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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

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How to find First World War nurses’ records

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

How to find Boer War service records

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

Chelsea Pensioners service records

Chelsea Pensioners’ service records: How to find them online

British prisoners of war at Dunkirk.

How to find WW2 POW records

Army Form B.103 Service and Casualty Form

MOD warns transfer of Army service records to National Archives may cause further delays to orders

RAF pilots scramble to their planes, November 1940

MOD launches online orders for RAF records

Unidentified First World War soldiers with a dog, from the Black Watch Castle and Museum

New First World War digital archive launches

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

How to find First World War records

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

British Army court martial records

Court martial records: What they are and how to find them

A military hospital, 1914

The best websites for finding military hospital staff