The War Diary of Lieutenant William L Hayes M C
1915—1919
Major References
On line:
At the Canadian Archives : www.bac-
Personal Papers of WLH and others
War Diary of the 2nd Canadian Division
War Diary of the 6th Infantry Brigade
War Diary of the 28th Battalion
Other sources are listed with the text.
Selected Books:
….. Trench Orders, a replica printed by The Memorabilia Pack Co., Edinburgh (www.mempack.company.com)
Berton, Pierre, Vimy, Penguin Books Canada, 1987 (probably the best description of the battle)
Cave, Nigel, Sanctuary Wood & Hooge (Ypres) Battleground Europe Series, Leo Cooper, London, 1993
Doyle, Peter & Walker, Julian, Trench Talk, Words of the First World War, The History Press, Gloucestershire, 2012
Grant, R G, World War I, The Definitive Visual Guide, Dorking Kindersley, London, 2014
Hasting, Max, Catastrophe, Europe Goes to War 1914, William Collins, 2014
Holt, Tonie and Valmai Battlefields of the First World War, A Travellers Guide, Pavilion Books Ltd., London 1993
Macintyre, D E, Canada at Vimy, Peter Martin Associates, 1967
Macksey, Kenneth, The Shadow of Vimy Ridge, William Kimber, London, 1965
Noyes, Frederick Walter, Stretcher-
Otter, Major General Sir William D., The Guide: A Manual for The Canadian Militia (infantry), The Copp, Clark Company, Limited, Toronto 1914
Robinson, Phillip and Cave, Nigel, The Underground War, Vimy Ridge to Arras, Pen and Sword Books Ltd., 2011
Sheffield, Gary, The First World War in 100 Objects, Sevenoaks, Carlton Publishing Group, London, 2013
Westwell, Ian, A Complete Visual History of the Weapons of World War One, Hermes House, Anness Publishing, Leicester, 2011
Wherever possible, permission has been sought for the use of photographs, maps and archive material. In some cases, this has not been possible and I would be very grateful if copyright holders could contact me so that proper accreditation can be given and/or permissions obtained. (wilmahayes@aol.com)
Grateful thanks must be given to Major J E Fender (retired) for information, corrections and details too numerous to mention. This tribute would have had a limited level of authenticity without his advice.
Also of Interest
http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/warDiaryLac/wdLacP08.asp ( Short Cut to War Diaries of the 28th Bn)
http://www.nwbattalion.com/history6.html Chronology
http://www.nwbattalion.com/28thbattalion.html
More Books: The greatest source of information, detail, maps, sketches and general and specific history of the Canadian Army in the Great War has to be:
Nicholson CD, Col G W L, Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War, Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-
Women in the Great War
Moore, Wendy, Endell Street, The Trailblazing Women who Ran World War One’s Most Remarkable Military Hosptial Atlantic Books, London, 2020
Shipton, Elisabeth, Female Tommies, The Frontline Women of the First World War, The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 2014
Starns, Penny, Sisters of the Somme, True Stories from a First World War Field Hospital, The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 2016