WW2 ancestors
Newly digitised British Army WW2 service records to go online for the first time
Over one hundred thousand WW2 service records will go online and be freely available for the week leading up to Remembrance Day 2025
Battle of Britain pilots: How many pilots were killed and how can you trace them?
Jonathan Scott surveys the best websites for researching Battle of Britain pilots and ground crew
Ancestry offers free access to over 400 million military records to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day
Global genealogy website Ancestry is offering free access to its vast collection of military records for a week. Here's how to make the most of the offer and find your family who served.
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What is the 1939 Register?
What is the 1939 Register, when was it taken and where can you access the records? We explain how to use this useful census substitute from the start of the Second World War
RAF records: How do I find WW2 RAF service records?
Don't miss our guide to finding the service records of WW2 RAF personnel
How to find WW2 POW records
If your family member was a prisoner of war in the Second World War, there are a good number of surviving records to help you find out more
What happened at Dunkirk?
Many of us can trace a family history connection to the British Army's mythic retreat from Dunkirk in the Second World War. Janet Dempsey looks at the facts behind the legend
WW2 George Cross recipients added to National Archives database
Details of civilians who were awarded, or recommended, medals for bravery during the Second World War are now available to search for free online.
My great uncle was in Churchill's secret army
Anna Wilson was amazed to discover that her great uncle was part of Churchill's secret army - a highly trained sabotage organisation during the Second World War
New WW2 service records made available
Nearly 100,000 more Second World War service records now available to order from The National Archives in Kew
How to find and use RAF Operation Record Books
Discover what your flying RAF ancestors did during the Second World War with this invaluable resource
MOD warns transfer of Army service records to National Archives may cause further delays to orders
The Ministry of Defence is to assign more staff to reducing the huge backlog of requests for military service records but warns that the transfer of records to Kew may delay some orders
MOD launches online orders for RAF records
The MOD has begun rolling out its online record ordering system as it continues to work through a backlog
Military | How can I find Second World War RAF records?
Phil Tomaselli helps a reader find out more about his uncle's service in the RAF.
Second World War love letters returned to family by WDYTYA? reader
Margaret Raven was reunited with the romantic letters from her late husband after an appeal on our website
Postal Museum launches War Heroes website and appeals for stories
To mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, the Postal Museum has launched an online memorial to GPO employees who died in both World Wars
Sons of PoWs create online map commemorating the Lamsdorf Long March
The stories of 48 former Second World War prisoners have been told to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the war
How to find four key Second World War records
Eighty years after the war began, Phil Tomaselli explains how to find out more about your forebear’s service
Second World War RAF records indexed for the first time
The National Archives series AIR 27, including records of the Battle of Britain, is now available to search on TheGenealogist
Ancestry adds 1939 Register to its collections
The Register records the population of the UK at the start of the Second World War