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- Alex Chirnside's Military History Page
- The British Army
The official web site.
- British Army and RAF Links
- British Military History
- British Military Records Part 1: The Army
Article by Fawne Stratford-Devai.
- British WW2 Veterans Reunion and tracing your Military Ancestors Page
- Clash of Steel
An on-line, searchable database of military engagements throughout history with information on the wars, the battles and the commanders who fought them. Also contains a gallery of images related to battlefields, monuments and memorials, and other military topics. Hosts a military history discussion forum.
- Documents in Military History
From Hillsdale College's collection of primary sources for military history.
- Finding and Using Irish Military Records
- History of the British Army
- History of the Royal Air Force
- Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
- Land Forces of the British Empire
- Military History
From the War, Peace and Security Guide, Canadian Forces College.
- Military Records
From the United Kingdom's familyrecords.gov consortium.
- Rongstad's Worldwide Military Links
- The Royal Air Force
The official web site.
- The Royal Hospital Chelsea
Home of the Chelsea Pensioners.
- The Royal Navy
The official web site. See also the Royal Navy section below.
- The Scots At War Project
A tribute to the men and women who served their country in the 20th century. Includes information on genealogy for Scottish soldiers.
- Scottish Military Historical Society - Index of Military Sites To Visit
- ShipsCompany - Free Navy & Marine Reunion Service With Comprehensive Search Features
A site dedicated to restoring old friendships for those who have served or would like to contact those who have served in the Royal Navy.
- The Silver Whistle - (An Fhideag Airgid)
Stories of 18th century Scottish servicemen.
- Soldiers Whom the World Have Forgotten
Dedicated to the memory of soldiers & their families who died in and around Bangalore, India.
- War Times Index
Pay for use service providing despatches published in the London Times for officers and men killed, wounded, etc. in selected Victorian military campaigns.
- WorldVitalRecords.com - Military
An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, court records, military records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.
- Yahoo!...United Kingdom...Military History
- The English Civil War
- French & Indian War / The Seven Years War
- The American Revolutionary War
- Napoleonic Wars
- The War of 1812
- Crimean War
- Colonial Wars
- Anglo-Boer War
- World War I ~ The Great War
- Anniversary of The Battle of the Somme
Links & information rom the UK National Archives.
- Bedfordshire Regiment in 1914-1918
- Berkshire Regiment in 1914-1918
- The Border Regiment in 1914-1918
- Britain in The Great War
- The British Army in the Great War
A resource for anyone interested in tracing the service record of an ancestor who served with the British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918.
- Channel 4 Lost Generation
- The Cheshire Regiment in 1914-1918
- Edith Cavell - A Norfolk Heroine 1865-1915
- Gallipoli
- East Lancashire Regiment in 1914-1918
- Essex Regiment in 1914-1918
- The Hampshire Regiment 1914-1918
- Hellfire Corner - The Great War - 1914 - 1918
- Herefordshire Regiment in 1914-1918
- The History of the British Army in WW I - The Western Front, 1914-1918
- Iron Harvest
Provides information, products and services for those with an interest in the Ypres and Somme battlefields of the Great War.
- John Walter WRIGHT's Photo Album of India 1914-1918
Photographs of India, the British army and N.E.London, England, 1914 to 1918. Family names include CANN, HART, JUDD.
- Kent VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachments)
- Kitchener's Men: A 1914-1918 Resource Site
Research information on the British Army during the Great War.
- The Leicestershire Regiment 1914-1918
- Military-Genealogy.com
Online searchable fee-based database of Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 to 1919. Lists almost 662,000 Soldiers and 41,000 Officers who died in the war
- The Northamptonshire Regiment 1914-1918
- Old Contemptible's Great War Website
- The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) in 1914-1918
- The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) in 1914-1918
- The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) in 1914-1918
- Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918
Compostion & dispostion of the British and Empire Armies of the First World War.
- The Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1914-1918
- Scottish Footballers in the Great War
List of Scots footballers who served in the Great War.
- Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) in 1914-1918
- Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 CD-ROM
- South Staffordshire Regiment in 1914-1918
- The Suffolk Regiment in 1914-1918
- An Unfortunate Region
A website about the Great War battlefields and individuals.
- World War I
- World War One
From the BBC.
- World War One Medal Cards
From the UK National Archives. The Medal Rolls Index, known as the Medal Index Cards (MIC), was created by the Army Medal Office (AMO) towards the end of the First World War. The index was created to enable the AMO to place on one card, all of the details about an individual's medal entitlement, their rank or ranks, the unit or units they served in, the first operational theatre they served in and most importantly, the original AMO medal roll references.
- World War I, Links to Other Resources
- World War I - Trenches on the Web
- Yahoo! UK & Ireland...World War I
- World War II
- Modern Conflicts
- Anglo-Boer War Museum ~ Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Army Medical Services Museum ~ Mytchett, Surrey
The collections on display include uniforms & insignia, medical, dental and veterinary equipment, ambulances, an ambulance train ward coach, a carriage used by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War and a large medal collection including twenty three of the 29 Victoria Crosses awarded to the Army Medical Services. Located in the Defence Medical Services Training Centre, Keogh Barracks.
- Army Museums Ogilby Trust
Supports the development of those museums in the United Kingdom displaying the collections of the regiments and corps of the British Army.
- A-Z of Military Museums
Holdings, locations, and contact information from the official Army web page of the United Kingdom. Particularly rich in information on regimental museums.
- Bermuda Maritime Museum ~ Mangrove Bay, Bermuda
- The British Cartographic Society - A Directory of UK Map Collections
Detailed information of map holdings in libraries and archives throughout the United Kingdom.
- British Military History Collections, 1801-1945 - The British Library Newspaper Collection
- British Red Cross Museum and Archives ~ London, England
- Churchill College: The Churchill Archives Centre
- FIREPOWER - The Museum of The Royal Artillery
- The Fleet Air Arm Museum ~ Yeovilton, Somerset
- A Guide to Archival Resources at McGill University//Guide des sources
d'archives à l'Université McGill ~ Canada
- Historic Dockyard Chatham ~ Kent
- Imperial War Museum ~ London
- In Flanders Fields Museum ~ Belgium
- International Committee of the Red Cross - Archives ~ Geneva, Switzerland
Instructions on how to request information on victims of armed struggle (prisoner of war, civilian held captive, deceased or interned).
- Military Museum of Sussex
- Museum of Flight ~ East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian
- Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment
- The Museums of the Royal Regiment of Wales
- National Archives of Scotland Fact Sheets - Military Records
- The National Archives (U.K.)
Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.
- The Catalogue
These are descriptions of over 8 million documents in the Record Classes of the National Archives. The scope and content of the Record Classes are described along with a link to Class List and further links to descriptions of the individual Class Listings. The visitor may either search or browse through the descriptions.
- Help
- Research Guides: A to Z
This is an alphabetical list of the topical Research Guides. The guides help you find what you need in the catalogue, so this should be the first thing you consult.
- Military History
- Search Our Collections
- DocumentsOnline
Searching the index is free. There is a small fee to download a digital image of a document.
- The National Army Museum ~ London, England
- National Maritime Museum
- National War Museum of Scotland ~ Edinburgh Castle
- The Queen's Royal Lancers' Museum ~ Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire
- Regimental Museum of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
At the Derby Museum and Art Gallery.
- Regimental Museum of the South Wales Borderers and Monmouthshire Regiment
- Royal Air Force Museum
- The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum ~ Winchester
- The Royal Marines Museum ~ Southsea, Hampshire
- The Royal Naval Museum ~ Portsmouth
- Royal Navy Submarine Museum ~ Gosport, Hampshire
- Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum ~ Norwich
- Royal Scots Regimental Museum ~ Edinburgh
- Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum
- The South African War Virtual Library
- The Suffolk Regiment Archives
From the Suffolk Record Office.
