First World War
Records in this collection
- 1st Sportsman's Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 1914-1918
- British Red Cross Register Of Overseas Volunteers 1914-1918
- Birmingham City Battalions 1914-1918
- Birmingham Employers Roll of Honour 1914-1918
- Bradford Pals 1914-1918
- British Army Service Records 1914 - 1920
- De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918
- Distinguished Conduct Medal Citations 1914-1920
- Edinburgh Pals 1914-1918
- Gillies Archive: plastic surgery pioneers 1917-1925
- Kempston Servicemen 1914-1920
- Leicestershire and Rutland, Soldiers Died 1914-1920
- Liverpool Pals 1914-1918
- London County Council Record Of War Service 1914-1918
- Manchester City Battalions
- Manchester Roll of Honour
- National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918
- Naval Casualties 1914-1919
- Oldham Employers' Roll of Honour 1914-1920
- Oldham Pals 1914-1920
- Plymouth Rolls Of Honour 1914-1919
- Royal Air Force Muster Roll 1918
- Royal Fusiliers, Stockbrokers' Battalion 1914-1918
- Royal Marines Medal Roll 1914-1920
- Royal Naval Division Casualties 1914-1919
- Royal Naval Division Service Records 1914-1920
- Royal Navy Officers Medal Roll 1914-1920
- Royal Sussex Regiment Southdown Battalions 1914-1918
- Salford Pals 1914-1918
- Silver War Badge roll 1914-1920
- Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919
- Welsh Guards 1915-1918
- World War One British Army Medal Index Cards
- WW1 Ships Lost At Sea, 1914-1919
Researching military records in an attempt to discover your ancestor's role in the Great War can be both an interesting and emotional journey, with so many families affected by such difficult circumstances both at the front and also back at home.
Of course, information on casualties and the details of injuries sustained will be the first port of call should you know of a relative who lost their life during WWI. However, medal rolls and citations can also yield unexpected results and give an insight as to the events your and / or those close to your relative experienced.
Other interesting archive material includes the Gilles Archive, which is a dedicated record for those combatants returning from the front who too part in pioneering plastic surgery to aid with the injuries they had sustained in battle.
You may also like to search for your relatives in The British Newspaper Archive where tales of bravery, and news from home would often be covered by both local and national press, including dispatches
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