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Revision as of 14:23, 2 November 2008
Contents
| World War One | World War Two | The Army | The Royal Navy |
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| The Royal Air Force | British Army Regiments | Evacuation and Evacuees |
BRITISH WARS through the Centuries
Roman Invasion (43)
Manduessedum (61)
Battle of Mons Graupius (83)
Norman Conquest ' War (1337 to 1453)
Battle of Agincourt (1415)
Wars of the Roses (1455 - 1485)
Battle of Bosworth Field - last British king to die in combat (1485)
Italian Wars (1494 ? 1559)
Eighty Years' War (1598 - 1648)
Spanish Armada (1588)
Bishops' Wars (1639 - 1640)
British Civil War (1642 - 1649)
First Anglo-Dutch War (1652 - 1654)
Anglo-Spanish War (1654 - 1660)
Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665 - 1667)
War of Devolution (1667 - 1668)
Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672 - 1674)
King Philip's War (1675 - 1676)
Monmouth Rebellion (1685)
Battle of Sedgemoor (1685) - last battle on English soil
War of the Grand Alliance (or King William's War) (1688 - 1697)
Jacobite Rebellions (1689 - 1746)
Battle of Culloden (1746) - last battle on the British mainland
War of the Spanish Succession (1702 - 1713)
Queen Anne's War (1702 - 1713)
War of Jenkins' Ear (1739 - 1742)
War of the Austrian Succession (1740 - 1748)
Seven Years War (1756-1763)
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-1784)
American War of Independence (1775 to 1783)
Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815)
Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
British-American War (1812)
First Anglo-Afghan War (1839 - 1842)
First Opium War (1839 - 1842)
Crimean War (1854 - 1856) Charge of the Light Brigade
Second Opium War (or The Arrow War) (1856 - 1860)
Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
Boer War ( 1880 - 1881 and 1899 - 1902)
Anglo-Irish War (1919 - 1921)
World War I (1914 - 1918)
World War II (1939 - 1945)
Cold War (1945 - 1991)
Malayan Emergency (1948 - 1960)
Korean War (1950 - 1953)
Mau Mau Uprising (1952 - 1960)
Cyprus Emergency (1955 - 1959)
Suez Crisis (1956)
Brunei Uprising (1962)
Konfrontasi (1962-1966)
Aden Emergency (1963 - 1967)
Icelandic Cod War (1975 - 1976)
Falklands War (1982)
Gulf War (1990 - 1991)
Kosovo War (1999)
Sierra Leone (2000)
2001 Afghanistan War (2001-2002)
2003 invasion of Iraq (2003)
General Military Information
British Military Records Through The Ages
When you are searching for Military Service Records there are a few important pieces of information that you need to have. These are:
- Full name of the individual. If you have as full a name as possible as this will make tracking your individual easier. E.g. John Brown. There must be hundreds of John Browns. If you have a middle name it will make things a bit easier. E.g. John W Brown.
- The Service in which he served. Army, Royal Navy or Air Force.
- Rank and Regiment or Naval Ship or Squadron. Having the service number can be particularly helpful.
- Find out when the person served; pre First World War, First World War and after 1920.
- The more details you have the better. Even the Enlistment date and Demob dates are helpful as well.
Researching Prisoners of War
The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva keeps lists of all known POWs and internees of all nationalities for the Second World War. Enquiries concerning these lists should be directed to:
Archives Division and Research Service
International Committee of the Red Cross
19 Avenue de la Paix,
Geneva CH-1202,
Switzerland
email: archives.gva@icrc.org
Woolwich Arsenal Empoyee Records
At one time there were an estimated 80,000 employees.
Carole Jones
General Manager
Support Services
DSDC Llangennech
Mwrwg Road
Llangennech Llanelli
Carms SA14 8YP
Tel: 01554 822497
If anyone requests a search of these records then it would be helpful if they back the cause and have a whinge about records being held in Wales rather than at the Arsenal (Heritage Center in Woolwich) and also stress the importance of not destroying records after the 100 year rule which is based from the employees DOB (although it is thought that they have been fairly reasonable on this one and so chances are they may still have the record).
This link explains more about the Arsenal - Royal Arsenal
Prisoner of War Links
- 306 Labelled Deserters, Later Pardoned
- COFEPOW- Children & Families of Far East Prisoners of War
- Australian POW
- Behind the Wire. POW 1914-1918
Book: Prisoners of War, British Army, 1939 - 1945
That lists alphabetically over 107,000 British Army POWs of all ranks held in Germany or in German occupied territories in World War Two. It gives each POW's camp, POW number, surname, initials, rank, army number and regiment/corps.
It was re-published in 1990, by J B Hayward and Sons of Polstead, Suffolk (cost £38) ISBN 0-903754-61-
Shop: The Queens Shilling and it specialises in military books and items
Commercial Road,
Parkstone,
Poole
Dorset
Tel: 01202 723335
Useful Links
- For pre-WW1, WW1, Royal Navy and Air Force can be searched for at the National Archives in Kew If you find someone in the burnt records- WO 363, For the Army in WW1. Don't leave it there..... Also check the unburnt records - WO 364.
- Military book and Medals Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902
- Sparticus Various info about Various Wars & Prominent People of the Time
A-Z List of Ex-Military Service Organisations
A-Z List of Ex-Military Service
Medals and Decorations
World War One and Two Dual Links
- WW1 Cemeteries Military cemeteries in Belgium, France, Turkey, Italy, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Egypt, Poland, Greece, USA, China (Hong Kong), Bulgaria, Malta, Netherlands, Denmark.
- Nominal Roll Commemorating The Men and Women Who Served in Australia's Defence Forces
- The Scots at War Men and Women Who Served in Scottish or Commonwealth Scottish Units.
- The Long Long Trail The Facts of the British Army in the First World War
- War Memorials FTF collection of International (non-UK) War Memorial photos
Women in the Military
Canadian Soldiers
- The Maple Leaf Legacy Project A Project in Remembrance of Canada's War Dead
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