Military

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?

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

How to find Boer War service records

Victorian wars British soldiers crossing a river during the Boer War, c.1900

Victorian wars: What wars took place during the Victorian era, and how can you research them?

WW2 service records go online

Ancestry wins contract to digitise Ministry of Defence records

Squadron Leader Arthur Scarf

Fundraising appeal to save Second World War Victoria Cross

British, American and Allied prisoners of war are liberated from the POW camp at Altengrabow, 1945

Volunteers complete cataloguing of Second World War POW records

General Richard Mulcahy, the minister for defence, inspects Free State Soldiers at Beggars Bush Barracks in Dublin, 2 February 1922 Irish volunteers

Overseas ancestry

Who were the Irish Volunteers?

Chelsea Pensioners service records

Chelsea Pensioners’ service records: How to find them online

A military hospital, 1914

The best websites for finding military hospital staff

First World War nurses, Christmas Day 1914

Discover your past

How to find First World War nurses’ records

Royal Army Veterinary Corps service records

New WW2 service records made available

Army Form B.103 Service and Casualty Form

First tranche of military service records added to The National Archives’ catalogue

RAF bomber crew c1940

Discover your past

How to find and use RAF Operation Record Books

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