Tuesday, 1 August 2017

Publications of the Armed Forces



The Maple Leaf was a newspaper for the Canadian Armed Forces stationed overseas during WWII. There are not many copies of the first years editions, though some may be found in libraries. Issues from January 1944 to May 1946 are available online.

 At the end of the war they printed The Maple Leaf Souvenir Album containing a few of the top stories, photos and articles. I uploaded to my drive some pages that contain names of photos. One of these days I will scan them all in. 

Some of the publications have lists of births, marriages and deaths...
United Service Magazine UK 1847, pg 417

Relevant Links
The Maple Leaf, Canadian Army Newspaper -info

The Maple Leaf on Google Newspaper Archives

The Army and Navy Magazine, UK

The United Service Magazine, UK

 The Illustrated First World War

The United service magazine, with which are incorporated the Army and navy magazine and Naval and military journal

The Naval and Military Magazine UK (incl/prize money and personal announcements)

Air Force Magazine, US WWII

The United States Army and Navy journal and gazette 1863-1903

Yank, The Army Weekly

Aussie, The Australian Soldier’s Magazine

Army News, Australia

The Recuperator : official magazine 1st Australian Convalescent Depot WWII

The East India United Service Journal and Military Magazine 1838

VRI Magazine     





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2 comments:

  1. Anna Matthews1 August 2017 at 18:50

    Great info. I have that souvenir album from my grandfather, I was just looking at it a few days ago.

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    1. Dianne Nolin2 August 2017 at 00:56

      A great souvenir for US to have.
      Thanks so much for visiting.

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