3. The Three Uncles: The Cole Brothers in the
Great War
• Beginning the journey
• The three main areas of information
• Fritz Cole – 1/5 Gloucestershire Regiment
• Clifford and Cyril Cole – 2/5 Gloucestershire Regiment
• Maxwell Cole – No. 1 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
• Tom Blackman – 40th Reinforcement N.Z.E.F.
• Sharing your research

4. British War Medal Victory Medal

5. Commonwealth War Graves
Commission website

6. Three Main Areas
1. Family history
2. Official records
3. Experts and enthusiasts

7. 1. Family oral and written history
• Recording oral history from family members
• Letters and photographs
• Roll of Honour from Schools and Universities

8. 2. Official Records
• National Archives
• Military Records
• Museums
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Newspapers

9. http://www.glosters.org.uk/

10. 3. Experts and Enthusiasts
• Books
• Websites
• Discussion Boards
• Genealogy websites
• Poetry

11. Fritz Cole

12. Fritz Cole
1. Family History
Papers to Canberra, family who knew him, letters
from the Front.
2. Official Records
Medals and medal cards, Telegram, SOGM
3. Experts and Enthusiasts
A Tommy’s Notebook

13. Clifford Cole and Cyril Cole

14. Clifford Cole and Cyril Cole
1. Family History
Roll of Honour Marlborough College and University
of Glasgow
2. Official Records
CWGC, Medals and medal cards, SOGM, Newspapers
3. Experts and Enthusiasts
The Story of the 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire
Regiment 1914-1918

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17. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
FREE access through Auckland Libraries

18. Maxwell Cole

19. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

20. Maxwell Cole
1. Family History
Marlborough College, postcard
2. Official Records
National Archives, Casualty Card, RFC
Communiques
3. Experts and Enthusiasts
Twice Vertical by Michael Shaw, Cross and Cockade,
theaerodrome.com, S. Keith-Jopp

21. Great War Adventures – Journal Series
www.philsp.com

23. What happened on 18 May 1917?
Pilots: Capt. RH Cronyn, Lt. Fullard, Lt. Duncan, 2Lt Cole, 2Lt Drummond, 2Lt
Lines
Those at Airfield - Twice Vertical by Michael Shaw, S. Keith-Jopp diary
Cronyn – photograph from C&C pg 32, Aviators certificate from ancestry.com
Fullard – Cross and Cockade Article about Fullard
Duncan
Drummond – The Stone Frigate (RMCC), photo on theaerodrome.com
Lines – Journal article ‘Prisoner”, Photo of repainted plane in Nieuport
Monograph pg. 107
Ancestry.com (photo of some of the pilots from their Aviators certificates)

24. Thomas Blackman

25. http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/cenotaph/locations.aspx

26. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/

27. Thomas Blackman
1. Family History
He lived until 1965.
2. Official Records
Auckland Museum, National Archives
3. Experts and Enthusiasts
The Fag End: an unofficial journal of the fortieth
Reinforcement N.Z.E.F.

31. Here is a page I started creating for Brian Cole.
www.livesofthefirstworldwar.org

32. Maxwells plane

33. Acknowledgements
• Marlborough College www.marlboroughcollege.org
• University of Glasgow www.gla.ac.uk
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission www.cwgc.org
• Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum www.glosters.org.uk
• Auckland Museum www.aucklandmuseum.com
• New Zealand National Archives www.archives.govt.nz
• United Kingdom National Archives www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
• Royal Air Force Museum London www.rafmuseum.org.uk
• Australian War Memorial Museum www.awm.gov.au
• Royal Military College of Canada www.rmc.ca
• Cross and Cockade International www.crossandcockade.com
• Auckland Libraries www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz
• Ancestry www.ancestry.com
• The Aerodrome www.theaerodrome.com
• The Choir Press www.thechoirpress.co.uk
• Phil Stephenson-Payne www.philsp.com
• Paul and Paola Dashwood www.pandpdashwood.com
• My family

34. www.thethreeuncles.com