Classification: | World War I, Discharge / Pension Records, Service Records |
Title: | British Army Service Records between 1760 and 1939 |
Link: | https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-service-records |
Description: | Find My Past's British Army Service Record between 1760 and 1939 |
Extra Info: | Service records from World War 1, from the WO 363 service records and WO 364 pension records. |
Classification: | Prisoners of War |
Title: | Find My Past's Prisoners Of War 1715-1945 |
Link: | https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ |
Description: | Prisoners Of War 1715-1945 |
Extra Info: | These records hold vital information about men taken prisoner of war during both World Wars. |
Classification: | World War II, Prisoners of War |
Title: | Find My Past's WWII Prisoner of War Records |
Link: | https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ |
Description: | Prisoners of War 1939-1945 |
Extra Info: | These records hold vital information about men taken prisoner of war during both World Wars. |
Classification: | Army, World War I |
Title: | 17th (Northern) Division |
Link: | https://17thdivison.tripod.com/ |
Description: | 17th (Northern) Division History 1914- 1918 |
Extra Info: | A history of the division at the start of WWI, later years not yet completed. |
Classification: | Ships |
Title: | 1820 Settler Correspondence - Cape of Good Hope |
Link: | https://www.eggsa.org/1820-settlers/index.php/ |
Description: | Letters from the Settlers of the Cape of Good Hope |
Extra Info: | This correspondence concerns the immigration scheme for the Cape of Good Hope following the Napoleonic Wars. HMS Weymouth was used to transport the settlers. A log of the journey is also transcribed. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I |
Title: | 21st Division 1914-18, A Divisonal History |
Link: | https://www.21stdivision1914-18.org/ |
Description: | 21st Division 1914-18, A Divisonal History |
Extra Info: | Includes a list of battle honours, commanding officers, details of some of the battles fought, some of the individual soldier's stories and more. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft |
Title: | 611 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force |
Link: | http://www.611squadronrauxaf.co.uk/ |
Description: | 611 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | 8th (S) Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180722234403/http://... |
Description: | 8th (S) Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment - Abridged World War One Diary |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available. The information on the site is taken from a booklet, published after WW1. Includes a diary of events involving the Battalion and a list of commanding officers. |
Classification: | World War II, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information |
Title: | A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46 |
Link: | https://moidigital.ac.uk/reports/ |
Description: | A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46 |
Extra Info: | MOI Digital is the online home of 'A Publishing and Communications History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46' |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, Pictures / Photographs, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Newspapers |
Title: | A Multimedia History of World War One |
Link: | https://www.firstworldwar.com/ |
Description: | A Multimedia History of World War One |
Extra Info: | A site with much information about WWI, details and dates of each battles, source documents, photographs, diaries and much more. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | A Street Near You - Exploring the Legacy of the First World War. |
Link: | https://astreetnearyou.org/#=undefined&lat=10&... |
Description: | Exploring the local legacy of the First World War, but at a global scale. |
Extra Info: | Mapping out the locations of WW1 casualties, showing the home locations. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft |
Title: | Aircrew Remembered |
Link: | https://aircrewremembered.com/ |
Description: | Aircrew Remembered is a very large resource containing more than 5 million data items and records at various levels of detail. |
Classification: | World War II, Prisoners of War, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | AJR My Story |
Link: | https://www.ajrmystory.org.uk/ |
Description: | My Story - The Association of Jewish Refugees |
Extra Info: | The AJR's 'My Story' project tells the life stories of Jewish refugees and Holocaust survivors through the production of individual life story books |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Aldershot Military Museum |
Link: | https://www.hampshireculture.org.uk/aldershot-mili... |
Description: | The story of Aldershot Military Town and the civil towns of Aldershot, Farnborough and Cove |
Extra Info: | Located in Hampshire. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | AMS Museum |
Link: | https://www.museumofmilitarymedicine.org.uk/ |
Description: | Army Medical Services Museum |
Extra Info: | Army Medical Services Museum - four collections of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC), Royal Army Dental Corps (RADC) and Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) Located in Mytchett, Surrey. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | Ancestry's Electrical Engineer WWI and WWII Rolls of Honour, 1924, 1949 |
Link: | https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/engelecengwarrollhon/ |
Description: | Electrical Engineer WWI and WWII Rolls of Honour, 1924, 1949 |
Extra Info: | The Institution of Engineering and Technology was founded in 1871 as the Society of Telegraph Engineers and later became the Institution of Electrical Engineers. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | APTC Museum |
Link: | https://www.raptcmuseum.co.uk/ |
Description: | Army Physical Training Corps Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Aldershot, Hampshire. |
Classification: | Information |
Title: | Archives Hub - Find Sources For Your Research |
Link: | https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/ |
Description: | Archives Hub - Find Sources For Your Research |
Extra Info: | Use the Archives Hub to find unique sources for your research. Search across descriptions of archives, including links to digital content, held at over 300 institutions across the UK. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts |
Title: | Armed Forces Memorial |
Link: | https://www.gov.uk/search-armed-forces-memorial-ro... |
Description: | Armed Forces Memorial |
Extra Info: | Searchable database of members of the armed forces that have been killed since WW2. Includes birth date and location. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records |
Title: | Army Ancestry Research |
Link: | https://armyancestry.blogspot.com/ |
Description: | British Army research: tips, links and articles from a British military history expert. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, Medals / Awards |
Title: | Army Catering Corps Association |
Link: | https://accassociation.org/ |
Description: | Army Catering Corps Association |
Extra Info: | May not display fully in all browsers. |
Classification: | Army, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | Army Catering Corps Unofficial Site |
Link: | https://www.armycateringcorps.co.uk/new/ |
Description: | Army Catering Corps Unofficial Site |
Classification: | Army, Other |
Title: | Army Deserters (1828-1840) |
Link: | https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records/army-deserters-1828-1840 |
Description: | Other Records Collection 1320-1996 - including Army Deserters (1828-1840) |
Extra Info: | This index of army deserters includes over 17,000 born in England, Wales or overseas, over 5,000 born in Scotland, and over 12,000 born in Ireland. |
Classification: | Army, Napoleonic Wars, Muster / Militia Rolls |
Title: | Army Lists and Roll Calls from Find My Past |
Link: | Army Lists and Roll Calls from Find My Past |
Description: | Search Army Lists and Roll Calls |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War II |
Title: | Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945 |
Link: | Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945 from Find My Past |
Description: | Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945 |
Extra Info: | The source is the Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945, an original document held under shelf reference WO304 at The National Archives. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War II |
Title: | Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 |
Link: | Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 from Ancestry.co.uk |
Description: | Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 |
Extra Info: | Information recorded on the Roll of Honour includes: Name of soldier : Initials, titles, and decorations : Birthplace : Residence : Enlisted rank : Rank at time of death : Enlisted Regiment : Regiment at time of death : Country where died : Death Date |
Classification: | World War I, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Service Records |
Title: | Army Service Numbers 1881-1918 |
Link: | https://armyservicenumbers.blogspot.com/ |
Description: | British regimental number research. |
Extra Info: | British regimental number research. First World War research. Military research. British Army regiments. Regimental numbering sequences between 1881 and 1918. Regimental number series. Other rank prisoners of war 1914. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | Barnbow Munitions Factory 1915-1918 |
Link: | https://barnbow.webs.com/ |
Description: | Barnbow Munitions Factory 1915-1918 |
