MILITARY- SEARCHABLE RESOURCES

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Useful online searchable resources.

The National Archives searchable Catalogue
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp
For
Army officers 1914-1921:
Information about officers during this time can be found in series WO 339. To find out whether we hold documents concerning the person in whom you are interested, search the Catalogue entering the surname in which you are interested, e.g. Smithers, as a keyword, WO 339 in the series reference - but experience tells me that if you put full name or sir name and initial it cuts out a lot of unnecessary returns.
And
British Army: Soldiers' Discharge Papers, 1760-1913
The majority of records of men discharged to pension between 1760 and 1913 are preserved in the records series WO 97. These records are arranged into distinct collections according to date of discharge and in some cases unit
Also
Board of Trade: Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen: Central Register of Seamen: Seamen's Records ('Pouches') Series code BT 372
The catalogue entry for each seaman's pouch includes; surname or patronym, initials, discharge number with prefix code where appropriate, place of birth and date of birth. The place of birth information is as it was endorsed on the face of the pouch but place names have not been verified

Documents on line
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline
Search and Download
WW1 Campaign Medals - World War One medal index cards
WW2 Merchant Seaman Medals - Medals awarded claimed and issued to Merchant Seamen from 1946 to 2002 for their service in the war.
Undertanding what you find............
Interpreting a WW1 Medal Card
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docu ... s.asp#read
Interpreting World War Two Medals issued to Merchant Seamen
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docu ... #interpret

Royal Naval Seamen (1873 - 1923)
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docu ... ervice.asp
Interpreting the record
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docu ... #interpret

Royal Air Forces Bomber Command WW2
Site dedicated to RAF's Bomber Command in WW2 – not limited to service of UK citizens.

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/index.php

Runs of Personnel Service numbers WW2
Runs of service numbers for WW2 personnel NOT limited to RAF and NOT limited to UK citizens. Shows locations and dates of where personnel joined up.

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.cwgc.org/
The "Debt of Honour Register" is the Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated. The register can also be searched for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World War

British War Memorial Project
http://www.britishwargraves.org.uk

WAAC & QMAAC
Women's (later Queen Mary's) Army Auxiliary Corps (1917-1920)
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docu ... e/waac.asp

Evening Times Roll of Honour
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/ ... honour.htm
During the First World War, the Evening Times newspaper printed short biographies of service personnel who were reported lost, missing or wounded.
Most of these biographies were accompanied by a photograph of these long-gone heroes, often now the only one that exists.
The Mitchell has produced an index to some 6,500 of these entries as a valuable addition to their Family History resources.

Scottish National War Memorial
http://www.snwm.org/

THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS "BYDAND"
www.thegordonhighlanders.co.uk/index2.htm
Includes a transcript of the first recorded muster roll of the Gordon Highlanders

Heritage of The Great War
www.greatwar.nl/index.html
Everything from Photographs to Poetry.

Canada
Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)
www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02010602_e.html

Australia
The Nominal Roll contains the service details of some one million individuals who served with Australia's defence forces and the Merchant Navy during the period 3 September 1939 to 2 September 1945
www.ww2roll.gov.au/
Also
www.awm.gov.au/index.asp

India
Courts Martial, Medal Rolls and Prize Lists, Muster Lists Officers Service Records and Soldiers Service Records
http://www.search.fibis.org/html/listmi ... ersService
Web site below includes Campaign and Regiment Index.
www.indian-cemeteries.org/

Malta
http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/index.htm
This site aims to assist family researchers, and contains information about British men and women who were born, married, died, served in the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, the British Army, were residents on the island, or in some manner are connected with Malta.

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Cupar, Fife, War Memorial - list of names on memorial & request for information on any of those listed. The aim is to raise awareness & funding to restore the War Memorial, as reported in the "Fife Herald", 3 November 2006
http://www.dbcg.org.uk/CuparWarMemorial.htm

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Scottish Borders War Memorial site
http://www.sbwm.co.uk/

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The staff, students and alumni of the University who laid down their lives during the Great War of 1914-1918

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/memoriam/