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British Army Regiments British Army
(historical) information on Line
C.W.G.C. The
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Public Record Office at Kew, London PRO KEW
Help with Identifying 19th.
Century British Army Uniforms Chris Coogan
Help with :- Identifying
British army Uniforms and Insignia
Help with general questions about
British Military History (19th. century to 1950's) David Stevens
India INDIAN
Genealogical Research
The Leicestershire & Rutland
Record Office Wigston Record office for Leicestershire & Rutland
The Leicestershire Regimental
Collection The Royal Tigers Gallery The Newarke Houses Museum
The
Leicestershire GENUKI pages Leicestershire
GENUKI
Derbyshire Research (The Wirksworth
Parish) The
Wirksworth Parish
Tom Morgan's Hellfire Corner,
Great War Pages Hell_Fire_Corner
Dennis Corbett's The
Worcestershire Brigade of Royal Field Artillery Records worcesters
The Royal Canadian Air Force
(including 424 Squadron) RCAF
The Western Front Association
Western front Western Front
Norman
Hudson's Grenadier Guards Pages N Hudson
Genuki United Kingdom &
Ireland Military History Pages Genuki Military
Kate Blakes A.N.Z.A.C. Research
Pages ANZAC
Andrew Jackson's 'Accrington Pals' Web Site Accrington
Geoff Foster's web site for the
WW1 East Sussex Police/soldiers Thin Blue Line
Geoff Foster's web site for
William F. Patten of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps W.F.
Patten
Jonathan Bartlett RNVR and the
Royal Naval Division in WW1 RN Division
Ian & Sharon Charles The (1st.
Batt.) Sherwood Foresters Regiment in the Boer War Sherwood
The Sherwood Foresters Regiment.
WW1 Casualties (11,409 men) Western Front Assc.
Brad Chappell's
'Regimental Warpath' site. The deployment plus other great information for WW1
Regiments, Corps etc. Warpath
Gordon Cambell's
Sheffield (England) web site. A must for anyone with an interest in Sheffield
and area. Sheffield
Forces Reunited. A
great web site basically dedicated to reuniting ex-service personnel, but the
web site also contains many, many incredibly interesting and informative pages of
information and links. United
British Army (historical)
information on Line
Todd Mills superb
web site is a "must see" for anyone researching the British army or
individual Regiments.
The site offers
complete listings of the Regular British Regiments from 1702 to 1995
An introduction to
the Militia, Territorial, and Volunteers of the British army from 1908 to 1995
Click here to
visit:-
http://www.regiments.org
THE MACHINE GUN CORPS (1915 -1922)
The Machine Gun Corps
Association Web site is an excellent resource for anyone with an interest in
the M.G.C. and its history, or the World War One era in general.
Click here to visit
:- http://www.mgcorps.ndirect.co.uk/
The
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
This site offers free access to 1.7 million records
of the Commonwealth forces (and some civilians) who died in
World War One and World War two.
Click here to visit :- http://www.cwgc.org/
Identifying British army Uniforms and
Insignia
Chris Coogan who has many years
experience in identifying British Army Uniforms of the 19th. century has
generously offered to help with questions and identifications. Chris also has a
deep interest in the Staffordshire Yeomanry. Chris's e-mail address is > coogan_in_2000@yahoo.co.uk
INDIAN
Genealogical Research
Do you have family connections with India ? If so, a
very good starting point in your research could well be CATHY DAY'S superb site
at :- http://www.ozemail.com.au/~clday/
Ronnie Johnson has built a great
"India Roots Family Photo Album" that is available at :-http://www.geocities.com/photosofindia
Are you researching the surname
TAYLOR in INDIA ? follow the link for details of Taylor birth, marriage and
death records from the Madras Presidency (INDIA) for 1864 and 1865. please
click here > taylor.htm
The Record
office for Leicestershire and Rutland.
Long
Street, Wigston,
Leicester, England. LE18 2AH Telephone:- 0116 257 1080
The record office
has many resources concerning the Leicestershire Regiment including :-
The Leicestershire
Regiment's WW1 Battalion War Diaries.
Leicestershire
Regimental photographs
The complete run of
"The Green Tiger" (Leicestershire Regimental Magazine)
Other manuscript,
typescript and published material concerning the Leicestershire Regiment
The Newarke Houses Museum
The Newark,
Leicester, England LE2 7BY Telephone:- 0116 2473 222
The staff of this
museum are responsible for the Regimental and military collections held by
Leicester City Museums. It is possible (by appointment only) to view items from
the 'Reserve' collections.
The Royal Tigers Gallery,
at The New Walk Museum, Leicester
This new gallery
contains information and exhibit's from the Leicestershire Regimental
Collection.
Leicester Museum's
Service now has an excellent web site at :- www.leicestermuseums.ac.uk
The
New Walk Museum's "snail mail" address is :-
Leicester City Museum and Art Gallery , 53 New Walk, Leicester. Their
Telephone number is :- (U.K.) 0116 255 4100
The
Leicestershire GENUKI pages
A visit to these pages is an absolute "gold
mine" for anyone with a research interest in Leicester/shire. This
"goldmine" of information is maintained by Tim Arguile, the resources
within these pages are to numerous to mention so why not have a look ? Please
click here > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LEI
Derbyshire
Research (The Wirksworth Parish)
This is a truly amazing web site by JOHN PALMER.
John's aim is to upload all records for the Parish of Wirksworth (1600-1900 )
At this time there are 126,000 records. Please do not miss this incredible
resource. Please click here > http://www.wirksworth.org.uk
Tom Morgan's
'Hellfire Corner' Great War Pages.
Tom's Web Site is probably the best there is on the
Web for information regarding the subject of the WW1 "Western Front".
It has an immense amount of information, graphics, links etc. etc. This is
definitely a site that should not be missed.
