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    Military and army records, history, research and family history

    A military hospital, 1914
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    The best websites for finding military hospital staff

    British prisoners of war at Dunkirk.
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    How to find prisoner of war records

    Western Front Association staff catalogue the First World War pensions records
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    Complete First World War pensions collection published on Fold3

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    First World War soldiers at the Battle of Ypres, 1917 First World War records
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    How to find First World War records

    Prime minister Winston Churchill inspecting Home Guard volunteers
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    What was the Home Guard?

    22nd October 1937: Merchant Navy Cadets learning how to use a sextant at University College, Southampton. How to find Merchant Navy records
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    'Scotland for Ever'; the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo, 18 June 1815, Napoleonic Wars
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    Royal Navy service records Sepia photograph of 16 Royal Navy ship's officers posed for a photograph on board ship in 1890, with the ship's cat
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    First World War nurses, Christmas Day 1914
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    How to find First World War nurses’ records

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    Mapping Loss Lancaster University First World War
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    Lancaster University invite contributions to map of First World War dead

    The National Roll of the First World War, which is free on Findmypast
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    Findmypast offers free access to 103 million military records for Remembrance Day

    A First World War grave in Cambridge City Cemetery, maintained by the CWGC
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    CWGC urges members of the public to ‘go local’ for Remembrance Sunday

    Nurses at the Sir William Hospital treat shell shock victims during the First World War with experimental medical equipment
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    What is shell shock?

    RAF bomber crew c1940
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    How to find and use RAF Operation Record Books

    Children sit in front of their bombed-out house in London's East End during the Blitz
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    What was the Blitz, when did it start and how long did it last?

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