Difference between revisions of "Military History"

From the Family Tree Forum Reference Library
(Undo revision 78226 by Caroline (talk))
Tag: Undo
 
(177 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
<div align="right">[[Image:Londonblitzmonument.jpg|250px|thumb|The Firefighters Memorial, St Pauls, London submitted by Tom]]</div>
+
[[Category:General Reference]][[Category:Military and Maritime History]]
 +
[[Image:yeomen.jpg|300px|right]]
 
__TOC__
 
__TOC__
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
{| width="100%" height="35px" border="0" cellpadding="5"
 
! width="25%"|[[ World War One]]
 
! width="25%"|[[ World War Two]]
 
! width="25%"|[[ The Army]]
 
! width="25%"|[[ The Royal Navy]]
 
|-
 
|[[ The Royal Air Force ]]
 
|[[British Army Regiments]]
 
|}
 
 
<br><br>
 
<br><br>
 +
==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:
  
==BRITISH WARS through the Centuries==
+
*Full name of the individual. If you have as full a name as possible 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. Having the dates of enlistment and demobilisation can be helpful as well.
  
  
 +
*'''[[Military_Research|Military Records]]'''
  
Roman Invasion (43)
+
*'''[[Uniforms]]'''
  
Manduessedum (61)
 
  
Battle of Mons Graupius (83)
+
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/?homelink=main_military Researching Military History at The National Archives]
  
Norman Conquest ' War (1337 to 1453)
+
*[http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/intro.html The Asplin Military History Resources]
  
Battle of Agincourt (1415)
+
*[http://www.onwar.com/aced/index.htm Wars of the World]
  
Wars of the Roses (1455 - 1485)
+
*[http://www.historyofwar.org/index.html Military History Encyclopedia]
  
Battle of Bosworth Field - last British king to die in combat (1485)
+
*[http://www.britishbattles.com British Battles]
  
Italian Wars (1494 ? 1559)
+
*[http://www.iwm.org.uk Imperial War Museum London]
  
Eighty Years' War (1598 - 1648)
+
*[http://www.solarnavigator.net/maritime_history.htm Solar Navigator History Pages]
  
Spanish Armada (1588)
+
*[http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryPhotoImg.asp Imperial War Museum Photograph Search]
  
Bishops' Wars (1639 - 1640)
+
*[http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/ British Military & Criminal History in The Period 1900 to 1999]
  
British Civil War (1642 - 1649)
+
*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ Information about various wars]
  
First Anglo-Dutch War (1652 - 1654)
+
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/forces.htm British Empire: Armed Forces]
  
Anglo-Spanish War (1654 - 1660)
 
  
Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665 - 1667)
+
*[http://www.lewcock.net/index.php?option=com_magazine&func=show_edition&id=9&Itemid=77 Family Tree Forum Online Magazine ~ November 2007]
  
War of Devolution (1667 - 1668)
+
*[http://ftfmagazine.lewcock.net/index.php?option=com_magazine&func=show_edition&id=12&Itemid=131 Family Tree Forum Online Magazine ~ November 2008]
  
Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672 - 1674)
+
<br><br>
  
King Philip's War (1675 - 1676)
+
==Before 1914==
  
Monmouth Rebellion (1685)  
+
*[http://www.icmacentre.ac.uk/soldier/database/search.php The Soldier in later Medieval England (Databases)]
  
Battle of Sedgemoor (1685) - last battle on English soil
+
*[http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/default.htm Napoleon, His Army and Enemies]
  
War of the Grand Alliance (or King William's War) (1688 - 1697)
+
*[http://www.garethglovercollection.com/index.htm Original Source Material from the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815]
  
Jacobite Rebellions (1689 - 1746)
+
*[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/ The Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880]
  
Battle of Culloden (1746) - last battle on the British mainland
+
*[http://www.wartimesindex.co.uk/ Archive of Victorian Wars]
  
