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lostmeboardname

lostmeboardname Report 21 Apr 2013 14:57


found this site which might be of use to some of the members.

http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/

Researching:
Feakes (Worcestershire) Kirby (Worcestershire)

Jonesey

Jonesey Report 24 Apr 2013 14:37

Nudge

Researching:
Don't put off until tomorrow doing what you can do today. If you like doing it today you can do it again tomorrow. Be kind to your children for it is they who will decide which care home you end up in.

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 24 Apr 2013 15:05

I have listed below just what Lists/record are held by forces-war-records,

Please note they do NOT hold Army personnel service records for WW2


Collections List
RAF Formations List 1918
Royal Naval Division Casualties of The Great War, 1914-1924
British Jewry Book of Honour 1922
List of Etonians who served in the World War 1914-1919 and 1939-1945
UK Army List 1918
Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919
Aviators Certificates 1905-1926
Royal Marines Campaign Medal Rolls 1914-1920
Royal Naval Officers' Campaign Medal Rolls 1914-1920
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Ratings Campaign Medal Rolls 1914-1920
UK British & Commonwealth POWs Japanese camps 1939-45
Bomber Command Losses 1939-1945
Fighter Command Losses 1940
UK Army List 1936
UK Air Force List 1940
UK Air Force List 1936
UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
The Crimean War - Naval and Marines Medal Roll
The India Medal (1895) Roll
The Boer war medals to British and Commonwealth forces 1899-1902
General Service Medal (1918)
Medal for Suez Canal Zone 1951 to 1954
The Men of Trafalgar Medal Roll
The Naval General Service Medal Roll
The Military General Service Medal Roll
The Army of India Medal Roll 1799-1826
The Kaffir Wars Medal Roll
The South Africa Medal (1877) Roll
The India General Service Medal (1854) roll
Serving personnel on the 1861 census
1870s Military Discharges
Royal Artillery 1877-81
2nd Afghan War 1878-80 Casualty Roll
UK Army List 1952
General Service Medal (1962)
Normandy Garrison Rolls (1415-1450) and Medieval Muster Rolls (1369-1453)


Roy

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 25 Apr 2013 04:09

nudge

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 25 Apr 2013 20:24

At £85-95 a year I may as well join Ancestry.

was plain ann now annielaurie

was plain ann now annielaurie Report 25 Apr 2013 21:35

Lots of that information is available on Ancestry anyway.