Extra Info: | The women who died at the Barnbow Munitions Factory 1915-1918. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | Battle of Britain London Monument |
Link: | http://bbm.org.uk/ |
Description: | Battle of Britain London Monument |
Extra Info: | List all the British and Allied airmen who took part in the Battle of Britain 10th July to 31st October 1940. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS |
Title: | Battle of Britain Memorial |
Link: | https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/ |
Description: | Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel Le Ferne |
Extra Info: | Located in Capel Le Ferne, Kent. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | Battle of Cambrai |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20170305114403/http://... |
Description: | Battle of Cambrai 1917 |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer live. Most information still seems to be available. May be slow to load. Details of the battle, photographs of then and now and the memorials. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War II, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | BBC - WW2 People's War |
Link: | https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/catego... |
Description: | BBC - WW2 People's War |
Extra Info: | The BBC asked the public to contribute their memories of World War Two - this archive of 47,000 stories and 15,000 images is the result. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Museum |
Link: | https://www.culturetrust.com/take-partour-collecti... |
Description: | Wardown House - Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Museum |
Extra Info: | Stories from the men and boys of the Beds and Herts Regiment. The museum is located within the Wardown Park Museum, Luton. Click on galleries for details. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Border Regiment Museum |
Link: | https://www.cumbriasmuseumofmilitarylife.org/ |
Description: | Border Regiment Museum |
Extra Info: | Cumbria's museum of military life. Located in Carlisle. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Pictures / Photographs, Ships, Other Transport, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Britain's Small Wars |
Link: | http://www.britainssmallwars.co.uk/ |
Description: | Britain's Small Wars - Forgotten Wars |
Extra Info: | Details of many of Britain's 'forgotten' conflicts, with details of memorials and stories. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Medals / Awards |
Title: | Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards |
Link: | Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards from Find My Past |
Description: | Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards |
Classification: | Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records |
Title: | British and German Deserters, Dischargees and POW's |
Link: | British and German Deserters, Dischargees and POW's, 1774-1783 |
Description: | British and German Deserters, Dischargees and POW's, 1774-1783 |
Extra Info: | British and German Deserters, Dischargees and POW's who may have remained in Canada and the USA, 1774-1783. Part One and Two |
Classification: | Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | British Army soldiers' photos 1850 -1920 |
Link: | https://www.britisharmyancestors.co.uk/ |
Description: | British Army soldiers' photos 1850 -1920 |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards |
Link: | British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 |
Description: | British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Discharge / Pension Records |
Title: | British Army WWI Pension Records |
Link: | British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 |
Description: | British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 |
Classification: | Army, Service Records |
Title: | British Army WWI Service Records |
Link: | British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 |
Description: | British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 |
Classification: | Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts |
Title: | British Civil Wars , Commonwealth and Protectorate |
Link: | http://bcw-project.org/ |
Description: | British Civil Wars , Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638-1660 |
Extra Info: | A wealth of information about these wars, from battles and sieges to the people involved, as well as biographies and a glossary of terms. |
Classification: | World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Maps, Information |
Title: | British History Online |
Link: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/ |
Description: | British History Online |
Extra Info: | A variety of records and documents relating to the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Information |
Title: | British Nationals Armed Forces Banns and Marriages |
Link: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Banns and Marriages |
Description: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Banns and Marriages |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Information |
Title: | British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms |
Link: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms |
Description: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Information |
Title: | British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials |
Link: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials |
Description: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials |
Classification: | Newspapers |
Title: | British Newspaper Archive |
Link: | https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |
Description: | Explore over 200 years of history - British Newspaper Archive |
Extra Info: | Access also available via selected subscriptions to Find My Past and Genes Reunited |
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: | World War I, Newspapers |
Title: | British Presence in South Patagonia |
Link: | https://patbrit.org/ |
Description: | British Presence in South Patagonia |
Extra Info: | World War I, 1914-1918 seen through the pages of the Magellan Times |
Classification: | Army |
Title: | British Regiments at the Front: The Story of Their Battle Honours |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/britishregiments00hoddu... |
Description: | British Regiments at the Front: The Story of Their Battle Honours, Published 1914 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes regimental nicknames and how they came about, battle honours for many regiments. |
Classification: | Army, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts |
Title: | British Regiments in Canada |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~crossroads/genealog... |
Description: | British Regiments in Canada |
Extra Info: | The site attempts to identify the dates and deployments of various British military units prior to 1870 within Canada and elsewhere in the western hemisphere. Includes some regimental deserters who stayed in the US and Canada. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour |
Title: | British War Memorial Project |
Link: | https://britishwargraves.co.uk/ |
Description: | British War Memorial Project |
Extra Info: | British War Grave Photographs. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War II, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Medals / Awards, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Maps |
Title: | Burma Star Association |
Link: | https://www.burmastar.org.uk/ |
Description: | Burma Star Association |
Extra Info: | The website is dedicted to all those who served in HM and Allied Forces or the Nursing Services in the Burma Campaign of the 1939-45 war. Includes a diary of the campaign and memories of thise who served. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War II, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Medals / Awards, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Maps |
Title: | Burma Star Memorial |
Link: | https://burmastarmemorial.org/ |
Description: | Burma Star Memorial |
Extra Info: | The Burma Star Memorial Fund is a charity dedicated to the legacy and commemoration of all those who served in the Allied forces during the Burma Campaign of the Second World War. |
Classification: | Discharge / Pension Records, Service Records |
Title: | Chelsea Pensioners |
Link: | |
Description: | Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913 |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Cheshire Military Museum |
Link: | http://www.cheshiremilitarymuseum.co.uk/ |
Description: | Cheshire Military Museum - Soldiers of Cheshire |
Extra Info: | Exhibition depicting the history of four famous Army Regiments connected with the County of Cheshire from 1685 to the present day . Located in Chester. |
Classification: | Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Information, Other |
Title: | Civil War Petitions |
Link: | https://www.civilwarpetitions.ac.uk/ |
Description: | Conflict, Welfare and Memory during and after the English Civil Wars, 1642 - 1710 |
Extra Info: | Civil War Petitions contains petitions to the state from veterans and their families for welfare payments as a result of injuries and bereavement sustained during the English Civil Wars. |
Classification: | World War II, Museums |
Title: | Cobbaton Combat Collection |
Link: | http://www.cobbatoncombat.co.uk/ |
Description: | Military museum and tourist attraction |
Extra Info: | Located in Umberleigh, Devon. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Pictures / Photographs, Information |
Title: | Commando Veterans Archive |
Link: | http://www.commandoveterans.org/ |
Description: | Commando Veterans Archive |
Extra Info: | Information and data on the Commandos from the time of their formation In 1940 to the present day. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour |
