Military

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

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

British Army court martial records

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

Engraving depicting Prince Rupert of the Rhine during the Storming of Bristol in the English Civil War, under the reign of Charles I, England, July 26th 1643. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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How to research English Civil War soldiers

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

When is VJ Day?

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

Western Front Association staff catalogue the First World War pensions records

Complete First World War pensions collection published on Fold3

Mapping Loss Lancaster University First World War

Lancaster University invite contributions to map of First World War dead

The National Roll of the First World War, which is free on Findmypast

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

CWGC urges members of the public to ‘go local’ for Remembrance Sunday