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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Other Transport |
Title: | Airfields and Aviation Memorials |
Link: | http://www.ukairfields.org.uk/ |
Description: | Airfields and Aviation Memorials |
Extra Info: | As well as the memorials has details about the airfields |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Pictures / Photographs, Ships |
Title: | All at Sea Website |
Link: | http://www.allatsea.co.za/ |
Description: | All at Sea Website - Includes War Memorials |
Extra Info: | Mainly related to the Boer wars. Also includes some photographs of HMS Belfast. |
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, Navy, World War I |
Title: | Ardleigh's Past - The History of an Essex Village |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~melanie/genealogy/ |
Description: | Ardleigh's Past - The History of an Essex Village |
Extra Info: | Look under occupations for a list of militia, military men and navy. |
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: | 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, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Medals / Awards, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | ATTRILL Family History |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20160324193120/http://... |
Description: | ATTRILL Family History |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer being maintained. Most information is still available to view. Includes a list of war casualties, campaign medals and more, including John Edward ATTRILL's first world war dairy. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Muster / Militia Rolls |
Title: | BAALHAM Resource Centre |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~baalham/genealogy/ |
Description: | BAALHAM Resource Centre and One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Includes militia lists for BAALHAM's. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, Service Records, Medals / Awards |
Title: | BEGENT Genealogy |
Link: | http://www.begent.org/begent.htm |
Description: | BEGENT Genealogy |
Extra Info: | Includes WWI information for many BEGENT's. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Medals / Awards, Newspapers |
Title: | Black Sheep Index |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20100722053825/http://w... |
Description: | Black Sheep Index - Archived Copy |
Extra Info: | May take a few moments to load. The black sheep index is no longer live, however this is a link to an archived copy. Note that some of the files are not available. So Do Not send money or requests for more information. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | BOLSTRIDGE One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.bolstridge.co.uk/genealogy/index.php |
Description: | BOLSTRIDGE One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Use sources to search for types of information such as war memorials. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, Napoleonic Wars, Discharge / Pension Records, Service Records, Medals / Awards |
Title: | BREW One Name Study |
Link: | http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm |
Description: | BREW One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Look under databases for details of BREW's with a military connection. |
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: | 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: | 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: | Navy, Information |
Title: | British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849 |
Link: | British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849 |
Description: | British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849 |
Extra Info: | Also includes appointments to ships. |
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: | 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 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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, World War II, Prisoners of War, Ships |
Title: | CAVILL Family History |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20150103061638/http://w... |
Description: | CAVILL Family History |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. Most information still seems to be available. May take a few moments to load. Includes a map of prisoner of war camps and crew lists for HMS Alert and HMS Discovery. |
Classification: | Discharge / Pension Records, Service Records |
Title: | Chelsea Pensioners |
Link: | |
Description: | Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913 |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | Chingford War Memorial |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20190119210135/http://w... |
Description: | Chingford War Memorial |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active, however most information is still available to view. This site aims to do more than just list the names of the fallen, it is aiming to show the people behind the names. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Navy, Army, Boer Wars, Discharge / Pension Records, Service Records, Medals / Awards |
Title: | CHITTENDEN One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.chittenden.com.au/ |
Description: | CHITTENDEN One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Many military CHITTENDEN's mentioned. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Medals / Awards |
Title: | CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.cluett.org.uk/ |
Description: | CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Part way down the home page is the Search link. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars |
Title: | Colchester History and Information |
Link: | https://www.camulos.com/ |
Description: | Colchester History and Information |
Extra Info: | Includes a list of Colchester men who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts |
Title: | COMBS and COOMBS Family One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.combs-families.org/combs/ |
Description: | COMBS and COOMBS Family One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Includes COMBS/COOMBS by conflict. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour |
Title: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
Link: | https://www.cwgc.org |
Description: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
Classification: | Navy, World War I |
Title: | Crew Lists of the British Merchant Navy 1915 |
Link: | https://1915crewlists.rmg.co.uk/ |