War of the Spanish Succession (1702 - 1713)
+
*[http://www.victorianwars.com/index.php Victorian Wars Forum]
  
Queen Anne's War (1702 - 1713)
+
* For India: [[India#Military_History|India: Military History]]
  
War of Jenkins' Ear (1739 - 1742)
+
* For the New Zealand Wars: [[New_Zealand#Military_History| New Zealand: Military History]]
  
War of the Austrian Succession (1740 - 1748)
+
* For the Anglo-Boer Wars: [[South_Africa#Military_History| South Africa: Military History]]
  
Seven Years War (1756-1763)
+
<br><br>
  
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-1784)
+
==After 1914==
  
American War of Independence (1775 to 1783)
+
*'''[[World War One]]'''
  
Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815)
+
*'''[[World War Two]]'''
  
Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
+
*[http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/ The Wartime Memories Project]
  
British-American War (1812)
+
*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Wartime Tales From WW1 & WW2]
  
First Anglo-Afghan War (1839 - 1842)
+
*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Service%20personnel Service Personel]
  
First Opium War (1839 - 1842)
+
*[http://www.scotsatwar.co.uk/aboutsaw.htm The Scots at War]
  
Crimean War (1854 - 1856)  Charge of the Light Brigade
+
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/sh.k/xvidiv.html 16th Irish Division - The Role of The Irish in The War]
 +
<br><br>
  
Second Opium War (or The Arrow War) (1856 - 1860)
+
==A-Z List of Ex-Military Service Organisations==
  
Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
+
*[[A-Z List of Ex-Military Service]]
  
Boer War ( 1880 - 1881 and 1899 - 1902)
+
*[http://www.seniorsnetwork.co.uk/forces/allforces.htm Ex-Service Organisations]
 +
<br>
  
Anglo-Irish War (1919 - 1921)
+
==Medals, Badges and Decorations==
  
World War I (1914 - 1918)
+
[[image:MedalcardWW1.jpg|right|frame|250px|World War One Medal Card]]
  
World War II (1939 - 1945)
+
*[[Badges, Medals & Other Decoration]]
  
Cold War (1945 - 1991)
+
*[http://www.casus-belli.co.uk/ Military book and Medals Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902]
  
Malayan Emergency (1948 - 1960)
+
*[http://www.dowlingfamily.info/i1857in2.htm Indian Mutiny Medal Recipients]
  
Korean War (1950 - 1953)
+
*[http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/mimage/militar1.htm Military Images]
  
Mau Mau Uprising (1952 - 1960)
+
*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~medals/page4.htm Downloadable Pictures and Descriptions of UK Military Medals]
  
Cyprus Emergency (1955 - 1959)
+
*[http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-victoria-cross-recipients-by-nationality List of Victoria Cross Recipients by Nationality]
  
Suez Crisis (1956)
+
*[http://www.britishmedalforum.com/index.php British Medal Forum]
 
 
Brunei Uprising (1962)
 
  
Konfrontasi (1962-1966)
+
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/mic.htm Interpreting Campaign Medal Index Cards]
  
Aden Emergency (1963 - 1967)
+
*[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Defencefor/Veterans MOD-Service Records and Medals]
  
Icelandic Cod War (1975 - 1976)
+
*[http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/badget11.htm Military Badge identification]
  
Falklands War (1982)
+
*[http://www.king-emperor.com/medals-campaign.htm Campaign Medals 1902-1939]
  
Gulf War (1990 - 1991)
+
*[http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/wwi_medals.htm Campaign Medals First World War 1914-18]
  
Kosovo War (1999)
+
*[http://northirishhorse.net/ww1/rolls-1/1914Star.html World War One - 1914 Star Recipients: North Irish Horse]
 
 
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.
 