Please click here to visit > http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/welcome.htm
Brian
Kaighin's Web site concerning the famous Siege town of LADYSMITH in South Africa.
Here you will find information about
the famous Siege town of Ladysmith, South Africa.
Brian's Web site at :- http://home.mweb.co.za/ka/kaigs/main.htm
Dennis Corbett’s Worcestershire
Brigade of Royal Field Artillery Records
This is how Dennis describes
his web site " I
am working on a semi-official history of the 2nd. Midland Brigade, Royal Field
Artillery at the time of the First World War. During the war, it was renamed
241 Brigade Royal Field Artillery and the 1st. Worcester, 2nd. Kidderminster
and 3rd. Redditch Batteries became known as A/241, B/241 and C/241 Batteries. I
have the war diaries for the whole of the period from March 1915 until October
1917. For some of this period I also have the daily orders which give some
details of the wounded, the dead, the promotions and the decorations - in all I
have details on some 1200 men. Please note: although they fought in roughly the
same areas and at the same time, the Brigade was not connected with the
Worcestershire Regiment and I hold no information on the Worcestershire
infantry. Visit Dennis's Web site at:- http://www.denniscorbett.com/241.html
The National Archives at Kew, London.
For details of the resources
available at the record office including guidelines and advice concerning your
military research, please click the link to connect to the PRO "on
line" > http://www.pro.gov.uk/
The Royal Canadian Air Force
in WW2
Vince Munro has an
excellent web site concerning the R.C.A.F. of World War Two, and the 424 Heavy
Bomber Squadron. To visit the web site please click here > http://dymndman.tripod.com/RCAF_424.html
The Western Front Association
This is a great Web Site and an
incredible resource for anyone with an interest in WW1. Apart from the
association's own wonderful pages, you will find many, many, links to webs
sites of interest. Please do not
miss this one! Please click here to visit> http://www.westernfront.co.uk/
The Western Front Association,
East
Midland's (England).
This another of the Association's great Web Site's,
and this one contains a very special bonus, here you will find a transcription
of the names of the 11,409 WW1 fallen of the SHERWOOD FORESTER'S REGIMENT.
Please click here to visit > http://www.jwhalley.freeserve.co.uk/
Paul Hinckley's
Medals and Great War Pages.
This web site is a definite "labour of
love", it is a brilliant site with many speciality pages and general WW1
era pages and links, plus great graphics. Do please view this web site you will
love it! Please click here to visit > http://www.oldcontemptible.com/
The
Genuki United Kingdom & Ireland Military History Pages
This web site is a gold mine of excellent links and
information. Brian Pears has done a superb job. Do not miss this resource. To
visit please click here :- http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/MilitaryHistory.html
Kate
Blakes A.N.Z.A.C. Research Pages
Kate has done a
great job with her web site, if you have an interest in the history of the
A.N.Z.A.C. forces, then do not miss this.
Please click here
to visit > http://www.diggerz.org/users/anzacs
Andrew
Jackson's THE ACCRINGTON PALS Web Site
This superbly researched and written web site is
dedicated to one of World War One's most tragic stories. If you have not before
read about the Accrington Pals, or even if you are familiar with their story,
once you have visited, you will not forget Andrew's web site. Please do have a
look. Visit here > Accrington Pals
Geoff
Fosters THIN BLUE LINE Web Site
This is a dedication
to, and a mine of information for, The Policemen of Lewes, East Sussex and
Eastbourne, England who lost their lives in the Great War. An excellent site !
To visit please click here > http://www.thinblueline.org.uk/
Geoff Fosters
WILLIAM FRANCES PATTEN of the K.R.R.C. Web Site
This is a very interesting, informative and well
constructed web site that gives details of W.F. Patten and his death in the Somme
region in 1916. Many details can be found here for the Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
To visit please click here > http://www.thinblueline.org.uk/
John Bartlett's JONATHAN
BARTLETT A.B. R.N.V.R Web site
This wonderfully written and informative web site was
written by John in honour of his Father and for his family. He has made such an
excellent job that anyone with an interest in the WW1 Royal Naval Division
(Drake and Benbow Battalion's in particular), or the history of the Great War
in general, will be in for a very rewarding time when they visit John's site.
To visit now, click here > http://members.shaw.ca/bart34/RNDService.html
John Bartlett also offers free
lookups from the book of the official history of the Division 'THE ROYAL NAVAL
DIVISION' (published 1923) by Douglas Jerrold. To apply to John for a lookup
from this book send an e-mail to him at :- bart34@shaw.ca
HELP WITH QUESTIONS
CONCERNING THE BRITISH MILITARY FROM THE 19TH CENTURY TO THE KOREAN WAR.
My Uncle DAVID
STEVENS has an extensive library of books on Victorian military history in general,
the battle of Waterloo, The Crimean war, the Indian mutiny, World War One,
World War Two etc. David has had a deep interest in the British Military for
many years and he has generously offered to do lookups, and give advice on any
of the above subjects.
When contacting
David, please do supply as much information as you can with your questions .
Please do not ask David for blanket searches etc.
David can be
contacted at > robsack@clara.net
THE
SHERWOOD FORESTERS REGIMENT.
The WESTERN FRONT
ASSOCIATION (East Midlands), have a transcribed list of names of 11,409 men of
the Regiment who died in WW1. To visit the Association's web site please click here > http://www.jwhalley.freeserve.co.uk/
Ian & Sharon Charles’s
Web site for the Nottinghamshire Sherwood Foresters Regiment
Here you will find a database concerning the men of
the 1st. Battalion the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire) Regiment who fought
in the 2nd. Boer War (1899 - 1902). The database includes,
1/ a list of the Warrant Officers, N.C.O.'s and
Drummers who were with the battalion in South Africa.