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• National War Museum of Scotland

  Edinburgh Castle.

• 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

• Royal Navy Submarine Museum

  Gosport, Hampshire.

  • Archive and Research Records Department

  • The Royal Navy Submarine Service - A History

• Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum

  Norwich.

• Royal Scots Regimental Museum

  Edinburgh.

• SAWVL - The South African War Virtual Library

• The British Cartographic Society - A Directory of UK Map Collections

  Detailed information of map holdings in libraries and archives throughout the United Kingdom.

• The Fleet Air Arm Museum

  Yeovilton, Somerset.

  • Research

• The Museums of the Royal Regiment of Wales

• The National Archives (U.K.)

  Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.

  • Military History

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  • 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.

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    • 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.

      • British Army: Muster Rolls and Pay Lists, c1730-1898

      • British Army: Officers' Records 1660-1913

      • British Army: Soldiers' Discharge Papers, 1760-1913

      • British Army: Soldiers' Pension Records, 1702-1913

      • First World War: Disability and Dependants' Pensions

      • Royal Air Force (RAF), RFC & RNAS: First World War, 1914-1918: Service Records

      • Royal Air Force: Second World War, 1939-1945: Service Records

      • Royal Marines: Officers' Service Records

      • Royal Marines: Other Ranks' Service Records

      • Royal Navy: Officers' Service Records

      • Royal Navy: Ratings’ Service Records 1667-1923

• The National Army Museum

  London, England.

  • Research

• The Queen's Royal Lancers' Museum

  Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire.

• The Redoubt Fortress & Military Museum - Eastbourne's Hidden Treasure

  • The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars

  • The Royal Sussex Regiment

    • The Royal Sussex Regiment Family Tree

• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum

  Winchester.

• The Royal Marines Museum

  Southsea, Hampshire.

• The Royal Naval Museum

  Portsmouth.

  • Boats of the Royal Naval Museum

  • Collections & Research

  • Manuscript Collection

  • On-line Exhibition Fleet Reviews

  • Reserve Collections

  • Royal Fleet Auxiliary

• The Sandhurst Collection

  The collection preserves and manages the archives of the Royal Military Academy in the United Kingdom. The archives contain records of the academy and its predecessors; the Royal Military College Sandhurst 1799-1939 and the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 1741-1939. It maintains the archive of the current academy which was established in 1947.

  • The Cadet and Staff Registers of the Sandhurst Collection

    Online searchable index information is free of charge. Scanned images of the original paper registers are available on a pay-per-view basis.

• The Suffolk Regiment Archives

  From the Suffolk Record Office.