- The Wardrobe
Home of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment (Salisbury) Museum.
- The World War I Document Archive
Assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L).
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
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 AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List
For the discussion of events during the American Revolution and genealogical matters related to the American Revolution. The French-Indian Wars and the War of 1812 are also suitable topics for discussion.
- AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List Archives
- The Anglo Boer War Discussion Page
This mailing list is for the discussion of the Anglo Boer War and other military related topics pre-1900.
- BOER-WAR Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Boer War. Archives: browse or search.
- BRITISHPEOPLE1939-1950 Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in all aspects of life in Britain during World War II and the years immediately following. Archives: browse or search.
- britregiments Mailing List
For anyone with a historical or genealogical interest in British Regiments (including the Indian Army).
- CRIMEAN-WAR Maliing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Crimean War (1854-1856). Archives: browse or search.
- FRENCH-INDIAN Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the French and Indian war.
- FRENCH-INDIAN Mailing List Archives
- GEN-Mariners Mailing List
For for anyone with a genealogical interest in British mariners, seafarers, and the British navy.
- GREATWAR Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of genealogical information regarding ancestors who fought in World War I. Archives: browse or search.
- HIS-Civil-War Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the English Civil War and the Commonwealth period.
- HIS-Napoleonic-Wars Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Napoleanic Wars which took place between the mid 1790's and June 1815.
- KOREAN-WAR Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Korean War. Archives: browse or search.
- LUSITANIA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the RMS Lusitania which was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915. Archives: browse or search.
- NAPOLEONIC Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Napoleonic Wars, especially the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo. Archives: browse or search.
- NEW-ZEALAND-FENCIBLES Mailing List
For those researching the Royal New Zealand Fencibles, a corp of retired soldiers from Britain and Ireland who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand 1847-1852 and formed the defence force which protected the early settlers of Auckland. 2500 men and their families arrived aboard the vessels Ann, Berhampore, Berwick Castle, Clifton, Inchinnan, Minerva, Oriental Queen, Ramillies, Sir George Seymour and Sir Robert Sale, and settled in Otahuhu, Onehunga, Howick and Panmure. Archives: browse or search.
- ScottishWarPrisoners Mailng List
For those interested in finding their Scots Covenanter ancestors who were sent to the British Colonies in North America.
- SCT-HIGHLAND-CLEARANCES Mailing List
For for genealogical discussions surrounding the Battle of Culloden (Scotland) resulting in the involuntary migration of many Scottish families known as the Highland Clearances in order to learn where these displaced Scots went, who they went with, where they eventually settled, and most important - why they left. Archives: browse or search.
- STALAG_POW_CAMPS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the World War II German prisoner of war camps and the prisoners held in these camps. Archives: browse or search.
- WARBRIDES Mailing List
For putting WWII war brides and their children in touch with others to share reminiscences. Archives: browse or search.
- WARof1812 Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical and a historical interest in the War of 1812.
- WARof1812 Mailing List Archives
- WORLDWAR2 Mailing List
A mailing list to help those who are researching the genealogy and service records of family members who served in the armed services during World War II (1939-1945) and the history of the units and organizations in which they served. Archives: browse or search.
- WORLDWARWOMEN Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in women who lived through each World War and their families. Archives: browse or search.
- WW20-ROOTS-L Mailing List
For the discussion of genealogy in all 20th century wars.
- Canadian Military Medals & Decorations
Almost all of the medals shown on this site are also awarded to British and other Commonwealth soldiers.
- Gallantry Awards & Commissions
From the Imperial War Museum.
- George Cross (GC) Database
The George Cross was instituted in September 1940 to recognise civilian heroism. King George VI created the award for the men and women of the Commonwealth whose courage could not be marked by any other honour.
- The Indian Order of Merit
- International Electronic Phaleristic Encyclopedia
- Life Saving Medal Rolls and Citations
From the Life Saving Awards Research Society. Includes citations and medal roll information for the United Kingdom's Royal Humane Society's Bronze Medal awards for the years 1891 to 1918.
