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- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Alex Chirnside's Military History Page
- The British Army
The official web site.
- British Army and RAF Links
- British-Genealogy.com - B-G Forums
Free genealogy message board forums for all of the United Kingdom and beyond. Several topic-specific forums for occupations, records types and historic events.
- British Maritime History
Comprehensive realistic guides for researching mariners in both the British merchant service and Royal Navy - the former from 1835 and the latter from 1793.
- 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 the British Empire
- The Military Heritage of Ireland Trust Ltd.
Provides a comprehensive guide to resources for the study of Ireland's Military Heritage.
- Military History
From the War, Peace and Security Guide, Canadian Forces College.
- 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.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
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
- The Anglo-Boer War
- 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.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Anglo Boer War Mobilisation Database
A project to create a comprehensive database of information relating to mobilisation and troop movements for the Boer War 1899-1902.
- Anglo-Boer War Museum ~ Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Australians in the Boer War - Australians in the Boer War - Oz-Boer Database Project
This project is dedicated to the memory of the around 20,000 Australians who, a century ago, risked all to serve their Queen, Empire and Country in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Includes a searchable database of Australian soldiers.
- Bedfordshire Regiment in the Boer War
- Boer War
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
The Boer War (South Africa, 1899-1902)
- British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900-1902
Online searchable database of the registers of the Boer population forced into the camps. It does not include Boer prisoners of war held by the British. Searchable by name, camp, farm or unique ID. Information includes cause of death, farm history, camp history of the individual, relationships to other persons in the camps and even tent number in the camp.
- The Mafikeng Siege - A Cultural Perspective
- The Siege of Ladysmith
- Victorian Nurses in the Boer War
- Yahoo! UK & Ireland...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.
- 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 original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
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
- Northants Soldier Index World War One
The Northampton Independent Soldier Photograph Index is taken from the local newspaper between 1914-20. Every Northants soldier, sailor and nurse who appeared with a photograph in the publication is indexed. The index includes the date of the article, the regiment, the name of the person, home address [or relatives home address] and a brief description of said article.
- 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
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
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, England
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).
- 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
- The Redoubt Fortress & Military Museum - Eastbourne's Hidden Treasure
- 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.
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 Ancestry.com - Search Military Records
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- 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 .
- The Victoria Cross
Location of Victoria Crosses held by miscellaneous organisations in the UK and Ireland.
- 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.
- Angels & Orderlies - staff who served in the Hospitals in the East during the Crimean War - The Florence Nightingale Nurses
An alphabetical list of nurses who served at various hospitals in Turkey during the Crimean War.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Photos, postcards, yearbooks, school memorabilia, and other ephemera of life
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.
- 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.
- Army Roll of Honour - World War II
CD-ROM of all United Kingdom Army casualties in the Second World War.
- Balogh International
American supplier of HMSO publications.
- Books by Chris and Michael Watts
Books for sale on the British Army and Merchant Navy.
- British Army (Napoleonic Wars) & Family History Research
Information and books for sale on British Army records during the Napoleonic Wars.
- Cranston Military Fine Arts
- eBay.co.uk Listings: Search for Army Genealogy
Online auction service for buying & selling.
- eBay.co.uk Listings: Search for Navy Genealogy
Online auction service for buying & selling.
- eBay.co.uk Listings: Search for RAF Genealogy
Online auction service for buying & selling.
- Genealogical.com - Military
- Diex Aïx; God Help Us; The Guernsey Men Who Marched Away 1914-1918
Monograph for sale from the Guernsey Museum.
- A Guide to Military Temperance Medals of the British Army and Royal Navy
A book by David A. Harris.
- Local Military History Books
Books on the history of the Great War regarding the Manchester area.
- The National Archives | Shop | Bookshop | Military
- The Naval & Military Press Web Page
A large selection of military books, many of interest to the genealogist.
- 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
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 .
- Zulu War Art
Zulu War Historical Art Prints, of Rorkes Drift, battle of Isandhlwana, and Ulundi, by De Neuville, Charles Fripp, Mark Churms and Palmer.