Description: | Crew Lists of the British Merchant Navy 1915 |
Extra Info: | Search by name or vessel. |
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: | World War I, Discharge / Pension Records |
Title: | DACKOMBE / DACOMBE Family History |
Link: | http://www.terrys.org.uk/ |
Description: | DACKOMBE / DACOMBE Family History |
Extra Info: | Includes military information for DACKOMBE / DACOMBE's. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | DASHPER Family Website |
Link: | http://www.dashper.net.nz/ |
Description: | DASHPER Family Website |
Extra Info: | Information on DASHPERs who gave their lives in the wars. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records, Service Records, Muster / Militia Rolls |
Title: | DIBDEN One Name Study |
Link: | https://www.angelfire.com/ar3/dibden_onename/ |
Description: | DIBDEN One Name Study, Including Variants |
Extra Info: | Many military references to the DIBDEN name. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | DOBBINS Family Tree |
Link: | http://www.dobbins.co.uk/familytree/ |
Description: | DOBBINS Family Tree |
Extra Info: | Click on Documents, then Indexes. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | DOIG and Variants One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.doig.net/ |
Description: | DOIG and Variants One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Includes war graves for DOIG's, some have details of parents, units and place of death. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour |
Title: | DUGMORE's of the Past |
Link: | http://www.ancestorsofbirmingham.com/dugmore/dugmo... |
Description: | DUGMORE's of the Past |
Extra Info: | Includes a list of DUGMORE's who gave their lives in WWI and WWII. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Medals / Awards |
Title: | EARDLEY Family Genealogy Resources |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20150813093905/http://... |
Description: | EARDLEY Family Genealogy Resources |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. Most information still seems to be accessible. Includes information about the V.C. awarded to George Harold Eardley of The King's Shopshire Light Infantry. |
Classification: | Muster / Militia Rolls |
Title: | Earls Colne Village Records, Essex |
Link: | https://wwwe.lib.cam.ac.uk/earls_colne/ |
Description: | Earls Colne Village Records from 1375 |
Extra Info: | Click on Contents for a full list of transcriptions. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | ELWICK Family History and One Name Study |
Link: | https://www.elwick.info/ |
Description: | ELWICK Family History and One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Look under heroes and villains. |
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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts |
Title: | Essex Family History |
Link: | http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/ |
Description: | Essex Family History |
Extra Info: | Click on family history index for war memorials. Includes many war memorials, Essex men who fought for the Canadian forces, those from the Essex regiment/44th who served at the Crimea. |
Classification: | World War II |
Title: | Essex Police Museum |
Link: | https://www.essex.police.uk/museum |
Description: | Essex Police Museum |
Extra Info: | Includes details of how WWII affected the police and the area, in an article 'the end of the phoney war'. |
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: | Medals / Awards |
Title: | FE(A)THERSTON((E)HAUGH) One Name Study |
Link: | https://featherstone.one-name.net/ |
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, 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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Navy, World War I, World War II, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records, Service Records, Medals / Awards |
Title: | FOSKETT One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.foskett-genealogy.co.uk/ |
Description: | FOSKETT One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Includes FOSKETT military and naval records. |
Classification: | World War I, World War II |
Title: | Foxearth and District Local History Society |
Link: | http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ |
Description: | Foxearth and District Local History Society |
Extra Info: | Scroll down the homepage for a list of Beccles men who served in the great war, an aircraft crash of ww2, and other articles. |
Classification: | World War I, Hospitals / Nursing |
Title: | Friends Ambulance Unit First World War Personnel |
Link: | https://fau.quaker.org.uk/ |
Description: | Friends Ambulance Unit First World War Personnel |
Extra Info: | The Friends Ambulance Unit (1914-1919) was a civilian volunteer ambulance service set up by a group of Quakers during World War I. Its members from 1914-1919, both Quaker and non-Quaker, totalled over 1000. Many entries have photographs. |
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 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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Discharge / Pension Records, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards |
Title: | GANDER / GANDAR One Name Study |
Link: | https://gander.one-name.net/ |
Description: | GANDER / GANDAR One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Includes many details of military records and often more details than just the name and rank. |
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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War |
Title: | Geograph Britain and Ireland |
Link: | http://www.geograph.org.uk/ |
Description: | Geograph Britain and Ireland |
Extra Info: | The project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland. Use the search to find 'war memorials' for your area. |
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, 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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Discharge / Pension Records |
Title: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
Link: | http://martleweb.co.uk/gumbleton/ |
Description: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | Henham Parish Bygones |
Link: | http://www.henhamhistory.org/ |
Description: | Local History of Henham, Little Henham and Pledgdon |
Extra Info: | Recording the village as it was and as it is now. Formerly known as Henham on the Hill, the parish also includes the two hamlets of Little Henham and Pledgdon (or Prison Green). |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | Historic Photographs of England |
