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==General Military Information==
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'''British Military Records Through The Ages'''
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When you are searching for Military Service Records there are a few important pieces of information that you need to have. These are:
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*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.
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*The Service in which he served. Army, Royal Navy or Air Force.
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*Rank and Regiment or Naval Ship or Squadron. Having the service number can be particularly helpful.
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*Find out when the person served; pre First World War, First World War and after 1920.
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*The more details you have the better. Having the dates of enlistment and demobilisation can be helpful as well.
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*'''[[Military_Research|Military Records]]'''
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*'''[[Uniforms]]'''
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*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/?homelink=main_military Researching Military History at The National Archives]
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*[http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/intro.html The Asplin Military History Resources]
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*[http://www.onwar.com/aced/index.htm Wars of the World]
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*[http://www.historyofwar.org/index.html Military History Encyclopedia]
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*[http://www.britishbattles.com British Battles]
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*[http://www.iwm.org.uk Imperial War Museum London]
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*[http://www.solarnavigator.net/maritime_history.htm Solar Navigator History Pages]
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*[http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryPhotoImg.asp Imperial War Museum Photograph Search]
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*[http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/ British Military & Criminal History in The Period 1900 to 1999]
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ Information about various wars]
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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/forces.htm British Empire: Armed Forces]
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*[http://www.lewcock.net/index.php?option=com_magazine&func=show_edition&id=9&Itemid=77 Family Tree Forum Online Magazine ~ November 2007]
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*[http://ftfmagazine.lewcock.net/index.php?option=com_magazine&func=show_edition&id=12&Itemid=131 Family Tree Forum Online Magazine ~ November 2008]
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==Before 1914==
  
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*[http://www.icmacentre.ac.uk/soldier/database/search.php The Soldier in later Medieval England (Databases)]
  
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*[http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/default.htm Napoleon, His Army and Enemies]
  
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*[http://www.garethglovercollection.com/index.htm Original Source Material from the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815]
  
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*[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/ The Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880]
  
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*[http://www.wartimesindex.co.uk/ Archive of Victorian Wars]
  
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*[http://www.victorianwars.com/index.php Victorian Wars Forum]
  
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* For India: [[India#Military_History|India: Military History]]
  
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* For the New Zealand Wars: [[New_Zealand#Military_History| New Zealand: Military History]]
  
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* For the Anglo-Boer Wars: [[South_Africa#Military_History| South Africa: Military History]]
  
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|[[British Army Regiments]]
 
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==After 1914==
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*'''[[World War One]]'''
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*'''[[World War Two]]'''
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*[http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/ The Wartime Memories Project]
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*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Wartime Tales From WW1 & WW2]
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*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Service%20personnel Service Personel]
  
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*[http://www.scotsatwar.co.uk/aboutsaw.htm The Scots at War]
  
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*[http://freespace.virgin.net/sh.k/xvidiv.html 16th Irish Division - The Role of The Irish in The War]
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==General Military Information==
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==A-Z List of Ex-Military Service Organisations==
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*[[A-Z List of Ex-Military Service]]
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*[http://www.seniorsnetwork.co.uk/forces/allforces.htm Ex-Service Organisations]
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==Medals, Badges and Decorations==
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[[image:MedalcardWW1.jpg|right|frame|250px|World War One Medal Card]]
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*[[Badges, Medals & Other Decoration]]
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*[http://www.casus-belli.co.uk/ Military book and Medals Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902]
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*[http://www.dowlingfamily.info/i1857in2.htm Indian Mutiny Medal Recipients]
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*[http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/mimage/militar1.htm Military Images]
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~medals/page4.htm Downloadable Pictures and Descriptions of UK Military Medals]
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*[http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-victoria-cross-recipients-by-nationality List of Victoria Cross Recipients by Nationality]
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*[http://www.britishmedalforum.com/index.php British Medal Forum]
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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/mic.htm Interpreting Campaign Medal Index Cards]
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*[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Defencefor/Veterans MOD-Service Records and Medals]
  
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'''British Military Records through the ages'''
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*[http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/badget11.htm Military Badge identification]
  
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When you are searching for Military Service Records there are a few important pieces of information that you need to have. These are:
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*[http://www.king-emperor.com/medals-campaign.htm Campaign Medals 1902-1939]
  
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*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.
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*[http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/wwi_medals.htm Campaign Medals First World War 1914-18]
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*The Service in which he served. Army, Royal Navy or Air Force.
 
