winning of the Great War at sea. Random House, c.2003. Call No: 940.45941 Mas

Murray, W.W. The history of the 2nd Canadian Battalion (East. Ontario Regiment): Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1919. Publ. 1947. Call No: 940.3 Mur

Sheffield, G. D. and Imperial War Museum (Great Britain). The First World War remembered. Andre Deutsch, 2014. Call No: REF 940.3 She

Zuehlke, Mark. Brave battalion: the remarkable saga of the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) in the First World War. J. Wiley & Sons Canada, c.2008. Call No: 940.41271 Zue

DVDs:

1917 (DVD) Universal Studios Canada Inc., 2020. Call No: DVD Nin

McKenna, Brian, Justin Trudeau and Michael Rudder. The Great War. CBC Home Video, c.2007. Call No: DVD 940.4 Great

Other:

National Film Board of Canada. Access the NFB's collection here

Canada's History - military & war videos. Access Canada's History - military & war video collection here

Apocalypse: World War I, TVO. Access TVO's seven-part series - Apocalypse: World War I here