Link: | https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos... |
Description: | Historic Photographs of England |
Extra Info: | Includes images of some war memorials, London Scottish Regiment drill hall, Cowley Barracks, naval ships and more. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | HOCKLEY Family History |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hockley/genealogy/h... |
Description: | HOCKLEY Family History |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | HOLLEBONE Family Website |
Link: | http://www.hollebone-family-worldwide.co.uk/ |
Description: | HOLLEBONE Family Website and One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Also Hollebon, Hollibone, Hollibone, Hollobon , Hollobone, Hollybon and Hollybone. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Prisoners of War, Medals / Awards |
Title: | Institute of Chartered Accountants |
Link: | https://www.icaew.com/library/historical-resources... |
Description: | Institute of Chartered Accountants |
Extra Info: | An index to WWI, including roll of honour, those mentioned in despatches and those awarded medals. |
Classification: | World War I, World War II, Service Records, Medals / Awards |
Title: | JACOMB One Name Study |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20120424163641/http://j... |
Description: | JACOMB One Name Study |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is not currently active. May take a few moments to load. Most information appears to be available. Includes variants Jacomb, Jacombs, Jacombe, Jacom & Jacomb-Hood. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | JEBBETT/JEBBITT Genealogy |
Link: | http://www.moonroller.com/jebbitt/ |
Description: | JEBBETT/JEBBITT Genealogy |
Extra Info: | Includes photograph of the 181st Field Ambulance RAMC taken in 1943 and some details about when they were in Arnhem in 1944. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Medals / Awards |
Title: | JOSLIN Family Research |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20160305230555/http://j... |
Description: | JOSLIN Family Research |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. FREE exchange of Joslin Family History World-Wide. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | KITNEY and KIDNEY Family Genealogy |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20140527190335/http://k... |
Description: | KITNEY and KIDNEY Family Genealogy |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. Most information is still available to view. Includes KITNEY's who were killed in action. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour |
Title: | LAYZELL, LAZELL, LASCELLES One Name Study |
Link: | https://layzellfh.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Layzell and variants one name study |
Extra Info: | Fallen Layzells of WW1 and WW2 |
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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | LONGMORE Genealogy Resources |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180114123904/http://... |
Description: | LONGMORE Genealogy Resources |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information seems to be available, however it is slow to load. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | LUCY and LUCEY Genealogy |
Link: | http://www.ozlists.com/allluceys/ |
Description: | LUCY and LUCEY Genealogy |
Extra Info: | Lists all the LUCY and LUCEY who fell during the first and second world wars. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Navy, Army, Marines, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Ships |
Title: | Malta Family History |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180722210453/http://... |
Description: | Malta Family History |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. The indexes still seems to be available. British subjects in Malta, including details of the military cemeteries and the army chapel school. Also an index of men of the British Fleet in Malta in 1881. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Pictures / Photographs |
Title: | Mary Evans Picture Library |
Link: | https://www.maryevans.com/ |
Description: | Mary Evans Picture Library |
Extra Info: | Over 2 million historical and cinema images. Easy to search - can limit by type of photograph and century. Includes pictures of war memorials, wars, ships, tanks, soldiers and much more. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | Masonic Great War Project |
Link: | https://www.masonicgreatwarproject.org.uk/ |
Description: | Masonic Great War Project |
Extra Info: | A searchable database purely on Freemasons who took part in and died in the course of their duty during the Great War of 1914-1918. |
Classification: | Crimean War, Hospitals / Nursing |
Title: | Medical Officers of the Crimea |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Indexes/Crimea/ |
Description: | Medical Officers of the Crimea |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | Midland Railways Records |
Link: | https://www.midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk/King_... |
Description: | Midland Railways Records |
Extra Info: | Includes a list of those who joined up in 1914 and those who are listed on the Midland Railway War Memorial. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | MILAM Family History and Genealogy Archives |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20080723162509/http://w... |
Description: | MILAM Family History and Genealogy Archives |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a website that is no longer active, most information still seems to be available. Includes Mileham, Milam, Mylam, Milham, Milum, Millam. |
Classification: | World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Pictures / Photographs, Uniforms / Badges, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information |
Title: | Military Badges and Military Images |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20110721011946/http://w... |
Description: | Military Badges and Military Images |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site which is no longer available. May take a little while to load. May not work correctly in all browsers. Also photographs and a diary of Signaller L. D. Richards,Leicestershire Regiment in WWI. |
Classification: | World War I, Service Records |
Title: | MINTER One Name Study |
Link: | https://www.theminters.co.uk/ |
Description: | MINTER One Name Study |