- The London Gazette
Searchable online database for the London Gazette - one of the official newspapers of record in the United Kingdom.
- Search the London Gazette Archive
World War I Records (1914-1920) and World War II Records (1939-1948). Particularly useful for finding awards of medals, mentions in despatches, and officer promotions & postings.
- Medals
From For the King-Emperor - The Indian Army on campaign during the Edwardian & Georgian eras 1901-1939.
- The Medals Pip, Squeak and Wilfred
Discusses the most common set of medals from the Great War and provides an explanation of their colorful names.
- Missing Medals.com
Missing Medals is a reference and central registry service to assist those attempting to return or find missing military awards. All services and information on this site are absolutely free.
- The National Archives | The Catalogue | Research Guides: A to Z
- The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Browsing Family History > WW1 Campaign Medals
Free-for-searching database of digitized index cards to the Great War medal rolls. Payment is required to receive a copy of the medal card. The cards contain the medal entitlement for individuals who fought in the First World War. As almost every officer and soldier, man and woman who saw active service overseas received a campaign medal, it essentially forms the most complete listing of those who fought. Search the medals by Name, Corps, Rank or Regimental Number.
- The Orders and Medals Research Society
Members of this society research the military careers of the individuals whose names are found inscribed on medals.
- Orders, Decorations, and Campaign Medals of the British Army 1815 to 1920
Examples with biographies.
- Orders, Decorations, and Campaign Medals of the Indian Army 1815 to 1920
Examples with biographies.
- PJD Research Services
A site for military, family and medal collectors, research carried out into medal entitlements, military, army, navy and Royal Flying Corps / R.A.F. Personel from the Victorian period to date. Officers and other ranks.
- Recipients of the Victoria Cross Associated with the North-East of England
- Researching British Military Medals: A Practical Guide
A book by Steve Dymond.
- Token Publishing ~ UK
- Current Issue
- Medal News
A magazine by Token Publishing. The worlds' only independent magazine devoted to medals and battles. Published 10 times per year, the magazine features articles, news, auction reports and the world renowned Medal Tracker service, invaluable when searching for lost medals and trying to re-unite broken groups. This service, like the classified advertising, is free to subscribers. Also included is the "what's on" section that lets collectors know about fairs, societies, auctions etc.
- Medal Tracker
Online searchalbe & browsable database. Readers of Medal News are trying to trace the medals listed on this site (the Units, etc., are quoted as per the entry form sent in). If you have any information on the whereabouts of medals listed on this site, we would like to hear from you .
- Victoria Crosses held by Regimental Museums in the UK & Ireland
- Victoria Cross Reference
- The Waterloo Medal Roll
A book by Christopher Buckland.
- Worcestershire Medal Service Ltd
Specialists in medals and medal mounting.
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
- The Civil Hospital Renkioi
An Alphabetical list of staff who worked at the Civil Hospital Renkioi in Turkey during the Crimean War.
- Genealogical Investigation into Charles J. ARIS
World War I veteran, 16th Queen's Own Lancers, a cavalry unit of the British Army.
- The Florence Nightingale Nurses
An alphabetical list of nurses sent to military hospitals in the east.
- Genealogy Quest - Ireland: Roman Catholic Officers, 1693 ~ Ireland
A list of Roman Catholic Officers from Dublin, Lord Meath's Liberty, Queen's County, Roscommon, King's County, Kilkenny, Tyrone, Mayo, Tipperary and Kildare County.
- Howard Baker's List
Howard Baker's list of POWs and civilian internees, Java 1942-45.
- The Liberation Children of The Netherlands
Genealogical research for bringing together the soldiers who fathered children in Holland in 1944-1946.
- National Service Memoirs
National Service recollections of Alan PARKINSON.
- Never Forgotten
The story of the Taiwan POW Camps.
- The Men
Alphabetical listing of POWs.