Title: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
Link: | https://www.cwgc.org |
Description: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
Classification: | Army, Crimean War |
Title: | Crimean War Research Society |
Link: | http://cwrs.russianwar.co.uk/ |
Description: | Crimean War Research Society |
Extra Info: | Honours those that fell in the war, studies the war, from mainstream topics (deaths from disease in the Crimea; the naval confrontation in the Baltic), to little-known aspects of the war (naval actions in the Pacific; possible use of poison gas) and more. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Museums |
Title: | D-Day Museum |
Link: | https://theddaystory.com/ |
Description: | D-Day Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Diary of Lt Victor Edward Borgonon |
Link: | https://www.borgognon.net/VEBdiary.html |
Description: | Diary of Lt Victor Edward Borgonon 1918 |
Extra Info: | The diary is the record of an ordinary junior officer's duties in the latter part of the WWI, after he was a gas casualty on the front, and subseqeuntly posted to Salonika, a suitable posting for soldiers returning to active service after convalescence. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Durham Light Infantry Museum |
Link: | https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/durham-light-infantr... |
Description: | Durham Light Infantry Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Durham. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Museums |
Title: | Eden Camp Museum |
Link: | https://edencamp.co.uk/ |
Description: | Eden Camp Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Ryedale, Yorkshire. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | England Data from Ancestry |
Link: | England Data from Ancestry |
Description: | England Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes National Roll of the Great War, 1914-1918, memorial books from WWI and WWII and more. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Essex Yeomanry Association and Museum |
Link: | https://www.essex-yeomanry.org.uk/ |
Description: | Essex Yeomanry Association and Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Chelmsford, Essex. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, World War II |
Title: | Find My Past's The Military Collection |
Link: | Find My Past's Military, armed forces & conflict |
Description: | Find My Past's The Military Collection |
Extra Info: | An extensive military collection to help you to locate your ancestors who served in World War One and World War Two. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, Information |
Title: | Flags of the World |
Link: | https://www.fotw.info/flags/index.html |
Description: | Flags of the World |
Extra Info: | Click on UK, England, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey for district/county flags, ensigns, flags of the armed services and more. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Navy, Museums |
Title: | Fleet Air Arm Museum |
Link: | https://www.nmrn.org.uk/visit-us/fleet-air-arm-mus... |
Description: | Fleet Air Arm Museum - Representing the Flying Arm of the Royal Navy |
Extra Info: | Located in Ilchester, Somerset. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Discharge / Pension Records, Officers' Records, Service Records, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards |
Title: | Fold3's UK World War 1 Records |
Link: | http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-1363683-10934994?url=... |
Description: | Fold3's UK World War 1 Records main page. |
Extra Info: | Ancestry's military history companion website with over 31 Million records. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War II, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records, Officers' Records, Service Records, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards |
Title: | Fold3's UK World War 2 Records |
Link: | http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-1363683-10934994?url=... |
Description: | Fold3's UK World War 2 Records main page. |
Extra Info: | Ancestry's military history companion website with over 8.3 Million records. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | From Gallipoli to Baghdad - William Ewing MC DD |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/fromgallipolitob00ewinr... |
Description: | From Gallipoli to Baghdad - William Ewing MC DD, Chaplain to the Forces, Published 1917 |
Extra Info: | Online book. William Ewing MC DD wrote a day to day account of what was happening and sent this weekly to his congregation back home, some letters were published in newsapapers and journals of the day. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Gallipoli - John Masefield |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/gallipoli00maseuoft |
Description: | Gallipoli - John Masefield, Published 1916 |
Extra Info: | Online book. John Masefield was asked so many times about his experiences that he decided to publish the book to answer all the question he kept being asked. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Gallipoli Diary - Major John Graham Gillam DSO |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/gallipolidiary00gillric... |
Description: | Gallipoli Diary - Major John Graham Gillam DSO, Published 1918 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Major John Graham Gillam DSO, explains in his preface how he came to publish his diary about Gallipoli, it includes illustrations and photographs. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Gallipoli Diary - Sir Ian Hamilton |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/cu31924088057223 |
Description: | Gallipoli Diary - Sir Ian Hamilton, Published 1920, Volume 2 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Sir Ian Hamilton published his diary and account of Gallipoli soon after the war so that any challenges to what he had written could be made whilst he was still alive. Includes the index to volume 1 and 2. |
Classification: | Maps |
Title: | Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genealogy/ |
Description: | Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps |
Extra Info: | Many online maps, some as early as 1550. |
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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I |
Title: | Gommecourt, 1st July 1916 |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20180330005716/http://w... |
Description: | Gommecourt, 1st July 1916 |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be availble. Includes details of the battle plan, the men involved, the battle itself and a list of those who gave their lives. |
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, Newspapers |
Title: | Guardian Newspaper |
Link: | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/-sp-... |
Description: | Guardian Newspaper - How it Covered the Last Century |
Extra Info: | The newspaper articles cover the period 1899-1999. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Harry's World War One |
Link: | https://www.trenchesandtrees.org/ |
Description: | Harry's World War One - Trenches and Trees, War Memories. |
Extra Info: | Harry Wiliams' war, an account from his signing up, to the battlefields of world war one. |
Classification: | Navy, Museums, Ships |
Title: | Hartlepool's Maritime Experience |
Link: | http://www.hartlepoolsmaritimeexperience.com/ |
Description: | Hartlepool's Maritime Experience |
Extra Info: | Located in Hartlepool. |
Classification: | Navy, Museums, Ships |
Title: | HMS Trincomalee 1817 - The Classic British Frigate |
Link: | https://www.nmrn.org.uk/visit-us/hartlepool |
Description: | HMS Trincomalee 1817 , Located at the National |
Extra Info: | Located in Hartlepool. |
Classification: | Navy, Museums, Ships |
Title: | HMS Victory |
Link: | https://www.nmrn.org.uk/visit-us/portsmouth-histor... |
Description: | Nelson's flagship - HMS Victory |
Extra Info: | Located in Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
Classification: | Navy, Museums, Ships |
Title: | HMS Warrior, the Pride of Queen Victoria's Fleet |
Link: | https://www.nmrn.org.uk/visit-us/portsmouth-histor... |
Description: | HMS Warrior, the Pride of Queen Victoria's Fleet |
Extra Info: | Located in Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | Home of Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry |
Link: | https://www.sherwoodrangers.org.uk/ |
Description: | Home of Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry |
Classification: | World War II |
Title: | Hong Kong War Diary |
Link: | http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/ |
Description: | Hong Kong War Diary |
Extra Info: | The site documents the 1941 defence of Hong Kong, the defenders, their families, and the fates of all until liberation. Includes a search for personnel based at the garrison from the dental corps to the royal artillery. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Boer Wars |
Title: | Hurst and Surrounding District (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
Link: | http://www.c5d.co.uk/hurstpages.php |
Description: | Hurst and Surrounding District (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
Extra Info: | Includes Alt Hill and Hurst war memorial, details of the Ashton munitions factory explosion, and details of the Manchester Regiment in the Boer War. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Museums, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Aircraft, Ships, Information |
Title: | Imperial War Museum |
Link: | https://www.iwm.org.uk/ |
