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  • 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 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.

  • The Midnight Watch

    General information on the 60 595 men, women & children who lost their lives in Britain during the Second World War (1939-1945) on the Home Front, and to the countless numbers who served in a Civil Defence role during that conflict.

  • The National Archives (U.K.)

    Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.

    • 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.

      • DocumentsOnline

        Searching the index is free. There is a small fee to download a digital image of a document.

    • 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.

    • 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.

  • 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

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