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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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==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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==BRITISH WARS through the Centuries==
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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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Roman Invasion (43)
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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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==A-Z List of Ex-Military Service Organisations==
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*[[A-Z List of Ex-Military Service]]
  
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Manduessedum (61)
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*[http://www.seniorsnetwork.co.uk/forces/allforces.htm Ex-Service Organisations]
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Battle of Mons Graupius (83)
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==Medals, Badges and Decorations==
  
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Norman Conquest ' War (1337 to 1453)
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[[image:MedalcardWW1.jpg|right|frame|250px|World War One Medal Card]]
  
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Battle of Agincourt (1415)
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*[[Badges, Medals & Other Decoration]]
  
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Wars of the Roses (1455 - 1485)
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*[http://www.casus-belli.co.uk/ Military book and Medals Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902]
  
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Battle of Bosworth Field - last British king to die in combat (1485)
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*[http://www.dowlingfamily.info/i1857in2.htm Indian Mutiny Medal Recipients]
  
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Italian Wars (1494 ? 1559)
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*[http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/mimage/militar1.htm Military Images]
  
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Eighty Years' War (1598 - 1648)
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~medals/page4.htm Downloadable Pictures and Descriptions of UK Military Medals]
  
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Spanish Armada (1588)
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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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Bishops' Wars (1639 - 1640)
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*[http://www.britishmedalforum.com/index.php British Medal Forum]
  
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British Civil War (1642 - 1649)
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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/mic.htm Interpreting Campaign Medal Index Cards]
  
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First Anglo-Dutch War (1652 - 1654)
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*[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Defencefor/Veterans MOD-Service Records and Medals]
  
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Anglo-Spanish War (1654 - 1660)
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*[http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/badget11.htm Military Badge identification]
  
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Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665 - 1667)
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*[http://www.king-emperor.com/medals-campaign.htm Campaign Medals 1902-1939]
  
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War of Devolution (1667 - 1668)
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*[http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/wwi_medals.htm Campaign Medals First World War 1914-18]
  
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Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672 - 1674)
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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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King Philip's War (1675 - 1676)
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*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp Medal cards]
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Monmouth Rebellion (1685)
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==Prisoners of War and Internees==
  
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Battle of Sedgemoor (1685) - last battle on English soil
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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:
  
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War of the Grand Alliance (or King William's War) (1688 - 1697)
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Archives Division and Research Service<br>
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International Committee of the Red Cross<br>
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19 Avenue de la Paix,<br>
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Geneva CH-1202,<br>
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Switzerland
  
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Jacobite Rebellions (1689 - 1746)
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Email: archives.gva@icrc.org
  
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Battle of Culloden (1746) - last battle on the British mainland
 
  
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War of the Spanish Succession (1702 - 1713)
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*[http://www.kriegsgefangen.de/ The German Prisoners of World War 2]
  
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Queen Anne's War (1702 - 1713)
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*[http://www.merkki.com/index.htm WW2 Prisoners of War: Stalag Luft I ]
  
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War of Jenkins' Ear (1739 - 1742)
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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php Behind the Wire. POW 1914-1918]
  
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War of the Austrian Succession (1740 - 1748)
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*[http://www.cowraregion.com.au/home/2292/POW_Camp_Info.pdf Cowra prisoner of war campsite]
  
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Seven Years War (1756-1763)
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*[http://www.cofepow.org.uk/ COFEPOW ~ The Children (& Families) of the Far East Prisoners of War]
  
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Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-1784)  
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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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American War of Independence (1775 to 1783)
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*[http://www.holocaust-history.org/ The Holocaust History Project]
  
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Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815)
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*[http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals]
  
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Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
 
  
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British-American War (1812)
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Book: '''Prisoners of War, British Army, 1939 - 1945'''
  
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First Anglo-Afghan War (1839 - 1842)
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That lists alphabetically over 107,000 British Army POWs of all ranks held in
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Germany or in German occupied territories in World War Two. It gives each
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POW's camp, POW number, surname, initials, rank, army number and
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regiment/corps.
  