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*Rank and Regiment or Naval Ship or Squadron. Having the service number can be particularly helpful.
 
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*Find out when the person served; pre First World War, First World War and after 1920.
 
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*The more details you have the better. Even the Enlistment date and Demob dates are helpful as well.
 
  
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*[http://northirishhorse.net/ww1/rolls-1/1914Star.html World War One - 1914 Star Recipients: North Irish Horse]
  
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'''Researching Prisoners of War'''
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*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp Medal cards]
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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:
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==Prisoners of War and Internees==
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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>
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Switzerland
 
Switzerland
  
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email: archives.gva@icrc.org
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Email: archives.gva@icrc.org
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*[http://www.kriegsgefangen.de/ The German Prisoners of World War 2]
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*[http://www.merkki.com/index.htm WW2 Prisoners of War: Stalag Luft I ]
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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php Behind the Wire. POW 1914-1918]
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*[http://www.cowraregion.com.au/home/2292/POW_Camp_Info.pdf Cowra prisoner of war campsite]
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*[http://www.cofepow.org.uk/ COFEPOW ~ The Children (& Families) of the Far East Prisoners of War]
  
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*[http://34thdivdeathcasualties.homestead.com/files/POW_109MED.htm Prisoners of War 109TH Medical Battalion (1942 - 1945) WW2 & Beyond]
  
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''' POW Links'''
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*[http://www.holocaust-history.org/ The Holocaust History Project]
  
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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php Prisoners of war - The Great War Military executions -desertion]
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*[http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals]
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*[http://www.shotatdawn.org.uk/ 306 labelled deserters, later pardoned]
 
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*[http://www.cofepow.org.uk/ COFEPOW Site]
 
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*[http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/saatwar/prisoners.htm Australian POW]
 
  
  
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'''Book! Prisoners of War, British Army, 1939 - 1945'''
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Book: '''Prisoners of War, British Army, 1939 - 1945'''
  
 
That lists alphabetically over 107,000 British Army POWs of all ranks held in
 
That lists alphabetically over 107,000 British Army POWs of all ranks held in
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regiment/corps.
 
regiment/corps.
  
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It was re-published in 1990, by J B Hayward and Sons of Polstead, Suffolk (cost £38) ISBN 0-903754-61-
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It was re-published in 1990, by J B Hayward and Sons of Polstead, Suffolk
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==Women in the Military==
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*[http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/womenslandarmy.php Reminiscences of Land Army Girls]
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*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&catprofession=Women%92s+Land+Army Times past - Land Army Girls]
  
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==Useful Links==
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*[http://www.thewrens.com/history/ Brief history - Wrens] 
  