Description: | Imperial War Museum - links to the museums at London, Duxford, IWM North, HMS Belfast and Churchill Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in London, Salford Quays & Duxford. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | International Bomber Command Centre |
Link: | https://internationalbcc.co.uk |
Description: | A story of Discovery, Education and Remembrance - International Bomber Command Centre |
Extra Info: | The IBCC Digital Archive is an extensive repository of the personal stories of those who served and suffered during WWII, including personal memorabilia and one of the biggest collections of eyewitness testimonies. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information |
Title: | International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive |
Link: | https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/ |
Description: | The IBCC Digital Archive focuses on people's stories of RAF Bomber Command and the bombing war in Europe, 1939-1945 |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum |
Link: | https://www.sharpshooters.org.uk/ |
Description: | Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Kent. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Museums |
Title: | Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge. |
Link: | https://www.kbobm.org/ |
Description: | Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge |
Extra Info: | Located in Hawkinge, Kent. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Museums, Officers' Records, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster |
Link: | http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/ |
Description: | King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster |
Extra Info: | Located in Lancaster. |
Classification: | Army, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Leinster Regiment Infomation |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20160424150632/http://... |
Description: | Leinster Regiment Infomation |
Extra Info: | Click on site map, the scroll down to find information on the the Leinster Regiment. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Letters of Lieutenant J N Wreford Brown during the Great War |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20121011162306/http://w... |
Description: | Letters of Lieutenant J N Wreford Brown during the Great War |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that seems to be no longer available. May take a few moments to load. The site includes the letters of Lieutenant J N Wreford Brown 12th Div. 9th Battalion Essex Regiment in 1917. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Liverpool Scottish Regimental Museum Trust |
Link: | http://www.liverpoolscottish.org.uk/ |
Description: | Liverpool Scottish Regimental Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Liverpool. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | London Scottish Regiment : UK Territorial Army Regiment |
Link: | https://www.londonscottishregt.org/index.php/en/ |
Description: | London Scottish Regimental Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in London. Includes a history and timeline for the regiment. |
Classification: | Army, World War I |
Title: | Manchester Regiment City Battalions |
Link: | https://findmypast.sjv.io/c/124526/1814440/20225?u... |
Description: | Manchester Regiment City Battalions 1914-1916 |
Extra Info: | From Find My Past. Search approximately 11,000 records of men, by platoon, who served with the so-called 'Manchester Pals' battalions: |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, Museums |
Title: | Manx Aviation Preservation Society |
Link: | http://www.maps.org.im/ |
Description: | The Manx Aviation and Military Museum |
Extra Info: | Located between Douglas and Castletown. Dedicated to the memory of those who served in a military capacity on the Island. |
Classification: | Navy, Museums, Ships |
Title: | Mary Rose - King Henry VIII's favourite ship |
Link: | https://maryrose.org/ |
Description: | Mary Rose - King Henry VIII's favourite ship |
Extra Info: | Located in Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Museum of Army Chaplaincy |
Link: | https://chaplains-museum.co.uk/ |
Description: | Museum of Army Chaplaincy |
Extra Info: | Located in Amport, Hampshire. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, Museums |
Title: | Museum of the Manchester Regiment |
Link: | https://www.tameside.gov.uk/museumsgalleries/mom |
Description: | Museum of the Manchester Regiment |
Extra Info: | Located in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside. Click on regimental history for roll of honour for Manchester Regiment for WWI, battle honours and details of many of the battalions, including the Pals battalions. |
Classification: | World War I, Prisoners of War |
Title: | My German Prisons |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/mygermanprisonsb00gillr... |
Description: | My German Prisons, Captain H.G.Gilliland, Published 1918 |
Extra Info: | Online book. The subtitle is 'being the experiences of an officer during two and a half years as a prisoner of war'. |
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: | World War II |
Title: | National Archives - Online Merchant Navy Indexes and Records |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Online Merchant Navy Indexes and Records |
Extra Info: | Online Merchant Navy indexes and records. |
Classification: | Navy, Marines, World War I, World War II, Service Records, Ships, Medals / Awards, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | National Archives - Online Navy Records and Indexes |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Online Navy Records and Indexes |
Extra Info: | Includes navy and marine service records, medals awarded and much more. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, World War II, Service Records, Medals / Awards |
Title: | National Archives - Online RAF Records and Indexes |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Online RAF Records and Indexes |
Extra Info: | Includes RAF service records, air combat reports, medal index cards 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: | World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | National Archives - WWI British Army Medal Index |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - WWI British Army Medal Index 1914-1920 |
Extra Info: | Record medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim. Scroll down for free search, but pay to view medal cards. |
Classification: | World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | National Archives - WWI Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - WWI Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Extra Info: | Scroll down the page. Campaign medals issues to merchant seamen in world war one. Free to search, but pay to view medal cards. |
Classification: | World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | National Archives - WWII Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - WWII Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Extra Info: | Campaign medals issues to merchant seamen in world war two. Free to search, but pay to view medal cards. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | National Army Museum |
Link: | https://www.nam.ac.uk/ |
Description: | National Army Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Chelsea, London. |
Classification: | Maps |
Title: | National Library of Scotland - Online Maps |
Link: | https://maps.nls.uk/ |
Description: | National Library of Scotland - Online Maps |
Extra Info: | The site has many military maps of Scotland, including plans of works for sites such as Edinburgh Castle. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I |
Title: | National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 |
Link: | National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 |
Description: | National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Navy, World War I, World War II, Service Records, Pictures / Photographs, Ships, Medals / Awards, Uniforms / Badges, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information |
Title: | Naval-History.Net |
Link: | http://www.naval-history.net/ |
Description: | Naval-History.Net |
Extra Info: | Comprehensive history of the British Navy with full search facility. Includes details of ships of the Royal Navy 1914-1919, some with log books details, service history of ships in WW2, timelines, casualties from WW1, and much more. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | Netley Abbey Matters |
Link: | https://www.netleyabbeymatters.co.uk/ |
Description: | At one end, the Ruins of a 13th century Cistercian Abbey; at the other, a Military Cemetery |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Newcastle Discovery Museum |
Link: | http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/museums.html |
Description: | 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars and Northumberland Hussars |
Extra Info: | Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne. |
Classification: | Muster / Militia Rolls |
Title: | Newfoundland Grand Banks Genealogy |
Link: | http://ngb.chebucto.org/ |
Description: | Newfoundland Grand Banks Genealogy |
Extra Info: | 1770 Muster Roll for Dartmouth (under passenger lists). |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Newhaven Fort Museum |
Link: | https://www.newhavenfort.org.uk/ |
Description: | Newhaven Fort Museum |
Extra Info: | Located at Newhaven, East Sussex |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, World War II, Aircraft, Ships, Newspapers |
Title: | Newspapers Online via Google |
Link: | https://news.google.com/newspapers |
Description: | Newspapers Online via Google |
Extra Info: | Many newspapers are being put online. Currently there are only a handful from the UK and Ireland, but this is growing. Many newspapers from USA and Canada that mention British ships and British events. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Northamptonshire Regiment and Northamptonshire Yeomanry Collection |
