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Explore new military memorials spanning hundreds of years

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By Daisy Goddard | June 5, 2026

Remember the sacrifice of your ancestors this Findmypast Friday.

We've added a new collection of Scots Guards memorial records this week - these 1,087 new additions span the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

We've also updated our military service memorials, with over 30,000 new additions for you to discover.

British Army Scots Guards Memorials

This brand new collection comprises 1,087 Scots Guards records, spanning from 1779 to 1945.

Military Service Memorial Collection

We've also updated our broader military memorials record set this week, with 30,343 additions ranging from the 11th to the 20th centuries.

New pages from Chipping to Cheadle

We added 312,589 pages to our newspaper archive this week, with six new titles and updates to 31 existing publications.

New:

  • Chipping Norton Advertiser, 1930-1949, 1951-1966
  • Cheadle and Tean Times, 1905-1925, 1929-1949
  • Connaught Journal, 1813, 1823-1836, 1839-1840
  • Labourers’ News, 1886-1887, 1889
  • Miner and Workmen’s Examiner (Stoke-on-Trent), 1874-1878
  • Nimrod, 1827-1828

Updated:

  • Aldershot Military Gazette, 1921–1932
  • Army and Navy Gazette, 1873–1883
  • Barrow News, 1884–1887, 1889, 1902, 1904–1905, 1907, 1923–1924, 1935, 1938, 1945, 1947
  • Bournemouth Times and Directory, 1870, 1897, 1911, 1921–1929, 1951
  • Burton Daily Mail, 2000, 2005
  • Cambridge Daily News, 2005
  • Clyde Weekly News, 2001–2005
  • Cornish Evening Tidings, 1911, 1921
  • Crewe Guardian, 1911, 1914–1919
  • Crosby Herald, 2001–2002, 2004–2005
  • Croydon Times, 1951, 1964–1966
  • Dean Forest Mercury, 1894, 1919, 1924–1925, 1931, 1932, 1942–1943, 1946
  • Downpatrick Recorder, 1878–1899, 1901–1914, 1916–1919
  • Dromore Weekly Times and West Down Herald, 1932–1939, 1950–1951
  • Dufftown News and Speyside Advertiser, 1943–1944
  • Dundee Weekly News, 2001, 2004–2005
  • Exmouth Journal, 1914–1915, 1919
  • Feltham Leader, 2001, 2003
  • Flint & Holywell Chronicle, 2000–2005
  • Great Barr Observer, 2000–2005
  • Highland News and Football Times, 1918–1919, 1936, 1939, 1950
  • Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 2000
  • Kings County Chronicle, 1882–1913, 1921–1925, 1927–1963
  • Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth & District Daily Circular, 1911–1918
  • Longford Journal, 1884–1888
  • Mitcham Advertiser, 1934–1961
  • Prestatyn Weekly, 1942, 1944, 1947–1948
  • Rhyl Record and Advertiser, 1903–1911, 1916–1921
  • Shipley Times and Express, 1961–1966
  • St. Marylebone and Paddington Record, 1926, 1930–1939, 1948
  • Walsall Observer, 2003–2005

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