  
 +
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp Medal cards]
 +
<br><br>
  
'''Researching Prisoners of War'''
+
==Prisoners of War and Internees==
  
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:
+
The [http://www.icrc.org/eng 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<br>
 
Archives Division and Research Service<br>
Line 171: Line 139:
 
Switzerland
 
Switzerland
  
email: archives.gva@icrc.org
+
Email: archives.gva@icrc.org
  
  
''' POW Links'''
+
*[http://www.kriegsgefangen.de/ The German Prisoners of World War 2]
  
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php Prisoners of War - The Great War Military Executions - Desertion]
+
*[http://www.merkki.com/index.htm WW2 Prisoners of War: Stalag Luft I ]
*[http://www.shotatdawn.org.uk/ 306 Labelled Deserters, Later Pardoned]
 
*[http://www.cofepow.org.uk/ COFEPOW Site]
 
*[http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/saatwar/prisoners.htm Australian POW]
 
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php Behind the Wire.POW 1914-1918]
 
  
'''Book! Prisoners of War, British Army, 1939 - 1945'''
+
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php Behind the Wire. POW 1914-1918]
  
That lists alphabetically over 107,000 British Army POWs of all ranks held in
+
*[http://www.cowraregion.com.au/home/2292/POW_Camp_Info.pdf Cowra prisoner of war campsite]
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-
+
*[http://www.cofepow.org.uk/ COFEPOW ~ The Children (& Families) of the Far East Prisoners of War]
  
 +
*[http://34thdivdeathcasualties.homestead.com/files/POW_109MED.htm Prisoners of War 109TH Medical Battalion (1942 - 1945) WW2 & Beyond]
  
'''Shop - The Queens Shilling''' and it specalises in military books and items
+
*[http://www.holocaust-history.org/ The Holocaust History Project]
  
:Commercial Road,
+
*[http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals]
:Parkstone,
 
:Poole
 
:Dorset
 
  
:Tel 01202 723335
 
  
==Useful Links==
+
Book: '''Prisoners of War, British Army, 1939 - 1945'''
  
*[http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/mimage/militar1.htm Military Images]
+
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.
  
*[http://www.britishbattles.com British Battles]
+
It was re-published in 1990, by J B Hayward and Sons of Polstead, Suffolk
 +
<br><br>
  
*[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/ The Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880]
+
==Women in the Military==
  
*[http://www.iwm.org.uk Imperial War Museum London]
+
*[http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/womenslandarmy.php Reminiscences of Land Army Girls]
  
*[http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryPhotoImg.asp Imperial War Museum Photograph Search]
+
*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&catprofession=Women%92s+Land+Army Times past - Land Army Girls]
  
*[http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/index.htm 20th Century Espionage]
+
*[http://www.thewrens.com/history/ Brief history - Wrens]
  
*[http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/ British Military & Criminal History in The Period 1900 to 1999]
+
*[http://www.qaranc.co.uk/qaimns.php World War I Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service QAIMNS Nurses]
  
*[http://www.naa.gov.au/The_Collection/recordsearch.html National Archives of Australia]
+
*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWnurses.htm Voluntary Aid Detachments]
  
*[http://www.tankmuseum.co.uk/home.html The Tank Museum]
+
*[http://www.micklebring.com/oakwood/ch01.htm The History of Voluntary Aid Detachment ]
  
*[http://www.homesweethomefront.co.uk/web_pages/hshf_homeguard_pg.htm#top The Story of the Home Guard]
+
*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/john.marfleet/postcards/vad.htm Postcard Images of VAD Life]
  
*[http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/oxford/330/hg/hg.html The Home Guard]
+
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/ww1/women/fem.htm The Canadian Military Heritage Project, Women in the War]  
  
*[http://met.open.ac.uk/group/jwl/hg_manual/homeguard.htm Home Guard Pocket Manual]
+
*[http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/auxiliary_territorial_service.htm The Auxiliary Territorial Service - ATS]
  
*[http://rafbridgnorth.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/index.html RAF Bridgnorth]
+
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-WAC/ The Women's Army Corps]
  
*[http://www.forcesreunited.org.uk/ ForcesReunited]
+
*[http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/ Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses 1875-1925]
  
*[http://www.seniorsnetwork.co.uk/forces/allforces.htm Seniors Network]
 
  
*[http://www.mapleleaflegacy.org/ The Maple Leaf Memorial Project]
 
  
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/?homelink=main_military 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'''.
 