Link: | https://www.northamptonmuseums.com/directory/2/Col... |
Description: | Northamptonshire Regiment and Northamptonshire Yeomanry Collection |
Extra Info: | Located at Abington Park Museum, Northampton. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts |
Title: | Officers Died Website |
Link: | https://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm |
Description: | Officers Died Website |
Extra Info: | Includes many different battles, but includes specific details of the Gloucester Regiment in WWI and WWII. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, Pictures / Photographs, Medals / Awards, Maps |
Title: | Old Front Line Battlefields of WWI |
Link: | http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/ |
Description: | Old Front Line Battlefields of WWI |
Extra Info: | Includes some memorials to the soldier that died, battlefield maps, descriptions of some of the battles and much more. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Old Gaol of Buckingham |
Link: | https://www.buckinghamoldgaol.org.uk/ |
Description: | Buckinghamshire Military Museum Trust Collection |
Extra Info: | Located in Buckingham. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | On Two Fronts - Major H.M.Alexander DSO |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/ontwofrontsbeing00alexr... |
Description: | On Two Fronts - Major H.M.Alexander DSO, Published 1917 |
Extra Info: | Online book. On Two Fronts are the adventures of an Indian mule corps in France and Gallipoli. Mostly written from memory and a few diary entries. |
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: | Navy, Museums |
Title: | Plymouth Naval Base Museum |
Link: | https://www.devonmuseums.net/Devonport-Naval-Herit... |
Description: | Plymouth Naval Base Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Plymouth, Devon. |
Classification: | Navy, Museums, Ships |
Title: | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard |
Link: | https://historicdockyard.co.uk/ |
Description: | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard |
Classification: | World War I, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | Prisoners of the First World War. International Committee of the Red Cross - Index. |
Link: | https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/ |
Description: | 1914-1918 Prisoners of the First World War ICRC historical archives |
Extra Info: | Includes Postcard images and index cards. |
Classification: | World War I, Prisoners of War |
Title: | Prisoners Of War Sound Recordings 1916-1918 |
Link: | https://findmypast.sjv.io/c/124526/1814440/20225?u... |
Description: | Prisoners Of War Sound Recordings 1916-1918, by Find My Past |
Extra Info: | 56 sound recordings of servicemen in German prison camps in the First World War. |
Classification: | World War I, Prisoners of War |
Title: | Prisoners Of War, General Correspondence, 1915 |
Link: | https://findmypast.sjv.io/c/124526/1814440/20225?u... |
Description: | Prisoners Of War, General Correspondence, 1915, by Find My Past |
Extra Info: | Official government documents, reports and personal letters from loved ones. |
Classification: | Information |
Title: | Project Gutenberg |
Link: | https://www.gutenberg.org/ |
Description: | Project Gutenberg - Free to Read Books |
Extra Info: | Online books, free to read. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum |
Link: | https://museum.maidstone.gov.uk/our-museums/queens... |
Description: | Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum Collection |
Extra Info: | Located in Maidstone. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment |
Link: | https://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/ |
Description: | Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment |
Extra Info: | Located in Guildford, Surrey. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Museums |
Title: | RAF Digby's Sector Ops Museum |
Link: | https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/r... |
Description: | RAF Digby's Sector Ops Museum |
Extra Info: | Located near Lincoln. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Museums, Aircraft |
Title: | RAF Museum London and Cosford Air Force Museums |
Link: | https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/ |
Description: | RAF Museum London and Cosford Air Force Museums |
Extra Info: | Located in Cosford, Shropshire and Hendon, London. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, Aircraft, Muster / Militia Rolls |
Title: | RAF Museum Storyvault |
Link: | https://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/ |
Description: | First World War Casualty Cards, the 1918 Muster Roll and 1918 Air Force List |
Extra Info: | Royal Air Force History |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Prisoners of War, Service Records, Medals / Awards |
Title: | RAF Records : The Genealogist |
Link: | https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/affiliate/?affid=... |
Description: | Researching the RAF records for family historians |
Classification: | World War I, World War II, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | Rare Historical Photos |
Link: | https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/ |
Description: | Rare Historical Photos |
Extra Info: | A website exclusively dedicated to historical and rare photographs |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Redoubt Fortress & Military Museum |
Link: | https://www.visiteastbourne.com/heritage |
Description: | Redoubt Fortress & Military Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Eastbourne. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Regimental Museum of the 9th/12th Lancers |
Link: | https://royallancersmuseum.co.uk/ |
Description: | Regimental Museum of the 9th/12th Lancers |
Extra Info: | The Regimental Museum Display is located in Derby. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | REME Museum of Technology |
Link: | https://www.rememuseum.org.uk/ |
Description: | The Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Museum of Technology |
Extra Info: | Located near Reading. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, Museums |
Title: | Reserve Forces in Greater London |
Link: | https://www.glrfca.org/ |
Description: | Reserve Forces in Greater London |
Extra Info: | Includes the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Territorial Army, Royal Auxiliary Air Force. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Royal Dragoon Guards Museum and Regimental Association |
Link: | https://www.rdgmuseum.org.uk/ |
Description: | Royal Dragoon Guards Museum and Regimental Association |
Extra Info: | Located in York. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Royal Engineers Museum and Library |
Link: | https://www.re-museum.co.uk/ |
Description: | Royal Engineers Museum and Library |
Extra Info: | Located in Gillingham, Kent. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum |
Link: | https://www.royalhampshireregiment.org/ |
Description: | Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Winchester, Hampshire. |
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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Marines, World War I |
Title: | Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1920 |
Link: | Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1920 from Find My Past |
Description: | Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1920 |
Extra Info: | Includes the The Jack Clegg memorial database of Royal Naval Division casualties of the Great War. |
Classification: | Navy, Museums |
Title: | Royal Navy Museum |
Link: | https://www.nmrn.org.uk/ |
Description: | Royal Navy Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
Classification: | Navy, Service Records |
Title: | Royal Navy officers' service record cards and files c.1840-c.1920 |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | Royal Navy officers' service record cards and files c.1840-c.1920 |
Classification: | Navy, World War I, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Officers' Records, Service Records |
Title: | Royal Navy officers' service records 1756-1931 |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | Royal Navy officers' service records 1756-1931 |
Classification: | Navy, World War I, Service Records |
Title: | Royal Navy ratings' service records 1853-1928 |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | Royal Navy ratings' service records 1853-1928 |
Classification: | Navy, Museums, Ships, Other Transport |
Title: | Royal Navy Submarine Museum |
Link: | https://www.nmrn.org.uk/visit-us/submarine-museum |
Description: | Royal Navy Submarine Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Gosport, Hampshire. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum |
Link: | http://www.royalnorfolkregimentalmuseum.org.uk/ |
Description: | Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Norwich. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Museum |
Link: | https://www.northumberlandfusiliers.org.uk/ |
Description: | Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Alnwick. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Royal Signals Museum |
Link: | https://www.royalsignalsmuseum.co.uk/ |
Description: | Royal Signals Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Dorset. |
Classification: | Information |
Title: | Rulers Website |
Link: | http://rulers.org/ |
Description: | Rulers Website - Heads of State, Prime Ministers etc. |
Classification: | World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Russia, the Balkans and the Dardanelles |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/cu31924027947120 |
