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The Imperial War Museum

www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.6

When the Imperial War Museum was founded in 1917, one of its functions was to be a memorial to those who had died and suffered in the First World War. The Museum has since expanded its remit to include all conflicts, concentrating on British and Commonwealth involvement from 1914 to the present day.

Posted October 18, 2010 at 9:32 AM

Army Museum Ogilby Trust

www.armymuseums.org.uk/

he British Army has a rich history that is added to continually as today

Posted October 18, 2010 at 9:37 AM

The Soldier in later Medieval England

www.icmacentre.ac.uk/soldier/database/search.php

muster roll database for the years 1369 - 1453 // protection and attorney database for the years 1369 - 1453// Normandy Garrison database 1415 - 1453.

Posted October 19, 2012 at 2:26 PM

Commonwealth War Gaves Commission

www.cwgc.org/

The "Debt of Honour Register" is the Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated. The register can also be searched for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World War.

Posted October 18, 2010 at 9:39 AM

Veterans UK

www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/army.html

The Ministry of Defence (MOD): Army service records for World War Two, and all records of service from the early 1920s, are held by the Ministry of Defence and are not yet on open access. However the next of kin can apply to view their ancestor

Posted October 18, 2010 at 9:43 AM

The Natonal Museum Royal Navy

www.fleetairarm.com/

The collection covers a wide range of documents from official and private sources, related to the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm. They cover areas such as aircraft, ships, equipment, air stations, operations and personnel. Amongst the most regularly consulted are the Squadron Line Books and Record Books, Air Publications and aircraft accident records. The Centre also holds documents relating to service in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines before and during the First World War. Personal papers from important figures in aviation are held.

Posted October 18, 2010 at 9:45 AM

RAF Museum

www.rafmuseum.org.uk/

The RAF Museum occupies two public sites in the UK at Hendon in North London, and Cosford in Shropshire, West Midlands.

Posted October 18, 2010 at 9:56 AM

London Edinburgh and Belfast Gazette

www.gazettes-online.co.uk/

Medals awarded for acts of gallantry can also help to build up a picture of an individual's wartime service. The citation text explaining why the award was given can sometimes be found in archive copies of the Gazette

Posted October 18, 2010 at 10:06 AM

Maritime Memorials

www.nmm.ac.uk/memorials/Index.cfm

The memorial database contains records of over 5000 church, cemetery and public memorials to seafarers and victims of maritime disasters, including many important works by prominent sculptors and designers. You can either search directly for a memorial, or browse through the various categories.

Posted January 28, 2011 at 4:03 AM

UK National Inventory of War Memorials

www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show

Free searchable database

Posted March 3, 2011 at 7:36 AM

Roll of Honour by Country

www.roll-of-honour.com/

The war memorials and rolls of honour cover a variety of Regiments, airfields and air bases as well as the memorials and cemeteries in the countries overseas where the men fell.

Posted March 9, 2011 at 12:28 PM

The Long, Long Trail The British Army of 1914-1918 - for family historians

www.1914-1918.net/derbyscheme.html

Searchable free

Posted March 9, 2011 at 1:53 PM

British War Graves Photographs

www.britishwargraves.co.uk/

FREE

Posted March 9, 2011 at 1:56 PM

Royal Navy

www.welcometoportsmouth.co.uk/royal%20navy%20museum.html

The Royal Navy Museum is situated just across the square from HMS Victory at the Historic Dockyard in Portsmouth. The museum is home to an interesting collection of Naval artifacts and documents.

Posted April 20, 2011 at 12:11 PM

Malta

website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/second.htm

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. However it is not exclusively British, citizens of Malta and other European countries are included, as well as people from other parts of the world.

Posted June 25, 2011 at 11:00 AM

The Long, Long Trail

www.1914-1918.net/index.html

The British Army in the Great War (WW1 1914-18)

Posted June 27, 2011 at 10:14 AM

BRITISH Navy, Army, Air Force Records

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/navy.asp

Posted June 29, 2011 at 5:32 PM

Royal Army Medical Corps

ramc-ww1.com/

Posted April 18, 2012 at 4:59 AM

Military Records

www.forces-war-records.co.uk/

Commonwealth member forces from the Boer War (1899 to 1902). In total, the website now has some 3.5 million UK military records making it one of the largest websites for finding British military records. Records go back to the Napoleonic Wars. Access is by subscription

Posted June 6, 2012 at 3:55 PM

Irelands military archives

www.militaryarchives.ie/

It will be the ???place of deposit??? for the records of the Irish Department of Defence, the Defence Forces and the Army Pensions Board. The website is planning a phased release of military records. Already online is a collection of maps, plans and drawings of military installations throughout the island of Ireland. Next up will be the Bureau of Military History Collection, which covers the period 1913 to 1921. This collection is expected to be online by March. It is composed of 36,000 pages of witness statements, photographs, letters, legal documents, etc. from the period. Access is free.

Posted June 6, 2012 at 4:23 PM