- UK Pages War / GI Brides Registry
- Wing Commander Arthur ASHWORTH
Dedicated to Wing Commander Arthur Ashworth DFC and Bar, AFC and Bar, DSO, who served in the RNZAF and the RAF in World War II.
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
- Army Ancestral Searches
"We specialise exclusively in Records of the British Army Personnel English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh Regular Army and Home Based Militias together with those raised in North America, Germany and India."
- Army-Medical-History.co.uk (Aesculapius Research)
Specialist Research into the British army medical services including the Royal Army Medical Corps, the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps & Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.
- Battle of Waterloo
Pay for use service to search a database of British soldiers who participated in the Waterloo campaign.
- British and Canadian Army Service Record Research Service
Locating Army service records in Britain and Canada.
- British Military Research
Public Record Searches for Your Ancestors in the British Army, Royal Navy, RAF, Met Police, Merchant Navy, Royal Irish Constabulary and more.
- David J Barnes
Military & Aviation Research 1914 -1919.
- Dr Stuart C Blank Presents Military Archive Research
Based in Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom. Professional research services covering Royal Navy (RN), the British army, the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Flying Corps (RFC) genealogy (family history) and history.
- eXpertGenealogy - Professionals Researching Military Records
Directory of professional genealogists specializing in Military Records.
- Forget-Me-Not Video Services
Personalized Normandy war grave videos.
- Forrest Research - Military and Library Research Service
- fourteeneighteen/research: professional help for British army service records 1914-1918
Research into soldiers of the British Army of 1914-1918.
- Genealogical Research of First World War Soldiers and Sailors - Richard Moles - Researching Your Military Ancestors
Based in Camberley, United Kingdom. Professional research of officers and soldiers of the Great War (particularly the Irish Regiments) at the British Public Record Office. Research also done on the pre WW1 British Army.
- Great War Family Ancestry and Research Services
- Great War Family Research
Professional services for those seeking servicemen of the British Army of 1914-1918.
- Historical, Military and Family History Researcher in England - Roger E. Nixon
Specialised searches at the Public Record Office and main London repositories of a very wide range of records including army, navy, merchant service, occupational and other historical records of all types.
- Independent British Naval Researcher and Historical Investigator
Research service for those seeking to find the service records of officers (1660 - 1923) and men (1853 - 1923) who served in the British Royal Navy. Search includes personnel records, information on the ships of the Royal Navy and any actions in which they were involved from earliest times to c. 1970, including World War 1 and World War 2.
- MILIGEN
Researcher for hire for UK military ancestors.
- Military Images
Offers help in identifying photographs of British Military personnel.
- Military & Naval Lists
Fee based lookup service for British military and naval records. Crimea War Medal Roll 1854-1855. Complete scanned images of the medal rolls onto CD-Rom.
- Public Records Searches by Bob O'Hara
Including these records: Military, Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, Convict, Railway, West Indies, Passenger Lists, History Projects.
- Robert Base Genealogical Researcher
Specialist researcher of all military records - First World War, Boer War, Crimea and Royal Navy.Offices searched include Public Record Office (Kew).
- Roger J. Dowson/Neil Drum
Local & Military History Research undertaken relating to individuals and units of the Great War, specialising in the Lancashire Fusilier's/Manchester Regiment and the Royal Scots & other Scottish Regiments.
- Rootz Genealogy Services
Research service specializing in American and British Ancestry, British Armed Forces & California Records.
- Tim Hughes & Associates
Professional genealogical research in UK and Ireland. Specialists in military service records and merchant shipping records.
- Tom Tulloch-Marshall - World War One - The Great War - Military Research Services
military operations and personel research specialising in the great war / WW1, army, navy, RFC, RAF, at the Public Record Office London.
- World War One Photos and Postcards
Pay for copies service of named individuals in British service found on old photos and postcards.
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- Age of Nelson
CD-ROMs for sale of the Royal Navy officers who fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815 and the seamen and marines who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Military
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
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