  
*[http://www.carlscam.com/index.html War Memorials In Cheshire and Lancashire]
+
==Woolwich Arsenal Employee Records==
  
*[http://www.icrc.org/ International Committee Of The Red Cross]
+
At one time there were an estimated 80,000 employees.  
  
*[https://www.military-genealogy.com/ The Naval & Military Press' Website for Military Historians and Family Genealogists.]
+
Carole Jones<br>
 +
General Manager<br>
 +
Support Services<br>
 +
DSDC Llangennech<br>
 +
Mwrwg Road<br>
 +
Llangennech Llanelli<br>
 +
Carms SA14 8YP
  
*[http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net Fleet Air Arm Archives]
+
Tel: 01554 822497
  
*[http://www.remuseum.org.uk/index.htm Royal Engineers Museum Website]
+
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).
  
*[http://hometown.aol.co.uk/KevinAsplin/home.html Boer War Database ~Military History Resources]
+
This link explains more about the Arsenal - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Arsenal Royal Arsenal]
 +
<br><br>
 +
==Other Resources==
 +
Shop:''' The Queens Shilling''' specialises in military books and items:
  
*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Boer/ Boer War 1899-1902~ A Database]
+
:Commercial Road, <br>
 +
:Parkstone, <br>
 +
:Poole<br>
 +
:Dorset<br>
 +
:Tel: 01202 723335<br>
 +
<br><br>
  
*[http://www.casus-belli.co.uk/ Military book and Medals] Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902
+
==British Wars through the Centuries==
  
*[http://users.rootsweb.com/~indwgw/medalpage.htm Indian Mutiny Medal Recipients]
+
Roman Invasion (43)
  
*[http://www.anzacs.org Anzacs Officers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Died at Gallipoli, 1915]
+
Manduessedum (61)
  
*[http://www.anzacs.net Anzacs Anzacs Site]
+
Battle of Mons Graupius (83)
  
*[http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/TimeCapsule/EC0615B2C01D47D5BBFB64A83A759C87.htm Age Concern Time capsule - Military Service - Stories and Facts]
+
Norman Conquest (1066)
  
*[http://www.wartimesindex.co.uk/ Archive of Victorian Wars]
+
The Hundred Years' War (1337 to 1453)
  
*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Service%20personnel Past Times - Service Personel]
+
Battle of Agincourt (1415)
  
*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ Sparticus] Various info about Various Wars & Prominent People of the Time
+
Wars of the Roses (1455 - 1485)
  
*[http://www.regiments.org/ Land Forces of Britain, the Commonwealth & The Empire]
+
Battle of Bosworth Field - last British king to die in combat (1485)
  
*[http://hometown.aol.co.uk/KevinAsplin/home.html Research undertaken at Kew by Kevin Asplin - Reasonable charges]
+
Italian Wars (1494 ? 1559)
  
==A-Z List of Ex-Military Service Organisations==
+
Eighty Years' War (1598 - 1648)
  
[[A-Z List of Ex-Military Service]]
+
Spanish Armada (1588)
  
 +
Bishops' Wars (1639 - 1640)
  
 +
British Civil War (1642 - 1649)
  
==Medals and Decorations==
+
First Anglo-Dutch War (1652 - 1654)
  
 +
Anglo-Spanish War (1654 - 1660)
  
*[http://users.rootsweb.com/~indwgw/medalpage.htm  Family History - Medal Recipients in British India]
+
Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665 - 1667)
  
*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~medals/page4.htm Downloadable Pictures and Descriptions of UK Military Medals]
+
War of Devolution (1667 - 1668)
  