Description: | Russia, the Balkans and the Dardanelles - Granville Fortescue Published 1915 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Granville Fortescue was the special correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour |
Title: | SABEY SABY SABIE One-Name Study |
Link: | https://sabey.one-name.net/ |
Description: | For those who have held the unusual surname Sabey and its variants. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | Sandall's History of the 5th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment |
Link: | http://www.sandall.drgavinrobinson.uk/ |
Description: | Sandall's History of the 5th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment |
Extra Info: | The history of the battalion was written in 1922 at the suggestion of the commanding officer of the battalion Lieut.-Col. H. G. Wilson, DSO. |
Classification: | World War I, World War II, Hospitals / Nursing, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses |
Link: | http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/index.html |
Description: | Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses |
Extra Info: | Includes the war diary of the Matron-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force for 1914-1919. Also list of British general hospitals in WWII and nursing rolls from WWII. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Science and Society Picture Library |
Link: | https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk |
Description: | Science and Society Picture Library |
Extra Info: | Over 50,000 images including many images of war, poster campaigns, letters from the wars and more. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, Museums |
Title: | Secret Bunker |
Link: | https://www.hackgreen.co.uk/ |
Description: | Hack Green Secret Bunker |
Extra Info: | Located near Nantwich, Cheshire. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Museums |
Title: | Secret Bunker - Kelvedon Hatch |
Link: | https://secretnuclearbunker.com/ |
Description: | Secret Bunker starting its life with a role as an RAF ROTOR Station |
Extra Info: | Located near Brentwood, Essex. |
Classification: | World War I, Ships, Other Transport |
Title: | Shipwrecks of Scotland and England |
Link: | https://rod-macdonald.com/ |
Description: | Shipwrecks of Scotland and England |
Extra Info: | Includes some details of the naval wrecks of Scappa Flow. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Museums |
Title: | Shuttleworth Museum |
Link: | https://www.shuttleworth.org/ |
Description: | Shuttleworth Museum |
Extra Info: | Home of the Shuttleworth Collection of aircraft. Located near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Museums |
Title: | Soldiers of Gloucestershire Military Museum |
Link: | https://www.soldiersofglos.com/ |
Description: | Soldiers of Gloucestershire Military Museum, Including a Database of Soldiers |
Extra Info: | Located in Gloucester. The website also has a database of all the 28th North Gloucestershire Regiment during the 19th Century and all who served with the Gloucestershire Regiment in the First World War. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Soldiers of Oxfordshire |
Link: | https://www.sofo.org.uk/ |
Description: | Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Collection |
Extra Info: | Located in Bicester. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Soldiers of Shropshire Museum |
Link: | https://www.soldiersofshropshire.co.uk/ |
Description: | Soldiers of Shropshire Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Shrewsbury. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I |
Title: | Soldiers who Died in the Great War 1914-1919 |
Link: | Soldiers who Died in the Great War 1914-1919 |
Description: | Soldiers who Died in the Great War 1914-1919 |
Extra Info: | Includes Officers Died. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts |
Title: | Soldiers' Memorials Website |
Link: | https://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.ht... |
Description: | Soldiers' Memorials Website |
Extra Info: | Includes some memorials by conflict and some by regiment. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | Somerset Military Museum |
Link: | https://swheritage.org.uk/museum-of-somerset/explo... |
Description: | Somerset Military Museum - Research, Regimental Histories, Reading List and Museum Shop |
Extra Info: | Located in Taunton. |
Classification: | World War II, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | SWWEC- Archive of WWII Memories |
Link: | https://war-experience.org |
Description: | The Second World War Experience Centre - Archive of WWII Memories |
Extra Info: | The Second World War Experience Centre, near Leeds in UK, exists to document the life in those times of anyone who lived through the 1939-1945 years. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Museums |
Title: | Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |
Link: | https://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/ |
Description: | Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Tangmere, West Sussex. |
Classification: | Navy, Napoleonic Wars |
Title: | The 1805 Club |
Link: | https://www.1805club.org/ |
Description: | The 1805 Club was founded in 1990 to preserve and care for the memorials and graves of those associated with the sailing navy of the Georgian era. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The AGC Museum |
Link: | https://agcmuseum.org.uk/ |
Description: | The Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps |
Extra Info: | Located in Winchester. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Information |
Title: | The Battle of Britain - The Few |
Link: | http://www.the-few.org.uk/ |
Description: | Tribute to the men of the Battle of Britain - The Few |
Extra Info: | Includes Squadron lists, pilot signatures, crew lists and Battle of Britain history. Video clips of Spitfires and Hurricanes in flight. |
Classification: | Army, World War I |
Title: | The Battle of The Somme |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/battlesomme00buchgoog |
Description: | The Battle of The Somme, John Buchan, Published 1917 |
Extra Info: | Online scanned book. The Battle of The Somme includes maps and illustrations about the battle with details about the trenches, regiments and more. Easy to search contents. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | The Battles of the Somme |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/battlessomme00gibbuoft |
Description: | The Battles of the Somme, Philip Gibbs, Published 1917 |
Extra Info: | Online scanned book. Includes maps and is a collection of articles written day by day over the months of battle. Easy to search contents. |
Classification: | World War II, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information |
Title: | The Bevin Boys Association - The Official site founded 1989 |
Link: | http://bevinboysassociation.co.uk |
Description: | The Bevin Boys Association - Archives and Information |
Classification: | World War II, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | The British Evacuees Association |
Link: | http://www.evacuees.org.uk/ |
Description: | The British Evacuees Association |
Classification: | Army, World War I |
Title: | The Dardanelles - Major-General Sir C.E. Callwell KCB |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/dardanelleswithm00call |
Description: | The Dardanelles - Major-General Sir C.E. Callwell KCB, Published 1919 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Compiled from documents and information available at the time. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | The Dardanelles Campaign - Henry W. Nevinson |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/dardanellescampa00neviu... |
Description: | The Dardanelles Campaign - Henry W. Nevinson, Published 1918 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Henry W. Nevinson says he wrote the book to record events as they occurred with details of the history that was necessary or accessible to him. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | The Diary of Pte Mark Foreman |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20181108185134/http://... |
Description: | The Diary of Pte Mark Foreman 1916-1917 |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. The diary is written by Pte Mark Foreman in the months between receiving the diary in October 1916, as a birthday present from Alma Harris, and the final entry in May 1917. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment (West Riding) Regimental Association |
Link: | http://www.dwr.org.uk/ |
Description: | The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment (West Riding) Regimental Association |
Extra Info: | Located in Halifax, Yorkshire. |
Classification: | Army, World War I |
Title: | The Fifth Army in March 1918 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/fiftharmyinmarch00spar |
Description: | The Fifth Army in March 1918, W. Shaw Sparrow, Published 1921 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Details the Fifth Army through March 1918 and its involvement in the Battle of The Somme. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Fusilier Museum |
Link: | https://www.fusiliermuseum.com/ |
Description: | The Fusilier Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Bury, Lancashire the museum is is home to the collection of the Lancashire Fusiliers and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | The Gallipoli Association |
Link: | https://www.gallipoli-association.org/ |
Description: | The Gallipoli Association |
Extra Info: | The association aims to keep alive the memory of the Gallipoli Campaign(1915) and ensure that the men who fought and died are not forgotten. Includes a campaign overview with details of the regiments involved. |
