Many websites cover other military items that do not fit into other categories, but nevertheless can provide added information to help researchers understand what occurred during many wars and conflicts. The Description and Extra Info fields detail what you may find within the websites listed here.
| Classification: | Navy, Napoleonic Wars, Officers' Records, Ships, Other |
| Title: | Age of Nelson |
| Link: | http://www.ageofnelson.org/ |
| Description: | Age of Nelson |
| Extra Info: | Royal Navy officers who fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815, the seamen and marines who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and ships of the old navy. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Academy / Training / Cadets, Information, Other |
| Title: | British Pathe Film Archive |
| Link: | https://www.britishpathe.com |
| Description: | British Pathe Film Archive 1896-1970 |
| Extra Info: | All sorts of social and military history on film. |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, World War II, Discharge / Pension Records, Other |
| Title: | Dorset Online Parish Clerk (OPC) |
| Link: | http://www.opcdorset.org/ |
| Description: | Dorset Online Parish Clerk (OPC) - A Mixture of Records |
| Extra Info: | Various rolls of honour, absent voter lists from 1918, some muster rolls (Marnhull and Winterborne Steepleton) and more. Also look under miscellaneous records. |
| Classification: | Navy, World War II, Other |
| Title: | Global Shark Attack File |
| Link: | https://www.sharkattackfile.net/ |
| Description: | Global Shark Attack File |
| Extra Info: | List of shark attacks worldwide, fatal and non fatal, at least one Wren mentioned from an attack in WW2. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars, Service Records, Hospitals / Nursing, Medals / Awards, Other |
| Title: | National Archives - Online Army Records and Indexes |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Online Army Records and Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes army campaign medals from WWI, service records for Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, prisoners of war reports and interviews and much more. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars, Service Records, Hospitals / Nursing, Medals / Awards, Information, Other |
| Title: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes (UK) |
| Extra Info: | Includes army, navy, air force, marines, merchant seamen and more. Many detailed records require payment. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Other |
| Title: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/ |
| Description: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers 1915-1979 |
| Extra Info: | Collection of cabinet papers, covering topics such as Ireland's independence, world war one, the cold war, marriage allowances in the Navy and much more. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Ships, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information, Other |
| Title: | Open Library |
| Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
| Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
| Extra Info: | Use the search facility and select e books only. Can also search within book text easily. Includes many books about all aspects of British Military History. Includes lots of accounts of voyagers of exploration by naval ships. |
| Classification: | World War I, Pictures / Photographs, Other |
| Title: | Peterborough and The Great War |
| Link: | https://peterboroughww1.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Peterborough and The Great War |
| Extra Info: | Two visitors' books from the tea stall on Peterborough East Railway Station 1916 and 1917. Servicemen wrote messages, poems and pictures as they stopped on their journey. Search or browse. Some with mini biographies. |
| Classification: | Information, Other |
| Title: | Pillbox Study Group |
| Link: | http://www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Pillbox Study Group |
| Extra Info: | Including details about their camouflage, name, locations and more. |
| Classification: | World War I, Other |
| Title: | Register of Changes of Names During WWI by Deed Poll and Enrolment |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/registerofchange00kern |
| Description: | Register of Changes of Names During WWI by Deed Poll and Enrolment |
| Extra Info: | Online book. From the London Gazette. Gives old name, new name, date of change, address and nationality. |
| Classification: | Army, Information, Other |
| Title: | Royal Logistic Corps Digital Library |
| Link: | https://www.rlcarchive.org/ |
| Description: | Royal Logistic Corps Digital Library |
| Extra Info: | Subscription / Pay-per-view site.The RLC Digital Library is a searchable archive containing digital images of a number of documents and books held in the Corps Library and also in the Museum. |
| Classification: | Other |
| Title: | The Army Children Archive |
| Link: | http://www.archhistory.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Army Children Archive |
| Extra Info: | Information about what it was like to be an army child, includes sections on schooling, healthcare and hospitals. |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records, Officers' Records, Service Records, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Academy / Training / Cadets, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards, Uniforms / Badges, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Newspapers, Maps, Information, Other |
| Title: | Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia |
| Link: | http://en.wikipedia.org/ |
| Description: | Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia |
| Extra Info: | Comprehensive general reference for most military topics. Use its search box to find your areas of interest. |
| Classification: | Maps, Information, Other |
| Title: | Registration Districts in Dorset |
| Link: | https://ukbmd.org.uk/reg/dor.html |
| Description: | Civil registration districts in Dorset since 1837 |
| Extra Info: | Information on the registration districts and their changes over the years. |
| Classification: | Maps, Information, Other |
| Title: | Wikipedia list of civil parishes in Dorset |
| Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_parish... |
| Description: | List of parishes in Dorset provided by Wikipedia. |
| Extra Info: | Information on the parishes with links to information pages about the parishes. |
| Classification: | Maps, Information, Other |
| Title: | Wikipedia list of places in Dorset |
| Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Do... |
| Description: | List of places in Dorset provided by Wikipedia. |
| Extra Info: | Information on place names with links to information pages about the place. |
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