Great War 1914-1918 Era Portal
From RCSigs.ca
Communications really came of age in the Great War of 1914-18. The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), along with their Allies, made great advances during this period with the introduction of new equipment and ideas.
This page is a portal to relevant material found on throughout this site.
History Pages
- Wireless Telegraph Communications in the Canadian Corps
- Notes on Communications - 1st Canadian Division - 6 March to 5 May 1917
- Notes on Communications - 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade - Attack on FRESNOY - 3 May 1917
- Notes on Communications - 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade - Attack on ARLEUX - 28 April 1917
- Notes on Communications - 2nd Canadian Division - 1 April to 15 May 1917
- Notes on Communications - 3rd Canadian Division - 9 April to 9 May 1917
- Report on Conversations Picked Up by Wireless Intelligence - 2nd Canadian Division - 6 August 1917
- Communications - 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company - 7 to 14 August 1918
- Wireless Communications Operations East of ARRAS - 1st Canadian Division - Aug 27 to Sept 4 1918
Unit Pages
- Canadian Corps Signal Company
- 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company
- 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company
- 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company
- 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company
- 5th Canadian Divisional Signal Company
- 6th Canadian Divisional Signal Company
People Pages
- Colonel G.A. Cline
- Brigadier P.Earnshaw
- Col E. Forde
- Brigadier J.E. Genet
- WO(I) F.C. Heath
- Lieutenant W.G. Lawson
- Colonel F.A. Lister
- Colonel F.G. Malloch
- Lieutenant Glen Norton
- Corporal John Norton
- Sergeant G.J. Oliver
- Lieutenant-Colonel T.E. Powers
- WO(I) L.P. Reading
- Lieutenant-Colonel W.A. Steel
- Major T.J. Wallis
- Major-General Weeks
- 2nd Corporal L.M. Wilde
Equipment Pages
This section contains information on Signals/Communications related equipment.
- Signalling flags
- Signalling telescopes
- Heliograph
- Lamp Electric Field Mark I
- Lamp Electric Signalling Daylight (aka Lucas Lamp)
- Lamp Signalling B (also known as the Begbie Lamp)
- Louvre Shutter
- Barrows Drum Universal
- Tuner Short Wave Mk III
- Tuner Short Wave Mk IV
- Wireless Telegraph Set Forward Spark 20 watt B (also known as the Loop Set)
- Wireless Telegraph Set Trench 50 watt DC (also known as a BF Set)
- Wireless Telegraph Set Trench CW Mk III
- Wireless Telegraph Set CW Mk I 30 watt (also known as a Woolwich Set)
- Wireless Telegraph Set Trench 130 watt Wilson (also known as a Wilson Set)
- Power Buzzer-Amplifier
- Amplifier C Mk I
- Amplifier C Mk IV
- Transmitter WT No. 1 (also known as the Sterling Set or No. 1 Aircraft Transmitter Spark)
- Buzzer Switch 4+3 (also known as the 4-plus-3 Buzzer Exchange)
- Switchboard Field 10 Line Mark 236 (also known as the 10-line Cordless Exchange)
- Cable wagon
- Fullerphone Office Mark I
- Fullerphone Mk III
- Telephone Set D Mk III
- Telephone No. 110
- Listerphone
Photos
Books
- The Signal Service in the European War of 1914 to 1918
- Communications and British Operations on the Western Front, 1914–1918
- The 50th Battalion in No Man's Land
- History of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals 1903-1961
- Semaphore to Satellite
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