Military Records and Resources

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Search the Debt of Honour Register database which details the place of burial or commemoration for those Commonwealth servicemen and women who died during the two world wars.

Royal Naval Museum
Information on the Museum's research collections.

Navy List
On-going project to provide a database of those serving with the Royal Navy since 1660.

British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849
Biographical dictionary of every living officer (as of 1849, the date of publishing) in the British Navy.

Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy, 1660-1815
Database listing of the officers who served in the Royal Navy between 1660 and 1815.

Gazettes Online
The London Gazette and its sister publications, the Edinburgh Gazette and Belfast Gazette, are official newspapers of the Crown. Search from 1752 to present day for Military appointments, medals, etc.

Army Museums
Ministry of Defence guide to Army Museums and other sources of information.

Army War List, January 1893
Database containing the January 1893 Army War List of Great Britain.

Royal Air Force Museums
Information on the Museums' research collections.

Imperial War Museum
Guide to the Museum's collection and material for the family history researcher.

National Archives
Detailed guides to finding military records and a searchable database of records held in the National Archives.

Army Records Office
Advice from the Ministry of Defence of obtaining information on Army personnel records for regular or reserve service which ended between 1921 and 1997.

British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920
War Office: Soldiers’ Documents from Pension Claims, First World War (Microfilm Copies. Service records of non-commissioned officers and other ranks who were discharged from the Army and claimed disability pensions for service in WWI. Letters A to B. More to follow.

Regiments.org
Comprehensive site attempting to provide the history of the regiments of all territories and successor states that were at any time part of the British Empire or Commonwealth.