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Historian and palaeographer. I run [http://www.differenthand.ltd.uk Different Hand Ltd], doing manuscript transcription, XML markup, research assistance and related services.
 
Historian and palaeographer. I run [http://www.differenthand.ltd.uk Different Hand Ltd], doing manuscript transcription, XML markup, research assistance and related services.
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My PhD thesis and published work are on horses and cavalry in the English Civil War. I got into First World War research through tracing my great-grandad, who was in [[1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, UK|1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment]]. I was a moderator at Your Archives and used to blog at Investigations of a Dog.
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My PhD thesis and published work are on horses and cavalry in the English Civil War. I got into First World War research through tracing my great-grandad, who was in [[1/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army|1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment]]. I was a moderator at Your Archives and used to blog at Investigations of a Dog.
  
 
==To do list==
 
==To do list==
  
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* create/expand definition pages for types and specific types. Specific types still needed:
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* try to clear list of individual narratives as far as possible
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** [[cavalry regiment]]
 
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** [[cavalry squadron]]
 
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** [[light horse regiment]]
 
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** [[mounted division]]
 
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** [[corps (tactical)]]
 
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** [[corps (administrative)]]
 
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** [[record office]]
 
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** [[arm]]
 
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** [[cyclist battalion]]
 
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** [[cyclist company]]
 
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** [[horse artillery battery]]
 
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** [[horse artillery brigade]]
 
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** [[horse artillery ammunition column]]
 
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** [[field artillery brigade]]
 
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** [[field ambulance]]
 
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** [[expeditionary force]]
 
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** [[army]]
 
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* British infantry regiment pages (done to KOSB):
 
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** check  for missing or duplicate battalions
 
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** move medal rolls to h4 under other official sources
 
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** set default sort
 
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* British and Indian division pages:
 
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** WO 95 sub-series for non-WF theatres
 
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** WO 157 if any
 
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* add more tasks to [[How you can help]]:
 
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** highland, rifle, cyclist and pals battalions
 
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** division-corps relationships
 
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** regimental museums and archives
 
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** IWM Lives communities
 
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** yeomanry regiments converted to infantry or machine gun battalions
 
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** improve type definition pages
 
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** British Territorial battalions needing further disambiguation:
 
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*** [[6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, UK]]
 
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* start a help page on how to access structured data
 
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* sort out naming conventions for CEF infantry battalions and create missing pages
 
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* create pages for British divisional machine gun units
 
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* import and test Wikipedia citation templates?
 
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* expand [[Official unit diaries and histories]]
 
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* update [[British Army Hierarchies]] and move source list to [[Official unit diaries and histories]]
 

Latest revision as of 09:44, 14 November 2017

Historian and palaeographer. I run Different Hand Ltd, doing manuscript transcription, XML markup, research assistance and related services. My PhD thesis and published work are on horses and cavalry in the English Civil War. I got into First World War research through tracing my great-grandad, who was in 1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. I was a moderator at Your Archives and used to blog at Investigations of a Dog.

To do list

  • try to clear list of individual narratives as far as possible
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