*[http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-victoria-cross-recipients-by-nationality List of Victoria Cross Recipients by Nationality]
+
Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672 - 1674)
  
*[http://www.britishmedalforum.com/index.php British Medal Forum]
+
King Philip's War (1675 - 1676)
  
*[http://1914-1918.net/mics.htm Medal Cards Interpreting Campaign Medal Index Cards]
+
Monmouth Rebellion (1685)
  
*[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Defencefor/Veterans MOD-Service Records and Medals]
+
Battle of Sedgemoor (1685) - last battle on English soil
  
==World War One and Two Dual Links==
+
War of the Grand Alliance (or King William's War) (1688 - 1697)
  
 +
Jacobite Rebellions (1689 - 1746)
  
*[http://www.cwgc.org/ Commonwealth War Graves Commission]
+
Battle of Culloden (1746) - last battle on the British mainland
  
*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Northamptonshire/Rushden.html Rushden Roll of Honour]
+
War of the Spanish Succession (1702 - 1713)
  
*[http://www.inmemories.com/ In Memories-Details of Commonwealth World War One and Two Communal Cemeteries and Graveyards in Belguim and France]
+
Queen Anne's War (1702 - 1713)
  
*[http://www.britishwargraves.org.uk/ British War Memorial Project]
+
War of Jenkin's Ear (1739 - 1742)
  
*[http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/ Imperial War Museum Collections Online]
+
War of the Austrian Succession (1740 - 1748)
  
*[http://southafricawargraves.org/index.htm South Africa War Graves]
+
Seven Years War (1756-1763)
  
*[http://www.nzafmp.org/index.htm New Zealand Armed Forces and Memorial Project]
+
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-1784)
  
*[http://www.australianwargraves.org/ Australian war graves Photographic Project-AWGPA]
+
American War of Independence (1775 to 1783)
  
*[http://www.awm.gov.au/database/biographical.asp Australian War Memorial - A Database of Australians Who Fought in Various Wars]
+
Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815)
  
*[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/ Nominal Roll] Commemorating The Men and Women Who Served in Australia's Defence Forces
+
Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
  
*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/ Roll Of Honour Mainpage]
+
British-American War (1812)
  
*[http://www.smilodon.plus.com/WarMems/index.html#GLS War Memorial Name Transcripts]
+
First Anglo-Afghan War (1839 - 1842)
  
*[http://www.pboro-memorial.com/ The People of Peterborough Who Were Killed During The First and Second World Wars]
+
First Opium War (1839 - 1842)
  
*[http://www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/index.htm War Memorials and Graves on Isle of Wight ]
+
Crimean War (1854 - 1856)  Charge of the Light Brigade
  
*[http://www.remembering.org.uk/tidworth_cemetery.htm Tidworth Military Cemetery ]
+
Second Opium War (or The Arrow War) (1856 - 1860)
  
*[http://uk.geocities.com/williamfdungey/mems/memindex.html War Memorials in The Old Avon Area, Bristol]
+
Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
  
*[http://www.wargraves.info/ Neglected War Graves in Britain]
+
Boer War (1880 - 1881 and 1899 - 1902)
  
*[http://www.memorial-genweb.org/html/fr/index.php Memorial Genweb This Site is in FRENCH]
+
Anglo-Irish War (1919 - 1921)
  
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/sh.k/xvidiv.html 16th Irish Division - Dedicational Site The Role of The Irish in The War]
+
[[World War One|'''World War I (1914 - 1918)''']]
  
*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Kent/Brompton.html Bromton War Memorial, Kent]
+
[[World War Two|'''World War II (1939 - 1945)''']]
  
*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Kent/Rainham.html Rainham War Memorial, Kent]
+
Cold War (1945 - 1991)
  
*[http://www.gosport.info/History/Anns_Hill_Cemetery_War_Graves_/anns_hill_cemetery_war_graves_.html Anns Hill Cemetery War Graves (Gosport)]
+
Malayan Emergency (1948 - 1960)  
  