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*[http://www.iwm.org.uk Imperial War Museum London]
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*[http://www.qaranc.co.uk/qaimns.php World War I Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service QAIMNS Nurses]
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*[http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/index.htm 20th Century Espionage]
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*[http://www.naa.gov.au/The_Collection/recordsearch.html National Archives of Australia]
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWnurses.htm Voluntary Aid Detachments]
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*[http://www.tankmuseum.co.uk/home.html The Tank Museum]
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*[http://www.homesweethomefront.co.uk/web_pages/hshf_homeguard_pg.htm#top The Story of the Home Guard]
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*[http://www.micklebring.com/oakwood/ch01.htm The History of Voluntary Aid Detachment ]
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*[http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/oxford/330/hg/hg.html The Home Guard]
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*[http://met.open.ac.uk/group/jwl/hg_manual/homeguard.htm Home Guard Pocket Manual]
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*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/john.marfleet/postcards/vad.htm Postcard Images of VAD Life]
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*[http://rafbridgnorth.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/index.html RAF Bridgnorth]
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*[http://www.forcesreunited.org.uk/ ForcesReunited]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/ww1/women/fem.htm The Canadian Military Heritage Project, Women in the War]  
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*[http://www.seniorsnetwork.co.uk/forces/allforces.htm Seniors Network]
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*[http://www.mapleleaflegacy.org/ The Maple Leaf Memorial Project]
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*[http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/auxiliary_territorial_service.htm The Auxiliary Territorial Service - ATS]
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*[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'''.
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*[http://www.carlscam.com/index.html War Memorials In Cheshire and Lancashire]
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*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-WAC/ The Women's Army Corps]
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*[http://www.icrc.org/ International Committee Of The Red Cross]
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*[https://www.military-genealogy.com/ The Naval & Military Press' website for military historians and family genealogists.]
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*[http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/ Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses 1875-1925]
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*[http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net Fleet Air Arm Archives]
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*[http://www.remuseum.org.uk/index.htm Royal Engineers Museum Website]
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*[http://hometown.aol.co.uk/KevinAsplin/home.html Boer War database]
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*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Boer/ Another Boer War database]
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*[http://users.rootsweb.com/~indwgw/medalpage.htm Indian Mutiny Medal Recipients]
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==Woolwich Arsenal Employee Records==
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*[http://www.anzacs.org Anzacs Officers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Died at Gallipoli, 1915]
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*[http://www.anzacs.net Anzacs Anzacs site with lots of info]
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At one time there were an estimated 80,000 employees.  
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Carole Jones<br>
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General Manager<br>
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Support Services<br>
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DSDC Llangennech<br>
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Mwrwg Road<br>
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Llangennech Llanelli<br>
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Carms SA14 8YP
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Tel: 01554 822497
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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).
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This link explains more about the Arsenal - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Arsenal Royal Arsenal]
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==Other Resources==
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Shop:''' The Queens Shilling''' specialises in military books and items:
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:Commercial Road, <br>
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:Parkstone, <br>
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:Poole<br>
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:Dorset<br>
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:Tel: 01202 723335<br>
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==British Wars through the Centuries==
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Roman Invasion (43)
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Manduessedum (61)
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Battle of Mons Graupius (83)
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Norman Conquest (1066)
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The Hundred Years' War (1337 to 1453)
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Battle of Agincourt (1415)
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Wars of the Roses (1455 - 1485)
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Battle of Bosworth Field - last British king to die in combat (1485)
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Italian Wars (1494 ? 1559)
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Eighty Years' War (1598 - 1648)
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Spanish Armada (1588)
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Bishops' Wars (1639 - 1640)
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British Civil War (1642 - 1649)
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First Anglo-Dutch War (1652 - 1654)
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Anglo-Spanish War (1654 - 1660)
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Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665 - 1667)
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War of Devolution (1667 - 1668)
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Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672 - 1674)
  
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==A-Z List of Ex-Military Service Organisations==
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King Philip's War (1675 - 1676)
  
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Monmouth Rebellion (1685)
  
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Battle of Sedgemoor (1685) - last battle on English soil
  
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War of the Grand Alliance (or King William's War) (1688 - 1697)
  
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==Medals and Decorations==
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Jacobite Rebellions (1689 - 1746)
  
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Battle of Culloden (1746) - last battle on the British mainland
  
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*[http://users.rootsweb.com/~indwgw/medalpage.htm The purpose of this particular page is to provide lists of recipients of medals in British India]
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War of the Spanish Succession (1702 - 1713)
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~medals/page4.htm Downloadable pictures and descriptions of UK military medals]
 
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*[http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-victoria-cross-recipients-by-nationality List of Victoria Cross recipients by nationality ]
 
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*[http://www.britishmedalforum.com/index.php British Medal Forum]
 
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*[http://1914-1918.net/mics.htm Medal Cards Interpreting campaign medal index cards]
 
  
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Queen Anne's War (1702 - 1713)
  
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War of Jenkin's Ear (1739 - 1742)
  
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War of the Austrian Succession (1740 - 1748)
  
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Seven Years War (1756-1763)
  
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*[http://www.cwgc.org/ Commonwealth War Graves Commission]
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Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-1784)
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*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Northamptonshire/Rushden.html Rushden roll of honour]
 
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*[http://www.inmemories.com/ In Memories-Details of Commonwealth World War One and Two communal cemeteries and graveyards in Belguim and France]
 
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*[http://www.britishwargraves.org.uk/ British War Memorial Project]
 
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*[http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/ Imperial War Museum Collections Online]
 
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*[http://southafricawargraves.org/index.htm South Africa War Graves]
 
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*[http://www.nzafmp.org/index.htm New Zealand Armed Forces and Memorial Project]
 
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*[http://www.australianwargraves.org/ Australian war graves Photographic Project-AWGPA]
 
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*[http://www.awm.gov.au/database/biographical.asp Australian War Memorial - a database of Australians who fought in various wars]
 
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*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/ Roll Of Honour Mainpage]
 
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*[http://www.pboro-memorial.com/ A web-site dedicated to the people of Peterborough who were killed during the First and Second World Wars]
 