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- 41st Regiment of Foot
List of 172 deserters from this British Regiment, mostly from the War of 1812, that would have settled in the US. A small list of 56 soldiers that applied to settle in Canada around 1820.
- Ancestry.com - Search Military Records
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920
Original source: War Office: Soldiers’ Documents from Pension Claims, First World War (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO364); Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.
- British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
Original source: War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO363); Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.
- Great Britain Army War List, January 1893
Original source: Great Britain. War Office.. By Authority. The Monthly Army List, for January, 1893. London, England: 1793.
- The Army Records Office
The Army Records Office at Hayes is the authority for all enquiries concerning the records of ex-servicemen. Records date from 1914 and go up to 1992, after which records are held by individual units.
- The Asplin Military History & Scottish Horse in the Boer War; transcribed Army Death Indexes from 1901 to 1905 (exlusive of Boer War casualties); extracted details of name, number & unit of the cavalry who were awarded the Queens South Africa Medal for the Boer War of 1899-1902; transcribed index of attestation papers of colonial solidiers who served in the Boer War including Ashburners Light Horse, Bechuanaland Rifles, Bethune's Mounted Infantry, Border Horse, Border Scouts, Brabant's Horse, Bushmanland Borderers, & Canadian Scouts.
- Brickwall Research - Defence of the Realm Indexes
Kent & Cinque Port Volunteers, Lieutenancy Papers & Sea Fencibles records on CD-ROM, disk & booklet for sale.
- British & Commonwealth POWs, Java 1942-45, Index
Index of British & Commonwealth POWs, Java 1942-45, from published & unpublished sources.
- British Military Records
- Burnt Documents at the Public Record Office
Article by Richard Senior on accessing and using the Burnt Documents from the Great War.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
EDGARs from Ireland Killed During WW1
- Fleet Air Arm Museum Records & Research Centre
- Forces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties
List of casualites from the Second Gulf War.
- H.M.S. Hood Crew Database
Currently list over 3,000 men who served on the battlecruiser Hood during her 21 year career 1920-1941.
- Inhabitants and British Military Forces on Java and Sumatra
Various vital records for different areas and times.
- Keynsham Light Horse
Site dedicated to the pursuit of memorials to those who were involved in the Anglo Zulu War of 1879.
- Leeds Absent Voters list 1914-18 war.
A database of 50,000 names compiled from the Leeds Absent Voters List of the Leeds Electoral Roll 1918/19 of soldiers, sailors and airmen from Leeds serving in the armed forces.
- List of deaths among UK military personnel in Iraq
From the BBC.
- 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.
- Malta Family History
For British men and women who were born, married, died, served in the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, the British Army, were residents on the island, or in some manner are connected with Malta.
- 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
- Ministry of Defence
- 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.
- Find Your Trafalgar Ancestors
Online searchable database of all of those who served in the Battle of Trafalgar (on the British side) along with their service histories and any biographical details we've found. The service histories and biographical details are by no means complete-this is an ongoing project.
- Military History
- Search Our Collections
- DocumentsOnline
Searching the index is free. There is a small fee to download a digital image of a document.
- World War One Medal Cards
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.
- National Archivist
Online pay-for-use databases containing digital images of original registers, entry books and indexes, reproduced under license from The National Archives and other organisations.
- Officers Died
Memorial to officers deaths compiled from various books, casualty lists, medal rolls, newspapers, and memorials. From 1750 to modern times.
- The Thin Blue Line
History of the men from the six constituent Sussex Police Forces who fought in the Great War. Includes biographies of some of the men.
- The Trafalgar Roll
A list of 1640 officers and men who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar. This information has been compiled from a long list of the awards made to the seamen who fought in the various Royal Navy ships under the Command of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805
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.
- 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
- 4th (Queens Own) Light Dragoons
Private compilation of information regarding the regiment.
- The 5th Royal Irish Lancers
- The 16th Irish Division
- The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment
- 41st Regiment of Foot
Deserters and/or settlers in North America.
- 43rd Wessex Association ~ England
- 58th Foot (Rutlandshire ) Regiment 1844 - 1847
- The Accrington Pals
- Ayrshire Rifle Volunteers - Maybole Company Muster Roll
Online scans of the original muster roll.
