This unique approach to researching medals focuses upon tracing individuals and actions through the medal roll. Ranging from Java to New Orleans, Copenhagen to Egypt, it explores both campaign and commemorative medals to show how the awards system helps research into an ancestor, regiment, medal or campaign. Structured geographically for ease of use, the guide draws together information from the ...
Manufacturer: The National ArchivesWritten By: William Spencer
The National Archivesâ celebrated First World War holdings include personal files of officers and other ranks, campaign medals, gallantry and meritorious service awards, courts martial and casualty lists. Its remarkable collection has records of Dominion forces and the Indian Army, the WAAC, the Royal Flying Corps and RAF, as well as auxiliary and nursing services.Over 10,000 ...
Manufacturer: National Archives of EnglandWritten By: William Spencer
This practical and accessible guide shows how to explore British air forces - and ancestors who served in them - through the wealth of material at the National Archives and elsewhere. Thoroughly revised and updated, it covers air forces as varied as the Royal Engineers Balloon Section, the Royal Flying Corps, the RAF and WRAF, Fleet Air Arm, Glider Pilot Regiment and Royanl Naval Air Service, in ...
Manufacturer: National ArchivesWritten By: William Spencer
The National Archivesâ exceptional collection of military material includes the personal files of hundreds of thousands of First World War soldiers as well as Army nursing services, the WAAC, prisoners of war from the Second World War and Korea, and a wide variety of orders, decorations and medal rollsâfrom the Napoleonic Wars to the Falklands. This practical and accessible guide to records in ...
Millions of lives were touched in half a century of conflict between 1899 and 1953. From the empire-building Boer War to Cold War hostilities in Korea, volunteers and conscripts swelled professional armies. The World Wars, the greatest conflicts ever known, had unprecedented impact. Over a million men and women enlisted and served in British armed forces alone during 1914-18, and the figure for ...
Written by a military specialist at The National Archives, this third, expanded edition of the popular guide contains information on the records relating to service in British and Indian armies between 1914 and 1918. It covers officers, other ranks, and nurses, explaining in detail what you can find from their records. It also explores documents held at The National Archives and elsewhere on ...
Manufacturer: Public Record Office PublicationsWritten By: William Spencer
Manufacturer: Price Genealogical ServicesWritten By: William Spencer Price
This book explains how to use the wealth of records held at The National Archives and elsewhere to trace the careers of both officers and other ranks, and allows the reader to build up a picture of the operationas and campaigns that an individual took part in.
This edition provides a clear and concise introduction to the tangled history of Britain's auxiliary forces and their records. Military, social and local historians will find this book invaluable in their study of local military forces; and it will help the family historian trace his or her army ancestors. It includes detailed case studies for soldiers who served between 1790 and 1905 and ...
Manufacturer: Public Record OfficeWritten By: William Spencer