Classification: | Medals / Awards |
Title: | The Gazette - Official Public Record |
Link: | https://www.thegazette.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Gazette - Official Public Record |
Extra Info: | The Gazette is formally the combination of three publications: The London Gazette, The Belfast Gazette and The Edinburgh Gazette. The Gazettes are official journals of record. |
Classification: | Army, Crimean War, Museums |
Title: | The Green Howards |
Link: | https://greenhowards.org.uk/ |
Description: | The Green Howards |
Extra Info: | Located in Richmond, Yorkshire. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Guards Museum |
Link: | https://theguardsmuseum.com/ |
Description: | Her Majesty's Household Division |
Extra Info: | Located in London. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Gurkha Museum Winchester |
Link: | https://thegurkhamuseum.co.uk |
Description: | The Gurkha Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Winchester. May be slow to load. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The HAC, Home to the Honourable Artillery Company. London |
Link: | https://hac.org.uk/index.php |
Description: | Honourable Artillery Company |
Extra Info: | Located in London. |
Classification: | Navy, Museums |
Title: | The Historic Dockyard Chatham |
Link: | https://thedockyard.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Historic Dockyard Chatham |
Extra Info: | Located in Chatham, Kent. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | The Irish on the Somme |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/irishonsommebein00macdu... |
Description: | The Irish on the Somme, Michael McDonagh, Published 1917 |
Extra Info: | Online book. As well as the main Irish regiments, mentions the Irish of other regiments, with their awards and exploits. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Keep Military Museum |
Link: | https://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/ |
Description: | The Keep Military Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Dorchester, Dorset. The Keep Military Museum in Dorchester offers a fascinating insight into local military history. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Kohima Museum |
Link: | http://www.kohimamuseum.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Kohima Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in York.The Battle of Kohima in North East India, close to its border with Burma, took place between 4th April and 22nd June 1944 and marked the limit of the Japanese Army's advance into India. |
Classification: | Army, World War I |
Title: | The Lochnagar Crater, 1st July 1916 |
Link: | https://www.lochnagarcrater.org/ |
Description: | The Lochnagar Crater, 1st July 1916 |
Extra Info: | Over 20 years ago Richard Dunning purchasd the land surrounding the Lochnagar Crater with a view to preserving the memory of the soldiers who fought and died in Battle iof the Somme, 1916. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The London Irish Rifles - British Territorial Army Regiment - London UK |
Link: | https://www.londonirishrifles.com/ |
Description: | The London Irish Rifles - British Territorial Army Regiment - London UK |
Extra Info: | Located in London. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Maps |
Title: | The Long, Long Trail |
Link: | https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Long, Long Trail - The British Army in th First World War |
Extra Info: | A site with a wealth of information, including war diaries, commanders despatches, details about the regiments and battalions, trench maps, list of prisoner of war camps and much more information. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, Museums, Other Transport |
Title: | The Muckleburgh Military Collection |
Link: | https://www.muckleburgh.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Muckleburgh Military Collection |
Extra Info: | Located in Norfolk, this museum claims to be the UK's largest privately owned working Military Museum. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Museum of Army Flying |
Link: | https://www.armyflying.com/ |
Description: | The Museum of Army Flying |
Extra Info: | Located in Andover, Hampshire. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Prisoners of War, Service Records, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | The National Archives Online Collections |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ |
Description: | The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | The New Zealanders at Gallipoli, Major Fred Waite DSO NZE |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/newzealandersatg00waitu... |
Description: | The New Zealanders at Gallipoli, Major Fred Waite DSO NZE, Published 1921 |
Extra Info: | Online book. The book was written as part of the popular history series in New Zealand - to present inspiring stories of its sons and daughters overseas. It includes maps and illustrations and many references to British troop actions. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Museums |
Title: | The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum |
Link: | https://www.paradata.org.uk/ |
Description: | The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in the IWM at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Museum |
Link: | https://pwrrqueensmuseum.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Dover. |
Classification: | World War I, Prisoners of War |
Title: | The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918 |
Link: | https://ruhleben.tripod.com/ |
Description: | The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918 |
Extra Info: | The site aims to try and tell the stories of as many of those civilians as possible |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum |
Link: | https://www.lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk/queens... |
Description: | The Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Preston, Lancashire. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Ships, Other Transport |
Title: | The Roll of Honour |
Link: | http://www.roll-of-honour.com/ |
Description: | The Roll of Honour - Lest We Forget |
Extra Info: | As well as the main rolls of honour the site includes an overview of the Somme, information about tanks and submarines in WWI and much more. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum |
Link: | http://royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/ |
Description: | The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in the IWM at Duxford. |
Classification: | Museums |
Title: | The Royal Armouries |
Link: | https://royalarmouries.org/ |
Description: | The Royal Armouries |
Extra Info: | Located in Leeds, Yorkshire. The Royal Armouries is home to the United Kingdom's national collection of arms and armour, including artillery. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Royal Artillery Museum |
Link: | https://www.royalartillerymuseum.com/ |
Description: | The Royal Artillery Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Woolwich, London. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Royal Green Jackets Museum |
Link: | https://rgjmuseum.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Royal Green Jackets Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Winchester, Hampshire. Includes details of the regiments that merged to form the Green jackets in 1966. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Royal Hospital Chelsea |
Link: | https://www.chelsea-pensioners.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Royal Hospital Chelsea - The Home of Chelsea Pensioners |
Extra Info: | Located in London. |
Classification: | Museums |
Title: | The Royal Military Police Museum |
Link: | https://rhqrmp.org/rmp_museum.html |
Description: | Regimental Headquarters Royal Military Police |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) |
Link: | https://www.fusiliermuseumwarwick.com/ |
Description: | Museum of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) |
Extra Info: | Located in Warwick. |
Classification: | World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Other |
Title: | The Second Air Division Digital Archive |
Link: | https://www.americanlibrary.uk/second-air-division... |
Description: | Digital Archive for the 2nd Air Division |
Extra Info: | A unique collection of over 30,000 images of original photographs, letters, memoirs and other documents. |
Classification: | Ships |
Title: | The Ships List Website |
Link: | http://www.theshipslist.com/ |
Description: | The Ships List Website |
Extra Info: | Click on fleet lists for details of ships that have been requistioned into military service, were disguised as HM ships or those in foreign service and sunk by HM ships. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Museums |
Title: | The Shoreham Aircraft Museum |
Link: | http://www.shoreham-aircraft-museum.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Shoreham Aircraft Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Sevenoaks, Kent. |
Classification: | Navy, Marines, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Maps |
Title: | The Short Life and Assumed Death of Jack Clegg |
Link: | http://www.jackclegg.com/ |
Description: | Barnsley's Royal Marines WW1 |
Extra Info: | Includes the Plymouth Marines at the Dardanelles and Barnsley men who served with various branches of the Marines. |
Classification: | World War I |
Title: | The Somme Vol 1, The First Battle of The Somme 1916-7 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/sommeano00cler |
Description: | The Somme Vol 1, The First Battle of The Somme 1916-7, Albert, Bapaume, Peronne |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes maps and photographs and a guide to the events of the battle. A Michelin guide. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I |