- The Birmingham Pals
- The Black Watch
- The Black Watch Archive
Dedicated to the history of the Black Watch Regiment of Scotland.
- The British Army
- Units and Organisations
Links to information on the existing regiments and corps of the modern British Army. These units' web pages often include historical information on the regiment including predecessor units and contact information on the regiments' museum and archives.
- British Empire: Land Forces: Units
- British infantry regiment name changes (1881)
- British Light Infantry Regiments
- The Buff's (The Royal East Kent Regiment)
- The Cambridgeshire Regiment
- The Cheshire Regiment
- Chesterfield Sherwoods on the Somme
- Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
- The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)
The 49th, 62nd, 66th, & 99th Foot.
- Durham Light Infantry
- The Durham Light Infantry in 1914-1918
- The Eurasian Company of the Singapore Volunteer Corps.
Some biographical details and photographs of personnel of a militia company formed by the British Military at Singapore in the late 19th and early 20th century. Alphabetical list of SVC members, where available, from inception until commencement of Japanese Occupation, 15 Feb 1942.
- The Friends of the Green Howards
Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment & the 19th Regiment of Foot.
- The Glorious Glosters
- The Grimsby Chums (10th Lincolns)
- A Group Photograph - Before, Now, and In-Between (A History Project)
Researching the lives of 50 men in a First World War group photograph of the 8th Royal Berkshire Regiment taken at their training camp on Salisbury Plain in July 1915.
- Herefordshire Light Infantry
- Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalions
- King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- Lancaster ED627
Memorial website to the crew of RAF Lancaster bomber ED627 (EM-N) of 207 Squadron who died when they were shot down over Germany on August 28, 1943.
- List of Regiments of Foot
- List of British Army regiments (1881)
- List of British Army regiments (1962)
- List of British Army regiments (1994)
- List of Nicknames of British Army regiments
Associates regimental nicknames such as "The Tangerines" & "The Vein Openers" with their offical regimental number (2nd Foot & 29th Foot).
- Lost Battalion Sandringham 1/5th Norfolk
- The National Archives | The Catalogue | Research Guides: A to Z
- Nineteenth Century British and Indian Armies and Their Soldiers
- Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
43rd and 52nd Regiment of Foot.
- Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
43rd and 52nd.
- Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
52nd and 43rd Foot.
- Perthshire Volunteers Light Infantry
- The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
- RAF Spilsby and its Squadrons
Dedicated to the crews of the Lancasters of 44 and those of 207 Squadron who failed to return from operations at Spilsby and its other bases.
- Resource Guide - The 11th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment
- The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
- The Royal Hampshire Regiment (The Tigers)
- Royal Jersey Militia
- Royal Lancashire Volunteers
Index of 661 men who were recruited during the late 18th century. Most were from Lancashire, but some from other areas.
- Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
- The Sheffield City Battalion
- Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) in 1914-1918
- The Sherwood Foresters Regiment - A History
- Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry
- Somerset Light Infantry
(13th Regiment of Foot - Prince Albert's).
- Somerset Light Infantry Archive
From the Somerset Record Office.
- Summary of the Commonwealth Scottish Regiments
- Tyneside Scottish and Tyneside Irish Brigades
- UBIQUE - Royal Engineers and Military Engineers of the British Empire and Commonwealth
- Women's Organizations in World War I
British support organizations during the Great War.
- Worcestershire Regiment (29th/36th of Foot)
History of the Worcestershire Regiment from 1694-1970.
- Anglesey War Memorials ~ Wales
- Bedfordshire Regiment - Memorials in India
- Bitton War Memorial ~ Gloucestershire
- Blairgowrie War Dead ~ Perthshire, Scotland
Information about members of the Blairgowrie & District who died in the First and Second World Wars. Also 1901 census information.
