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'''Ritchie Boys Wiki''' is | '''Ritchie Boys Wiki''' is an open roster of soldiers linked to Camp Ritchie military intelligence training in World War II. Start with a name or Army serial number (ASN), then add biography, photographs, and sourced corrections. Anyone can edit — no account required for text. | ||
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<p class="home-find-fallback">[[Special:Search|Open search]] and type a surname or ASN (for example <code>Kugelmann</code> or <code>32906164</code>). Article titles look like <code>Surname, First (ASN)</code>.</p> | |||
<p class="home-find-hint">Browse by class or letter on [[Contents]].</p> | |||
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[[Contents]] | [[Contribute|How to contribute]] · [[Contents|Directory]] · [[About the data]] · [[Patrol|Patrol guide]] · [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]] · [[Disclaimer]] | ||
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== How to help == | == How to help == | ||
# | # Search for a soldier, or open one from [[Contents]] | ||
# | # Use '''Edit soldier facts''' for roster fields, or '''Edit''' for biography and sources | ||
# Watch [[Special:RecentChanges]] if you | # Log in only if you need to [[Special:Upload|upload a photograph]] | ||
# Watch [[Special:RecentChanges]] if you help patrol edits | |||
== Disclaimer == | == Disclaimer == | ||
{{Class data disclaimer}} | {{Class data disclaimer}} | ||
Research notes on soldier pages are a compiled working file and may be unverified. See [[About the data]]. | Research notes on soldier pages are a compiled working file and may be unverified. Yellow '''Record status: unconfirmed''' banners mean the class-roster match is not high confidence. See [[About the data]]. | ||
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Revision as of 01:28, 21 August 2026
Ritchie Boys Wiki is an open roster of soldiers linked to Camp Ritchie military intelligence training in World War II. Start with a name or Army serial number (ASN), then add biography, photographs, and sourced corrections. Anyone can edit — no account required for text.
Find a soldier
Open search and type a surname or ASN (for example Kugelmann or 32906164). Article titles look like Surname, First (ASN).
Browse by class or letter on Contents.
How to help
- Search for a soldier, or open one from Contents
- Use Edit soldier facts for roster fields, or Edit for biography and sources
- Log in only if you need to upload a photograph
- Watch Special:RecentChanges if you help patrol edits
Disclaimer
Class roster data (Classes 1–31 only). The class, section, and related roster fields for Classes 1–31 come from U.S. government training-roster records held by the National Archives. Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (also known as The Ritchie History Museum) digitized that material and made it available for this project. The underlying records are public-domain government information; the museum does not own the data. Please credit the museum as the digitization source when citing this roster. That dataset is separate from Dan Gross's research files and from material created by this wiki's maintainers. We have tried to catch errors, but mistakes and omissions remain possible; not every person who trained at Camp Ritchie appears in this data.
On the original theritchieboys.com site, this material was a separate searchable class roster database. On this wiki it is integrated into soldier profiles, class pages, and related navigation. Attribution to the museum applies to that Classes 1–31 roster data (class/section assignments and related roster fields), not to biographies, photographs, research notes, timelines, or other content on the site. Broader limits on biographies, photographs, and other site content are explained on About the data.
Research notes on soldier pages are a compiled working file and may be unverified. Yellow Record status: unconfirmed banners mean the class-roster match is not high confidence. See About the data.