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Commonwealth War Graves Debt Of Honour |
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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. |
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The National Archives -
WWI Medal Card Index |
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You can
search and download over 5.5 million World War
One medal index cards at £2.00 each |
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The National Archives -
WWI War Diaries |
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The National Archives
has been digitising selected War Diaries from the
First World War. They contain daily reports on
operations, intelligence summaries and other
pertinent material. |
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Ancestry - WWI
Service Records 1914-1920 |
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This database has
been produced in partnership with the
National Archives contains the surviving
service records (only 40%
of these records survived WWII) of
non-commissioned officers and other ranks who served
in WWI and did not re-enlist in the Army prior to
World War II. With the latest release, this database
now contains records for surnames beginning A-N. The
type of information contained in these records
includes: name of solider, age, birthplace,
occupation, marital status, and regiment number.
There is a subscription charge
to use Ancestry but free trails are available for
new users and it can be accessed for free at many
public libraries. |
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The
London Gazette |
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The London is the Official Newspaper
of Record for the United Kingdom. The issues for the
years 1914-1920 can be searched on-line for awards
for gallantry. |
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Museum of Liverpool |
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These pages tell you
how to research a past member of the King's
Regiment. Included is a list of records available at
the Merseyside Maritime Museum. |
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The
Liverpool Scottish Museum Trust |
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This rich collection
of regimental artefacts that offers a comprehensive
representation of the life of a Territorial infantry
battalion over the last hundred years is currently
in store pending re- location. The regimental museum
is therefore closed but access to extensive archive
material is available at New Zealand House in
Liverpool through the contacts shown to the right.
The archives include diaries, scrapbooks and records
of a significant number of soldiers who have served
with the regiment together with a database of
soldiers who served and also of all Merseyside War
Memorials. |
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Opening
Hours:
Normally Wednesdays 10:30
until 3 pm in Liverpool
(appointment advised) and
other times by arrangement
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Liverpool King's Regiment Association |
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An
information sheet which tells you how to research a
past member of The King’s Regiment. At the end is a
link to records available at the
Merseyside
Maritime Museum. The information below applies to all soldiers, whatever their Regiment
or Corps. |
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UK National Inventory of War
Memorials |
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Search the records of war memorials
commemorating all wars located throughout the United
Kingdom. They range from familiar community crosses
and statues to less common memorials like bus
shelters, sundials, park benches and even an island. |
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National Maritime
Museum |
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The
memorial database contains records of over 4000
church, cemetery and public memorials to seafarers
and victims of maritime disasters, including many
important works by prominent sculptors and
designers. |
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Roll of
Honour |
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This site is dedicated to those men
and women who fell fighting for their country.
Recorded here are various
war memorials within a variety of counties, it
is fully intended to complete as many war memorials
in the United Kingdom as possible. The counties and
the war memorials completed for each are listed
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ww1cemeteries.com |
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A site of remembrance and
comprehensive guide to the military cemeteries and
memorials of Belgium, France, Great Britain and
throughout the world |
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The War Graves
Photographic Project |
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Now working as a joint venture with
the Commonwealth
War Graves Commission, this will enable
families, scholars and researchers to obtain, via
the CWGC or TWGPP websites, a copy of the photograph
of a grave or memorial which for many is impossible
to visit due to the location. |
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Lost Generation |
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90
years ago a whole generation had their
lives, loves, hopes and
dreams annihilated on the battlefields of the
First World War. Lost Generation offers an
opportunity to turn those long lists of names of the
fallen back into real people
with real desires and potential, to understand their
world and celebrate their
astonishing stories. |
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Military-Genealogy.com |
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Naval
& Military Press |
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The Great War Forum |
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The roll of honour. A biographical
record of all members of His Majesty's naval and
military forces who have fallen in the war (1916) by
Marquis de Ruvigny |
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Volume 1 free download from
internet archive |
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Volume 3 free download from
internet archive |
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This is not actually a record of
ALL the war dead but it
includes photographs and biographies of many
servicemen, particularly for the early years of the
war. The downloads are pdfs and are therefore fully
searchable. |
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