- Brassington War Memorial ~ Derbyshire
- The Brave Men of Winster Who Fell in the Great War 1914-1918 ~ Winster, Derbyshire
- The British Royal Legion - Memorials ~ Quorndon, Leicestershire
- Calderdale War Memorials ~ West Yorkshire
- Cheadle & Gatley War Memorials ~ Cheshire
- 'Doomed Youth' - The War Dead of the Woolwich Polytechnic 1914-1919
- The Fallen of Ewhurst and Ellen's Green, Surrey
- First World War ~ Longford, Kent
- The First World War ~ Addingham, Yorkshire
- Friends of War Memorials
- GLOSGEN - Gloucestershire War Memorials
- The Great War - Waterford Dead ~ Ireland
Online searchable database.
- Hertford War Memorial
- Imperial War Museum: National Inventory of War Memorials
- Index to the "Civilian War Dead Roll Of Honour" for Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire
- Irish Genealogy
Irish Genealogy Ltd has been established to co-ordinate the Irish Genealogical Project which embraces the whole of the island of Ireland, and is supported by Government agencies. Online searches provide index information which then can be researched for a fee at the local county Ancestry Centre.
- Island of Jersey Roll of Honour
The Second World War - 1939-1945. Islanders who fell in the service of their country.
- Kennethmont First World War Memorial ~ Aberdeenshire
- Kennethmont Second World War Memorial ~ Aberdeenshire
- Lincolnshire Village Memorials
- Maxton War Memorial ~ Roxburghshire
- Memorials ~ Maybole, Ayrshire
- Memorials ~ Merton, Norfolk
- Memorials & Monuments In Portsmouth ~ Hampshire
- Parwich War Memorial ~ Derbyshire
- Peterborough War Memorial
- Picts Cross Memorial ~ Peterstow, Herefordshire
- Roll of Honour ~ Barton Under Needwood, Staffordshire
- Roll of Honour ~ Reach, Cambridgeshire
- Roll of Honour
County-wide roll of honour.
- Roll of Honour 1914-1918 ~ Slaidburn, Yorkshire
- Roll of Honour
Various war memorials within Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire plus a few that lie on the borders. Where possible photographs have been taken of the memorials, details of the men included and their photographs as far as possible.
- Roll of Honour/Service ~ Clevedon, Somerset
- Saltfleetby Roll of Honour ~ Lincolnshire
- Soldiers Memorials
- Those Who Gave Their Lives in the Great War ~ Lighthorne, Warwickshire
- Those Who Gave Their Lives in World War II ~ Lighthorne, Warwickshire
- Those Who Served in the Great War ~ Hints, Staffordshire
- War Graves at Burton ~ Leicestershire, England
- The War Graves at St Mary's Church, Great Bircham, Norfolk, England
- All Saints Church Renhold Web Site - War Memorial ~ All Saints, Renhold, Bedfordshire
- War Memorial ~ Angmering, Sussex
- War Memorial ~ Bentley, Suffolk
- War Memorial ~ Claybrooke, Leicestershire
- War Memorial ~ Condecote, Gloucestershire
- War Memorial ~ Falfield, Gloucestershire
- The War Memorial ~ Finmere, Oxfordshire
- War Memorial ~ Hilderstone, Staffordshire
- War Memorial ~ Holmes Chapel, Cheshire
- War Memorial ~ Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
- War Memorial ~ Mickleton, Gloucestershire
- The War Memorial ~ Milton, Cambridgeshire
- War Memorial ~ Quorndon, Leicestershire
- War Memorial ~ Ringmer, Sussex
- War Memorial ~ Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire
- War Memorial Name Transcripts
Transcriptions of names from WWI & WW II War Memorials, Rolls of Honour, military gravestones and individual memorials. Searchable by surname.
- War Memorials ~ Calverley, Yorkshire
- War Memorials ~ Cromford, Derbyshire
- War Memorials in Oxfordshire
- War Memorials Trust
Dedicated to preserving the UK's National Heritage of War Memorials of every sort forever.
- War Memorial - Taynton ~ Gloucestershire
- World War 1 Memorial ~ Currie, Midlothian
- World War 1 Roll of Honour ~ Warmington, Northamptonshire
- World War 2 Memorial ~ Currie, Midlothian
- Battle of the River Plate
- British Military Records Part 2: The Royal Navy
Article by Fawne Stratford-Devai.