Extra Info: | The index to service records indicates where on the site the details are held. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Service Records |
Title: | Mount Bures Parish Website |
Link: | http://www.mount-bures.co.uk/index.htm |
Description: | Mount Bures Parish Website |
Extra Info: | Click on Site Map to find links to the WW1 and WW2 information. |
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: | 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: | 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: | Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Newspapers |
Title: | Nineteenth Century Periodicals and Newspapers |
Link: | https://ncse.ac.uk/index.html |
Description: | Nineteenth Century Periodicals and Newspapers |
Extra Info: | Includes many articles relating to the wars of the time. |
Classification: | Boer Wars, Hospitals / Nursing |
Title: | Nursing in the Boer War |
Link: | https://boerwarnurses.com/ |
Description: | Nursing in the Boer War - Nurses and Others Who Cared for the Sick and Wounded |
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: | World War I, World War II, Newspapers |
Title: | Online Historical Newspapers |
Link: | https://www.ukpressonline.co.uk/ukpressonline/ |
Description: | Online Historical Newspapers |
Extra Info: | Includes the Daily Mirror and Daily Express from the early 1900's. Subscription site. |
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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | PINCKNEY - The site for all UK PINCKNEYs |
Link: | http://www.john-pinckney.co.uk/family/index.htm |
Description: | PINCKNEY - The site for all UK PINCKNEYs and Variants |
Extra Info: | Includes PINCKNEY's in WW1, with some biographies. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | PLUCK and PLUCKROSE One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.pluckrose.org/ |
Description: | PLUCK and PLUCKROSE One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Debt of honour for the Pluck and Pluckrose name. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | PLUCKROSE Name Website |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20190623144333/http://w... |
Description: | PLUCKROSE Name Website |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. Includes Pluckrose's who gave their lives during World War I & World War II. |
Classification: | World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts |
Title: | POWDITCH Family History |
Link: | http://www.powditch.plus.com/ |
Description: | POWDITCH Family History |
Extra Info: | Includes military details for many POWDITCH's. |
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: | RAF / RFC / RNAS |
Title: | RAF History |
Link: | https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/our-histor... |
Description: | RAF History |
Extra Info: | Squadron histories, including disbanded squadrons, images of squadron badges and more. |
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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | Railway Workers Who Died in World War One |
Link: | https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/research-and-arch... |
Description: | Railway Workers Who Died in World War One |
Extra Info: | Scroll down to Fallen Railwaymen Database. List of over 20,000 railway employees who died in World War One. Includes details of the railway company they worked for, their military service and in some cases family information. May take a while to load. |
Classification: | Marines, World War I, Discharge / Pension Records |
Title: | RAMSDALE Family Register |
Link: | http://www.ramsdale.org/ |
Description: | RAMSDALE Family Register |
Extra Info: | Includes roll of honour and lists of soldiers in medieval England for Ramsdale and variants. |
Classification: | World War I, Hospitals / Nursing |
Title: | Red Cross Volunteers of the First World War |
Link: | https://vad.redcross.org.uk/ |
Description: | Red Cross Volunteers of the First World War |
Extra Info: | Over 90,000 people volunteered for the British Red Cross at home and overseas during the war. More names still to add. |
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: | 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: | 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: | Navy, Army |
Title: | School - Register of Cheltenham College, 1841-1910 |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/b28037674 |
Description: | Register of Cheltenham College, 1841-1910 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes mini biographies of the individuals. With army and navy lists towards the end of the book, with regiments. |
Classification: | Army |
Title: | School - Register of Dover College, Kent 1871-1910 |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/dovercollegereg00dove |
Description: | Register of Dover College, Kent 1871-1910 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes mini biographies of the individuals, also an army list towards the end of the book. |
Classification: | Navy, Army, World War I |
Title: | School - Register of S. Nicholas College, Lancing, Sussex |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/registerofsnicho00lanc... |
Description: | School - Register of S. Nicholas College, Lancing, Sussex 1848-1900 |
Extra Info: | Online Book. Includes mini biographies of many of the students. Also has a list those in the Royal Navy and Army. |
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, 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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | SEDGWICK Genealogy |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20220409185047/http://... |
Description: | SEDGWICK Genealogy |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. Most information is available to browse. Lists the SEDGWICK's who fell in WWI and WWII, with some histories for them. Click on UK, then library. |
Classification: | Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Muster / Militia Rolls |
Title: | SERCOMBE, SIRCOMBE, SURCOMBE, or SIRCOM One Name study |
Link: | http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/sercombe.html |
Description: | A Compilation of SERCOMBE Families |
Extra Info: | Scroll down to sources of information, includes war deaths, muster roll details, Boer and Crimean war soldiers for SERCOMBE's. |
Classification: | Ships |
Title: | Ships in UK Ports in the 1881 Census |
Link: | https://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/81Intro.ht... |
Description: | Ships in UK Ports in the 1881 Census |