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First Opium War (1839 - 1842)
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It was re-published in 1990, by J B Hayward and Sons of Polstead, Suffolk
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Crimean War (1854 - 1856)  Charge of the Light Brigade
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==Women in the Military==
  
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Second Opium War (or The Arrow War) (1856 - 1860)
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*[http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/womenslandarmy.php Reminiscences of Land Army Girls]
  
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Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
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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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Boer War ( 1880 - 1881 and 1899 - 1902)
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*[http://www.thewrens.com/history/ Brief history - Wrens] 
  
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Anglo-Irish War (1919 - 1921)
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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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World War I (1914 - 1918)
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWnurses.htm Voluntary Aid Detachments]
  
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World War II (1939 - 1945)
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*[http://www.micklebring.com/oakwood/ch01.htm The History of Voluntary Aid Detachment ]
  
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Cold War (1945 - 1991)
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*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/john.marfleet/postcards/vad.htm Postcard Images of VAD Life]
  
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Malayan Emergency (1948 - 1960)
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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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Korean War (1950 - 1953)
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*[http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/auxiliary_territorial_service.htm The Auxiliary Territorial Service - ATS]
  
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Mau Mau Uprising (1952 - 1960)
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*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-WAC/ The Women's Army Corps]
  
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Cyprus Emergency (1955 - 1959)
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*[http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/ Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses 1875-1925]
  
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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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==Woolwich Arsenal Employee Records==
  
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Icelandic Cod War (1975 - 1976)
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At one time there were an estimated 80,000 employees.
  
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Falklands War (1982)
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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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Gulf War (1990 - 1991)
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Tel: 01554 822497
  
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Kosovo War (1999)
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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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Sierra Leone (2000)
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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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2001 Afghanistan War (2001-2002)
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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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<br><br>
  
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2003 invasion of Iraq (2003)
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==British Wars through the Centuries==
  
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==General Military Information==
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Roman Invasion (43)
  
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Manduessedum (61)
  
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'''British Military Records through the ages'''
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Battle of Mons Graupius (83)
  
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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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Norman Conquest (1066)
  
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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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The Hundred Years' War (1337 to 1453)
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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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Battle of Agincourt (1415)
  
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'''Researching Prisoners of War'''
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Wars of the Roses (1455 - 1485)
  
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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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Battle of Bosworth Field - last British king to die in combat (1485)
  
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Archives Division and Research Service<br>
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Italian Wars (1494 ? 1559)
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International Committee of the Red Cross<br>
 
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19 Avenue de la Paix,<br>
 
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Geneva CH-1202,<br>
 
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Switzerland
 
  
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email: archives.gva@icrc.org
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Eighty Years' War (1598 - 1648)
  
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Spanish Armada (1588)
  
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''' POW Links'''
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Bishops' Wars (1639 - 1640)
  
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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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British Civil War (1642 - 1649)
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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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First Anglo-Dutch War (1652 - 1654)
  
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'''Book! Prisoners of War, British Army, 1939 - 1945'''
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Anglo-Spanish War (1654 - 1660)
  
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That lists alphabetically over 107,000 British Army POWs of all ranks held in
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Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665 - 1667)
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Germany or in German occupied territories in World War Two. It gives each
 
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POW's camp, POW number, surname, initials, rank, army number and
 
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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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War of Devolution (1667 - 1668)
  
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Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672 - 1674)
  
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==Useful Links==
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King Philip's War (1675 - 1676)
  
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*[http://www.iwm.org.uk Imperial War Museum London]
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Monmouth Rebellion (1685)
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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.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.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://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.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.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.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.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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*[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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==A-Z List of Ex-Military Service Organisations==
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Battle of Sedgemoor (1685) - last battle on English soil
  
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[[A-Z List of Ex-Military Service]]
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War of the Grand Alliance (or King William's War) (1688 - 1697)
  
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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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==Medals and Decorations==
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War of the Spanish Succession (1702 - 1713)
  
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Queen Anne's War (1702 - 1713)
  
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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 Jenkin's Ear (1739 - 1742)
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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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*[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Defencefor/Veterans MOD-Service Records and Medals]
 
  
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==World War One and Two Dual Links==
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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.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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*[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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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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Kosovo War (1999)
  
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Sierra Leone (2000)
  
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Your great Uncle was on board the ship HMS Dartmouth at the time.
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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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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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