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*[http://www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/index.htm War Memorials and Graves on Isle of Wight ]
 
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*[http://www.remembering.org.uk/tidworth_cemetery.htm Tidworth Military cemetery ]
 
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/williamfdungey/mems/memindex.html War memorials in the old Avon area round Bristol]
 
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*[http://www.wargraves.info/ Found this site totally by chance it looks for neglected war graves in Britain]
 
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*[http://www.memorial-genweb.org/html/fr/index.php Memorial Genweb This site is in FRENCH]
 
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*[http://freespace.virgin.net/sh.k/xvidiv.html 16th Irish Division-dedicational site The Role of the Irish in the war]
 
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*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Kent/Brompton.html Bromton War Memorial, Kent]
 
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*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Kent/Rainham.html Rainham War memorial, Kent]
 
  
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American War of Independence (1775 to 1783)
  
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Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815)
  
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Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
  
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==Women in the Military==
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British-American War (1812)
  
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First Anglo-Afghan War (1839 - 1842)
  
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*[http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/womenslandarmy.html Reminiscences of Land Army girls]
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First Opium War (1839 - 1842)
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*[http://www.thewrens.com/history/ Brief history-Wrens] 
 
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWnurses.htm Voluntary Aid Detachments]
 
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*[http://www.micklebring.com/oakwood/ch01.htm Another VAD site]
 
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*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/john.marfleet/postcards/vad.htm images of VAD life]
 
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/ww1/women/fem.htm This is a great database for Canadian women in world war one] 
 
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*[http://hometown.aol.co.uk/asummerof44/myhomepage/collection.html The Auxiliary Territorial Service-ATS]
 
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*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-WAC/ The Women's Army Corps]
 
  
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Crimean War (1854 - 1856)  Charge of the Light Brigade
  
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Second Opium War (or The Arrow War) (1856 - 1860)
  
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Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
  
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==Canadian Soldiers==
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Boer War (1880 - 1881 and 1899 - 1902)
  
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Anglo-Irish War (1919 - 1921)
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/ Canadian Soldiers WW1- a database Very comprehensive site from a Canadian perspective]
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[[World War One|'''World War I (1914 - 1918)''']]
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*[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020106_e.html Canadian Libraries archive database]
 
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*[http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/html/browse/se...&t=0&Ne=100000 Gateway site with personal reports and observations submitted]
 
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*[http://www.kingandempire.com/index.html Archive of Canadian Soldiers with photographs]
 
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*[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020152_e.html War Diaries]
 
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*[http://www.102ndbattalioncef.ca/index.htm 102nd Canadian Battalion BN CEF]
 
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*[http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/ 116,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders]
 
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*[http://www.cefresearch.com/phpBB2/index.php Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group Forum]
 
  
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[[World War Two|'''World War II (1939 - 1945)''']]
  
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Cold War (1945 - 1991)
  
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Malayan Emergency (1948 - 1960)
  
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery...s/RNShips.html
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Korean War (1950 - 1953)
  
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Mau Mau Uprising (1952 - 1960)
  
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Cyprus Emergency (1955 - 1959)
  
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*[http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk London, Edinburgh, and Belfast Gazettes] the official newspapers of record in the United Kingdom. ''why in this section??''
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Suez Crisis (1956)
  
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Brunei Uprising (1962)
  
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Konfrontasi (1962-1966)
  
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Aden Emergency (1963 - 1967)
  
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Icelandic Cod War (1975 - 1976)
  
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Falklands War (1982)
  
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Gulf War (1990 - 1991)
  
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Kosovo War (1999)
  
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Sierra Leone (2000)
  
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2001 Afghanistan War (2001-2002)
  
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Your great Uncle was on board the ship HMS Dartmouth at the time.
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2003 invasion of Iraq (2003)
  
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QUOTE from enemy perspective on http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian...horthy/06.html
 
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'The enemy had lost twenty-three net-trailing drifters, two transports, two destroyers and one aeroplane. In addition, the enemy flagship Dartmouth was attacked by a German U-boat as she was entering the harbour of Brindisi and holed by two torpedoes. The French destroyer Boutefeu, going to the assistance of the Dartmouth, ran onto a mine released by the U-boat and sank.' UNQUOTE
 
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HMS Pembroke is a shore base not a ship. It's Chatham Naval Barracks and also home of the Coast guard Service.
 
  
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Note from Caroline's brother: Had a quick look at the site.
 
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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)



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