Extra Info: | Also includes other on-shore establishments for mariners. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | SKINGLE Family Trees |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20210227184322/https:/... |
Description: | SKINGLE Family Trees |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is not currently active. Most information still seems to be available. As well as a SKINGLE roll of honour there are also details of SKINGLE's who served in the wars. |
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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Discharge / Pension Records |
Title: | STERRY One Name Study |
Link: | https://www.sterryworldwide.com/ |
Description: | STERRY One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Includes STERRY deaths of WW1, along with the cemetery details, also STERRY Pensioner records for the British army. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | STONER Genealogical Databases |
Link: | http://www.stoner.org.uk/ |
Description: | STONER Genealogical Databases |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | STRANGE, STRAINGE and Variants One Name Study |
Link: | https://yourtotalevent.com/people/Strange/idxpepl.... |
Description: | STRANGE and STRAINGE Family History |
Extra Info: | Look under miscellany for those who fell in battle. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, Boer Wars, Pictures / Photographs, Ships, Medals / Awards |
Title: | The Anglo-Boer Wars |
Link: | http://www.boer-war.com/ |
Description: | The Anglo-Boer Wars 1880-81 and 1899-1902 |
Extra Info: | Includes a list of troops/regiments sent to South Africa with details of the ships they travelled on, a chronology of the battles of the second boer war, photographs and more. |
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: | 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, 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: | World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | The History of Essex |
Link: | https://historyhouse.co.uk/ |
Description: | The History of Essex |
Extra Info: | Includes a diary account of the siege of Colchester in 1648, the civil war. Also extracts from E J Rudsdale's diaries of life in WWII. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | The History of Kelvedon Hatch |
Link: | https://historyhouse.co.uk/kelvedonhatch/index.htm... |
Description: | The History of Kelvedon Hatch |
Extra Info: | Look under St Nicholas' Church for the war memorial. |
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, 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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, World War II, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF 1939-1945 |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20121029171436/http://b... |
Description: | The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF 1939-1945 |
Extra Info: | Includes selected combat reports, flying log book entries, details of the aircraft and more. This is an archived copy of the website. Most features appear to work. There may be some delay in loading. |
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: | 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: | 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: | Discharge / Pension Records |
Title: | The Society of Genealogists (SOG) |
Link: | https://www.sog.org.uk/ |
Description: | The Society of Genealogists (SOG) |
Extra Info: | Can search for a surname for free, however a membership is required to access the detailed information. Check the catalogue to see what information is available online. |
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, 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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Navy, World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Ships, Medals / Awards |
Title: | TILBURY Family in the UK |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cmtilbury/family/ |
Description: | TILBURY Family in the UK |
Extra Info: | Click on Site Map to find a history of british ships called Tilbury including HMS Tilbury. Also has military references to TILBURY's. |
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, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts |
Title: | UK National Inventory of War Memorials |
Link: | https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/search?utm_source... |
Description: | UK National Inventory of War Memorials |
Extra Info: | This site does not list every person mentioned on the memorials, however it does list individual memorials with details and sometimes photographs. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | University - Aberdeen University Roll of Service 1914-1919 |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/rollofserviceing1921un... |
Description: | Aberdeen University Roll of Service 1914-1919 |
Extra Info: | Online book. This book records the service and staff of staff, graduates, alumni and students during WW1. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | University - Durham University - Roll of Service |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/rollofservice19100univ |
Description: | University of Durham - Roll of Service 1914-1919 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Staff, graduates and students. List of all those in service and those who gave their lives. Biographies in abbreviated form, but index to abbreviations at front of book. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | University - Edinburgh University - Roll of Honour |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/rollofhonour191400univ... |
Description: | University of Edinburgh - Roll of Honour 1914-1919 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes those fallen, but also a roll of service. Mini biographies and many photographs. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | University - Edinburgh University - Roll of Honour |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/newyear1915rollo1914un... |
Description: | University of Edinburgh - Roll of Honour 1914 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes those fallen, a roll of service, a list of those wounded, staff and students. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | University - Manchester University - Roll of Service |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/manchesteruniver00univr... |
Description: | Manchester University - Roll of Service for WWI |