- A Guide to Marine and Naval Ratings Service Numbers
From GENUKI.
- The Fleet Air Arm Museum ~ Yeovilton, Somerset
- Historic Dockyard Chatham ~ Kent
- HMS Arethusa
Dedicated to the memory of the 156 men who were killed in action 18th November 1942 when this British Light Cruiser was torpedoed by enemy aircraft. Contains a full roll of honour for those killed with a growing number of obituraries supplied by next of kin.
- HMS Carysfort
HMS Carysfort, D25, World War 2 CA Class Destroyer.
- Index to late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History
Includes links to Navy Lists of various years.
- Ministry of Defence
- National Maritime Museum
- History of the Royal Navy
- The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Royal Naval Division
Search 50,000 records of those who served in the Royal Naval Division during the First World War.
- The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Royal Navy Service Records
Search database of the Registers of Seamen's Services for more than 500,000 seamen who joined the Royal Navy between 1853 and 1923. Full scanned images of the Registers are available for a nominal fee.
- Naval Biographical Database
People and ships associated with the Royal Navy since 1660. The database can be searched for name of individual or ship for free but there is a charge for specific data.
- Royal Dockyards
A book by Phillip Macdougall.
- The Royal Marines Museum ~ Southsea, Hampshire
- The Royal Naval Museum ~ Portsmouth
- Royal Naval vessels of Plymouth Sound in World War II
- The Royal Navy
The Senior Service's official web site.
- Royal Navy......a photographic A to Z of British Naval Warships, Submarines, and Auxiliaries from 1880 to 1950s
- Royal Navy During the Napoleonic Era (1793-1815)
- Royal Navy Submarine Museum ~ Gosport, Hampshire
- Royal Scottish Navy
- Tracing People's Wartime History
From the Imperial War Museum.
- Anglo Zulu War Historical Society
- Burma Star Association
About those who fought in Burma during WW2. Links and search facilities for tracing old comrades and family history.
- Crimean War Research Society
- Duke of York's Royal Military School Old Boys Association
- English Civil War Society
- Essex Yeomanry Association
The Association promotes the history, traditions & esprit du corps of the regiment.
- Fovant Badges Society ~ Wiltshire
- Gloucestershire Regiment (Glosters) Back Badge Club
Regimental Association, Forest of Dean Branch, Gloucestershire of the former Gloucestershire Regiment. Now titled 'The Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire and Wiltshire Regimental Association'.
- Household Cavalry Association - Dorset
- League of Researchers of South African Historical Battlefields
- Life Saving Awards Research Society (LSARS)
Life saving award citations in the United Kingdom usually include descriptions of the heroic events for which the award was made. These citations, from Victorian times through the present, provide interesting insights into the lives of the recipients. This Society's page provides links and information on lifesaving societies, medal rolls, books, dealers, and auction houses - primarily for the United Kingdom.
- The Machine Gun Corps Old Comrades Association
The OCA was formed by Veterans of the Machine Gun Corps after WW1 and still survives today.
- Merchant Navy Association
- The Naval Dockyards Society
- National Ex-Prisoner of War Association
- The Orders and Medals Research Society
Members of this society research the military careers of the individuals whose names are found inscribed on medals.
- The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Association
Successor regiment to the 16th Lancers, 17th Lancers, 21st Lancers, & 5th Lancers.
- Royal Air Force Association
- Royal British Legion Home Page
- Royal Marine Historical Society
- Scottish American Military Society ~ North Carolina
The purpose of the society is to preserve and promote Scottish and American Armed Forces customs, traditions, and heritage, which includes providing a forum for exchange of military history and genealogical information.
- Scottish Military Historical Society
- The Sealed Knot ~ English Civil War Society
- The South African Military History Society / Die Suid-Afrikaanse Krygshistoriese Vereeniging
- The Victorian Military Society
- War Memorials Trust
Dedicated to preserving the UK's National Heritage of War Memorials of every sort forever.
- The Western Front Association - Remembering 1914-1918
- The Western Front Association - Midlands (East) Branch
- Yorkshire Volunteers Regimental Association
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