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Useful Family History Research Websites | ||||||
| Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment (19th Foot). The North York Militia, The North York Local Militia & North York Rifle Volunteers | ||||||||
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| The following links to other sites on the Internet
are provided for the convenience of visitors to the Green Howards Web site.
The links are to sites that will be of interest to those wanting
research the military career of an ancestor or a relative. If you find any links that don't work, then please let us know by sending a message to <webmaster@greenhowards.org.uk>. Thank you. |
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| The National Archives (The Public Records Office) | This is an excellent starting point
for researching your family's miltary past. The material on this
site enables you to find out where records are kept, so that you can PLAN
for a visit to the PRO. All PRO "guide" leaflets, which provide guidance as to where the various records are kept, are on this site. |
| Military Records in the National Archives | A starting guide from the National
Archives on researching military history, with guidance on
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to obtain Military Records. |
An extremely useful site where the MOD provide information on obtaining Army service records etc. |
| Army Museums | The Army Museums Ogilby Trust has put together a site to help people researching their family histories as to where they can obtain data on the military aspects of a relative's life. This site not only includes information on where such data may be found (e.g. the Public Records Office, Family Records Centre and so on) but also provides a list, - with information on and links to, every Army Museum in the U.K. |
| Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth | T F Mills' Home Page. An excellent starting point for exploring the World Wide Web, for anybody interested in military history. |
| An Introductory Overview of the Regiments and Corps of the British Empire and Commonwealth | Part of T F Mills' site. The history of the structure and organisation of the regimental system is outlined from the 18th Century to the present. |
| Regiments and Corps of the British Army | Part of T F Mills' site.
comprehensive guide to Web sites associated with every regiment in the British
Army. On this particular site you may connect to the Web addresses of the following for a particular regiment;-
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| GENUKI, - British Military History | The UK's principal genealogy site provides a page devoted to British Military History. |
| The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). | A Web site which not only provides information about the invaluable work of this organisation, but also includes a database of the names of over 1,500,000 dead from the Commonwealth Armed Forces in both World Wars. This database may be searched on-line, from the CWGC Web site for the personal details, dates and places of death, and where the individuals are buried or commemorated. |
| Cathy Day's Web site for Families in British India. | For those with an interest in the history of the British in India in the days of the Raj, - e.g. India before independence in 1947, this is an excellent Web site maintained by an Australian lady. Although the main site is concerned principally with Family History in India, one of the sections on this site deals with the histories of some of the regiments sent to India. |
| A Corporal in the 19th Foot. | An account of the life of a soldier in the 19th Foot, who joined the regiment in 1846 and retired in 1867, - after fighting (and being wounded) in the Crimea and campaigning in India. |
| Officers Died | A very useful site where the author has compiled lists and
tables of British military Officers who have died or been killed in campaigns
from 1750 to the present. A site such as this is well worth visiting before
you go through the thorough and more painstaking process of looking through
the official records. The author of the site does not advertise his name very prominently. |
| Soldiers Memorials | A companion site to the "Officers Died" site (see above), but this time for privates and NCOs. |
| The Genealogy Guide | The Genealogy Guide website, where you can find useful advice regarding family history and ancestry in the UK.. |
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