Extra Info: | Online book. Lists all the graduates of Manchester University who served in world war one, including some family and regimental details. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | University - Oxford University - Roll of Service |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/oxforduniversity00univ... |
Description: | Oxford University - Roll of Service 1914-1919 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Graduates and students, by college. List of all those in service and those who gave their lives. Mini biographies. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Medals / Awards |
Title: | University of Glasgow - Roll of Honour |
Link: | https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/index.html |
Description: | University of Glasgow - Roll of Honour |
Extra Info: | Includes details of the medals and awards that individuals received for their service in WWI. Also has details about the university and its preparations for WWII. |
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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I |
Title: | University of London - Officers Training Corp - Roll of Service |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/rollofwarservice00grea |
Description: | University of London - Officers Training Corp - Roll of Service 1914-1919 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Lists the war service and biography for each name. Also lists the fallen and those who were awarded honours. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | University of Sheffield - Roll of Service |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/rollofservic19100univ |
Description: | University of Sheffield - Roll of Service 1914-15-16 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Published Jan 1916. Staff, graduates and students who served. Rank and unit for each name.Includes evening students, lab assistants, officer training corp and more. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I |
Title: | University of St. Andrews - Roll of Honour and Roll of Service |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/rollofhonourroll1920un... |
Description: | University of St. Andrews - Roll of Honour and Roll of Service 1914-1919 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Biographies and photographs of the fallen, biographies for those on the roll of service. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | URIDGE / EURIDGE One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.uridge.org/ |
Description: | URIDGE / EURIDGE One Name Study |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Medals / Awards |
Title: | Victoria Cross Holders |
Link: | http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ |
Description: | Victoria Cross Holders |
Extra Info: | Includes grave locations for Victoria Cross holders. |
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: | World War I, Hospitals / Nursing |
Title: | Wartime Memories Project - World War One |
Link: | https://wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/ |
Description: | Wartime Memories Project - World War One |
Extra Info: | The aim of this website is to share stories, photographs and documents relating to the Great War of 1914 to 1918. Including location of regiments and battalions, names of those serving and more. More information being added frequently. |
Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, World War II |
Title: | Wartime Memories Project - World War Two |
Link: | http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/ |
Description: | Wartime Memories Project - World War Two |
Extra Info: | The aim of this website is to share stories, photographs and documents relating to the World War Two. Including location of regiments and battalions, names of those serving and more. More information being added frequently. |
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: | World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information |
Title: | Wellcome Collection - Images of 2000 years |
Link: | https://wellcomecollection.org/search/works |
Description: | Wellcome Collection - Images of 2000 years |
Extra Info: | Many images of war, including images of Christmas postcards send during WWI. Can be downloaded or printed for a fee. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | WESTAWAY One Name Study |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20210903002103/http://... |
Description: | WESTAWAY One Name Study |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. Includes nationality, regiments and family details for the WESTAWAY heroes. |
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, World War II |
Title: | WOODHURST One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.effingham91.net/woodhurst/home.html |
Description: | WOODHURST One Name Study |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II |
Title: | World War 1 Cemeteries and War Memorials |
Link: | https://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ |
Description: | World War 1 Cemeteries and War Memorials |
Extra Info: | Also includes some World War 2 cemeteries and memorials. |
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: | 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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Ships, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
Title: | WW2 Combined Operations Website |
Link: | https://www.combinedops.com/ |
Description: | WW2 Combined Operations Website |
Extra Info: | The Roll of Honour is dedicated to the memory of all those who died in combat or training while serving the Allied cause under the Combined Operations Command in WW2. Lots of information from ship locations, insigia in use, landing craft tanks and more. |
Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts |
Title: | YEO One Name Study |
Link: | https://yeoonline.net/ |
Description: | YEO One Name Study |
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: | 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 Essex |
Link: | https://ukbmd.org.uk/reg/ess.html |
Description: | Civil registration districts in Essex 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 Essex |
Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_parish... |
Description: | List of parishes in Essex 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 Essex |
Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Es... |
Description: | List of places in Essex provided by Wikipedia. |
Extra Info: | Information on place names with links to information pages about the place. |
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