Title: | The Story of the 6th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/6thbattaliondur00ainuof... |
Description: | The Story of the 6th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry : France, April 1915-November 1918 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Written to provide soldiers with a written history of their battalion, however due to heavy losses in the early part of WWI, and hence few soldiers to ask, some of the details may be missing. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War II, Prisoners of War |
Title: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
Link: | http://www.powtaiwan.org/ |
Description: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
Extra Info: | The site contains descriptions of the former camps, as well as an honour roll of the prisoners of war. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Suffolk Regiment Museum |
Link: | http://www.suffolkregimentmuseum.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Suffolk Regiment Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Bury St Edmunds. |
Classification: | Army, Museums, Other Transport |
Title: | The Tank Museum |
Link: | https://tankmuseum.org/ |
Description: | The Tank Museum - bringing the history of tanks and tank crew to life |
Extra Info: | Located in Bovington, Dorset. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | The Truth About the Dardanelles |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/truthaboutdardan00moseu... |
Description: | The Truth About the Dardanelles - Sydney A. Moseley, Published 1916 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Sydney A. Moseley was the official correspondent with the Mediterranean expeditionary forces. The book was written after he collected the evidence by speaking ti those involved and reviewing many documents. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | The Wardrobe - The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum |
Link: | https://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/index.php?url=home |
Description: | The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire. |
Classification: | Navy, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Ships |
Title: | Three Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail |
Link: | https://threedecks.org/index.php |
Description: | This site aims to be the premier web resource for researching naval history during the Age of Sail. |
Classification: | Museums, Other |
Title: | Tower of London |
Link: | https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/ |
Description: | Historic Old Palaces : Tower of London |
Extra Info: | Located in London. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | Trenching at Gallipoli |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/trenchingatgalli00gall |
Description: | Trenching at Gallipoli - Personal Narrative of a Newfoundlander, John Gallishaw, Published 1917 |
Extra Info: | An online book, Trenching at Gallipoli is the personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition. Easy to search contents. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | University of Glasgow Story |
Link: | https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/ww1/ |
Description: | University of Glasgow Story |
Extra Info: | Includes all members of the university community who served in WWI, those who served and fell in WWII, many with biographies and more. |
Classification: | World War I, World War II, Other |
Title: | Vickers Machine Gun |
Link: | http://www.vickersmachinegun.org.uk/ |
Description: | Vickers Machine Gun |
Extra Info: | The site is about the Vickers Machine Gun and its use around the world in its many variations and forms. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Medals / Awards |
Title: | War History of the 18th (S.) Battalion Durham Light Infantry |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/warhistoryof18th00lowe |
Description: | War History of the 18th (S.) Battalion Durham Light Infantry |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes a roll of officers, a history of the battalion from its formation in 1914 to the end of the first world war. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | War History of the 18th (S.) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/warhistoryof18th00lowe |
Description: | War History of the 18th (S.) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, Lieut.-Col. W.D.Lowe DSO, MC |
Extra Info: | Online book. From its formation in 1914 to 1918 during the battles of the first world war, including the Somme. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | War Memorials Online |
Link: | https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/ |
Description: | War Memorials Online - Recording, Conserving and Remembering our war memorials |
Extra Info: | War Memorials Online is an unprecedented opportunity for the public to upload images of war memorials and log concerns for the conservation of these important community and historical sources for future generations. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour |
Title: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
Link: | https://www.waymarking.com/default.aspx |
Description: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
Extra Info: | Pictures of all types of interesting places and features including memorials, easy to search. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | When the Somme Ran Red |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/whensommeranred00dugmri... |
Description: | When the Somme Ran Red, A Radclyffe Dugmore, Published 1916 |
Extra Info: | Online book. A personal account of his experiences and observations from the early days of the war in Belgium to the Battle of The Somme, with photographs and maps. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Medals / Awards |
Title: | WILDGOOSE and Variants Website |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~willgooseweb/geneal... |
Description: | WILDGOOSE and Variants Website |
Classification: | Navy, Officers' Records, Service Records |
Title: | Wills - The National Archives Records - Seamen's Wills |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | Wills of Royal Naval Seamen (1786 - 1882) |
Extra Info: | Search and download the wills of around 35,000 men who joined the Royal Navy between 1786 and 1882 |
Classification: | World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | With the Twenty-Ninth Division in Gallipoli |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/withtwentyninthd00crei |
Description: | With the Twenty-Ninth Division in Gallipoli, A Chaplains Experiences, Rev. O. Creighton CF, Published 1916 |
Extra Info: | Online book, with illustrations and maps. Rev. O. Creighton managed to keep a diary for the six months he was with the 29th Division. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Discharge / Pension Records |
Title: | World War 1 Veterans 1914-1918 |
Link: | https://worldwar1veterans.blogspot.com/ |
Description: | World War 1 Veterans 1914-1918 - old soldier memories, interviews and much more. |
Classification: | World War II, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | World War II, a British focus |
Link: | http://www.warlinks.com/ |
Description: | World War II, a British focus - numerous war diaries and other histories |
Extra Info: | Click on the Site Map link. |
Classification: | Army, World War I, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Newspapers |
Title: | World War One |
Link: | https://ww1.osborn.ws/ |
Description: | World War One - A Diary from Gallipoli |
Extra Info: | Includes the diary of Sergeant D Moriarty of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, at Gallipoli. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Hospitals / Nursing |
Title: | World War One - Photographs and Pictures |
Link: | https://www.ww1photos.com/ |
Description: | World War One - Photographs and Pictures |
Extra Info: | Includes postcards of WWI, many photographs of the trenches, a special gallery of Gallipoli photographs, animals in war and more. Many free photos, others may be purchased. |
Classification: | World War II, Service Records |
Title: | WWII Royal Artillery Tracer Cards, 1939-1948 |
Link: | https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61820/ |
Description: | Ancestry's WWII Royal Artillery Tracer Cards, 1939-1948 |
Extra Info: | This collection comprises cards created to track the movements of soldiers between units within the Royal Artillery during WWII. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | York and Lancaster Regimental Museum |
Link: | https://www.cliftonpark.org.uk/homepage/31/the-yor... |
Description: | York and Lancaster Regimental Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Rotherham, Yorkshire. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Museums, Aircraft, Uniforms / Badges |
Title: | Yorkshire Air Museum |
Link: | https://yorkshireairmuseum.org/ |
Description: | Yorkshire Air Museum |
Extra Info: | Located in Elvington, Yorkshire. |
Classification: | Army, Museums |
Title: | British Army Museums and Records at Army Museums Ogilby Trust |
Link: | https://www.armymuseums.org.uk/ |
Description: | British Army Museums and Records at Army Museums Ogilby Trust |
Extra Info: | Comprehensive list of army museums, including museums without web sites. |
Classification: | Navy, Army, Muster / Militia Rolls, Other |
Title: | GENUKI Country Page for England |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/ |
Description: | General Information for England |
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. |
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