The British Army is the land warfare branch of the British Armed Forces.
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records, Hospitals / Nursing |
| Title: | Genes Reunited |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Genes Reunited' Military Records |
| Extra Info: | Includes prisoners of war, medal rolls, some service records and more. |
| 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: | 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, 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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, 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: | 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: | Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Crimean War, Discharge / Pension Records, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards |
| Title: | ISMAY One Name Study |
| Link: | https://ismay.one-name.net/ |
| Description: | ISMAY One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Includes military information for many Ismay's. |
| 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: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars, Service Records, Hospitals / Nursing, Medals / Awards, Other |
| Title: | National Archives - Online Army Records and Indexes |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Online Army Records and Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes army campaign medals from WWI, service records for Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, prisoners of war reports and interviews and much more. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars, Service Records, Hospitals / Nursing, Medals / Awards, Information, Other |
| Title: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes (UK) |
| Extra Info: | Includes army, navy, air force, marines, merchant seamen and more. Many detailed records require payment. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Other |
| Title: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/ |
| Description: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers 1915-1979 |
| Extra Info: | Collection of cabinet papers, covering topics such as Ireland's independence, world war one, the cold war, marriage allowances in the Navy and much more. |
| Classification: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Napoleonic Wars, Officers' Records, Service Records, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards, Information |
| Title: | Search UK Military Records 1760 to 20th Century |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Search UK Military Records 1760 to 20th Century |
| 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: | 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: | 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, 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: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Muster / Militia Rolls, Information |
| Title: | The Genealogist's Military Records |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | The Genealogist's Military Records |
| Extra Info: | They currently have 92 Army Lists available ranging from 1661 to 1940 and 28 Navy Lists ranging from 1689 to 1944. Army Lists can contain rank and regiment of officers, details of those stationed abroad and recipients of the Victoria Cross. |
| 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, 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: | 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: | 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: | 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, 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: | 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. |
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