*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Wartime Times Past - Tales From WW1 & WW2]
+
Korean War (1950 - 1953)
  
*[http://www.scotsatwar.co.uk/aboutsaw.htm The Scots at War] Men and Women Who Served in Scottish or Commonwealth Scottish Units.
+
Mau Mau Uprising (1952 - 1960)
  
*[https://www.military-genealogy.com/ The Naval & Military Press' Website For Military Historians and Family Genealogists]
+
Cyprus Emergency (1955 - 1959)
  
==Women in the Military==
+
Suez Crisis (1956)
  
 +
Brunei Uprising (1962)
  
*[http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/womenslandarmy.html Reminiscences of Land Army Girls]
+
Konfrontasi (1962-1966)
  
*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&catprofession=Women%92s+Land+Army Times past - Land Army Girls]
+
Aden Emergency (1963 - 1967)
  
*[http://www.thewrens.com/history/ Brief history - Wrens] 
+
Icelandic Cod War (1975 - 1976)
  
*[http://www.qaranc.co.uk/qaimns.php World War I Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service QAIMNS Nurses]
+
Falklands War (1982)
  
*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWnurses.htm Voluntary Aid Detachments]
+
Gulf War (1990 - 1991)
  
*[http://www.micklebring.com/oakwood/ch01.htm The History of Voluntary Aid Detachment ]
+
Kosovo War (1999)
  
*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/john.marfleet/postcards/vad.htm Postcard Images of VAD Life]
+
Sierra Leone (2000)
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/ww1/women/fem.htm A Database for Canadian Women in World War One] 
+
2001 Afghanistan War (2001-2002)
  
*[http://hometown.aol.co.uk/asummerof44/myhomepage/collection.html The Auxiliary Territorial Service - ATS]
+
2003 invasion of Iraq (2003)
 
 
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-WAC/ The Women's Army Corps]
 
 
 
==Canadian Soldiers==
 
 
 
*[http://www.military-history.ca/ Canadian Military History]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/ Canadian Soldiers WW1- From a Canadian Perspective]
 
 
 
*[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020106_e.html Canadian Libraries Archive Database]
 
 
 
*[http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/html/browse/se...&t=0&Ne=100000 Gateway Site With Personal Reports and Observations Submitted]
 
 
 
*[http://www.kingandempire.com/index.html Archive of Canadian Soldiers With Photographs]
 
 
 
*[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020152_e.html War Diaries]
 
 
 
*[http://www.102ndbattalioncef.ca/index.htm 102nd Canadian Battalion BN CEF]
 
  
*[http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/ 116,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders]
 
  
*[http://www.cefresearch.com/phpBB2/index.php Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group Forum]
 
  
*[http://www.mapleleaflegacy.org/Welcome.htm The Maple Leaf Legacy Project] A Project in Remembrance of Canada's War Dead
 
  
 +
Back to [[:Category:Military and Maritime History|Military and Maritime History]]
  
 +
Back to [[Main Page]]
  
Back To [[General History]]
+
Back to [[General History]]

Latest revision as of 18:54, 20 July 2022

Yeomen.jpg



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 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. Having the dates of enlistment and demobilisation can be helpful as well.






Before 1914



After 1914



A-Z List of Ex-Military Service Organisations


Medals, Badges and Decorations

World War One Medal Card



Prisoners of War and Internees

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



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

Women in the Military



Woolwich Arsenal Employee 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

Other Resources

Shop: The Queens Shilling specialises in military books and items:

Commercial Road,
Parkstone,
Poole
Dorset
Tel: 01202 723335



British Wars through the Centuries

Roman Invasion (43)

Manduessedum (61)

Battle of Mons Graupius (83)

Norman Conquest (1066)

The Hundred Years' 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 Jenkin's 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)



Back to Military and Maritime History

Back to Main Page

Back to General History