Military Websites
UKMFH
This site provides links to web sites that offer online information in a wide range of categories to help you with your Military Family History research. New links are added regularly.
http://www.ukmfh.org.uk/
This site provides links to web sites that offer online information in a wide range of categories to help you with your Military Family History research. New links are added regularly.
http://www.ukmfh.org.uk/
UKMFH
This site provides links to web sites that offer online information in a wide range of categories to help you with your Military Family History research. New links are added regularly
http://www.ukmfh.org.uk/
This site provides links to web sites that offer online information in a wide range of categories to help you with your Military Family History research. New links are added regularly
http://www.ukmfh.org.uk/
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
We commemorate the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars.
Our cemeteries, burial plots and memorials are a lasting tribute to those who died in some 153 countries across the world.
Our Register records details of Commonwealth war dead so that graves or names on memorials can be located.
http://www.cwgc.org/
We commemorate the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars.
Our cemeteries, burial plots and memorials are a lasting tribute to those who died in some 153 countries across the world.
Our Register records details of Commonwealth war dead so that graves or names on memorials can be located.
http://www.cwgc.org/
Long Long Trail
A site all about the soldiers, units, regiments and battles of the British Army of the First World War.
http://www.1914-1918.net/
A site all about the soldiers, units, regiments and battles of the British Army of the First World War.
http://www.1914-1918.net/
The Western Front Association
Information on battlefields, maps, people, weapons, casualties and medical and much more
www.westernfrontassociation.com
Information on battlefields, maps, people, weapons, casualties and medical and much more
www.westernfrontassociation.com
Soldiers Wills
Search for the will of a soldier who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills
Search for the will of a soldier who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills
WW1 Prisoner of War - Red Cross
Individual data on prisoners of war will be posted gradually over the year 2014. Altogether, 5 million cards on prisoners and 500,000 pages of records associated with these cards will be available on this website. Currently 90% of the data is already available.
It is important to note that the online uploads are not processed as an alphabetic suite of each series of cards but rather in correspondence with the nationality and the status of the prisoner. It is possible that alphabetic series or cards may lack randomly.
Online help, which is available at every stage by clicking the question mark, will guide you step-by-step through the search process.
http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/
Individual data on prisoners of war will be posted gradually over the year 2014. Altogether, 5 million cards on prisoners and 500,000 pages of records associated with these cards will be available on this website. Currently 90% of the data is already available.
It is important to note that the online uploads are not processed as an alphabetic suite of each series of cards but rather in correspondence with the nationality and the status of the prisoner. It is possible that alphabetic series or cards may lack randomly.
Online help, which is available at every stage by clicking the question mark, will guide you step-by-step through the search process.
http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/
British Red Cross First World War volunteers
Over 90,000 people volunteered for the British Red Cross at home and overseas during the war.
Search for your family’s personnel records, and discover what Red Cross volunteers were doing in your local area 100 years ago.
The personnel records for surnames starting with A, B and C are currently available. Volunteers are updating the site with more names every few weeks.
www.redcross.org.uk/ww1
Over 90,000 people volunteered for the British Red Cross at home and overseas during the war.
Search for your family’s personnel records, and discover what Red Cross volunteers were doing in your local area 100 years ago.
The personnel records for surnames starting with A, B and C are currently available. Volunteers are updating the site with more names every few weeks.
www.redcross.org.uk/ww1
The Sandhurst Collection Archive
With a heritage stretching back to the 18th Century, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) has an incredibly rich and historic archive. Within this website you will be able search, view and download many fascinating, unique and culturally significant military records.
Searching the Archive is free. Downloading an image is £2.99
Searching The Cadet & Staff RegistersThese registers show the details for almost every officer cadet that attended the Royal Military Academy Woolwich and Royal Military College Sandhurst. The staff registers record servants, professors and military staff at these institutions.
The RMA Woolwich Cadet Registers cover the years 1790 to 1793, 1799 to 1805 and 1820 to 1939. Those for the RMC Sandhurst cover 1800 to 1946. Both sets record the name, age, date of entry, commissioning date and corps or regiment joined. Occasionally they can give examination results, information about the father, or in the case of RMA Woolwich, sometimes the school. The subsequent career of the cadet is usually not covered.
The staff registers are more restricted in their time span and what they record. The RMC Staff Register covers 1802 to 1939, the RMC cash books until the early 1950s and the RMA Staff Register covers between 1893 and 1930. However there is often an anomalous entry so it is always worth trying a search.
http://archive.sandhurstcollection.co.uk/
With a heritage stretching back to the 18th Century, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) has an incredibly rich and historic archive. Within this website you will be able search, view and download many fascinating, unique and culturally significant military records.
Searching the Archive is free. Downloading an image is £2.99
Searching The Cadet & Staff RegistersThese registers show the details for almost every officer cadet that attended the Royal Military Academy Woolwich and Royal Military College Sandhurst. The staff registers record servants, professors and military staff at these institutions.
The RMA Woolwich Cadet Registers cover the years 1790 to 1793, 1799 to 1805 and 1820 to 1939. Those for the RMC Sandhurst cover 1800 to 1946. Both sets record the name, age, date of entry, commissioning date and corps or regiment joined. Occasionally they can give examination results, information about the father, or in the case of RMA Woolwich, sometimes the school. The subsequent career of the cadet is usually not covered.
The staff registers are more restricted in their time span and what they record. The RMC Staff Register covers 1802 to 1939, the RMC cash books until the early 1950s and the RMA Staff Register covers between 1893 and 1930. However there is often an anomalous entry so it is always worth trying a search.
http://archive.sandhurstcollection.co.uk/