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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.
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==
  
* 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
** [[expeditionary force]]
 
** [[corps troops]]
 
** [[motor machine gun battery]]
 
** [[motor machine gun brigade]]
 
** see also red links on [[infantry division]], [[mounted division]], [[mounted brigade]]
 
* add more tasks to [[How you can help]]:
 
** pals battalions
 
** division-corps relationships
 
** regimental museums and archives
 
** IWM Lives communities
 
** improve type definition pages
 
* look into replacing {{tl|RefLives}} with a more general template to represent a person, link to any canonical source for their identity, and possibly insert microformats
 
* make some notes on how to represent ships
 
* categories for events
 

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