Military

Military and army records, history, research and family history

The defeat of the British army at Tweebosch, on 7 March 1902, in the Second Boer War

How to find Boer War service records

'Scotland for Ever'; the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo, 18 June 1815, Napoleonic Wars

When were the Napoloenic Wars?

Crowds outside Buckingham Palace on VJ Day 1945 (colourised by MyHeritage)

When is VJ Day?

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

What is shell shock?

22nd October 1937: Merchant Navy Cadets learning how to use a sextant at University College, Southampton. How to find Merchant Navy records

How to find Merchant Navy records

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

How to find Royal Navy service records

Children sit in front of their bombed-out house in London's East End during the Blitz

What was the Blitz, when did it start and how long did it last?

First World War nurses, Christmas Day 1914

Discover your past

How to find First World War nurses’ records

Chelsea Pensioners service records

Chelsea Pensioners’ service records: How to find them online

Forces War Records

Ancestry announces acquisition of Forces War Records

A postcard from the CWGC for War Graves Week

Commonwealth War Graves Commission launches awareness campaign ahead of War Graves Week

Royal Marines records. Royal Marines practice a bayonet charge, 1940

Royal Marines records: How to find them

British soldiers at Anzio in Southern Italy, 1944. Second World War Army records

Second World War Army records: Where to find them

A military hospital, 1914

The best websites for finding military hospital staff

British prisoners of war at Dunkirk.

How to find prisoner of war records